2023 Faraday mid-career Prize: Bourke-Liversidge Prize winner
Professor Jan Verlet, Durham University
Awarded for pioneering contributions to the spectroscopy and dynamics of anions in the gas-phase and at aqueous interfaces.
Professor Verlet’s group is interested in developing an understanding of how light interacts with molecules, specifically, anions (ions with a negative charge). By understanding how energy is dissipated in the isolated molecule (for example, by heating it), the group can then begin to investigate how an environment alters the dynamics of an anion. This fundamental research has led to the discovery of a new type of electronic state, and has uncovered and explained a great deal of complexity.
Year | Name | Institution | Citation |
2022 | Professor Vasilios Stavros FRSC | University of Warwick | Awarded for contributions to gas, solution, and condensed-phase spectroscopy spanning both fundamental and applied aspects. |
2021 | Professor Sharon Ashbrook | University of St Andrews | Awarded for exploiting multinuclear NMR spectroscopy, combined with first-principles calculations, to probe local structure and chemical reactivity in inorganic materials. |
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