Ifan Stephens

[2/3] With talks from @aronwalsh.github.io 💻, @emjewls.bsky.social 🔋, @ifanstephens.bsky.social 🔌, Petra Cameron ☀️, Libby Gibson ♻️ and Jessica Higgins ☢️

and networking opportunities and poster sessions organised by @titiricigroup.bsky.social @proffreitag.bsky.social...

Free speech and academic freedom killed off in the USA in less than 3 months.

What a shining star in the @royalsociety.org fellowship. They must be so proud.

Thanks to all co-authors who featured on either or both of these papers: @romaintort.bsky.social Anna, Jesus, Johannes, @titiricigroup.bsky.social, Sihang, Soren, Yuxiang, Georg and Mary!

Direct Electrosynthesis of an Amino Acid from a Biomass Derivative The electrochemical synthesis of nitrogen-containing molecules from biomass-derived compounds under ambient conditions is demonstrated, relying only on green sources of feedstock, renewable energy, an...

In this separate contribution we show how to make a C-N bond on a biomass derivative: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... Well done Zamaan et al!

Here we show-contrary to conventional wisdom-that carbon materials can be used as gas diffusion electrodes for Li mediated N2 reduction pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... Well done @craigburdis.bsky.social et al!!

I am delighted to share two new papers from @interfacial-ec.bsky.social

The news has been more than a bit grim of late, so hooray for @carbonbrief.org providing some genuine and really meaningful **good** news: the UK's carbon emissions in 2024 were the lowest since 1872, because demand for fossil fuels just keeps decreasing.

www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...

www.imperial.ac.uk/news/261393/...
@royceimperial.bsky.social

Attending #MATSUS25 in beautiful #Sevilla!
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The @royalsociety.org should stand up for the scientific community and eject Elon Musk.

La reina Letizia entrega los premios que reconocen el Joven Talento Científico Femenino Los galardones visibilizan a las jóvenes investigadoras que "están construyendo el futuro de la ciencia en España".

Congratulations @mariaescesc.bsky.social! Such well deserved recognition of your countless achievements! I am sure Queen Laetizia was ever so impressed too! www.20minutos.es/noticia/5681...

I finished off yesterday at the Queens Arms at the pub catching up with Soren Scott who has now been Assistant Professor at @ucph.bsky.social for 15 months! Although we miss him sorely at @interfacial-ec.bsky.social, I am so pleased to see he is going from strength to strength in Copenhagen!

Fascinating to hear fresh perspectives from civil service, industry and academia at panel discussion on the role of batteries in delivering clean power by 2030 with Mary Ryan, Greg Offer, Lee McDonough, Martin Freer and Juliette Sanders.

Jingyu showed Martin Freer, James Gaade and Matthew Howard around the brand new high throughput battery equipment he is commissioning for @digibat.bsky.social as we strive towards a self driving lab!

We had a fascinating day showing the Faraday Institution leadership around Imperial yesterday with @titiricigroup.bsky.social @jingyuf.bsky.social @lonepair.bsky.social and many more.

Well done @silviafavero.bsky.social Ruixan, Joyce, Luke, Hui, Mengnan, @titiricigroup.bsky.social and @abagger.bsky.social! Great team work!!

Same FeN4 Active Site, Different Activity: How Redox Peaks Control Oxygen Reduction on Fe Macrocycles Macrocycles show high activity for the electrochemical reduction of oxygen in alkaline media. However, even macrocycles with the same metal centers and MN4 active site can vary significantly in activi...

Here we relate CV peaks and O2 reduction activity on Fe macrocycles, combining, electrochemistry, XAS and DFT pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Delighted to be back at ICN2 @mariaescesc.bsky.social one year on from my last visit. Maria has amassed an exceptionally talented team (some new faces, some old friends), augmented by state-of the-art equipment! ¡Gracias por la invitación!

Ifan hugging a teddy bear

So happy to be reunited with Arthur, my childhood teddy bear for Christmas!

GPs halting transgender patients’ hormone treatment or refusing prescriptions Investigation: GPs cite lack of expertise or funding as key factors in withdrawals of trans patients’ prescriptions. Billie Gay Jackson and Holly Bancroft report

The UK continues to quietly force trans adults to detransition. It was never about trans youth. Doctors in the UK are withdrawing hormones without warning and cutting tags people off even after decades of being on HRT.

www.the-independent.com/news/uk/home...

Time to share some of our latest publications: This one led by @angus-pedersen.bsky.social with amazing collaborators like @ifanstephens.bsky.social, Frédéric Maillard and Lior Elbaz looking at ionomer effect on degradation of Fe-N-C. advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/GFWKEZ...

What a fun joint🎄 party @titiricigroup.bsky.social and @interfacial-ec.bsky.social had! Thanks to @craigburdis.bsky.social and Morven for the hard work in ensuring it ran to perfection! Who knew Morven was such a karaoke queen?

Finally!!!

Thanks to @jakobkibsgaard.bsky.social and Jason Hallett for being examiners and @titiricigroup.bsky.social and Mary Ryan for being excellent partners in the supervision!

Congratulations to @romaintort.bsky.social on passing his PhD viva with minor corrections! It’s so gratifying to supervise a student who is not only a brilliant scientist, but also kind, conscientious and a pleasure to work with for all of us at @interfacial-ec.bsky.social!

Jakob and Ifan standing in front of projector screen as Jakob is about to give a talk.

At @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social we were hugely privileged yesterday to host a talk from @jakobkibsgaard.bsky.social from DTU. We were enlightened about the wonders of mass selected nanoparticles as catalysts for energy conversion reactions.

I hope the EU is able to obluge the government to drop fees as our current pool for funded PhD students is far too small on.ft.com/4eVw15W

What an exciting moment for us all. Outstanding work @jingyuf.bsky.social !!!

Interested in using carbon electrodes for nitrogen reduction? Look no further! Well done Craig!!!