Four UCL academics win prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry Awards

Professor Richard Catlow, Dr Anna Regoutz, Professor Angelos Michaelides and Ms Hayley Simon have all received awards from the Royal Society of Chemistry for their research and contributions. Professor Richard Catlow (UCL Chemistry and Cardiff University), was awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry's Faraday Lectureship Prize for his work on the development and application of computational methods in conjunction with experiment as powerful and predictive tools in the physical chemistry of solids. Professor Catlow said: "I am naturally delighted and honoured to receive this award, especially when I look at the list of previous awardees. I also feel that as well as honouring myself, it is recognition of the field in which I have worked and of the large number of scientists with whom I have collaborated, including the many dedicated students and post-docs whose work it has been my privilege to supervise." Dr Anna Regoutz (UCL Chemistry) has been named as the winner of the Joseph Black Award for her contributions to the development and application of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, an important analytical technique that can be used to study solids, liquids and gases and their chemistry and electronic structure. Dr Regoutz's research team are developing and applying spectroscopic techniques to further an understanding of electronic materials and devices crucial for many aspects of daily life. After receiving the award, Dr Regoutz said: "I am deeply humbled to receive the 2020 Joseph Black Award - it is a reflection of the hard work that my group puts in on a daily basis.