NEWS
We are delighted to be part of this exciting research on understanding glycerol electrooxidation on Ni versus water oxidation.
It has been a pleasure to collaborate with Youli Yu and Reshma Rao on this very interesting work, and we are excited about the insights and opportunities it brings.
The full paper can be accessed here: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.6c00726
We are delighted to host Robin Ramphal at DIGIBAT for a wonderful visit last week.
It was a pleasure to welcome Robin and to share engaging discussions on future research directions and collaboration opportunities. We are excited by the potential for a fruitful collaboration ahead.
Many thanks to Robin for visiting, and to Magda and Jingyu for the stimulating conversations.
We are very happy to host Dr. Rodrigo Martinez-Duarte for a wonderful talk at Imperial College London. As part of the Fulbright Intercountry Lecture Program, Dr. Martinez-Duarte shared inspiring insights on architecting carbon from renewable materials.
It was a pleasure to welcome him to our department and lab, and to engage in stimulating discussions on sustainable materials, carbon for batteries and catalysts, and automation. We are grateful for the opportunity to exchange ideas and look forward to continuing these valuable conversations.
Huge congratulations from the group to Sarat Alabidun for passing her PhD viva, we all look forward to seeing what the future holds!
Huge congratulations to both Samantha Southern and Connor Wright for passing their viva, we wish you all the best in the future:)
We wrapped up the year with a fantastic joint Christmas Party together with Ifan Stephens’ group! With delicious Malaysian food from Cempaka, plenty of festive fun, and even some karaoke to finish the night, it was a wonderful way to celebrate the end of the year.
Huge thanks to Morven for organising the event, and to Magda and Ifan for making it possible for us to enjoy such a great celebration.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
We are proud to share we had a stall at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2025, held at Carlton House Terrace from 1st–6th July 2025. It was a wonderful event where the Titirici group was represented by the VALUED programme grant with many volunteers. It was especially engaging to highlight our efforts towards a more sustainable future with the general public and also the younger generation. We hope you had a chance to swing by last week!
We are excited to announce that out automated energy research facility, DIGIBAT, is now fully operational! Thanks to Jingyu and the team for working so hard towards this exciting big day. Read more on DIGIBAT’s LinkedIn page.
Huge congratulations to both Anastasia Teck and Jinglin Jiang for passing their viva, we all look forward to seeing what the future holds!
We were able to end the year with a fantastic joint Christmas Party with Ifan Stephens’ group! We had delicious Malaysian food thanks to Cempaka, lots of festive fun and even some Karaoke to see the year out. Thanks to Craig and Morven for organising the party and to Magda and Ifan for allowing us to have such a great celebration.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
We recently received our automated high-throughput robot for battery assembly for DIGIBAT. See below for a sneak peak at the robot and follow along for continuous updates around the system, thanks to Jingyu the facility manager for his ongoing efforts.
Our group, along with Ifan Stephen’s research group had our annual joint group hike along the Thames in Henley. It was a beautiful day out despite the weather and limited attendance. Thanks especially to Morven for doing such a great job of organising the walk and dinner!
Magda and some group members spent time in Japan meeting collaborators, attending conferences, travelling and seeing the beautiful sights of the country. See Magda’s 10-part summary on X for a detailed run down of the group’s activities, both academic and social - Magda Titirici on X: "One month in Japan
Some of our group members, alumni and close collaborators ran a wonderful stand at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition. Future Batt presented to members of the public how we are developing novel batteries from sustainable resources in order to make the world a better place. See below some pictures from the successful event and check out Future Batt’s X page (Future BATT (@FutureBatt) / X) for updates!
Magda has taken up a new role as the Chair of the Publishing Board for the Royal Society of Chemistry!
Many of our group members and collaborators from the VALUED Programme Grant took park in a successful and fruitful workshop. The workshop was intended to develop problem solving skills, open opportunities for collaboration as well as discussing the scientific problems we are facing. Thanks especially to Melanie Lee and Geetanjali, our project managers.
We are very proud to announc that our research group was awarded the “President’s Medal for Excellent Research Team”. This exemplifies all the hard work and dedication of our research group which is led by our brilliant supervisor, Magda. Congratulations to all!
We had 6 PhD graduates this year with 3 of them able to attend the sunny graduation ceremony. Magda also received the President’s Medal for Outstanding Research Team.
Two of our outstanding PhD graduates have been awarded prizes from their departments. Silvia Favero was awarded the 2023 Townsend Prize for outstanding original research in energy engineering from the Chemical Engineering department. Angus Pedersen was awarded the 2023 John Kilner Prize for excellence in research in materials for application in energy conversion from the Materials department. Congratulations both, very well deserved!
