Congratulations to the winners of the Materials Horizons prizes at MATSUS Fall 2023

Materials Horizons were delighted to sponsor two student prizes at the #BIOELCHEM symposium at MATSUS Fall 2023 held in Torremolinos, Spain from 16 – 20 October. Congratulations to Amrita Singh-Morgan (ETH Zurich) for being awarded the best poster presentation prize and Christopher Dreimol (ETH Zurich) for being awarded the best oral presentation. Find out more about our winners below:

Amrita Singh- Morgan

Originally from Leeds, Amrita studied Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh where she had the opportunity to do a year abroad in Switzerland. Persuaded by the alpine landscapes, she decided to do a PhD at ETH Zurich in the group of Prof. Mougel, where she now researches heterogeneous electrocatalysis.

 Using CO2 as a chemical feedstock is a promising method to produce valuable chemicals and fuels without fossil or biomass resources. Flue gas, which is formed from the combustion of fossil fuels, constitutes a major localised source from which CO2 could be captured and converted. Amrita’s research involves the electrochemical conversion of CO2 in tandem with another harmful component of flue gas, NOx, to valorise the products formed and maximise the environmental benefit.

Title of her poster: Until NOthing’s Left: Electrochemical Conversion of Nitric Oxide to Ammonia from Dilute Gas Streams

 

Christopher Dreimol

 

 

After completing an apprenticeship in the field of mechanical engineering at Kathrein SE (today Ericsson) in Rosenheim, Christopher Dreimol studied Biomimetics (B.Sc.) in the HS Bremen. He continued with a master’s in production engineering with a focus of material science at the University of Bremen that he finished with a master thesis at ETH Zürich working on bio-inspired materials together with Prof. André R. Studart. Today as a Ph.D. student, Christopher Dreimol works on sustainable wood-based electronics for smart buildings, sensors, soft electronics, and energy storage devices together with Prof. Dr. Ingo Burgert in the Wood Material Science Group at ETH Zürich and EMPA.

 

 

Title of his talk: Iron-Catalyzed Laser-Induced Graphitization: A Novel Approach to Produce Sustainable, Bio-Inspired Electrodes with Tunable Iron Phases.

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