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Dr Alex Forse has been awarded a Future Leaders Fellowship on electrochemical carbon dioxide capture to develop materials that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and tackle the global climate crisis. He has also won this year’s BRSG-NMRDG Prize, which is given to an early career research to for excellent contributions to magnetic resonance.

Professor Erwin Reisner has received a European Research Council Proof of Concept grant to support research into the scalability and eventual commercialisation of a process called photoreforming, which uses sunlight to transform biomass, food and plastic waste into hydrogen.

Dr Jenny Zhang has been awarded the 2020 Royal Society of Chemistry Biotechnology Medal for her work in combining electrochemistry with natural photosynthesis to find sustainable ways to fuel the planet.

Dr Gonçalo Bernardes has been elected as a member of the Portuguese Diaspora Council (Conselho da Diåspora Portuguesa), which through the World Portuguese Network is strengthening the networks of talent and expertise in Portuguese communities across the world in economics, culture, science and citizenship.

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On February 14 Professor Clare Grey and her group celebrated their 10-year anniversary in the ToddHamied Laboratory, which opened in 2011. “It’s a very special Valentine’s Day today for the Grey Group,” they tweeted. “Congratulations to Professor Clare Grey and to all group members former and current.” Grateful thanks to Dr Yusuf Hamied for his contribution to this world class facility.