Dongsheng Liu visiting Bristol

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Faul Research Group - Functional Polymers

A good friend and colleague from the Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University in Beijing, Prof Dongsheng Liu, is visiting the FRG. Dongsheng spent two days interacting with members of the FRG and talking to other colleagues in the BCFN and the School of Chemistry.

He also gave a overview of some of the new developments in his laboratories! Great to have Dongsheng here in Bristol! Charl and colleagues from the BCFN will see Dongsheng (and colleagues) in September in Beijing for ChinaNano 2015.

Nara Institute of Science and Technology

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Faul Research Group - Functional Polymers

As the final visit of his trip to Japan, Charl spent a very enjoyable day at the Nara Institute of Science and Technology, just outside Nara. He was hosted by Prof Kawai and colleagues from the Laboratory for Photonic Molecular Science. Charl had a number of very interesting discussions about their exciting science, and potential future interactions before and after his talk in the afternoon.

Prof Kawai and colleagues (professors Nakashima, Nonoguchi and Yuasa) treated Charl to an exquisite meal at a restaurant that specialises in Japanese mushroom delicacies!

Japan in the summer…

Posted on July 15, 2015 by Faul Research Group - Functional Polymers

Charl is currently in Japan, visiting Prof Kazuo Akagi (in Kyoto, and former PhD supervisor of Kazu in the FRG) to discuss future Bristol-Kyoto interactions. The visit so far has been very productive, including meeting Dr Reiko Oda (from Bordeaux), who gave a fascinating talk on chirality in amphiphilic systems.

The day of interactions was celebrated … with Japanese green-tea-containing beer, whilst learning about the famous Kyoto Gion Festival.

Charl will still be visiting Prof Fumio Sanda (Kansai University) and Prof Tsuyoshi Kawai (Nara Institute of Science and Technology) before returning the Bristol at the end of the week.

ICMAT2015 in Singapore

Posted on July 2, 2015 by Faul Research Group - Functional Polymers

Charl is currently in Singapore at the ICMAT2015 meeting. Great meeting, with the chance to see presentations from Nicola Pinna (now in Berlin, former colleague from the MPI in Golm), Uwe Bunz (Heidelberg), Stefan Kaskel (Dresden), Dorota Koziej (ETH Zurich, working with former MPI colleague Markus Niederberger), and former FRG member, Tierui Zhang (Beijing).

A Visit From Rico Tabor

Posted on June 13, 2015 by Faul Research Group - Functional Polymers

Rico, a graduate from Bristol, returned to the chemistry lecture theatres to give a lecture rather than receive one! His talk on functional, fluorinated and unconventional surfactants highlighted his group‘s current research at the School of Chemistry, Monash University, Australia.

It was fantastic to have a great academic visit the department and interact with the group!

Maria Forsyth visiting from Australia

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Faul Research Group - Functional Polymers

Professor Maria Forsyth, from Deakin University’s Institute of Frontier Materials, and Associate Director of ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, is visiting the UK from Australia. She visited Bristol today, and gave a talk entitled “Ionic Liquid And Organic Ionic Plastic Crystal Electrolytes For Energy Storage Devices”.

Great to be able to host Maria during her short visit to Bristol!

Visit and presentation in Beijing

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Faul Research Group - Functional Polymers

Charl visited Prof Xiangke Wang, who recently joined the North China Electric Power University (Beijing) to set up a new Environmental Chemistry and Engineering department.

He gave an introductory research presentation to (mostly) undergraduate students.

Charl at the Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Faul Research Group - Functional Polymers

Charl was invited by Dr Sebastien Clement, from the Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier‘s “Molecular chemistry and structuration of solids (CMOS)” group. The ICG is affiliated with both the CNRS and the University of Montpellier. Charl gave a talk on Friday, and spent a very interesting day with Sebastien and his colleagues in the CMOS group.

There were plenty of opportunities to discuss science and collaborations over good food and good wine in a very pleasant part of France over the rest of the weekend!

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