We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2018 #RSCPoster Twitter Conference.
For the past three years, the Royal Society of Chemistry has hosted a Twitter poster conference, inviting participants to submit posters on Twitter based on their research in the chemical sciences. These poster conferences, the first of their kind, allowed people all over the world and at all stages of their careers to present their work and network with other chemists without having to travel.
This year, people from all across the globe participated in the Twitter poster conference, achieving 1,912 contributors, 6,715 Tweets, an audience of 2,019,127 and 10,267,097 total impressions! This means that the conference was an even greater success than Last year, where there were 1,650 contributors and 6,473 tweets.
And the winners are…
We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2018 event, as selected by our fantastic committee chairs. A full list of all the subject chairs is available at rsc.li/rsc-poster-2018 and at the end of this post.
| Analytical – #RSCAnalytical | 1st Prize: | 2nd Prize: |
| Chemical Biology – #RSCChemBio | 1st Prize: | 2nd Prize: |
| Chemistry Education – #RSCEdu | Primary/Secondary: | Higher: |
| Engineering – #RSCEng | 1st Prize: | 2nd Prize: |
| Environmental – #RSCEnv | 1st Prize: | 2nd Prize: |
| Inorganic – #RSCInorg | 1st Prize: | 2nd Prize: |
| Materials – #RSCMat | 1st Prize: | 2nd Prize: |
| Nanoscience – #RSCNano | 1st Prize: | 2nd Prize: |
| Organic – #RSCOrg | 1st Prize: | 2nd Prize: |
| Physical – #RSCPhys | 1st Prize: | 2nd Prize: |
All the winners of the first prizes and the two winners in the Chemistry Education category, received £100 and the winners of the second prizes were given a £50 Royal Society of Chemistry book voucher.
We also had a special audience participation prize for the poster that received the most re-tweets during the event. Congratulations to Jo-Han Ng, whose poster Creative and Playful Learning of Chemistry Through the Use of a Green Technology Escape Room received a massive 452 retweets! Jo-Han Ng won a copy of The Case of the Poisonous Socks by William H. Brock.
Well done to all of our winners! The competition was very fierce with more participants than ever before!
Thanks to everyone who took part and made the fourth #RSCPoster Conference such a huge success and a special thanks to our Scientific Committee and all our subject chairs for all their help and support.
Conference Organisers and Committee
Conference Organisers
Royal Society of Chemistry
Matt Baker, University of Strathclyde, UK @ChemistryBaker
Edward Randviir, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK @EdwardRandviir.
Subject Chairs
| #RSCAnalytical | Roy Goodacre, University of Manchester | @RoyGoodacre |
| Martín Resano, University of Zaragoza | @MartinResano | |
| #RSCChemBio | Michael Johnson, University of Arizona | @blacksciblog |
| Marloes Peeters, Manchester Metropolitan University | @peeters_marloes | |
| #RSCEdu | Claire McDonnell, Dublin Institute of Technology | @clairemcdonndit |
| Kristy Turner, University of Manchester | @doc_kristy | |
| #RSCEnv | Peter Vikesland, Virginia Tech | @petervikesland |
| Nadine Borduas, ETH Zürich | @nadineborduas | |
| David Megson, Manchester Metropolitan University | ||
| #RSCInorg | Rebecca Melen, Cardiff University | @rebecca_melen |
| Charlie O’Hara, University of Strathclyde | @oharalab | |
| #RSCMat | Athina Anastasaki, UC Santa Barbara | @AthinaAnastasa1 |
| Chris Foster, Manchester Metropolitan University | @cwfoster90 | |
| #RSCNano | Gemma-Louise Davies, University of Warwick | @GemmaLouDavies |
| Karen Faulds, University of Strathclyde | @FauldsKaren | |
| #RSCOrg | Ryan Mewis, Manchester Metropolitan University | @RyanMewis |
| David Nelson, University of Strathclyde | @TheNelsonGroup | |
| #RSCPhys | Brian Wagner, University of Prince Edward Island | @DrummerBoy2112 |
| Lars Goerigk, University of Melbourne | @lgoer_compchem | |
| #RSCEng | Mark Olson, Tianjin University | @MARK_A_OLSON |
| Tim Noël, Eindhoven University of Technology | @NoelGroupTUE |
Scientific Committee
| Fraser Stoddart, Northwestern University | @sirfrasersays |
| Zoë Ayres, University of Warwick | @ZJAyres |
| Perdita Barran, University of Manchester | @PerditaB |
| James Batteas, Texas A&M University | @jamesbatteas |
| Gonçalo Bernardes, University of Cambridge | @gbernardes_chem |
| Margaret Brimble, University of Auckland | @BrimbleM |
| Holly Butler, University of Strathclyde | @HollehButler |
| Simon Lewis, Curtin University | @SimonWLewis |
| Jean-François Masson, University of Montreal | @Masson_chem |
| Warren Piers, University of Calgary | @wpiers1 |
| Michael Seery, University of Edinburgh | @seerymk |
| Nick Stone, University of Exeter | @profnickstone |
| Marcel Swart, University of Girona | @Marcel_Swart |
| Renée Webster, Monash University | @reneewebs |
| Doug MacFarlane, Monash University | @DRMacFarlane |
| Damien Arrigan, Curtin University | @arri_aus |
| Neil Keddie, University of St Andrews | @theyakman |
| Yonatan Calahorra, University of Cambridge | @YonCalahorra |
