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Timms Symposium!

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We had the pleasure of having a great line-up of speakers for the Peter Timms Symposium (named after the late Peter Timms, a pioneering chemist and the perfect gentleman!).

Arne (Thomas), Alex (from the FRG), Zac (Hudson, from the Manners Group) gave excellent lectures. The 2014 Timms Lecture was then given by Prof Craig Hawker (UCSB) – an exciting overview of some of the activities from his research laboratories.  It was then our pleasure to have Liz Timms, Peter’s wife, hand over the Timms award to Craig.

The day was wrapped up with a wine reception! Thanks to all who were involved and helped to make it such a successful day!

Prof Arne Thomas, Alex and the Timms Symposium

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Arne, one of the keynote speakers at the School of Chemistry’s Timms Symposium, is visiting the Faul Research Group today (Tuesday, 11th of March).

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Arne, who is based at the Technical University in Berlin, Germany, is spending the day talking to various FRG group members about their research.

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Alex Bell, from the FRG, is also speaking at the Timms Symposium, talking about some of his exciting work on tetra(aniline)-graphene composites!

Interfacial Phenomena in Telluride, Colorado!

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Charl is currently attending a small workshop (Interfacial Phenomena in Nanostructured Materials and Devices) organised by Paul Nealey and Juan de Pablo (from the Institute of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago) in Telluride, Colorado.

This has been an excellent opportunity to discuss challenges, opportunities and possibilities for collaboration in an informal setting.

Iain McCulloch visit (and Angel’s talk)!

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The FRG had the pleasure of hosting Prof Iain McCulloch, from Imperial, on Wednesday.  Iain’s talk was preceded by a student mini symposium, where Angel also spoke! Angel gave a great presentation, which was then followed by a fantastic lecture by Iain on the “Design of Polymer Semiconductors for Solar Cells and Organic Electronics”.

Iain McCullochIt was great to hear the latest results from Iain’s group, and an exciting opportunity to hear about some of our own students’ research!

Visiting prof Takashi Kato, University of Tokyo

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Charl had the chance to experience the world-leading research activities in materials chemistry, supramolecular chemistry and self-assembly at the University of Tokyo. Prof Takashi Kato, the perfect host, organised an excellent visit for Charl, including a research seminar on Tuesday morning, and many interesting discussions.

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Takashi also ensured that Charl experienced excellent Japanese food!

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Charl also had the chance to look around Tokyo on Sunday (especially Shinjuku district).

Charl to China PhD Workshop for a short recruitment trip

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Charl visited Beijing and the China PhD workshop last week to talk about graduate opportunities for study and research at the School of Chemistry.  Although very short, it was a busy trip meeting with students interested in studying in Bristol and giving a presentation (with Dr Terry McMaster from the BCFN, and Dr Emma Turner from the Bristol Chemical Synthesis CDT) at Beihang University.

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Here Charl is talking to an interested candidate at the workshop!

James, Charl and others from the BCFN in China!

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A large group from the Bristol Centre for Functional Nanomaterials, including James (joint PhD student with Heinrich Hoerber) and Charl are currently in Beijing, China. They participated in a joint symposium on Tuesday with the CAS National Centre for Nanoscience and Technology on Monday (see the photo below), and are currently attending the ChinaNANO’13 conference.

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On Monday they will visit our collaborators at the Department of Chemistry at Tsinghua University for the “1st Tsinghua-Bristol Joint Nanoscience Symposium”

Charl at the College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun

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Charl arrived in Changchun on Wednesday afternoon, and started with a full day of lectures on Thursday, covering the topics of scientific misconduct and scientific writing in two 2h lectures! More than 300 graduate students attended the lectures, and extra chairs were brought into the lecture hall!

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Here he can be seen relaxing with Prof Junqi Sun (vice-dean of the College of Chemistry, who invited Charl) and some of his research group members after his lectures.

Charl in the US

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Charl is on a short trip to the US, visiting DuPont as part of the SoC’s Year in Industry undergrad programme, as well as the Institute of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago to give a seminar.