News 2019
Annual Postgraduate Research Prize
The School of Chemistry is pleased to announce recipients of the annual Postgraduate Prize in Research.
A judging panel, covering all research themes in the School of Chemistry, selected Gold, Silver and Bronze award winners from a list of published research papers in 2018 by postgraduate students in the School. The gold award winner now advances to the annual College of SEFS best research paper award.
Gold Level Award
Student Name: Stephen Rhatigan
Supervisor: Dr Michael Nolan
Title of Paper: CO2 and water activation on ceria nanocluster modified Ti02 rutile (110)
Silver Level Award
Student Name: M. Rizwan Ahmed
Supervisor: Dr Dara Fitzpatrick
Title of Paper: Contactless, probeless and non-titrimetric determination of acid-base reactions using broadband acoustic resonance dissolution spectroscopy (BARDS)
Bronze Level Award
Student Name: Alex Lonergan
Supervisor: Prof Colm O'Dwyer
Title of Paper: Tetrahedral framework of inverse opal photonic crystals defines the optical response and photonic band gap