The Cardiff Chemistry Conference 2013
11 March 2013
Now in its 12th year, the annual Cardiff Chemistry Conference is a forum for leading scientists from across the world to present the results of their ground-breaking research, with lectures covering the full spectrum of Chemistry as well as the interfaces between Chemistry and other scientific disciplines. Previously invited speakers have included Nobel Laureates in Chemistry and a host of other very eminent scientists, reflecting the very high calibre of speakers who have supported this event. This year, the Cardiff Chemistry Conference will be held on 13th and 14th May 2013 in the Cardiff School of Chemistry. The invited speakers, and their lecture titles, are:
- Currents, Counting and Aromaticity, Prof. Patrick Fowler, FRS (University of Sheffield)
- Model Studies on Heterogeneous Catalysts at the Atomic Scale: From Supported Metal Particles to Two-dimensional Zeolites, Prof. Hans-Joachim Freund (Fritz-Haber Institute, Berlin, Germany)
- The Anatomy of Complex Recognition Interfaces, Prof. Chris Hunter, FRS (University of Sheffield)
- The Magic of Polyphosphorus Compounds, Prof. Manfred Scheer (University of Regensburg, Germany)
- Biosynthetic and Mutasynthetic Approaches to Novel Analogues of the anti-MRSA Antibiotics Mupirocin and Thiomarinol, Prof. Tom Simpson, FRS (University of Bristol)
- Title to be confirmed, Prof. Dirk Trauner (Ludwig-Maximilians University, Münich, Germany)
In addition to the lectures given by eminent scientists from outside Cardiff, the conference also includes lectures given by PhD students and postdoctoral researchers from the Cardiff School of Chemistry. The unique format of this event thus allows young scientists at the very early stages of their research careers to share the same platform as senior scientists from the world of Chemistry, giving the opportunity for some of our very best young researchers from the Cardiff School of Chemistry to showcase their exciting research achievements to an audience that includes international experts within their field.
The conference is sponsored by the Royal Society of Chemistry South East Wales local section and all are welcome to attend.