December 2014: Elena gives an invited research seminar "Chemical reactions in TEM: theoretical perspective" at the Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Finland (hosted by Prof. Kai Nordlund).
December 2014: Dr. Andrei Popov from the Institute of Spectroscopy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Troitsk, Russia visits the group and gives a research seminar "Simulation of processes in metal-carbon systems under electron irradiation in HRTEM".
October 2014: Elena gives "Frontiers in Physics" Masterclass lecture "Computational Transmission Electron Microscopy (CompuTEM)" at the School of Physics, University of Nottingham (hosted by Prof. Philip Moriarty).
October 2014: new postdoctoral research fellow joins the group. Matthew Lennox comes from Professor Tina Düren's group (Edinburgh/Bath), and he will be working on computational modelling of gas capture and separation in metal- organic frameworks. Welcome to the group, Matt!
October 2014: Jack Wadey joins the group as a PhD student. This summer, Jack successfully completed his MRes degree with Dr. Nick Besley. Well done, Jack, and welcome to the group!
September 2014: Michelle presents a poster "Methane adsorption in MOFs containing nanographene linkers: a computational study" at the 6th International FEZA Conference in Leipzig, Germany, September 8-11th 2014.
August 2014: Elena gives an opening keynote lecture "Studying chemical reactions in TEM: theoretical perspective" at NanoteC14, Brussels, Belgium.
July 2014: Alexander (talk) and Steve (poster) present their research at the International Conference on Advanced Materials Modelling, ICAMM 2014, Nantes, France.
July 2014: Elena gives an invited lecture "Multiscale modelling of advanced materials with applications in energy storage, military defence and carbon nanoscience" at the International Conference on Advanced Materials Modelling, ICAMM 2014, Nantes, France.
June 2014: Steve's poster presentation "Irradiation-Induced Structure Change of Nanotube Encapsulated Molecules in TEM" won a (joint) first prize at the Department of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Postgraduate Research Colloquium. Well Done, Steve!
May 2014: Elena gives an invited research seminar "Electrostatic Interactions at the Nanoscale" at the Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, UPMC Sorbonne University, Paris (hosted by Prof. Andreas Savin).
April 2014: Dean's Fund Summer Studentship 2014 (School of Mathematical Sciences) is funded in collaboration with Dr. Kristoffer Van der Zee (Mathematical Sciences).
March 2014: Elena is promoted to Associate Professor in Computational and Theoretical Chemistry.
January 2014: Elena is invited to join AcademiaNet - Expert Database for Outstanding Female Scientists and Scholars www.academia-net.org. The AcademiaNet was launched in November 2010 by Germany's most prominent physicist, Chancellor Angela Merkel.
