The 11^th International Conference on Materials Chemistry (MC11) is being hosted by the Department of Chemistry this week (8-11^th July). Monday 8^th July saw the visit of two Nobel Laureates in Chemistry. Professor Dan Shechtman, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology (Nobel Prize 2011) and Professor Sir Harry Kroto FRS, Florida State University, (Nobel Prize 1996) each gave a lecture to an audience of over 500 delegates from around the world. The conference is organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry and co-chaired by Department of Chemistry academics Dr Andrew Dove and Professor Richard Walton.

http://www.rsc.org/ConferencesAndEvents/RSCConferences/MC11/

Photo: Professor Dan Shechtman (middle left) and Professor Sir Harry Kroto FRS (middle right) are welcomed to Warwick by the Vice-Chancellor Professor Nigel Thrift (centre), Professor Richard Walton (far left) and Dr Andrew Dove (far right).