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).
Arne, who is based at the Technical University in Berlin, Germany, is spending the day talking to various FRG group members about their research.
Alex Bell, from the FRG, is also speaking at the Timms Symposium, talking about some of his exciting work on tetra(aniline)-graphene composites!
Charl and colleagues from the University of Bristol are attending the British Council’s UK recruitment fair held in Mexico City over the weekend. See the link to the fair’s Facebook pages, with a photo of Charl discussing the details of a course with a prospective student!
The fair is held in the very impressive and very colourful Camino Real Polanco hotel.
Emma Turner (Bristol Chemical Synthesis), Terry McMaster (Bristol Centre for Functional Nanomaterials) and Charl visited the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) on Friday. Terry and Charl visited the Institute of Materials Research to discuss future collaboration and student exchanges in a very successful meeting!
Here a photo of the central library (left) and the rector’s tower on the massive UNAM campus!
The University of Bristol has just announced the launch of a new agreement with the CSC. There are 10 scholarships available, for up to 4 years of study at Bristol.
If you are interested, then please contact Charl as soon as possible. The deadline for submitting an offer letter to the CSC is the 20th of March. Details of this exciting opportunity is provided here!
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.
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”.
It was great to hear the latest results from Iain’s group, and an exciting opportunity to hear about some of our own students’ research!
Terry McMaster and Charl visited the International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), a prestigious world premier institute and part of the National Institute of Materials Science (NIMS), in Tsukuba, on Wednesday afternoon.
They were hosted by Prof Masa Aono, director of MANA, during their very brief visit, which included talks and a short laboratory tour. Although very brief, it was a great opportunity to meet with prof Aono and colleagues.
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.
Takashi also ensured that Charl experienced excellent Japanese food!
Charl also had the chance to look around Tokyo on Sunday (especially Shinjuku district).
After a good Christmas break, the year has started on a high note! A large number of academic staff members from the University of Bristol traveled to Kyoto for the 2nd Kyoto-Bristol Symposium.
A number of colleagues from Bristol (the School of Chemistry and the BCFN) and Kyoto took part in the “Physical Chemistry and Materials Chemistry Session”, co-organised by Prof Mitsuo Sawamoto and Charl.
A number of new collaborative projects were explored, and all participants had a fantastic time in beautiful Kyoto!
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.
Here Charl is talking to an interested candidate at the workshop!
Faul Research Group 