Many congratulations go to both Changhui Chen and Sophie Kinnear for passing their vivas and completing their PhDs on 20th and 23rd November 2015 respectively. We all wish them good luck for the future. Hui has taken a postdoctoral position at the University of Birmingham, whilst Sophie is now working for Jaguar Land Rover as an emissions analyst.

Many congratulations go to Binoy Paulose Nadappuram for passing his viva and completing his PhD on 5th November 2015. We all wish him good luck in his new postdoctoral position at Imperial College London.

Congratulations go to Jenny Webb, who has been awarded an EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowship in Physical Chemistry! The Doctoral Prize is a prestigious award aimed at developing the very best students beyond their PhD, helping them launch a successful career as future research leaders.

Jenny will be undertaking significant new research in the area of molecular dynamics modelling, in particular the modelling of nanopore systems. She is under the supervision of Dr. Robert Johnson, through till January 2017.

We also extend (belated!) congratulations to our masters student Lucy Holt, who back in July won the Bruker Prize for Outstanding Performance in Year 3.

Many congratulations go to Rob Channon for passing his viva and completing his PhD on 22nd October 2015. We all wish him good luck in his new postdoctoral position at Colorado State University. Have a great time in America!

Congratulations to Rehab Al Botros who has recently passed her viva. Rehab has now taken on a postdoctoral position within the group!