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2024 ChemSocRev Pioneering Investigator Lectureship Winner – Radha Boya

On behalf of the Chemical Society Reviews Editorial Board, we are delighted to announce that the winner of the 2024 ChemSocRev Pioneering Investigator Lectureship is Professor Radha Boya (University of Manchester).

Radha joins our recent past winners Timothy Noël and Ryan Shenvi (joint 2022/23 winners), Daniele Leonori and Connie Lu (joint 2021 winners).

Get to know more about Radha below:

Prof. Radha Boya, FRSC is a professor, Royal Society University Research fellow in the department of Physics & Astronomy, and National Graphene Institute at the University of Manchester. Radha’s research team investigates properties of gas, liquids and ions confined in molecular scale with Angstrom (Å) -scale capillaries constructed out of one atom thin 2D-materials such as graphene.

Radha completing her PhD (2012) in Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research India, and her post-doctoral research at Northwestern University (2012-13) in the United States, and University of Manchester (2014-16) in UK. In Manchester, together with Prof Andre Geim, she devised nanofabrication methods to make ultimately narrow fluidic channels with angstrom-scale dimensions, by effectively removing a single atomic plane from a bulk layered crystal. Radha secured a series of international research fellowships that enabled her to rapidly build an independent career in the UK. She became a full professor in 2020 at the University of Manchester, where she is now a chair in nanoscience. Her research involves developing Å-capillaries as a platform to experimentally probe intriguing molecular-scale phenomena in confinement.

 

 

Find out more about Radha’s pioneering research at her group website and personal homepage.

As part of the Lectureship award, Radha will be presenting lectures over the coming 12 months. Details of the lectures will be announced in due course but keep an eye on our Twitter @ChemSocRev for details!

Highly Commended Nominations

Each year, many excellent researchers get nominated for the ChemSocRev Pioneering Investigator Lectureship award. Due to the repeatedly very high standard of nominations this year, we have again decided to select several Highly Commended candidates, whose exceptional science and community contributions are appreciated by our Editorial Board.

 

 

Jennifer Hiscock is currently Professor of Supramolecular Chemistry at the University of Kent. She obtained her PhD from the University of Southampton (UK) under the supervision of Prof. Philip A. Gale in 2010, studying supramolecular host–guest chemistry. She continued her post-doctoral research between this group and Dstl (Porton Down – UK) until 2015 when she moved to the University of Kent (UK) as the Caldin research fellow. In 2016 she was awarded a permanent lectureship position at this same institution, which was followed by her promotion to Reader in Supramolecular Chemistry and Director of Innovation and Enterprise for the School of Physical Sciences in 2019. In 2020 she was awarded a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship, developing novel cell surface active therapeutics and drug adjuvants. In 2022 she was promoted to full Professor and was the recipient of the University of Kent inspirational leader of the year award, and Royal Society of Chemistry Bob Hay Award. Her research currently focuses on an interdisciplinary approach to applying supramolecular chemistry to solve real-world problems through the development and application of her patented Supramolecular Self-associating Amphiphile (SSA) and jointly invented Talin Shock Absorbing Material (TSAM) technology. In addition, she is the founding member of the international Women in Supramolecular Chemistry (WISC) network, currently supporting >1900 individuals internationally, an organisation that she chaired from 2019-2023, and has now moved to Chair of the WISC advisory board (2023-onwards). Jen is also the Chair of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s (RSC’s) Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry (MASC) group and also sits on the international board for Supramolecular Chemistry (ISMSC).

Find out more about Jennifer’s research at her homepage.

 

   

 

Jian-Feng Li (剑锋) is a full Professor of Chemistry at Xiamen University. He received his BSc degree in Chemistry from Zhejiang University in 2003, and his PhD degree in Chemistry from Xiamen University in 2010. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Bern and ETH Zurich in Switzerland during 2011–2014.

Professor Li’s research interests include core-shell nanomaterials, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, in-situ characterization, electrochemistry, and rapid detection using portable Raman instrumentation. He has published more than 250 peer-reviewed papers including Nature, Nature Nanotechnol., Nature Mater., Nature Energy, Nature Catal., Nature Protoc., Nature Commun., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., with over 20000 total citations. Professor Li serves as a Senior Editor of J. Phys. Chem. and the International Steering Committee (ISC) of the International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy (ICORS).

Find out more about Jian-Feng’s research at his group’s homepage.

 

 

   

 

Charles W. Machan is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Virginia, USA. He completed his B.A. in 2008 with Majors in Chemistry and German at Washington University in St. Louis and his Ph.D. in Chemistry in 2012 under the supervision of Prof. Chad A. Mirkin at Northwestern University. Charles was a postdoctoral research associate in the laboratory of Prof. Clifford P. Kubiak from 2013–2016 at UC San Diego, before beginning his independent career at the University of Virginia in 2016. His research interests are in bioinspired and biomimetic small-molecule activation, electrochemistry, and catalysis.

Find out more about Charles’ research at his group’s homepage.

 

 

 

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Ryan Shenvi and Timothy Noël: Winners of the 2022/23 Chem Soc Rev Pioneering Investigator Lectureship!

We are delighted to announce that the 2022/23 ChemSocRev Pioneering Instigator Award has been jointly awarded to Dr Timothy Noël and Dr Ryan Shenvi ! The winners were selected by Editorial Board members due to their outstanding and innovative contributions to chemistry research.

  Timothy Noël is a researcher in the field of synthetic organic chemistry and technology, with a particular interest in the delicate synergy between the two fields. In 2004, Tim earned his PhD in the field of synthetic organic chemistry from Ghent University in 2009. Following his PhD, followed by a Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowship with Professor Stephen L. Buchwald at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Upon returning to Europe, he joined Eindhoven University of Technology in 2012, and later became an Associate Professor in 2017. In 2020, Tim was promoted to Full Professor at the University of Amsterdam, where he is now the Chair of Flow Chemistry.
Follow Professor Noël on Twitter @NoelGroupUvA

 

  Ryan Shenvi is a Full Professor at Scripps Research in La Jolla, CA. Ryan earned his Ph.D. in 2008 from The Scripps Research Institute as an NDSEG Fellow under the supervision of Phil S. Baran, and undertook postdoctoral studies as a Ruth L. Kirschstein NIH Postdoctoral Fellow with E. J. Corey at Harvard University. His laboratory works at the interface of catalysis, complex molecule synthesis and structural biology. He serves as Advisory Editor on the Angewandte Chemie Scientific Advisory Committee, Executive Editor at the Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis and as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for Tetrahedron Chem, ACS Central Science and Accounts of Chemical Research.

Follow Professor Shenvi on Twitter @Shenvi_Lab

The Chem Soc Rev Pioneering Investigator Lectureship recognizes mid-career scientists who have firmly established themselves in their independent careers, continuously published innovative work, and have pioneered several research areas. As part of the Lectureship award, Ryan and Tim will each be presenting lectures over the coming 12 months.

Details of the lectures will be announced in due course but keep an eye on Twitter @ChemSocRev for details!

 

Highly Commended Nominations

Each year, a large number of excellent researchers gets nominated for the ChemSocRev Pioneering Investigator Lectureship Awards. Due to the extremely high standard of nominations this year, we have decided to select a number of Highly Commended candidates, who the Editorial Board highlighted as performing exceptional science and deserving of recognition in the community.

    

Kanishka Biswas obtained his MS and Ph.D. (Int. Ph.D) (2009) degree (Advisor- C.N.R Rao) from the Solid State & Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and did postdoctoral research (Advisor- Mercouri G. Kanatzidis) (2009–2012) in Northwestern University, USA. He is a full Professor in the JNCASR, Bangalore. He is pursuing research in solid state & inorganic chemistry, thermoelectric energy conversion, 2D materials, topological quantum materials and perovskite halides. He is recipient of numerous awards including the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in Chemistry in 2021 which is the most coveted science & technology prize in India. He is an elected Fellow of Indian Academy Sciences (FASc), Bangalore. He is an invited Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), London, UK. He is an Executive Editor of ACS Applied Energy Materials, ACS and serves as advisory board member of various international journals including Inorganic Chemistry, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, iScience, Materials Horizon and JACS Au.

Follow Professor Biswas on Twitter @kanishkabiswas

 

 

Prof. Radha Boya FRSC is a professor, Royal Society University Research fellow and Kathleen Ollerenshaw fellow in the department of Physics & Astronomy, and National Graphene Institute at the University of Manchester. Radha’s research team investigates properties of gas, liquids and ions confined in molecular scale with Angstrom (Å) -size capillaries constructed out of 2D-materials. Her research team works on developing Å-capillaries as a platform to experimentally probe intriguing molecular-scale phenomena under confinement. 

After completing her PhD (2012) in Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research India with Prof G U Kulkarni, she did her post-doctoral research with Prof Chad Mirkin at Northwestern University in the United States. In 2014, she moved to the University of Manchester in UK working with Prof Andre Geim, where she devised nanofabrication methods to make ultimately narrow fluidic channels with angstrom-scale dimensions, by effectively removing a single atomic plane from a bulk layered crystal. Following this, Radha secured a series of international research fellowships that have enabled her to rapidly build her research profile and an independent career in the UK. She became a full professor in 2020.

Follow Professor Boya on Twitter @radhaboya

 

Prof. Dr. Rui Cao received his BS (2003) in chemistry from Peking University in China and his PhD (2008) from Emory University in USA with Professor Craig L. Hill. He worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow (2008-2009) at Emory University and was the Dreyfus Postdoctoral Fellow (2009-2011) at MIT with Professor Stephen J. Lippard. In 2011, he became a professor at Renmin University of China, and transferred to Shaanxi Normal University in 2014. His research interests lie in bioinorganic chemistry and catalysis for energy-related small molecule activation reactions. By developing metal porphyrins and metal corroles as model catalysts, he paid particular emphasis on illustrating the reaction mechanisms of H-H and O-O bond formation/lysis. He is the recipient of the SPP/JPP Young Investigator Award in 2020. He is the Editorial Board Chair of ChemSusChem and is the Editorial Board member of several journals, including Chemical Society Reviews, ChemPhysChem, Chinese Journal of Catalysis, Chinese Chemical Letters, and Journal of Electrochemistry.

 


For the 2022/23 Lectureship, eligible nominees completed their PhD typically between the last 10-15 years. Appropriate consideration was given to those who had taken a career break or followed a different study path. Eligible nominees were shortlisted and then further assessed by members of the Chem Soc Rev Editorial Board, and the winners were determined by independent vote by Editorial Board members.

 

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Jun Lu: Winner of the ChemSocRev Pioneering Investigator Lectureship 2020!

On behalf of the ChemSocRev Editorial Board, we are pleased to announce the winner of the 2020 ChemSocRev Pioneering Investigator Lectureship – Dr Jun Lu (Argonne National Laboratory)! Our warmest congratulations to Jun!

Jun Lu earned his Bachelor degree in Chemistry Physics from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 2000. He completed his Ph.D. in 2009 from the Department of Metallurgical Engineering at University of Utah under the supervision of Prof. Zak Fang with a major research project on metal hydrides for reversible hydrogen storage application. He then worked as a post-doctorate under a DOE-EERE postdoctoral fellowship (Vehicles Technology Program (2011-2013)) at Argonne National Laboratory with Dr. Khalil Amine, before being promoted to his current position as a chemist (staff scientist) at Argonne National Laboratory.

His research interests encompass electrochemical energy storage and conversion technology, with his main focus on beyond Li-ion battery technologies. Dr. Lu was elected as associate president and board committee member of the International Academy of Electrochemical Energy Science (IAOEES) in 2016.

Learn more about Jun’s research by reading his recent Review articles in ChemSocRev:

Cationic and anionic redox in lithium-ion based batteries
Matthew Li, Tongchao Liu, Xuanxuan Bi, Zhongwei Chen, Khalil Amine, Cheng Zhong and Jun Lu
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2020,49, 1688-1705

Developing high safety Li-metal anodes for future high-energy Li-metal batteries: strategies and perspectives
Dai-Huo Liu, Zhengyu Bai, Matthew Li, Aiping Yu, Dan Luo, Wenwen Liu, Lin Yang, Jun Lu, Khalil Amine and Zhongwei Chen
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2020,49, 5407-5445

These articles will be free to read from 10th August – 7th September 2020.

As part of the Lectureship award, Jun will be presenting a number of lectures over the coming year. Details of the lectures will be announced in due course but keep an eye on Twitter @ChemSocRev for details!

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Outstanding Reviewers for Chemical Society Reviews in 2019

We would like to highlight the Outstanding Reviewers for Chemical Society Reviews in 2019, as selected by the editorial team, for their significant contribution to the journal. The reviewers have been chosen based on the number, timeliness and quality of the reports completed over the last 12 months.

We would like to say a big thank you to those individuals listed here as well as to all of the reviewers that have supported the journal. Each Outstanding Reviewer will receive a certificate to give recognition for their significant contribution.

Professor Dave Adams, University of Glasgow, ORCID: 0000-0002-3176-1350

Dr Morris R Bullock, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 0000-0001-6306-4851

Dr Rui Cao, Shaanxi Normal University, ORCID: 0000-0002-1821-9583

Dr Youngmi Kim, Kyung Hee University

Professor Jinghong Li, Tsinghua University, ORCID: 0000-0002-0750-7352

Professor KenTye Long, Nanyang Technological University, ORCID: 0000-0001-7936-2941

Professor Connie Lu, University of Minnesota, ORCID: 0000-0002-5162-9250

Professor Rafael Luque, Universidad de Cordoba, ORCID: 0000-0003-4190-1916

Professor Paolo Samori, University of Strasbourg, ORCID: 0000-0001-6256-8281

Professor Bert Weckhuysen, Utrecht University, ORCID: 0000-0001-5245-1426

We would also like to thank the Chemical Society Reviews board and the General chemistry community for their continued support of the journal, as authors, reviewers and readers.

 

If you would like to become a reviewer for our journal, just email us with details of your research interests and an up-to-date CV or résumé.  You can find more details in our author and reviewer resource centre

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Yujie Xiong: Winner of the Chem Soc Rev Pioneering Investigator Lectureship 2019

On behalf of the Chem Soc Rev Editorial Board, we are delighted to announce Professor Yujie Xiong as the winner of the 2019 Chem Soc Rev Pioneering Investigator Lectureship.

Yujie Xiong received his Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry in 2004, from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) under the supervision of Yi Xie. He then worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow with Younan Xia at the University of Washington, before moving to a position a Research Associate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with John A. Rogers.

He was the Principal Scientist of the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NSF-NNIN) site at Washington University in St. Louis between 2009 and 2011.

He returned to USTC, where he is currently based, in 2011 as a Professor of Chemistry. He subsequently took on roles as the Head of Department of Applied Chemistry at the USTC and Director of Division of Nanocatalysis and Energy Conversion at the Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale in 2018.

Prof. Xiong’s research interests include inorganic materials and devices for carbon dioxide reduction, nitrogen fixation, methane conversion, water splitting and chemical production.

As part of the Lectureship, Professor Xiong will present lectures at three locations over the coming year. Two dates are already confirmed:

International Symposium on Energy Conversion and Storage Materials Conference 2019
30 July – 2 August, Brisbane, Australia
Prof. Xiong will give a lecture on 31 July 2019 at 1:00 pm on “Coupling Solar Energy into Catalytic CO2 Conversion”.

European Research Society 2019 Fall meeting
16 – 19 September 2019, Warsaw, Poland
Registration is open for this event

Prof. Xiong will give a lecture in the “Advanced catalytic materials for (photo)electrochemical energy conversion symposium (stream N) on 17 September 2019 at 11:00 am on “Coupling Solar Energy into Catalytic CO2 Conversion”.

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Outstanding Reviewers for Chemical Society Reviews in 2018

We would like to highlight the Outstanding Reviewers for Chemical Society Reviews in 2018, as selected by the editorial team, for their significant contribution to the journal. The reviewers have been chosen based on the number, timeliness and quality of the reports completed over the last 12 months.

We would like to say a big thank you to those individuals listed here as well as to all of the reviewers that have supported the journal. Each Outstanding Reviewer will receive a certificate to give recognition for their significant contribution.

Professor Vincent Rotello, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, ORCID: 0000-0002-5184-5439
Professor Jinlong Gong, Tianjin University, ORCID: 0000-0001-7263-318X
Professor Rafael Luque, University of Cordoba, ORCID: 0000-0003-4190-1916
Dr Goncalo Bernardes, University of Cambridge, ORCID: 0000-0001-6594-8917
Professor Dirk Guldi, Catholic University of Louvain, ORCID: 0000-0002-3960-1765
Professor Connie Lu, University of Minnesota, ORCID: 0000-0002-5162-9250
Professor Dave Adams, University of Glasgow, ORCID: 0000-0002-3176-1350
Professor Paolo Samori, University of Strasbourg, ORCID: 0000-0001-6256-8281
Professor Yves Dufrene, Catholic University of Louvain
Professor Rachel O’Reilly, University of Birmingham, ORCID: 0000-0002-1043-7172
Professor Katherine Holt, University College London, ORCID: 0000-0002-3644-1663

We would also like to thank the Chemical Society Reviews Board and the brilliant chemistry community for their continued support of the journal, as authors, reviewers and readers.

If you would like to become a reviewer for our journal, just email us with details of your research interests and an up-to-date CV or résumé.  You can find more details in our author and reviewer resource centre.

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Chem Soc Rev Oral Presentation Prize for the 2nd Early Career Researchers Meeting of the RSC–Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry Group

Dr Guillaume De Bo (left) presenting the Chem Soc Rev prize to Aisha Bismillah (right).

The 2nd Early Career Researchers Meeting of the RSC-Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry (RSC-MASC) Group took place on 27th July 2018 at the University of Manchester, UK. This one-day symposium was organised by Dr. Guillaume De Bo (University of Manchester) and was attended by PhD students and post-doctoral researchers within the supramolecular field.

The meeting consisted of fifteen selected talks from submitted abstracts, and all attendees were invited to present a poster. The day ended with a plenary lecture by Professor Anthony Davis (University of Bristol) on ‘Biomimetic Carbohydrate Recognition:  The Host-Guest Chemistry of Carbohydrates in Water’.

Chem Soc Rev was proud to sponsor this successful symposium. Aisha Bismillah (Durham University) was awarded the Chem Soc Rev oral presentation prize for her talk on ‘Shape-Selective Crystallisation of Fluxional Carbon Cages’.

 

Congratulations Aisha from everyone at Chem Soc Rev!

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Dr Rafal Klajn’s UK tour as the 2017 Chem Soc Rev Emerging Investigator Lectureship winner

We are delighted to announce that Dr Rafal Klajn, winner of the 2017 Chem Soc Rev Emerging Investigator Lectureship, will be giving a series of lectures at UK universities during the week commencing 16th July 2018.

Rafal began his independent research career in November 2009 at the Weizmann Insitute of Science, Israel, directly after obtaining his PhD degree. His group has worked on nanoscale reactivity and self-assembly – incorporating photo-responsive moieties into nanoporous solids, working with superparamagnetic nanoparticles of various shapes and demonstrating that cubic nanoparticles of iron oxide could spontaneously assemble into helical materials, and developing the concept of “dynamically self-assembling nanoflasks” capable of accelerating chemical reactions using light, working with flexible metal-organic (coordination) cages that can encapsulate diverse organic molecules ranging from fluorescent dyes to nonpolar pharmaceuticals, among other projects.

He is currently an Associate Professor at Department of Organic Chemistry at the Weizmann Institute of Science and now focuses on creating synthetic out-of-equilibrium systems and “life-like” materials, not only to develop innovative functional materials, but also to tackle what he deems as one of the most important and fascinating problems – the origin of life.

As part of the Lectureship, Rafal presents 3 lectures and we are delighted to announce that these will be taking place during his UK tour. He will be giving these in conjunction with lectures for the ChemComm sponsored 2018 Cram Lehn Pedersen Prize that was also awarded to him. You can find details for his upcoming UK tour below.

Day University Host
Monday 16th July University of Bristol Professor Jonathan Reid
Tuesday 17th July Durham University Professor Jonathan Steed
Wednesday 18th July University of Nottingham Professor David Amabilino
Thursday 19th July University of Cambridge Professor Jonathan Nitschke
Friday 20th July University College London (UCL) Dr Tung Chun Lee
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Chem Soc Rev prize winners at the EFCATS School on Catalysis

The European Federation of Catalysis Societies (EFCATS) School on Catalysis was held 25 – 29 June 2018 at Castle Liblice in the Czech Republic.

The motivation behind the conference is ‘where experiment and theory meet in catalysis’. This year’s program included tutorial and plenary lectures from international experts in the field, including Professor Gabriele Centi (University of Messina), Emiel Hensen (Eindhoven University of Technology), Bert Sels (KU Leuven) and many more.  The talks covered a wide range of topics such as industrial catalysis, two-dimensional materials, molecular sieves and petrochemistry.

We’re delighted to announce that the Chem Soc Rev poster prize was awarded to Nicolas Sadovnik and the Chem Soc Rev oral presentation prize was awarded to Chelsea L. Tucker.

Well done Nicolas and Chelsea (pictured below), from everyone at Chem Soc Rev!

                                                           

 

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Rubén Martín: Winner of the Chem Soc Rev Pioneering Investigator Lectureship 2018

On behalf of the Chem Soc Rev Editorial Board, we are pleased to announce the winner of the 2018 Chem Soc Rev Pioneering Investigator Lectureship – Rubén Martín. Our warmest congratulations to Rubén for being selected as the very first Chem Soc Rev Pioneering Investigator!

Rubén was born in Barcelona. He was awarded his PhD in 2003 at Universitat de Barcelona, where he worked with Professor Anotoni Riera on the total synthesis of glycosidase inhibitors. During his independent career, he has received the 2010 RSEQ Young Investigator Award, the 2011 Thieme Chemistry Journal Award, the Eli Lilly Young Research Investigator Award, the 2017 Marcial Menno Lectureship Award and the 2017 OMCOS Award.

He began his independent career at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, where he worked with Prof Alois Fürstner on the application of novel iron catalysts for cross-coupling and Alder-ene type reactions. He then moved to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he worked with Prof Stephen L. Buchwald and developed new synthetic strategies for metal-catalyzed C-C and C-N bond-forming reactions. In 2008, he joined the Institut Català d’Investigació Química (ICIQ) as a group leader, and in 2013 he was promoted to Associate Professor.

He is currently an ICREA Research Professor at the ICIQ and his group’s research interests focus on the discovery and development of synthetically useful organometallic methodologies.

As part of the Lectureship, Rubén will present a lecture at three locations over the coming year, with at least one of these events taking place at an international conference, where he will be formally presented with his Pioneering Investigator Lectureship certificate. Details of his lectures will be announced in due course – keep an eye on the blog for details.

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