24 June 2014

University of Reading Department of Chemistry Research Day

Organised by:

University of Reading and SCI's Thames and Kennet Regional Group

Chemistry Building, The University of Reading

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Synopsis

Poster presentations

1 Michael Budd Controlled Release of Microencapsulated Crosslinkers
2 Long Chen A General Synthesis of Π - Conjugated Oligomers
3 Rui Gu Investigation into the use of the thiamorpholinone template for peptide synthesis
4 Rui Gu Neutron Diffraction and Thermoelectric Properties of CoxTiS2
5 Clare Higgins Novel Dendritic Hydrocarbon Antioxidants
6 Stephen Jones High performance copoly(ester-imide)s
7 Kate Lim High-Performance Thermoplastic Composites for Aerospace Applications
8 Rachel Price Studying Heterogenous Catalysis using Synchrotron Radiation
9 Sam Richardson Templated Electrodeposition of Aligned 'Single Diamond' Platinum Nanostructures
10 Yuan Yuan Wang Analysis of Soil Sample from Polluted Mining Areas



Oral presentations

1 Ashfaq Asfar Progress Towards the Development of Ligands for Separating Actinides from Lanthanides
2 Jacopo Ardini The chemical state of small amino acids adsorbed on bare and oxygen covered Ni surfaces
3 Benita Hiley Rearrangement of Furanylmethyl-Substituted Ammonium Ylides
4 Rebecca Lovell Towards high-molecular weight poly(phenylene)s for applications in proton-exchange fuel cell membranes
5 Maria Teresa Buenavista Predictive and experimental approaches for characterising mutations in proteins
6 Kunal Rastogi Study of Atmospheric Aerosols via Levitation methods
7 Kanjana Wiangnon Application of Liquid MALDI MS to complex proteome analysis
8 Emily Sonnex Applications of infrared microscopy in forensics

Programme

Day 1

10:00
Welcome and Opening Remarks
10:05
Progress Towards the Development of Ligands for Separating Actinides from Lanthanides
Ashfaq Afsar
10:30
The chemical state of small amino acids adsorbed on bare and oxygen covered Ni surfaces
Jacopo Ardini
10:55
Tea
11:30
Rearrangement of Furanylmethyl-Substituted Ammonium Ylides
Benita Hiley
11:55
Towards high-molecular weight poly(phenylene)s for applications in proton-exchange fuel cell membranes
Recca Lovell
12:20
Predictive and experimental approaches for characterising mutations in proteins
Maria Teresa Buenavista
12:45
Lunch
14:00
Study of Atmospheric Aerosols via Levitation methods
Kunal Rastogi
14:25
Application of Liquid MALDI MS to complex proteome analysis
Kanjana Wiangnon
14:50
Applications of infrared microscopy in forensics
Emily Sonnex
15:25
1-minute pitches (LTG)
Michael Budd; Long Chen; Rui Gu; Gabin Guelou; Clare Higgins ; Stephen Jones; Kate Lim; Rachel Price; Sam Richardson; YuanYuan Wang
15:40
Posters (Lab G)
16:00
Coffee
17:00
Closing Remarks; Presentations (LTG); Wine Reception
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Venue and Contact

Reading University

Chemistry Building, The University of Reading 
Ground floor lecture theatre (LTG)
Ground floor lab (Lab G) 

 

Catherine O'Hare

Tel: 0118 378 6591

Email: c.l.ohare@reading.ac.uk


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