December 2020
November 2016
- Conrad leads a joint paper between the Mills and Chilton groups with friends in the USA in Nature Chemistry on the isolation and electronic structure of a derivatised ferrocene anion.
- Dave is a Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the United Kingdom Finalist in Chemistry in 2021!
- Peter and Marcus finish their postdocs in our group; Peter moves to Imperial and Marcus moves "down the corridor" to Nick Chilton's group - thanks and all the best to both of you!
- Dave gives a remote seminar at Newcastle University - thanks go to the hosts for the invite and expert zoom chairing!
- Jack Baldwin has started his PhD, and Chelsea-Ann Peart and Fraser Mackintosh have started their final year MChem projects - welcome all!
- Phil has finished his postdoc in our group and moved on to a job in the nuclear industry - thanks for everything Phil, you will be missed!
- Ben's review of f-element-silicon and heavier tetrel chemistry with Dave and Steve Liddle is published in Chemical Science.
- Dave is selected as a Top Reviewer for Inorganic Chemistry by the Editorial Board for peer reviews written in 2019/20. See the Editorial here.
- Ben is first author and Ally is a co-author as our group's collaborative work on actinide-silicon bonds with the Liddle and Kaltsoyannis groups is published in Chemical Communications.
- Dave receives a University of Manchester ChemStudents Award for Exceptional Feedback. Thanks go to the Department of Chemistry PASS Leaders and ChemSoc!
- Ben and Vijay give their final year PhD talks at the Manchester PGR conference; our thanks go to the organisers for putting the remote schedule together.
- Carlo Andrea has finished his placement, which was unfortunately cut short by the lockdown - all the best for the future!
- Laura has been given the John Salthouse Award for being the best inorganic chemist in the 4th year at Manchester. Many congrats Laura, well deserved!
- Ben's work on complexes containing rare actinide-silicon bonds, in collaboration with Profs. Steve Liddle and Nik Kaltsoyannis and members of their groups, is published as a preprint on ChemRxiv.
- Dave wins a University of Manchester Student’s Union Award for Best Academic Advising in 2020.
- Conrad leads a paper in Inorganic Chemistry on the synthesis of samarium chalcogenide complexes, with Ben, Gianni, Jon and Marcus, and XAS studies led by Dr Stephen Sproules.
- Jingjing leads a paper on the synthesis of early lanthanide phospholyl complexes, with Phil, Marcus, Fabs, Lydia Nodaraki and Floriana Tuna, now accepted in Dalton Transactions.
- Peter leads a study on the synthesis and magnetic properties of a double dysprosocenium cation, with Conrad, Fabs, Dave, Dani Reta and Nick Chilton, now accepted in Chemical Communications.
- Vijay leads a collaborative Manchester/Bordeaux paper on probing relaxation dynamics in 5-coordinate Dy aryloxide SMMs, now accepted in Chemistry - A European Journal.
- A collaborative paper with Marcus, Conrad, Fabs and Dave amongst the authors on understanding magnetic relaxation in dysprosocenium is published in Physical Review B.
- Liam and Laura have both finished in the lab - all the best in the future both!
- Dr Gemma Gransbury and Carlo-Andrea Mattei have joined the group. Gemma is our new PDRA and Carlo is a visiting PhD student from Dr Fabrice Pointillart's group in Rennes. Welcome both!
- Dave gives talks at the Manchester Chemistry RSC Awards Symposium and Imperial College London. Thanks to the organisers for hosting!
- Dave gives an invited lecture at IIT Bombay as part of a half-day symposium - thanks very much for the invitation and a wonderful day of science!
- Dave gives talks at the MTMM (IISER Bhopal) and RAMM (IIT Kharagpur) conferences and Vijay gives a talk and wins a poster prize at the MTMM. Thanks very much to the organisers!
- Peter is first author on a preprint describing a double-dysprosocenium single-molecule magnet held together by weak interactions with neutral molecules, now available on ChemRxiv.
- Our paper with the Chilton group on a bis-phospholyl dysprosium single-molecule magnet is now accepted in JACS.
- Dave gives an invited seminar at St Andrews, thanks go to everyone who hosted the visit.
- Peter is first author on a preprint describing the synthesis of a bis-phospholyl dysprosium compound that shows hysteresis up to 48 Kelvin, now available on ChemRxiv.
- Our recent Chemical Science article is highlighted as a Hot Paper and a Pick of the Week; see the news story and a video made for this work here.
- Jack, Marcus and Phil have started in the group for postdoctoral studies - a big welcome to all of you!
- Jingjing has passed her PhD viva - very well done, richly deserved and best wishes for the future!
- Corentin and Sophie have returned to the group to start their PhD studies, and Laura and Liam have started their MChem final year projects - welcome all!
- A collaborative Manchester paper on exotic bent lanthanide complexes led by Hannah is published in Chemical Science (doi:10.1039/C9SC03431E).
- Peter and Ben present talks at the Dalton Younger Members Event in Cardiff, Dave (talk) and Vijay (poster) present work at the European Conference for Molecular Magnetism in Florence.
- Dave gives a seminar in the Paul Pascal Centre for Research in Bordeaux during a PhD viva visit for Xiaozhou Ma - many congrats Xiaozhou, and thanks to Pierre Dechambenoit for hosting!
- Dave gives two talks and chairs two sessions at the ACS Fall meeting in San Diego - many thanks to the organisers for the chance to present our work.
- Dave gives departmental seminars at Los Alamos National Laboratory, UC Irvine and USC - thanks to all for hosting!
- Jingjing, Banan and Charley all finish in the lab, sad times!
- Dave attends the IUPAC General Assembly and World Congress and world congress in Paris as a Young Observer, thanks to the RSC for fully supporting this opportunity.
- Fabs and Dave's review of low coordinate f-element complexes is published in the Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of the Rare Earths (doi:10.1016/bs.hpcre.2019.05.001).
- Dave is promoted to Reader and is awarded the 2019 RSC Bill Newton Award.
- Dave and Vijay both give talks at the 4th BOOK-D conference in Bordeaux; Vijay also presents a poster.
- The group attended the Manchester Chemistry PGR conference. Jingjing gave a talk, and Ben and Vijay presented posters. Ben won a Poster prize - many congrats Ben!
- Charley Istance-Tamblin has joined the group for an RSC-funded summer project - welcome Charley!
- Fabs has left the group to start up his own as a lecturer at Leicester. All the best for the future Fabs, and thanks for everything!
- Ben and Dave give talks at the superb 2019 Terrae Rarae conference on a boat between Stockholm and Helsinki, and visit Ytterby, the f-elementer's dream holiday destination!
- Fabs, Conrad and the team at Manchester led by Nick Chilton have now published their work in Dalton Trans. on 164-Dy labelled single molecule magnets (doi:10.1039/C9DT01655D).
- Many congrats to Charley Istance-Tamblin for being awarded an RSC undergraduate research bursary to spend her summer in the group!
- Hannah passes her PhD viva - congratulations Dr Nicholas, richly deserved!
- Jingjing leads a collaborative paper between the Mills and Chilton groups in Chemistry - A European Journal on light lanthanide metallocenium cations (doi:10.1002/chem.201901167).
- New paper on ChemRxiv! Hannah, Conrad, Siobhan, Wei and the team at Manchester make unusual bent lanthanide complexes in the +3 oxidation state (doi:10.26434/chemrxiv.7952063.v1).
- We are joined by two summer students - Banan Alawaji is on the Manchester PGT MSc course and Sara Pischedda is on an Erasmus+ placement as part of her PhD studies in Sassari - welcome both!
- Hannah, Mike and Sophie have all finished in the lab this month. Very sad to see you all go but wishing you the best for the future!
- Dave gives his final RSC Prize tour lecture at the University of Bristol - many thanks to Chris and colleagues for hosting!
- Dave is selected to represent thulium on the Periodic Table of Younger Chemists, in celebration of the International Year of the Periodic Table and the IUPAC Centenary. See the press release here.
- Fabs has been awarded a lectureship at the University of Leicester. Many congrats Fabs, you will be sorely missed!
- Dave gives his second RSC Prize lecture in Warwick, many thanks to Mark and co for hosting the visit!
- Dave gives a talk in Strathclyde for the first leg of his RSC Prize lecture tour. Thanks very much to Charlie and co for hosting!
- Dave is awarded a European Research Council Consolidator Grant.
- Dave and Vijay present posters at the ECMolS 2018 conference in Peniscola, Spain, as part of the COST Action MOLSPIN. Lovely venue!
- The group attend a fun RSC UK-India Symposium on Inorganic Chemistry in Manchester. Ben and Vijay win poster prizes - many congrats to both of you!
- Hing Man Yeung and Sophie Corner have joined the group for their MChem final year projects - welcome both!
- Dave gives a talk at the MICRA meeting in Cardiff, Wales. Many thanks to the organisers and attendees for making this such an enjoyable experience.
- Dave gives an invited lecture at the ICfE in Lausanne, Switzerland and thanks the organisers for giving him a chance to present some of the group's work.
- Our first ever ChemRxiv article! Fabs, Conrad and the team at Manchester show the importance of molecular vibrations in single molecule magnet data retention (doi:10.26434/chemrxiv.6790568.v1).
- Jingjing, Fabs and Dave attend the ICCC in Sendai, Japan. Fabs and Dave give talks and Jingjing presents a poster - our thanks to the organisers.
- Conrad is first author on a paper in Chem. Commun., detailing the synthesis and physical properties of the terbocenium cation (doi:10.1039/C8CC05261A).
- The group have a fantastic time attending the RSC Dalton Northern Regional Meeting. Dave gives a plenary lecture, others present posters and Vijay wins a poster prize - well done Vijay!
- Fabs attends the joint EPSRC Dial-a-Molecule and Directed Assembly Grand Challenge Networks Early Career Event at Strathclyde.
- The group attend the Manchester Chemistry PGR conference. Hannah gives a talk and Jingjing presents a poster, all had a great time!
- Dave is joint first author on Steve Liddle's latest paper in Nature Communications on nanometre rings containing formal uranium-carbon multiple bonds (doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04560-7).
- Dave has been awarded one of the 2018 RSC Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prizes.
- Conrad has been named the RSC Dalton Emerging Researcher 2018 - many congrats Conrad!
- Conrad has been awarded one of the inaugural Manchester School of Chemistry Outstanding Achievement Awards for his work over the last year - well done again Conrad!
- Conrad leads a joint paper between the Lancaster, Sproules and Mills groups on X-ray absorption studies of three-coordinate samarium complexes in Dalton Transactions (doi:10.1039/C8DT01452C).
- Hannah is first author in a paper in Molecules on the structural characterization of lithium and sodium bulky bis(silyl)amides (doi:10.3390/molecules23051138).
- A paper led by Ji-Dong and Prof. Richard Winpenny on the use of chromium chains as polydentate fluoride ligands is published in Dalton Transactions (doi:10.1039/C8DT00803E).
- Dave gives a talk at an RSC Prize and Award Symposium at Manchester.
- A paper led by Ji-Dong on near-linear magnesium and calcium amide complexes is published in Dalton Transactions (doi:10.1039/C8DT00802G).
- Corentin Magnoux and Hongrui Zhang have started in the lab for summer research projects - welcome both!
- The group attend Dalton 2018, all presenting posters, apart from Dave, who gave a talk. Fantastic time had by all!
- Conrad, Siobhan and Jake have all finished in the lab. All the best for the future to all of you and thanks for everything!
- Mateusz has passed his PhD viva and has commenced a postdoc with Prof. Alois Furstner at the Max-Planck-Institut. Many congrats and all the best for the future!
- The EPSRC have awarded Dave and co-investigator Dr Nick Chilton £438k to target molecular magnetic hysteresis at liquid nitrogen temperatures.
- Conrad's paper on uranium and thorium bis(silyl)amide chemistry has been published in Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. (doi:10.1002/ejic.201800036).
- Fabs has won the 2018 Magnetochemistry Travel Award to present his work at ICCC2018 in Sendai, Japan - well done Fabs!
- Hannah's review of divalent lanthanide organometallic chemistry has been published in the Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry (doi:10.1002/9781119951438.eibc2453).
- Conrad has been awarded a prestigious J. Robert Oppenheimer Fellowship at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Many congrats Conrad, an amazing achievement and richly deserved!
- Conrad, Fabs and Dave are authors on a paper in J. Am. Chem. Soc. with Dani and Nick from the Chilton group, reporting an isostructural family of lanthanide metallocenium cations (doi:10.1021/jacs.7b11535).
- Dave gives a talk and Fabs and Conrad present posters at Terrae Rarae in Tubingen, Germany.
- Fabs is first author on a group paper in the Journal of Organometallic Chemistry on lanthanide cyclopentadienyl-borohydride complexes (doi:10.1016/j.jorganchem.2017.09.010).
- Ben Reant (PhD), Vijay Parmar (PhD), Siobhan Murphy (MChem) and Jake Cleghorn (MChem) have joined the group - welcome all!
- Dave and Fabs are co-authors on a paper in the Journal of Organometallic Chemistry led by Prof. Nik Kaltsoyannis on the selection criteria for DFT functionals in molecular uranium chemistry (doi:10.1016/jorganchem.2017.09.021).
- The group attend the RSC CODG in Lancaster - Fabs gives a talk and the rest present posters. Thanks to Nick and co for organising!
- Conrad, Hannah and Jingjing attend the Dalton Younger Members Event in Bath. Hannah and Jingjing present posters and Conrad gives a talk and wins a prize - well done!
- Jingjing, Ally and Fabs are authors on a joint paper in the Journal of Organometallic Chemistry with John, Ash and Steve from the Liddle group on unusual Th(III) reactivity with an N-heterocyclic olefin (doi:10.1016/j.jorganchem.2017.08.015).
- Wei and Jocelyn have finished in the lab and are off to pastures new. Thanks to both of you for being a pleasure to work with and all the best for the future!
- Conrad, Fabs and Dave are authors on a paper in Nature with Dani and Nick from the Chilton group, reporting magnetic hysteresis at 60 K in dysprosocenium (doi:10.1038/nature23447).
- Dave is promoted to Senior Lecturer.
- Fabs is first author on a joint paper with Dave and Prof. Steve Liddle in Organometallics on yttrium methanide/ methanediide bis(silyl)amide chemistry (doi:10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00394).
- Conrad and Dave's review of f-element silylamide chemistry is published in Specialist Periodical Reports (Organometallic Chemistry v41).
- Dave and Conrad both present posters at the Organometallic Chemistry Gordon Research Conference in Newport, Rhode Island. Dave's poster is selected for an oral presentation.
- Hannah presents a poster at EuCOMC 2017 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- Yu Xuan "Joceyln" Yeoh from the Universiti Sains Malaysia has joined the group for a summer internship - welcome Jocelyn!
- Conrad and Hannah attend RSC Dalton Northern in Sheffield and both present posters.
- Dave and Conrad attend the 28th Rare Earth Research Conference in Ames, Iowa. Dave gives an invited talk and Conrad presents a poster.
- The group attend the Manchester School of Chemistry Postgraduate Research Conference.
- Dave gives a seminar at the University of Kent. Thanks very much to Ewan and co for your hospitality!
- Dave gives a talk at the University of Oxford as part of the postdoc-led seminar series. Thanks very much to Sandy and co for a wonderful day out!
- Conrad is first author on a paper in Inorganic Chemistry on the properties of trigonal planar lanthanide(II) bis(silyl)amide complexes (doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b00664).
- Song Wei Loo has joined the group to do his PG summer research project. Welcome Wei!
- The group attend ISACS 2017 in Manchester. Fabs, Conrad and Hannah present posters, Hannah gives a flash talk.
- Dave is invited to give a talk at ACS Spring 2017 in San Francisco at a symposium in honour of Dave Clark receiving the Glenn T. Seaborg Award for Nuclear Chemistry.
- Conrad has passed his PhD viva - well done, richly deserved!
- Dave gives a seminar at the University of York. Thanks very much to Alison and co for their hospitality!
- Hannah is awarded an RSC Manchester and District Local Section travel bursary to attend EuCOMC2017 in Amsterdam.
- Fabs is first author on a group paper in Inorg. Chem., led by Dave and Nick Chilton, analysing interactions between ligand radicals and 4f electrons in cerium compounds (doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b02683).
- Dave is a co-author on Prof. Steve Liddle and Dr Andy Kerridge's latest paper in Nature Commun., which shows that the inverse-trans-influence operates in mid-oxidation state f-element compounds (doi:10.1038/ncomms14137). See the press release here.
- Dave gives a seminar at the University of Central Lancashire, a thoroughly enjoyable day out!
- Ally is first author on a paper published in Nature Chemistry on the first measurements of actinide covalency using pulsed EPR spectroscopy (doi:10.1038/nchem.2692).
- Ally, Fabs, Jingjing and Lydia are co-authors on a paper on the reductive power of Lappert's thorium(III) complex, published in Chemistry - A European Journal (doi:chem.201605974).
November 2016
- Ji-Dong has finished his time at Manchester and has returned to China. Thanks for everything, we'll miss you!
- Dave gives a seminar at Nottingham Trent University - thanks to all for your hospitality and a chance to chat science!
- Conrad is awarded an EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowship at The University of Manchester to start in April 2017 - many congrats!
- Mateusz is the first author on a new Chemical Communications paper on Sm(II) metallocene-mediated cross-coupling experiments, led by Prof. David Procter and also starring Dave and Fabs (doi:10.1039/C6CC07318B).
- Dave has written a book chapter with Prof. Steve Liddle, which is part of a book on Ligand Design in Metal Chemistry published by Wiley and edited by Profs. R. Lundgren and M. Stradiotto.
- Ally, Fabs and Dave are co-authors in a new paper on CO2 activation by a thorium(III) complex, which has just been published in Chemistry - A European Journal (doi: 10.1002/chem.201604622).
- Jingjing has returned to start her PhD, Lydia will be co-supervised by Dave for her PhD and Ben and Eppie have started their MChem projects - welcome all!
- Ally has left for a job in the real world - you will be sorely missed, thanks for everything!
- Dave gives a talk at a HZDR/University of Manchester Bilateral meeting in Dresden.
- Fabs and Dave give talks at MICRA 2016 at the University of Bath. Thanks very much to the organisers for a great conference!
- The EPSRC have awarded Dave and co-investigators Profs Richard Winpenny, Steve Liddle and Eric McInnes and Dr Nick Chilton £706k to investigate highly axial lanthanide single molecule magnets.
- Ally has passed his PhD viva - many congratulations to you, richly deserved!
- Pin and Jon have finished in the lab - all the best for the future to both of you!
- Fabs and Dave give talks at the 27th ICOMC meeting in Melbourne, Australia.
- Ally gives a talk at the 42nd ICCC meeting in Brest, France.
- The group attend the RSC Northern Dalton Meeting in Hull. Conrad, Fabs and Hannah present posters, Ally gives a talk and wins "best talk" prize - great day out, thanks to the organisers!
- Jon Kragskow starts in the lab for a summer project - welcome Jon!
- The group attend the Manchester School of Chemistry Postgraduate Research Conference. Conrad and Ally give talks and Ally wins a prize.
- Conrad, Gianni and Dave, together with collaborators at Manchester and UC Irvine, have had their work published in a 'New Trends & Applications for Lanthanides’ forum issue of Inorganic Chemistry (doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b00808).
- Pin Lyu has joined the group to do her PG summer research project. Welcome Pin!
- Fabs, Ally and Dave, together with James Innes, have published a Perspective article in Dalton Transactions (doi:10.1039/C6DT01111J) on low oxidation state thorium chemistry.
- The group attend Dalton 2016 in Warwick. Fabs, Conrad and Dave give talks, Hannah and Ji-Dong present posters.
- The Royal Society have awarded the group a £15k Research Grant to purchase a bespoke Ln(II) reactor.
- Dan and Gianni have finished working in the lab - all the best for the future both!
- Dave's synthetic work on CO2 activation by a Sm(II) complex is part of a joint synthetic/computational paper, led by Prof. Laurent Maron, in European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry (doi:10.1002/ejic.201501346).
- Ally has had some of his work on Th(III) chemistry published in Dalton Transactions, with Fabs as crystallographer - well done both of you! (doi:10.1039/C5DT04528B).
- Dave and Ally attend the Joint Nuclear Centres for Doctoral Training Winter School. Ally gives a talk.
- Dave gives a talk in Strathclyde for the first leg of his RSC Prize lecture tour. Thanks very much to Charlie and co for hosting!
- Fabs and Beatrice have had some of their work published in the Rare Earth and Actinide themed issue of Inorganics - well done to both of you! (doi:10.3390/inorganics3040534).
- Hannah has joined the group as a PhD student and Dan and Gianni have joined to do their final year undergraduate projects - welcome all!
- Dave and Fabs attend the RSC Main Group Interest Group meeting in London. Fabs presents a poster.
- Fabs and Conrad attend the RSC Dalton Younger Members Event in Leeds. Conrad gives a talk and wins a prize - many congrats! Fabs presents a poster.
- Dave gives a talk at the 9th international conference on f-elements in Oxford.
- Conrad, Alex and Fabs are all involved on a paper submitted to the 'Main Group Transformations' themed issue of Dalton Transactions - well done everyone! (doi:10.1039/C5DT02535D).
- Laura and Jingjing have finished in the lab - all the best for the future both!
- Fabs gives a talk at the 98th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition in Ottawa.
- Laura Buckley has joined the group for a two month summer project - welcome Laura!
- Ally gives a talk at the RSC Radiochemistry Group Young Researcher Meeting in Manchester and wins the RSC Radiochemistry Young Researcher of the Year Award - many congrats Ally, richly deserved!
- Dave attends the Dial-a-Molecule Network "Making Molecules to Make Materials" meeting in Leeds.
- Fabs, Jonny, Matty and Ally are all involved on a paper in the 'Frontiers of Organo-f-element Chemistry' themed issue of New Journal of Chemistry - well done everyone! (doi:10.1039/C5NJ00761E).
- Jingjing Liu has joined the group for a three month research project - welcome Jingjing!
- Dave, Fabs, Ally and Conrad attend EUFEN4 in Lisbon. Dave and Conrad give talks, Fabs and Ally present posters.
- Dave, Fabs, Ally and Ji-Dong attend the Mike Lappert Memorial Symposium in London.
- Fabs has been awarded an RSC ambassador bursary to give a talk at the 98th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition in Ottawa in June - many congrats!
- Alex and Matty have finished in the lab - all the best for the future both!
- Conrad, Kris, Ally, Selena and Fabs are all involved in a lanthanide silylamide paper published in the Mike Lappert Memorial Issue of Organometallics - well done everyone! (doi:10.1021/om501123e).
- Conrad is awarded a travel grant from the RSC Manchester and District Local Section - well done Conrad!
- Dave and Ally attend the Joint Nuclear Centres Winter School in Birmingham. Ally gives a talk and bosses the karaoke.
- Dave, Fabs, Ally and Conrad attend the Ken Wade Celebration Symposium in Durham and have a curry with Lutz - what a card!
- Ji-Dong Leng, a PDRA with Prof. Richard Winpenny, has joined the group - welcome Ji-Dong!
- Conrad's paper on the first near-linear two coordinate lanthanide complex, in collaboration with Nick Chilton and Prof. Richard Winpenny, has been published in Chemical Communications. Many congrats Conrad! (doi:10.1039/C4CC08312A)
- Alex Smith and Matthew Burton have joined the group for their final year undergrad projects - welcome both!
- Mateusz Plesniak, a PhD student with Prof. David Procter (PI) and Dave (Co-I) has joined the group - welcome Mateusz!
- Conrad's paper on the first trigonal planar actinide complex has been published in Chemistry - A European Journal as a Very Important Paper - many congrats Conrad! (doi/10.1002/chem.201404864).
- Dave and Fabs attend MICRA 2014 in Huddersfield. Dave gives a talk, Fabs presents a poster.
- Maddie has finished her summer project - all the best for the future!
- Ally has been awarded funding from COST-CM1006 to spend one month in the group of Prof. Karsten Meyer in Germany - many congrats Ally!
- Conrad has been awarded funding from the RSC to spend three months in the group of Prof. Bill Evans in California - many congrats Conrad!
- Dave gives a talk at BMIC2014 in Brazil as an ambassador for the RSC Dalton Division.
- Anne, Beatrice and Alex have finished their summer projects - all the best for the future!
- Dave gives a talk and presents a poster at the Dial-a-Molecule Grand Challenge Network Meeting at The University of Birmingham.
- Fabs gives a talk at Terrae Rarae at the University of Cologne, Germany.
- The group attend the RSC Northern Region Dalton Division Meeting at The University of Huddersfield. Ally presents a poster and wins a poster prize - many congrats Ally!
- Madeleine Knight and Alex Smith have joined the group for summer projects - welcome both!
- Many congrats to Alex Smith for being awarded an RSC undergraduate research bursary to spend his summer in the group!
- Dave is awarded an ambassador bursary from the Dalton Division of the RSC to present a lecture at BMIC2014, the 17th Brazillian Meeting on Inorganic Chemistry in Araxa, Brazil on 10th August.
- The group attend an f-element workshop in Manchester. Conrad and Ally present posters.
- Anne Lossois and Beatrice Hao Zhu have joined the group on three month placements as part of their courses - welcome both!
- Alex Smith has been awarded an RSC Nuffield Undergraduate Research Bursary to spend two months in the Mills group this summer - many congrats Alex!
- Dave, Ally and Conrad attend EUFEN3, the 3rd European f-Element Network Meeting in Nuremberg, Germany. Ally and Conrad present posters.
- Jonny and Kris have finished their final year projects - all the best for the future both!
- The group attend a mini-symposium in organometallic chemistry at the University of Central Lancashire. Ally & Conrad present posters.
- Dr Fabrizio Ortu has started a one year PDRA placement with the group, funded by the EPSRC - welcome Fabs!
- The Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences of The University of Manchester Prof. Colin Bailey has awarded the group £5k to buy photolysis equipment.
- The EPSRC has awarded the group £101k to investigate oxidative routes towards terminal unsupported lanthanide-element multiple bonds.
- Kristian Joslin has joined the group for their final year MChem projects - welcome Kris!
- Jonathan Fowler has joined the group for their final year MChem projects - welcome Jonny!
- Conrad Goodwin has started his PhD with the group - welcome Conrad!
- Alasdair Formanuik has started his PhD, jointly supervised by Dave and Dr Louise Natrajan - welcome again Ally!
- Selena Lockyer has finished her summer project - farewell Selena and all the best for the future!
- Nicholas Jones has finished his summer project - farewell Nick and all the best for the future!
- Alasdair Formanuik has finished his Nuclear FiRST mini-project with Dave but will be staying on for PhD studies!
- Selena Lockyer has joined the group for a summer project - welcome Selena!
- Nicholas Jones has joined the group for a summer project - welcome Nick!
- Mills group HQ moves to lab 5.52 in the Chemistry Building.
- Alasdair Formanuik has started his Nuclear FiRST mini-project with Dave - welcome Ally!
- The Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences of The University of Manchester Prof. Colin Bailey has awarded the group £20k towards a new glove box.
- The EPSRC has awarded the group £10k as part of a small equipment fund to purchase a cyclic voltammetry kit.
- Mills group starts in Manchester, Dave moves in to his office.