PERCAT Postdoctoral Researcher Conference 2021

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The PERCAT Postdoctoral Researcher Conference provides postdoctoral and early career researchers in the Colleges of Life and Environmental Sciences and Engineering and Physical Sciences with a unique opportunity to share their research and career experiences.

Free Registration.

Prizes of up to £300 for best oral presentation and up to £150 for best poster.

The conference will take place online and is split over two days, Thursday 1st July, 12.45-4.30pm, and Friday 2nd July, 9.30am-1.45pm.

We are very pleased to announce that the Keynote Speaker for the Conference will be Professor Emma Kendrick, Chair of Energy Materials in the School of Metallurgy and Materials, talking about her varied career spanning both academia and industry.

Prof Emma Kendrick CChem FIMMM FRSC is Chair of Energy Materials in the School of Metallurgy and Materials at the University of Birmingham. Previously Reader in Electrochemical Energy Materials within the Energy Innovation Centre (EIC) at WMG. She has 10 years of industrial research experience in new battery technology development, latterly as Chief Technologist in Energy Storage at SHARP Laboratories of Europe Ltd (SLE) and prior to that for two highly innovative SME’s, Her research over the last 20 years has focused on translation of novel functional materials to industry relevant device demonstrators. She holds a PhD from Keele University and CERAM research, MSc in New Materials from the University of Aberdeen and a BSc from the University of Manchester.

The Call for Abstracts for the oral presentations at the Conference is now closed, however the Call for Posters remains open on a first come first served basis.  Postdoctoral and Early Career Research Staff in the Colleges of Engineering and Physical Science and Life and Environmental Sciences are invited to submit abstracts for research posters.

Further information and details of how to submit your abstract for a poster can be found in the Call for Posters document.

The Call for Speakers on Career Experiences is now closed.

Registration for the Conference is free of charge and is open not only to all postdoctoral and early career staff in the Colleges of Engineering and Physical Science and Life and Environmental Sciences but also to other members of staff and postgraduate students at the University who will find the Conference of benefit.  The deadline for general registration is 12 noon on Thursday 10th June 2021.