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Prof Serena Best receives a CBE

19 July 2017 Congratulations to Professor Serena Best on being awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, for services to biomaterials engineering. Cambridge academics recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours

22 June 2026

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Congratulations to Dr Rowan Leary

13 June 2017 Dr Rowan Leary has been awarded a Royal Society Tata University Research Fellowship, to commence January 2018.  Dr Leary works in the field of high-resolution and 3D electron...

22 June 2026

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Dr Rachel Evans receives the Dillwyn medal

23 May 2017 Congratulations to our new lecturer Rachel Evans who has been awarded the Dillwyn medal for STEMM by the Learned Society of Wales. This award recognises her work...

22 June 2026

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Materials Science PhD student wins the CISER award 2016

9 September 2016 Fernando Roberto Pereira, a PhD student within Prof Bill Clyne’s group, has recently won a prize in a competition in Brazil.  The CISER award, launched in 2008,...

22 June 2026

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Dr Paul Coxon receives an inaugural Public Engagement with Research Award

23 June 2016 On Monday 20 June, the Vice-Chancellor and Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research presented two sets of inaugural awards; the Impact Awards run by the Research Strategy Office, and...

22 June 2026

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2025 EMAG thesis prize has been awarded to Helen Leung

The Department is delighted to announce that the 2025 EMAG* thesis prize has been awarded to Helen Leung. This prize is awarded annually for the most significant original doctoral work...

5 June 2026

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Congratulations to Dr. Maheera Ghani – selected for the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2026 list in the Healthcare & Science category.

Dr. Maheera Ghani, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, has been selected for the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2026 list in the Healthcare &...

3 June 2026

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Dr Maheera Abdul Ghani wins Nature Inspiring Women in Science Award 2025

We are proud to announce that Dr Maheera Abdul Ghani has been named a winner of the Nature Inspiring Women in Science Award 2025 in the Scientific Outreach Category, receiving...

5 January 2026

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Dr Yan Wang awarded ERC Starting Grant for semiconductor research

We are delighted to share the exciting news that Dr Yan Wang was awarded a prestigious ERC Starting Grant in September for her project “Atomically thin semiconductors for complementary field-effect...

27 December 2025