Five of our academics have been awarded Royal Society of Chemistry Prizes this year! ππ
Read on for details about all of them below... π @RoySocChem#RSCPrizes
Dr Josef Boronski (@JosefBoronski) has received the Dalton Emerging Researcher Prize for his groundbreaking investigations into actinide-cyclobutadienyl chemistry #RSCPrizes
Prof Tom Brown (@Prof_Tom_Brown) has been awarded the Khorana Prize for major contributions in the nucleic acid field, including the synthesis of biocompatible artificial DNA, and molecular tools for genetic analysis and diagnostics #RSCPrizes
Prof Darren Dixon (@dixon_group) gets the Tilden Prize for the discovery, development and applications of iridium-catalysed reductive functionalisation of amides and lactams #RSCPrizes
Prof Stephen Fletcher (@spfletcher) receives the Merck, Sharp and Dohme Prize for the development of asymmetric Suzuki-Miyaura-type and other catalytic cross-coupling reactions with racemic starting materials #RSCPrizes
And finally, Prof Ludmilla Steier (@LudmillaSteier) wins the Materials Chemistry Early Career Prize for seminal contributions to the understanding of defect chemistry in semiconducting materials and interfacial energetics in photocatalytic and photovoltaic devices #RSCPrizes
Itβs International Day of Women and Girls in Science! @OxfordChemistry weβve been speaking to our students, staff, alumnae and friends to celebrate the amazing achievements of women and girls in chemistry, and think to the future. Read on... π§΅#IDWGIS#WomenInChem#WomenInScience
PhD student @Karen__Clare is helping develop an understanding of how proteins help our bodies respond to low oxygen levels, important for treating diseases like cancer. For her, representation is the key to supporting women and girls in chemistry:
βWhat interests me most about chemistry is how it can be used to understand biological systems. Science works best when itβs interdisciplinary, and thereβs so many places where our knowledge and skills as chemists can help.β