Ustinov Travel Awards Conference Report

By Rebecca Salthouse

I was awarded the Ustinov College Travel Award in 2022 which enabled me to take part in my first in-person international conference during my PhD, the International Conference on Coordination Chemistry in Italy, as most of my PhD before this had been during the Covid-19 pandemic.

I had been accepted to give an oral presentation at the conference, and this travel grant allowed me to go and share my research with fellow peers and notable professors in my field of inorganic chemistry, as well as giving me the chance to network in-person and make connections from all around the world. This opened up future opportunities as I was offered a Postdoc position and although I did not accept this one, this experience helped to build connections and my confidence to help towards my future career path in chemistry and hopefully academia.