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Awards and Prizes
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
Awards and Prizes
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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Researchers at the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge have published new work exploring advanced materials for energy-efficient, brain-inspired computing. The study, published in Science Advances, investigates...
27 May 2026
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Cambridge research on barocaloric materials enables new approach to energy-efficient cooling Research in the Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy at the University of Cambridge is helping to drive the...
27 May 2026
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The Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy is saddened to announce the passing of David Brandon, Emeritus Professor in the Faculty of Materials Engineering at the Technion, Israel Institute of...
6 February 2026
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The Roving Researcher scheme, supported by EPSRC EDI Hub+, is expanding to the Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy. This initiative provides skilled researchers to maintain projects during or after...
27 January 2026
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Dr John Little (22 October 1952 – 7 January 2026) was a much-valued member of the Department, serving for over three decades as a researcher, lecturer, supervisor and colleague. John...
16 January 2026
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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
Awards and Prizes
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
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Congratulations to Beatrice Jones who has been awarded the Katharine Burr Blodgett Award by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) and Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) Colloids Group. The prize is awarded annually...
7 December 2025