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Dr Tom Bennett receives Philip Leverhulme Prize

07 February 2020 Dr Tom Bennett will receive his 2019 Philip Leverhulme Prize for Chemistry at a Gala Dinner on 11th March.  He has already begun to put the generous prize...

22 June 2026

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A New Year Honour for Professor A.K. Cheetham!

03 January 2020 We are delighted to report the news that Professor Anthony Cheetham, FRS, former Goldsmiths Professor and now one of the Department’s Distinguished Research Fellows, was awarded a...

22 June 2026

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Prof Rachel Oliver is an Emerging Technology WISE Award finalist

29 October 2019 Prof Rachel Oliver is one of three Emerging Technology WISE Award finalists!  Rachel hopes that events like the WISE Awards will allow women to see that there are...

22 June 2026

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Prof Serena Best CBE awarded the Armourers and Brasiers’ Award

10 October 2019 Professor Serena Best CBE FREng has received the 2019 Armourers and Brasiers’ Award from the Royal Academy of Engineering for successfully using biomaterials to replace and help...

22 June 2026

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Dr Louise Hirst awarded ERC Starting Grant

06 September 2019 Dr Louise Hirst has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant entitled ‘Gliding epitaxy for inorganic space-power sheets’. Radiation tolerant, low mass photovoltaic systems are needed to power the...

22 June 2026

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Samer Kurdi’s Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting experience

26 July 2019 In March this year, Samer Kurdi, a PhD student in the Department of Materials Science, was invited to participate in the 69th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting this...

22 June 2026

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Professor Ruth Cameron awarded Rosalind Franklin Medal and Prize

02 July 2019 Prof. Ruth Cameron has been awarded a 2019 Rosalind Franklin Medal and Prize by the Institute of Physics for innovative application of physics to regenerative medicine and pharmaceutical...

22 June 2026

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Dr Jessica Gwynne’s contribution to teaching acknowledged with a Pilkington Prize

27 June 2018 Dr Jessica Gwynne has been selected as a 2019 Pilkington Prize winner. The prizes, endowed by Sir Alastair Pilkington, acknowledge excellence in teaching and are awarded to...

22 June 2026

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Prof Chhowalla to be next Cambridge Royce Champion

11 June 2019 Goldsmiths’ Professor, Prof Manish Chhowalla, has been appointed as the next Cambridge Royce Champion and Leader of the Royce Materials for Energy Efficient ICT theme.  Manish will take...

22 June 2026

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Three Materials Science Graduates in the IOM3’s 15 under 30

20 May 2019 Three Cambridge Materials graduates are featured in the 15 under 30 list in the IOM3’s 150th anniversary edition of Materials World magazine.   Megan McGregor, PhD candidate in the...

22 June 2026