The end of 2024 and Christmas are just around the corner! During this busy Christmas season, we bid heartfelt farewells to many team members, while also joyfully welcoming several new faces this year!
Of course, we couldn’t miss our annual Christmas party, this year at the lovely Grupo Lounge in Westbury-on-Trym! With delicious food, Secret Santa exchange, and lively Crimbo Bingo, we enjoyed a fantastic and unforgettable evening!
Wishing all a Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year ahead!
Some Faul Group members invited to speak about their work at the 4th International Conference on Materials Science & Nanotechnology last week.
The conference aims to provide an international platform to discuss emerging trends and advancement in the research and development of various classes of materials and is divided into four major themes: (i) Future Biomaterials-Biomedical, Medicine and Other Applications; (ii) Future Materials for Energy and Sustainability; (iii) Materials for Electronics, Optics, and Photonics; and (iv) Nanomaterials.
Charl spent a few days at ChinaNano23 – the 5th ChinaNano conference that he has attended. After a 4-year break it was wonderful to see old friends, and presentations on lots of exciting science!
What a great way to celebrate being able to get together and share science!
Introducing visiting researcher Dr Kabir O. Oyedotun (left) from the University of Pretoria, South Africa. His research interests lie in the areas of carbon-based nanomaterials for supercapacitors and battery applications, including synthesis and characterisation. At present, Dr Oyedotun’s scientific research group develops new nanostructured carbon materials such as activated carbon, nanotubes, graphene and reduced graphene oxide, and onion-like carbon among others. He works on the hydrothermal synthesis of carbon nanostructures and composites along with applications of carbon nanomaterials for energy storage devices applications. He has co-authored and authored over 50 peer-reviewed papers in highly rated impact factor journals.
Elizaveta Bejan (right) is undertaking a summer intern project within the Faul Research Group funded by the prestigious Royce Undergraduate Research Internship Scheme before continuing her undergraduate studies on the MSci Chemistry course at the University of Bristol.
Welcome to both.
Charl continued his short trip to Kyoto University, where he visited the world-leading research laboratories of Prof Hiroshi Kitagawa. This visit was an opportunity to renew the long-standing interactions (interrupted by COVID!), and to explore new opportunities for joint symposia, student and staff exchanges, and collaborative research activities. Here Charl is with Prof Kitagawa, and his group (in front of the Clifton Suspension Bridge!).
Congratulations to all presenting their work (both visually and orally) at this year’s spring MRS meeting and exhibit in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
Basiram taking a small break from his PhD studies to show England the true might of an Indian cricketer.
Some delayed viva success celebrations over brunch. Congratulations to (from left to right) Dr Henry E. Symons, Dr Esther J. Townsend, Dr Veronica Del Angel Hernandez & Dr Christian Romero who all successfully passed their PhD vivas at various stages during the pandemic.
A warm welcome to Lucy and Ulzhalgas (Ulia), both new additions to the Faul Group. Working within the conjugated microporous polymer field, Lucy joins Bristol to undertake a MSc by research and Ulia a PhD.
After a very unusual year, a fun online Christmas party with some great prizes (cleaning someone else’s FH, changing the base bath, to mention some of the more interesting prizes!), we all retreated for a quiet, peaceful and restful Christmas.
So, 2021 started with another lockdown, but we are grateful for testing faciltiies and the opportunity to be back in the lab.
Wishing all a safe and healthy 2021!
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