Latest CRITICAT News
Claire Passes Viva
14 Jan 2020
Congratulations to Claire Lamb who successfully defended her thesis on the 10th January 2020. Claire worked with Ai-Lan at Heriot-Watt developing novel oxidative Heck reactions (among other projects). We look forward to seeing where Claire decides to go next.
Poster Prize @ Perkin
13 Jan 2020
Many congratulations to Chris Thomson who was awarded a poster prize at 48th Scottish Regional Organic Division Meeting ("The Perkin Meeting"). The event was held on the 9th January and showcased current research from across Scotland. Great work Chris!
Award at Chemical Science Symposium
30 Sep 2019
Many congratulations to Chris Thomson who was awarded a prize for his poster presentation at the Chemical Science Symposium in London (24th-25th September). The event was themed around functional organic materials and Chris presented his work on polymer-supported organophotocatalysts. Great work Chris!
Success at Outreach Event
26 Sep 2019
In late September, we delivered a large-scale outreach event in partnership with St Monans Primary School. The event was held at the Byre Theatre and allowed ~100 children to take part in a series of hands-on activities. A delegation of students also delivered an event at the school allowing P1-P2 students (aged between 4-5) to also take part in the experiments. The event was a huge success and the children were great at asking us difficult science questions :)
First EaSI-CAT Cohort Start PhDs
22 Sep 2019
Our first cohort of EaSI-CAT students started their PhDs this week and took part in a series of skills lectures including research software, presentation skills and how to critique posters and scientific manuscripts. We wish our students every success in their research and look forward to seeing how they progress!