Prof Saiful Islam – Energy Materials Research Group

News

Highlights

2025

Feb ’25
Jan ’25
Jan ’25

2024

Sept ’24
Jun ’24
May ’24
Jan ’24
Jan’24

2023

Dec ’23
  • Saiful received the 2023 IOM3 Robert Perrin Award for outstanding and sustained commitment to materials science outreach.
Nov ’23
  • Dr Andrey Poletayev was awarded the Faraday Institution’s Early Career Researcher Collaboration Award.

2022

Nov ’22
Oct ’22
Sept ’22
Aug ’22
May ’22
  • Dr Arup Chakraborty joins group on a Royal Society Society Newton International Fellowship
Mar ’22
Feb ’22
  • Congratulations to Ben Goldmann. His first publication has come out in J Mater Chem A and we also got the cover image.
Jan ’22
  • Saiful presents the Hirsch Lecture at Oxford Materials.
  • Saiful joins the Department of Materials, University Of Oxford.
  • Dr Pezhman Zarabadi-Poor from the group has also moved to Oxford.

2021

Nov ’21
  • Matt Clarke passes his PhD viva. Congratulations Dr Clarke!
  • RSC team and Saiful achieve a World Record lemon battery [Link]
  • Saiful was guest of honour and after dinner speaker at Goodenough College – an educational charity providing residence for UK & international postgraduates in London.
Sept ’21
  • Saiful interviewed for the Royal Society ‘Parent-Carer-Scientist’ Project [Link]
  • Fundraiser event at the Royal Institution celebrating 200 years of Michael Faraday’s electric motor [Link]
  • PhD student, Hollie Richards, wins a poster prize at the Bolland Symposium, Bath Chemistry. Congratulations Hollie!
Aug ’21
  • A research highlight item in the MRS Bulletin featured our disordered rocksalt study published in JACS [Link]
July ’21
  • Saiful is a new elected member of Academia Europaea [Link]
May ’21
Apr ’21
  • Virtual ceremony for the ACS 2020 National Awards including Saiful’s award in Energy Chemistry [Link] [Bath Uni news item]
  • Saiful Q&A interview for the Humanists UK newsletter [PDF]
Mar ’21
  • Saiful was one of the three chairs and judges of the Energy theme (#RSCEnergy) for the RSC Poster Twitter Conference [RSC news item]
Jan ’21
  • Saiful’s updated bio on the Royal Society website [Link]
  • Congrats Nourdine – new paper in Chemistry of Materials [Journal Link]
  • Welcome Dr Jon Cottom as new postdoc on the FI CATMAT project

2020

Dec ’20
  • Saiful provides one of the ‘Science Stories’ of 2020 in The Guardian [Link]
  • Saiful appointed to RSC Board of Trustees [Link] [RSC News]
  • JACS paper out on disordered rocksalt cathodes. Congrats Ryan. [Link]
Sept ’20
  • Battery research mentioned in issue of Bath Alumni Magazine BA2 [Link]
  • Cosmic Science Shambles Network with Robin Ince, Helen Cserski, Andrea Sella and Saiful [Link]
  • Launch of new Twitter account for the CATMAT project @CATMAT_FI [Link]
Apr ’20
  • Welcome to new postdocs on the Faraday Institution CATMAT project: Dr Kit McColl, Dr Sam Coles, Dr Adam Symington & Dr Pezhman Zarabadi-Poor
  • Saiful’s ‘The Life Scientific’ radio interview on BBC World Service [Link]
  • Video of Saiful’s talk at Humanists UK convention now online [Link]
Feb ’20
  • Interview with Saiful for a #NotJustALabCoat CSCT blog [Link]
Jan ’20
  • Q&A blog about Saiful declining an OBE [Link]
  • 2020 ACS National Award winners in C&EN [Link]

2019

Dec ’19
  • Saiful provides one of the 2019 ‘Science Stories’ of 2019 in the Guardian [Link]
Nov ’19
  • Saiful quoted in RSC Chemistry World article on sodium batteries [Link]
  • Saiful’s RSC lecture at the Royal Institution to celebrate the International Year of the Periodic Table [Link]
Oct ’19
Sept ’19
  • 2020 American Chemical Society Henry H. Storch Award in Energy Chemistry [Link]
  • Faraday Institution grant (£11.2M): Next-generation lithium-ion cathode materials (CATMAT) led by Saiful as PI [Bath news] [FI site]
Aug ’19
  • Review in Nature Materials on solid electrolytes for batteries [Link]
Jul ’19
  • Saiful as main Editor: themed issue on Energy Materials published in Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. A [Link]
May ’19
  • Updated Wikipedia page [Link]
  • Podcast interview for Pint of Science Festival[Link]
Jan ’19
  • SI presenting Royal Institution Discourse [Link] [YouTube]
  • Saiful joins the Royal Society Public Engagement Committee [Link]

2018

Dec ’18
  • Highlight piece on Nature Materials paper in Joule [PDF]
Sept ’18
June ’18
  • Saiful gives invited talk at 2018 Humanists UK convention [Bath news][link]
  • Three group members (James Dawson, Piero Canepa and Theo Famprikis) presented posters at the International Meeting on Lithium Batteries (IMLB) in Kyoto, Japan.
Apr ’18
  • JACS paper on grain boundaries in solid electrolytes highlighted in MRS Bulletin [pdf][link]
Feb ’18
Jan ’18
  • JACS paper on grain boundaries in solid electrolytes highlighted in C&EN news [pdf][link]
  • New Faraday Institution on battery research for electric vehicles with a Multi-Scale Modelling project involving Bath Chemistry [Bath news item]

2017

Nov ’17
  • Jenny Heath passes her PhD viva. Congratulations Dr. Heath!
  • Saiful gives Thomas Graham lecture & RSC Prize Talk at UCL Chemistry (Lab Dinner) [Link to photos]
  • C&EN list of 25 Chemists you should follow on Twitter includes @SaifulChemistry
Sept ’17
  • Jenny Heath wins Flash Poster Talk prize at 4th Energy Materials Symposium at Bath
  • RSC News Item on Energy Materials Symposium at Bath [News]
  • Lectures in Tokyo (based on Ri Xmas lectures) [Link] [newspaper piece]

Aug ’18
  • Saiful becomes a Patron of Humanists UK [link]
  • Lecture on Singapore TV (based on Ri xmas lectures) [link] [Bath news]
June ’17
  • Video of Bath Taps into Science talk with a few demos from Ri xmas lectures [link]
May ’17
Apr ’17
  • One of the first 100A1 Ambassadors of the Lloyds Register Foundation [link]
  • Impact report on Ri xmas lectures [link]
Mar ’17
  • Young children’s blog after Saiful’s Bath Taps into Science talk [link]
  • CSCT Blog on the Family Fun Day at the Royal Institution [link]

Feb ’17
  • RSC J Materials Chem Blog on Ri xmas lectures [link]
  • MSI contributed to piece on lithium batteries in Materials World [pdf]
  • Bath Uni Research Marketing Blog on Ri xmas lectures [link]
  • Three Christmas Lectures on Ri Channel [link]

Jan ’17

2016

Dec ’16
Sept ’16
  • 3rd Energy Materials Symposium at Bath [RSC News]
Aug ’16
June ’16
  • Jenny and Hungru present posters (and Saiful gives an invited talk) at the International Meeting on Lithium Batteries (IMLB), Chicago, USA
May ’16
  • Saiful gives public talk at Pint of Science Festival (at Bath Brew House)
Mar ’16
Feb ’16
  • Letter in C&EN on lack of diversity in 2016 ACS Awards [pdf]
Jan ’16

2015

Dec ’15
  • Article in RSC Chemistry World on race issues in academia [pdf][link]
Nov ’15
  • Stephen Wood passes viva (external: Prof R. Catlow FRS) and awarded PhD. Congratulations, Dr Wood.
Oct ’15
  • Saiful appears in the first Science Showoff event in Bath [link]
Sept ’15
Aug ’15
  • Nature Comm paper on perosvkite solar cells. News items [Bath: link] [Phys.org: link]
Jul ’15
  • JACS paper on lithium-ion solid electrolytes highlighted in C&E news [link]
June ’15
  • Saiful joins new Diversity Committee of the Royal Society [link]
Apr ’15
  • Jenny Heath’s submission for Images of Research [link]
  • Interview on BBC World Service Radio on new battery science [link]
Mar ’15
  • Jenny Heath wins poster prize at the STFC Early Career Researchers Conference, Abingdon [link]
Jan ’15
  • Short video by Pre-award grants team at Bath [link]
  • Recent JACS paper on MXenes mentioned in Chemistry and Engineering News [pdf]

2014

Dec ’14
Nov ’14
  • Public talk at Ignite Cardiff using 3D specs [link]
Oct ’14
Sept ’14
  • Symposium on Energy Materials at Bath [link]
Jul ’14
June ’14
  • Royal Society and British Library: Diversity in British Science (video) and oral history.
  • Research team (John Clark, Chris Eames, Stephen Wood, Alex Whiteside) present posters at the big International Meeting on Lithium Batteries, Lake Como, Italy
May ’14
  • John Clark passes viva and awarded PhD. Congratulations, Dr Clark.
Apr ’14
Jan ’14

2013

Dec ’13
  • Ignite talk at Bath. More info here.
Nov ’13
  • John Clark wins a best talk prize at the MGMS Young Modellers’ Forum, London. More info here.
  • Café Science talk at the Royal Society London. More info here.
Oct ’13
  • MSI is a new member of the Equality and Diversity Advisory Network (EDAN) committee of the Royal Society.
  • Stephen Wood gives his first international conference talk (sodium battery symposium, Vitoria, Spain).
Sept ’13
  • Jesse Dufton passes viva and awarded PhD. Congratulations.
  • At the DTC Showcase conference, Stephen Wood is awarded the CSCT Whorrod Prize and presents his prize lecture.
Aug ’13
  • Stephen Wood’s first publication (in Energy & Environmental Science) and DTC news item.
June ’13
May ’13
  • MSI awarded a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award. More information… News item in Angewandte Chemie.
Apr ’13
Mar ’13
  • Chris Eames, David Tompsett and John Clark present posters at the International Battery Association (IBA) conference, Barcelona.

2012

Dec ’12
  • John Clark’s first publication (in Angewandte Chemie).
  • Invited lecture at first JUAMI Materials Research School, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Sept ’12
  • Grahame Gardiner passes viva and awarded PhD. Congratulations.
Feb ’12
Jan ’12

2011

Dec ’11
  • John Clark from the group wins a poster prize at the RSC Solid State Group xmas meeting at Liverpool.
  • MSI Profile in RSC News. 
Nov ’11
  • Invited RSC Materials Chemistry Schools lecture (at Burlington House, London). Bath news release.
Oct ’11
  • Highlighted paper in Angewandte Chemie (on apatite ion conductors for fuel cells).
Sept ’11
  • Clean energy research featured in article in InfoChem (the student supplement to RSC Education in Chemistry). More Information…
July ’11
June ’11
  • Guest Editor with Linda Nazar for Themed Issue “Advanced Materials for Lithium Batteries” in Journal of Materials Chemistry.
May ’11
  • Postrgraduate Research Symposium at Bath: John Clark from the group wins a ‘best poster’ prize.
Apr ’11
Mar ’11
  • Joint RSC/IOP public lecture in Bath. More information…
  • Nature Materials paper on oxide anodes for lithium batteries.

2010

Dec ’10
  • Grahame Gardiner from the group wins a poster prize at the RSC Solid State Group 30th anniversary xmas meeting at UCL.
Nov ’10
  • Work on gallate oxide-ion conductors featured on the cover of Advanced Functional Materials.
Oct ’10
May ’10
  • Chemistry Postrgraduate Research Symposium at Bath: Paul Weaver from the group wins one of the ‘best talk’ prizes.
Apr ’10
Mar ’10

2009

Dec ’09
  • Cover artwork (and invited review) for MRS Bulletin (Theme issue)
May ’09
  • Chemistry Postgraduate Research Symposium at Bath: Steve Stokes wins one of the ‘best talk’ prizes and Grahame Gardiner wins one of the ‘best poster’ prizes.
Mar ’09

2008

Sept ’08
July ’08
June ’08
  • Interview by students at the University of Bath now on YouTube, and can be viewed here.
Mar ’08

2007

Nov ’07

Aug ’07
July ’07
  • Alison Jones awarded best poster prize for “Atomistic Modelling of Ion Transport and Defects in Apatite Silicate SOFC Materials” at the 16th International Conference on Solid State Ionics (SSI-16), Shanghai, China.
May ’07
  • Our work mentioned in an article on lithium ion battery research in May issue of Chemistry World.
Apr ’07
Jan ’07

2006

Dec ’06
Jul ’06
July ’06