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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