Dr Michelle Browne
We are delighted to welcome Dr Michelle Browne, currently Young Investigator Group Leader at Helmholtz-Zentrum, Berlin as an early career stage Plenary speaker. Michelle, a DCU graduate with a PhD in Chemistry from TCD, also held postdoctoral positions in Belfast, Prague and London before she started her current position. For her innovative research she has been awarded The "Curious Mind Award" in the category "Mobility, Energy and Sustainable Business" by Manager Magazine in 2023 and a L’Oréal-UNESCO Women In Science Rising Talent fellowship in 2021. She will talk about her research developing the next-generation electrocatalysts for water splitting, the hydrogen economy and her journey through her career in electrochemistry.
Prof. Steven Bell
We are delighted to have Prof. Steven Bell, Professor of Physical Chemistry at the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast, as a plenary speaker. Professor Bell’s research interests centre on the development of Raman and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy for chemical analysis, but this has branched into areas as diverse as superhydrophobic materials and liquid-liquid interfaces.
Professor Bell’s work on fundamental science has led to real-world applications. He pioneered Raman analysis of drugs of abuse, foodstuffs, and forensic evidence. He has a strong interest in the commercialisation of research and has been a Royal Society Industry Fellow and founder/director of Avalon Instruments Ltd, which manufactured user-friendly Raman instruments. Prof Bell was awarded the RSC’s prestigious Theophilius Redwood Prize in 2024 for outstanding contributions to the chemical sciences in the area of analytical chemistry.
Please use the link below if you require accommodation on campus:
https://www.maynoothcampus.com/
Please see the discount code below for participants to book via our website
CCC_01/25
To avail of the voucher, please make your booking before the 23rd May. Accomodation will be subject to availability after this date:
1. 1 night only, Sunday 15th
2. 2 nights, Sunday 15th and Monday 16th
3. 1 night only, Monday 16th only
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Oral and Poster Presentations
All final year postgraduate students are encouraged to submit an abstract and are guaranteed an oral presentation slot.
All other students who submit an abstract for an oral presentation may be allocated a speaking slot if sufficient slots are available. If there are not sufficient slots available, these students are guaranteed an opportunity for a poster presentation .
All students and post docs who submit an abstract for a poster presentation are guaranteed that opportunity.
Please submit your abstract in pdf format by email to [email protected] using this template
76th Chemistry Colloquium Abstract Template
by Friday, 23rd May 2025 at 12 noon.
Please name your file in the following way:
[Poster/Oral] Abstract - [Your Name]
(e.g. Poster Abstract - John Smith or Oral Abstract - Mary Murphy).
Please put the following in the subject line of the email:
[Poster/Oral] Abstract - [Your Name] – Theme
(e.g. Poster Abstract - John Smith – Medicinal Chemistry, or Oral Abstract - Mary Murphy - Electrochemistry).
A full book of abstracts will be available here soon.
An outline schedule for the 76th Chemistry Colloquium is available below. It will be updated and finalised before the start of the Colloquium.
| Day 1: Monday 16th June |
Day 2: Tuesday 17th June |
| 09.30 - 10.00 |
Registration and Poster Mount |
09.30-10.30 |
Plenary 2: Professor Steven Bell, Professor of Physical Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast |
| 10.00 – 10.15 |
Colloquium Opening |
10.30 – 11.30 |
Parallel Session 4 |
| 10.15-11.15 |
Plenary 1: Dr Michelle Browne, Young Investigator Group Leader, Helmholtz-Zentrum, Berlin |
11.30 – 12.00 |
Coffee Break
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| 11.15 -11.45 |
Coffee Break and Poster Setup |
12.00 – 13.40 |
Parallel Session 5 |
| 11.45-13.15 |
Parallel Session 1: |
13.40 – 14.10 |
ICI Award Lecture |
13.15 -14.30
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Lunch Break local outlets
and ICI Young Chemists Meeting |
14.10-14.30 |
Prizegiving and Colloquium Close |
| 14.30 – 16.00 |
Parallel Session 2: |
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| 16.00 - 16.15 |
Comfort break |
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| 16.15 -17.30 |
Parallel Session 3 |
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| 17.30 - 18.45 |
Poster Session with Drinks Reception |
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| 18.45 |
Social Evening (BBQ on-campus ) |
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Printable Colloquium Outline Schedule
Sincere Gratitude To All Our Sponsors
We are very grateful to our many Sponsors without whom the 76th Colloquium would not have been possible.
