Oxford Materials

24/09/2026

Huge congratulations to Professor Nicole Grobert on her Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair in collaboration with Lucideon. Professor Grobert will be focusing on advancing high-performance ceramic fibre manufacturing.

Funded by the UK's Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, Nicole will explore how advanced ceramic fibres are designed, manufactured and deployed, and work closely with Lucideon to fully integrate the research with manufacture.

You can read more about Professor Grobert's research here:

Nicole Grobert's research group focuses on the synthesis, processing, and characterisation of novel carbon, boron nitride and other non-carbon based materials such as nanoparticles, nanotubes, nano/fibres, nanorods, 2D nanomaterials, and multifunctional hierarchical nanostructures.

24/09/2026

Very many congratulations to Professor Rob House on his 2026 EES Lectureship from the Royal Society of Chemistry!

This is good news not just for Rob, but for the ongoing wider work towards a cleaner and greener future for us all.

Read more about Rob's research here: https://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/peoplepages/house.html, and about the EES Lectureship Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry: https://www.rsc.org/standards-and-recognition/prizes/journal-lectureships/ees-lectureship #:~:text=How%20to%20nominate.

Royal Society of Chemistry, University of Oxford

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Rechargeable Li-ion batteries have already revolutionized our lives by enabling portable electronics. They are now foundational to the global energy transition by electrifying our transport systems and smoothing the integration of renewables and data centres into the grid. With further advances, bat...

24/09/2026

We’re delighted to announce Professor Robert House as the winner of the 2026 EES Lectureship!

The EES lectureship recognises exceptional emerging talent within the energy science community, celebrating outstanding researchers whose work is shaping the future of the field.

He receives a £1,000 honorarium and the chance to attend and present his research at a leading international conference.

On behalf of the Energy & Environmental Science (EES) Editorial Board and Editorial Office, we extend our sincerest congratulations to Rob and wish him continued success.

Find out more about our winner 👉 https://rsc.li/47dQZeE

Keble College, Oxford | University of Oxford | Oxford Materials | Royal Academy of Engineering

03/09/2026

We love this film of Materials Science DPhil student, Ollie Thomas, who explains how membeship of Royal Society of Chemistry has uplifted and enhanced his journey towards his doctorate:

Ollie talks us through how RSC membership has been there for every ...

13/08/2026

Good luck to everyone recieving their A Level results today!

If you're to read Materials Science, post a 'hello': we're looking forward to you joining!

See you soon!

24/07/2026

AI: ever-evolving, always adapting. We are too.

Find out more: https://www.mpls.ox.ac.uk/women-in-ai/



University of Oxford Oxford Sparks

15/07/2026

More sustainable and efficient solar panels? Yes please!

Click on the link below to read about how tandem solar cells are a game-changer:

'Solar energy will become one of the world's largest sources of electricity over the coming decade. If we want to build the next generation of yet higher efficiency, more reliable, and better cost solar panels at the scale needed to tackle climate change, we must ensure they rely on materials that a...

08/07/2026

📢 Registration is now open for the 14th Oxford Energy Day!

Join-in on Thursday 17 September 2026 at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford (OX2 6GG) for a day of discussion, collaboration and insight on this year's theme: ' Towards resilient energy systems: research, policy and practice'.

The event will bringing together researchers, policymakers, industry professionals and practitioners. Oxford Energy Day explores the challenges and opportunities shaping the future of energy systems.

✅ Free to attend

🔗 Register here: https://shorturl.at/dg02P.

19/06/2026

We enjoyed watching this film by Stanislaw Zankowski, and think you will too!

Click below to watch, and find out how backscattered electron imaging can make the absolutely minute in a sample clearly visible to researchers - in this case polymeric binders within battery electrodes.

VIDEO SERIES: Advanced Characterisation & Fabrication Techniques. E...

08/06/2026

Net Zero aviation: is it pie in the sky, or a genuine scientific aim?

Listen to Dr Tamsin Whitfield as she discusses her research with Oxford Sparks

In 2022, 7% of the UK's total carbon emissions came from the aviation sector - a figure that's on the rise.