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Chemical and Physical Sciences Committee
The
Future of Graduate Education in Chemistry and Physics
Wednesday 18 November Academy House A one-day seminar, organised by the Chemical & Physical Sciences Committee, was held recently to provide a forum for experienced academic staff and relevant stakeholders to discuss how we might provide the best education at fourth level within the island of Ireland. This meeting focussed on Chemistry, Physics and related interdisciplinary research areas. The programme started with three talks on existing Graduate Schools in Chemistry, Physics and Nanoscience. This was followed by the main focus of the meeting, breakout sessions with four themes: Chemistry Core, Physics Core, Professional & Generic Skills, Links to Industry, and Funding, Management and Resources. The goal was to share the experience and ideas of those closely involved on a day-to-day basis with graduate students and therefore best-placed to provide leadership. Rapporteurs from the breakout sessions reported to the group in the final discussion session in the afternoon. A report on the day is currently being produced and will be available in 2010. The agenda is available here Presentations from the 3 speakers are available here: Dr
Jim Greer, INSPIRE Nanoscience
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PRIZE FOR YOUNG CHEMISTS 2009 A prize of €1000 will be given for the most outstanding
Irish PhD thesis of 2009 in the general area of the chemical
sciences, as described in a 1,000 word essay (maximum, but figures
are permitted). The prize is the successor to the Royal Irish
Academy Prize for Young Chemists established in 2000 and the
award is administered by a group from the RIA Chemical and Physical
Sciences Committee....More
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Prize for Young Chemists 2007
The Irish Times A young French chemist who completed her PhD at UCD has won a prestigious prize for her research in pure and applied chemistry, writes Dick Ahlstrom.....Read article
Dr. Emilie Banide is the winner of the 2008
IUPAC Prize for Young Chemists Dr. Banide is originally from
France and has studied in France, America and Ireland. In 2007,
she successfully completed her PhD at University College Dublin,
where she worked for three years with Professor Michael McGlinchey
on the synthesis of Tetracenes via dimerization of Allenes.
Dr Banide won the RIA Prize for Young Chemists 2007 for an essay detailing her work in this area. The RIA Prize for Young Chemists is run by the RIA Chemical and Physical Sciences committee and sponsored by the Irish Times and AGB Scientific. As a result of this award, Dr Banide became Ireland's entry into the prestigious IUPAC International Prize for Young Chemists. Dr Banide will receive a cash prize of $ 1000 and a free trip to the IUPAC Congress, 2-7 August 2009, in Glasgow, Scotland. She will also be invited to present a poster at the IUPAC Congress describing her award-winning work and to submit a short critical review on aspects of her research topics to be published in Pure and Applied Chemistry. The awards will be presented to the winners of the 2008 and 2009 prizes during the Opening Ceremony of the Congress.  From
Allenes to Tetracenes: Syntheses, Structures and Reactivity
of the Intermediates
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Chemical and Physical Science Committee 3 June 2008 met in Queen’s University Belfast, with the Chair of the Northern Ireland Industry Panel.: MATRIX: Northern Ireland Science and Industry Panel Chairman, Professor Damien McDonnell, OBE, welcomed the Royal Irish Academy’s Chemical and Physical Sciences Committee for their first visit to Northern Ireland. MATRIX is a business led expert panel, formed to advise government on the commercial exploitation of R&D and science and technology in Northern Ireland. It was formed to help address the challenges that Northern Ireland faces in trying to remain competitive in the globalised marketplace. ...Download press release
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Academy Committee for Chemical and Physical Sciences Meeting with Science Foundation Ireland , April 2008 The Committee met on 24th April with Professor Fionn Murtagh, Director, Information, Communications & Emergent Technologies Directorate at SFI to discuss research and graduate education issues in the chemical and physical sciences. For further information contact the Programme Manager, Siona Breathnach (email: s.breathnach@ria.ie) |
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International Union for Pure
and Applied Chemistry |
ria.ie
Overview
of “MATRIX – The Northern Ireland Science Industry
Panel” Presentation by Prof Damien McDonnell
OBE, Chair of MATRIXs To Royal Irish Academy, QUB 2nd June 2008......
