Group Activities

30 April 2026

Congratulations Dr. Elliott! Megan has successfully passed her viva!

25 March 2026

Congratulations Dr. Stracey! Rachel (Frank) has successfully passed her viva!

24 February 2026

Rachel delivered a Showcase Lecture to UoB UG and PG students, postdocs and staff, organised by Chemistry Yr 4 UG students Eliza Eng and Ed Bennett. 

09 February 2026

Congratulations to Jake, Steve, Calum, reporting synthesis of a fluorescent PFAS probe—enabling detection of persistent PFAS in the environment (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10311-026-01898-z).

30 January 2026

Congratulations Gemma on the award of the McBain Medal 2025 for outstanding achievement in colloid and interface science! During the full-day meeting, Rachel spoke on ‘precision polymer nanoparticles’.

13 January 2026

ROR group and researchers at Shanghai University (Yujie) and Zhejiang Sci-Tech universities (Zaizai) develop a light-activated “nanopatch” that sticks to tumour cells and stresses their membranes, also promoting the release of antigens (https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c11219).