Arrival – 18:00-18:30 Hours – Refreshments will be provided
Presentation – 18:30- 19:30

Professor Ivan Parkin
“Adventures in Materials Science From Self-cleaning Glass to Radiative Cooling Coatings”

Après presentation – 19:30-20:00 (or later)
Food and drinks

Speaker name:  Professor Ivan Parkin

Presentation title:  “Adventures in Materials Science From Self-cleaning Glass to Radiative Cooling Coatings”.

Abstract
This talk will give an overview of research in his group over the last 30 years. It will look at photocatalysis and the commercialisation of self-cleaning window glass. It will also look at developing new materials for various functional applications from Healthcare to batteries to carbon dioxide capture and storage and miniaturised gas sensors. Ivan will demonstrate how things can start from the lab and eventually lead to commercialisation in the materials science field.

Biography:
Professor Ivan Parkin is an inorganic materials chemist, who became Faculty Dean of Mathematical & Physical Sciences in October 2016 at University College London (UCL). Prior to his appointment as Dean, he was Head of Department for UCL Chemistry for 6 ½ years. Ivan is a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, a fellow of the Institute of Mining Materials and Metallurgy and a member of Academia Europea. He is a Chartered Chemist and Chartered Scientist. His group have published 1000 publications and he has been awarded 9 medals and prizes from learned societies. He is in the world’s top 6000 citated authors for 2023 by Clarivate and has an H- index of 110.