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The group welcomes Lennox, Jude and Victoria who have joined the group as PhD Students. Lennox will be working on the synthesis and photophysics of f-block complexes, Jude will be investigating actinide nanochemistry and catalysis and Victoria will be testing the limits and capabilities of lanthanide accelerator mass spectrometry.
Congratulations Dr Tajrian Chowdhury on your successful PhD thesis viva: “Synthesis and Reactivity of Unsubstituted Trispyrazolylborate lanthanide complexes”🎉 supervised by Dr Joy Farnaby! Thanks to Dr Johann Hlina, Dr Nicola Bell (examiners) & Dr Daniel Price (convenor)
Group members Joy, Taj, Anna and Eilidh attended the Scottish Dalton conference (8th April 2024) which was held at the University of Glasgow. Joy gave a talk and Anna, Taj and Eilidh presented posters. Congratulations to Eilidh who won the third place poster prize!!! Also in April, Anna attended the Scottish Conference on Optical Technologies (22nd - 24th April 2024) which was held at the Old Course Hotel in St Andrews, Scotland where she presented a poster.
Group members Eilidh, Joy, and second supervisor Emma Gibson performed Inelastic Neutron Scattering experiments at ISIS using MAPS. Investigating the interaction of adsorbed or surface bound H containing species on UO2 nanoparticles after H2 exposure.
Group member Eilidh attended the ISIS student meeting which was held at the ISIS Neutron & Muon Source. It was great to hear about the different uses of Neutrons & Muons in research. Eilidh also presented a poster.
Group members Eilidh, Joy, and second supervisor Emma Gibson performed experiments at Diamond Light Source using X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy. Investigating how the oxidation state and local chemical coordination of UO2 differs pre and post exposure to H2.
The group welcomes new member Ella who will be carrying out her undergraduate Masters project with the group in lanthanide complex synthesis, charaterisation and photophysics.
Group members Eilidh, Cooper & Joy attended the Professor David Jackson Meeting (4th - 6th September 2023) which was held at the University of Glasgow in Glasgow, UK. Both Eilidh and Cooper presented posters.
Group member Anna attended the 20th International Conference on Luminescence (27th August - 1st September 2023) which was held at the Chemie ParisTech graduate school in Paris, France. She presented a poster at the conference.
Group members Joy, Anna & Taj attended the 11th International Conference on f Elements (22nd - 26th August 2023) which was held at the University of Strasbourg in Strasbourg, France. Taj and Anna both presented posters and Joy gave a talk. Congratulations to Anna and Taj who both won poster prizes!
Group members Joy, Eilidh & Cooper attended the Actinides 2023 International Conference (5th - 8th June 2023) which was held at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado, USA. Cooper and Eilidh both presented posters and Joy gave a talk.
Final year student Taj visited Eberhard Karls Universität in Tübingen, Germany on a mobility scholarship (24th July - 18th August 2023) where he worked in the group of Prof Reiner Anwander.