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A fully funded 3.5 year PhD studentship has just become available within the Warwick Electrochemistry and Interfaces Group under the supervision of Prof. Julie Macpherson. The group hosts a significant array of state-of-the art equipment including a clean room for materials processing, AFMs, confocal microscopes, electrochemical workstations, electrochemical imaging capabilities and finite element modelling capabilities and has access to world leading electron microscopy facilities and spectroscopic equipment. The project is in collaboration with Astra Zeneca, a British-Swedish multi-national Pharmaceutical and Biologics Company and Element Six, the world’s leading supplier of synthetic diamond. The project will involve the development and application of all diamond electrochemical sensors, for the detection and removal of impurity species, in particular metal catalysts, from solution. The project will build on recent developments in the group on the fabrication of novel electrochemical sensors made entirely of diamond [1], capable of functioning for long periods of time in complex environments and combined spectroscopic – electrochemical sensor technology, capable of chemical species identification, quantification and removal from solution [2]. For further information please contact j.macpherson@warwick.ac.uk

Funding Notes:

Applicants must be from the UK/EU and hold a first degree (equivalent to 2:1 and above) in Chemistry or a related discipline. Interested applicants should contact Prof. Julie Macpherson (j.macpherson@warwick.ac.uk) in the first instance.


References:

1. M. B. Joseph et al, Anal. Chem. 2014, 86, 5238 - 5244
2. L. A. Hutton et al, Anal. Chem. 2014, 86, 4566-4572

Wed 18 Jun 2014, 13:44 | Tags: People

Two Castles Run 2014

On Sunday 8th of June, 7 members of the Electrochemistry group (Pat, Aleix, Jenny, Rob C, Rob L, Josh and Dmitry) fought it out to complete a 10 kilometre run from Warwick castle to Kenilworth castle. The Two Castles run has now become part of WEIG tradition, with the group having taken part in the race for the past 6 years. There was huge anticipation as to who in the group would cross the finish line first, and in the end it was Pat that raced through to victory!

Congratulations to all those that participated, for their commitment and dedication to the race. We now look forward to next year's event, and to see if anyone can beat Pat!

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The electrochemistry group also came 20th overall in the run! Congratulations guys!

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Mon 09 Jun 2014, 17:46 | Tags: Prize People Events Charity Public Engagement

WEIG in Venice

Several of the Marie-Curie sponsored PhD students (Maria Adobes Vidal and Roy Meyler) currently studying for PhDs in WEIG, recently attended 3-day event in Venice to present their work to industrial and and academic collaborators in an international setting. The event provided a variety of workshops and networking events to assist the students with their professional development. Representatives from industrial sponsors included AstraZeneca and Pfizer.

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Mon 09 Jun 2014, 17:13 | Tags: People Events Conference Public Engagement

Winners at Colloquium

The 2014 Chemistry PG Symposium was held on 28th May 2014 and featured 45 talks by final year PhD students in the department and 37 posters. There was an excellent attendance at all three of the lively sessions.

Congratulations to Changhui Chen (second from left) for the best talk award and Tania Read (fifth from left) for winning the poster prize! Photo by Ken Westwood.

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Mon 09 Jun 2014, 16:59 | Tags: Prize People Events Conference

WEIG Welcomes Local A-Level Students

The Warwick Electrochemistry and Interfaces group has recently worked with President Kennedy School and Community College, Coventry to provide students with a unique opportunity to gain hands on experience with advanced electrochemical techniques and projects.

Warwick welcomed four exceptional students - William Blundell, Michael Tognetti, Brinder Purewal and Leigh Randle, who are studying AS level Chemistry, accompanied by their science teachers, Emma Turner and Ed Ratcliffe-Law. The students travelled to the University of Warwick for two hours a week for 6 weeks, and worked on defined projects alongside PhD students and postdoctoral fellows using advanced scientific equipment to conduct mini-projects in fundamental electrochemistry, nanoscale electrochemistry, pharmaceutical crystal dissolution and electrochemical analysis of dental enamel processes. Various electrochemical techniques were used, alongside specialist techniques such as Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy (SECM) and Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopy (SICM).

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In the final week, the students presented their projects and fielded questions to a seminar audience of over 30 people, and showed a remarkable understanding of their work and fields of study.

Many thanks to Emma Turner, Ed Ratcliffe-Law, Patrick Unwin, Nick Barker, Barak Aaronson, Maria Adobes Vidal, Pollyana Souza Castro, Rob Lazenby, Sze-yin Tan, Josh Byers and Alexander Parker for making this happen, and to William, Michael, Brinder and Leigh for their hard work and enthusiasm!

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WEIG hope to conduct more of these activities in the future to provide opportunities for the wider community to get involved in the physical and analytical sciences and spread our enthusiam for electrochemistry.

Fri 11 Apr 2014, 15:23 | Tags: People Events Public Engagement

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