Dr. Justin Sperling gave an oral presentation entitled ‘Optical tastebuds for water quality testing’ at SPIE Photonics West 2023 on 30 January 2023 in San Francisco, California (USA). His talk was part of the ‘Optical fibers and sensors for medical diagnostics, treatment, and environmental applications’ subsection of the conference.
Professor Bill Sloan and Dr Jill Robbie joined a field trip to Barra on 30th November and 1st December 2022 with members of the Carbon Neutral Islands team. The Carbon Neutral Islands project is a Scottish Government commitment aimed at supporting 6 chosen islands to become carbon neutral by 2040. As communities on Barra are …
Dr Pritam Das has given an oral presentation in the international conference ‘Euromembrane’ on 20 – 24 November 2022, Naples, Italy. It was organised by European Membrane Society. Title: Visible light guided coating for sustainable membrane cleaning. Biofouling is one of the major challenges in membrane processes. Membranes get exposed to a wide range of …
Congratulations to Dr Siming You, who was conferred the 2022 Young Scientist Award by the International Bioprocessing Association – An International Forum on Industrial Bioprocesses [IBA-IFIBiop] (https://www.ifibiop.org/).
Dr Jill Robbie and Dr Elizabeth Lawson, travelled to the Isle of Arran on the 10th – 15th October 2022 as part of the Landscape Research Group’s (LRG) first Critical Field Study trip. The trip was designed by LRG, to provide members with the opportunity to explore current landscape research issues on the Isle of …
Dr Jill Robbie has been appointed as a Member of the Board of NatureScot. NatureScot is a public body which works to improve Scotland’s natural environment and inspire everyone to care more about it. The Board of NatureScot is appointed by the Scottish Ministers and gives the organisation strategic direction. Jill will serve as a …