Prof. M. Saiful Islam / Energy Materials Research Group
Recent News
2022
Nov '22
- Saiful gave an invited talk at the Brian Cox & Robin Ince Compendium of Reason charity event to 4,000+ people at the Royal Albert Hall. [Link]
Oct '22
- Saiful was made an Honorary Fellow of the British Science Association [Link]
- Saiful presented his Inaugural Lecture at St Anne's College Oxford 'Materials for Green Energy - Crystal Gazing on the Atomic Scale'
- Congratulations to Andrey for his YESS award from the battery network Energy RS2E
Sept '22
- Congratulations to Andrey, Kit and Ryan for papers published in Nature Materials, Nature Comms and Nature Sustainability respectively
August '22
- Saiful awarded the 2022 Royal Society Hughes Medal [Link]
May '22
- Dr Arup Chakraborty joins group on a Royal Society Society Newton International Fellowship
March '22
Feb '22
- Congratulations to Ben Goldmann. His first publication has come out in J Mater Chem and we also got the cover image [Link]
Jan '22
- Saiful presents the Hirsch Lecture at Oxford Materials
- Saiful joins the Department of Materials, University Of Oxford. [Link]
- Dr Pezhman Zarabadi-Poor from the group has also moved to Oxford.
2021
Nov '21
- Matt Clarke passes his PhD viva. Congratulations Dr Clarke!
- RSC team and Saiful achieve a World Record lemon battery [Link]
- Saiful was guest of honour and after dinner speaker at Goodenough College - an educational charity providing residence for UK & international postgraduates in London
Sept '21
- Saiful interviewed for the Royal Society 'Parent-Carer-Scientist' Project [Link]
- Fundraiser event at the Royal Institution celebrating 200 years of Michael Faraday's electric motor [Link]
- PhD student, Hollie Richards, wins a poster prize at the Bolland Symposium, Bath Chemistry. Congratulations Hollie!
August '21
- A research highlight item in the MRS Bulletin featured our disordered rocksalt study published in JACS [Link]
July '21
- Saiful is a new elected member of Academia Europaea [Link]
May '21
April '21
- Saiful Q&A interview for the Humanists UK newsletter [PDF]
March '21
- Saiful was one of the three chairs and judges of the Energy theme (#RSCEnergy) for the RSC Poster Twitter Conference [RSC news item]
Jan '21
- Saiful's updated bio on the Royal Society website [Link]
- Congrats Nourdine - new paper in Chemistry of Materials [Journal Link]
- Welcome Dr Jon Cottom as new postdoc on the FI CATMAT project
2020
Dec '20
- Saiful provides one of the 'Science Stories' of 2020 in The Guardian [Link]
- JACS paper out on disordered rocksalt cathodes. Congrats Ryan. [Link]
Sept '20
- Battery research mentioned in issue of Bath Alumni Magazine BA2 [Link]
- Cosmic Science Shambles Network with Robin Ince, Helen Cserski, Andrea Sella and Saiful [Link]
- Launch of new Twitter account for the CATMAT project @CATMAT_FI [Link]
Apr '20
- Welcome to new postdocs on the Faraday Institution CATMAT project:
Dr Kit McColl, Dr Sam Coles, Dr Adam Symington & Dr Pezhman Zarabadi-Poor
- Saiful's 'The Life Scientific' radio interview on BBC World Service [Link]
- Video of Saiful's talk at Humanists UK convention now online [Link]
Feb '20
- Interview with Saiful for a #NotJustALabCoat CSCT blog [Link]
Jan '20
- Q&A blog about Saiful declining an OBE [Link]
- 2020 ACS National Award winners in C&EN [Link]
2019
Dec '19
- Saiful provides one of the 2019 'Science Stories' of 2019 in the Guardian [Link]
Nov '19
- Saiful quoted in RSC Chemistry World article on sodium batteries [Link]
Saiful's RSC lecture at the Royal Institution to celebrate the International Year of the Periodic Table [Link]
Oct '19
- Saiful on BBC Radio 4 'The Life Scientific' [Link]
Sep '19
- 2020 American Chemical Society Henry H. Storch Award in Energy Chemistry [Link]
- Faraday Institution grant (£11.2M): Next-generation lithium-ion cathode materials (CATMAT) led by Saiful as PI [Bath news] [FI site]
Aug '19
- Review in Nature Materials on solid electrolytes for batteries [Link]
July '19
- Saiful as main Editor: themed issue on Energy Materials published in Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. A [Link]
May '19
- Podcast interview for Pint of Science Festival[Link]
Jan '19
- Saiful joins the Royal Society Public Engagement Committee [Link]
2018
Dec '18
- Highlight piece on Nature Materials paper in Joule [PDF]
Sept '18
June '18
- Three group members (James Dawson, Piero Canepa and Theo Famprikis) presented posters at the International Meeting on Lithium Batteries (IMLB) in Kyoto, Japan
Apr '18
- JACS paper on grain boundaries in solid electrolytes highlighted in MRS Bulletin[pdf][link]
Feb '18
- New webpages go live for the Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies [link]
- Energy Materials conference at the Royal Society London in Sept 2018: website is now live [link]
Jan '18
- JACS paper on grain boundaries in solid electrolytes highlighted in C&EN news [pdf][link]
- New Faraday Institution on battery research for electric vehicles with a Multi-Scale Modelling project involving Bath Chemistry [Bath news item]
2017
Nov '17
- Jenny Heath passes her PhD viva. Congratulations Dr. Heath!
- Saiful gives Thomas Graham lecture & RSC Prize Talk at UCL Chemistry (Lab Dinner) [Link to photos]
- C&EN list of 25 Chemists you should follow on Twitter includes @SaifulChemistry
Sept '17
- Jenny Heath wins Flash Poster Talk prize at 4th Energy Materials Symposium at Bath
- RSC News Item on Energy Materials Symposium at Bath [News]
Aug '17
- Saiful becomes a Patron of Humanists UK [link]
June '17
- Video of Bath Taps into Science talk with a few demos from Ri xmas lectures [link]
May '17
- Nature Comm paper on perovskite solar cells highlighted in C&E news [pdf]
Apr '17
- One of the first 100A1 Ambassadors of the Lloyds Register Foundation [link]
- Impact report on Ri xmas lectures [link]
Mar '17
- Young children's blog after Saiful's Bath Taps into Science talk [link]
- CSCT Blog on the Family Fun Day at the Royal Institution [link]
Feb '17
- RSC J Materials Chem Blog on Ri xmas lectures [link]
- MSI contributed to piece on lithium batteries in Materials World [pdf]
- Bath Uni Research Marketing Blog on Ri xmas lectures [link]
- Three Christmas Lectures on Ri Channel [link]
Jan '17
Jan '17
Jan '17
- Nature Comm paper on tunnel oxide battery materials. News items [Bath Uni]
2016
Dec '16
Dec '16
- Congratulations, Jenny Heath: awarded Best Talk Prize at RSC Solid State Chemistry Xmas meeting, Loughborough
Sept '16
August '16
August '16
- Saiful selected to be Royal Institution Christmas Lecturer [RI info]
June '16
- Jenny and Hungru present posters (and Saiful gives an invited talk) at the International Meeting on Lithium Batteries (IMLB), Chicago, USA
May '16
- Saiful gives public talk at Pint of Science Festival (at Bath Brew House)
Mar '16
Mar '16
- EPSRC Programme grant on next-generation lithium batteries[Bath news]
Feb '16
- Letter in C&EN on lack of diversity in 2016 ACS Awards [pdf]
Jan '16
2015
Dec '15
- Article in RSC Chemistry World on race issues in academia [pdf][link]
Nov '15
- Stephen Wood passes viva (external: Prof R. Catlow FRS) and awarded PhD. Congratulations, Dr Wood.
Oct '15
- Saiful appears in the first Science Showoff event in Bath [link]
Sept '15
Aug '15
- Nature Comm paper on perosvkite solar cells. News items [Bath: link] [Phys.org: link]
July '15
- JACS paper on lithium-ion solid electrolytes highlighted in C&E news [link]
June '15
- Saiful joins new Diversity Committee of the Royal Society [link]
Apr '15
- Jenny Heath's submission for Images of Research [link]
Apr '15
- Interview on BBC World Service Radio on new battery science [link]
Mar '15
- Jenny Heath wins poster prize at the STFC Early Career Researchers Conference, Abingdon [link]
Jan '15
- Short video by Pre-award grants team at Bath [link]
Jan '15
- Recent JACS paper on MXenes mentioned in Chemistry and Engineering News [pdf]
2014
Dec '14
Nov '14
- Public talk at Ignite Cardiff using 3D specs [link]
Oct '14
Sept '14
- Symposium on Energy Materials at Bath [link]
July '14
- Royal Society Diversity Day [info]
July '14
July '14
June '14
June '14
- Research team (John Clark, Chris Eames, Stephen Wood, Alex Whiteside) present posters at the big International Meeting on Lithium Batteries, Lake Como, Italy
May '14
- John Clark passes viva and awarded PhD. Congratulations, Dr Clark.
April '14
Jan '14
2013
Dec '13
- Ignite talk at Bath. More info here.
Nov '13
- John Clark wins a best talk prize at the MGMS Young Modellers' Forum, London. More info here.
Nov '13
- Café Science talk at the Royal Society London. More info here.
Oct '13
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MSI is a new member of the Equality and Diversity Advisory Network (EDAN) committee of the Royal Society.
Oct '13
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Stephen Wood gives his first international conference talk (sodium battery symposium, Vitoria, Spain).
Sept '13
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Jesse Dufton passes viva and awarded PhD. Congratulations.
Sept '13
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At the DTC Showcase conference, Stephen Wood is awarded the CSCT Whorrod Prize and presents his prize lecture.
August '13
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Stephen Wood's first publication (in Energy & Environmental Science) and DTC news item.
June '13
May '13
April '13
April '13
March '13
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Chris Eames, David Tompsett and John Clark present posters at the International Battery Association (IBA) conference, Barcelona.
2012
Dec '12
Dec '12
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Invited lecture at first JUAMI Materials Research School, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Sep '12
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Grahame Gardiner passes viva and awarded PhD. Congratulations.
Feb '12
Jan '12
2011
Dec '11
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John Clark from the group wins a poster prize at the RSC Solid State Group xmas meeting at Liverpool.
Dec '11
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MSI Profile in RSC News.
Nov '11
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Invited RSC Materials Chemistry Schools lecture (at Burlington House, London). Bath news release.
Oct '11
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Highlighted paper in Angewandte Chemie (on apatite ion conductors for fuel
cells).
Sept '11
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Clean energy research featured in article in InfoChem (the student supplement to RSC Education in Chemistry). More Information...
July '11
June '11
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Guest Editor with Linda Nazar for Themed Issue "Advanced Materials for Lithium Batteries" in Journal of Materials Chemistry.
May '11
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Postrgraduate Research Symposium at Bath: John Clark from the group wins a 'best poster' prize.
April '11
March '11
March '11
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Nature Materials paper on oxide anodes for lithium batteries
2010
Dec '10
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Grahame Gardiner from the group wins a poster prize at the RSC Solid State Group 30th anniversary xmas meeting at UCL.
Nov '10
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Work on gallate oxide-ion conductors featured on the cover of Advanced Functional Materials.
Oct '10
May '10
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Chemistry Postrgraduate Research Symposium at Bath: Paul Weaver from the group wins one of the 'best talk' prizes.
April '10
March '10
2009
Dec '09
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Cover artwork (and invited review) for MRS Bulletin (Theme issue)
May '09
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Chemistry Postgraduate Research Symposium at Bath: Steve Stokes wins one of the 'best talk' prizes and Grahame Gardiner wins one of the 'best poster' prizes.
March '09
March '09
2008
Sept '08
Sept '08
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Energy showcase at Bath and launch of the Institute for Sustainable Energy and the Environment (I-SEE)
July '08
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Francis Bacon Medal - Fuel Cell Science & Technology Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry.
June '08
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Interview by students at the University of Bath now on YouTube, and can be viewed here.
March '08
2007
November '07
August '07
July '07
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Alison Jones awarded best poster prize for "Atomistic Modelling of Ion Transport and Defects in Apatite Silicate SOFC Materials" at the 16th International Conference on Solid State Ionics (SSI-16), Shanghai, China.
May '07
- Our work mentioned in an article on lithium ion battery research in May issue of Chemistry World.
April '07
January '07
2006
December '06
July '06
July '06