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Research laboratory at Cambridge University. Our work focuses on artificial photosynthesis to make renewable fuels.☀️☀️PhD-run account.

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Research Fellow (Photo(electro)catalysis) The School of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) provides a vibrant and nurturing environment for staff and students to carry out inter-disciplinary research in key areas such as Computational Ma...

Join our team for a #postdoc #fellowship at NTU Singapore! ☀️ Multiple opportunities available: 👇

1) Research Fellowship in Photo(electro)catalysis
www.mycareersfuture.gov.sg/job/sciences...
Apply here: ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Career...

06.08.2025 02:59 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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2) NTU AI-for-X Postdoctoral Fellowship (deadline: 31 October 2025)
www.ntu.edu.sg/research/res...
Apply here: apps.ntu.edu.sg/TRACS_ui/wel...

06.08.2025 02:59 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
Cambridge to Lead €4M EU-Funded Sunlight-to-Food Technology Project with European Partners | Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry The Yusuf Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge is proud to announce its leadership of a groundbreaking €4 million innovation grant awarded by the European Innovation Council (EIC) Pa...

We're excited to announce the @consilium.europa.eu awarded us €4m for #Sunlight-to-#Food conversion ☀️➡️🍔

Coordinated by @biophotoelectro.bsky.social, with
@dtu.dk, @tum.de, @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, Solar Foods, we'll deploy bio-photoelectrodes for proteins and fats synthesis

bit.ly/454n7zR

26.07.2025 19:32 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Congratulations to our Part III student Tom for graduating with a First Class degree 🎓🥳🤟

She will join the Mougel group at @ethz.ch in Zurich as a PhD student starting from September 🦠🧪

We wish you all the best for your future, Tom 😊💪

23.07.2025 07:22 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This #PlasticFreeJuly, we're showcasing the
@cam.ac.uk scientists who are tackling climate change by turning plastic waste and CO₂ into clean fuel, using only sunlight.

Discover the Reisner Lab’s latest innovations: bit.ly/46HyNek
@energycambridge.bsky.social
@chemlibcam.bsky.social

15.07.2025 14:29 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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People of the @reisnerlab.bsky.social can catch the #sun also to turn it into smiles ☀️😎

What better to enjoy summer in #Cambridge than a lunch at @stjohnscollege.bsky.social and #punting on the river Cam all day 🛶🍹

Now looking forward to our celebrations for 15 years of Reisner Lab in September!

10.07.2025 22:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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An enthusiastic Beverly presented her poster on dual #electrochemical formate synthesis at the 9th @imbgrenoble.bsky.social #Conference on Fuel Synthesis in Grenoble 📊⚡️🧪

#phdlife

04.07.2025 17:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Congratulations to one of the most affectionate members of the @reisnerlab.bsky.social 🥳

You'll be missed @virgilandrei.bsky.social! Best of luck for your new start as an Assistant Professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at the Nanyang Technological University Singapore ☀️🔥

04.07.2025 17:47 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Lin and Santiago's photo-biocatalytic domino valorization of CO2 featured on the cover of @chemicalscience.rsc.org 🎉🎉

04.07.2025 17:01 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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The @reisnerlab.bsky.social wishes all a happy, colourful #Pride Month 🏳️‍🌈☀️

#Science is for everyone!

16.06.2025 23:39 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#Welcome to a new PhD landing in our group 🥳

Fei Xiang will develop #PEC thin-film devices for #solar-to-chemical conversion ☀️

Outside the lab, Fei enjoys hiking, playing badminton, and baking 🍰

04.06.2025 17:45 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Congrats to the queen 👑 of #OPV #photoelectrochemical devices @celineyeungws.bsky.social for defending her PhD #thesis!

Here, two of her dearest moments: her first cake time❤️(Halloween 2021) and her viva celebrations🥳

Can't wait to see the great things you'll do in your future, Celine!

22.05.2025 13:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A biotic/abiotic #CO2➡️syngas➡️#multicarbon domino!

Check our latest work by Lin and Santiago on adapted #syngas-fermenting #bacteria for #photocatalytic acetate and ethanol production ☀️🦠

pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...

12.05.2025 13:25 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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UK wins £500m in science grants from EU Horizon scheme after Brexit lockout Exclusive: British scientists ‘over the moon’ with re-entry to funding scheme after losing out for three years

Our @erc.europa.eu project featured on the @theguardian.com 📢📰🥳

05.05.2025 09:33 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Time to say bye to one more experienced postdoc in our group 👋

All the best to our #CO2 capture master Sayan Kar as he embarks in his new role as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sustainable Energy Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur 🎉🎉👏👏

30.04.2025 11:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Semiartificial Photoelectrochemistry for CO2-Mediated Enantioselective Organic Synthesis Photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells are under intensive development for the synthesis of solar fuels, but CO2 reduction typically only results in simple building blocks such as HCOO–. Here, we demonstrat...

#Photoelectrochemistry for #enantioselective organic synthesis ✅

Check the latest work by @tesselbouwens.bsky.social now out in @jacs.acspublications.org

pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

15.04.2025 17:00 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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Photoelectrochemical comproportionation of pre-treated PET plastics and CO2 to formate Pairing plastic waste reforming and carbon dioxide (CO2) utilisation to produce chemical energy carriers provides an attractive means to mitigate waste and create value, but challenges persist in achi...

CO2 + plastic = formate 👉👈

Check the latest work from Yongpeng Liu and
@celineyeungws.bsky.social on OPV-hematite tandem #photoelectrochemical cells for the comproportionation of formate from #CO2 and #plastic streams
@rsc.org

13.04.2025 06:28 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Driving Electrochemical Organic Hydrogenations on Metal Catalysts by Tailoring Hydrogen Surface Coverages Electrochemical hydrogenation, powered by renewable electricity, represents a promising sustainable approach for organic synthesis and the valorization of biomass-derived chemicals. Traditional strate...

Collaboration with Max García Melchor and Anna Ciotti on #electrochemical organic hydrogenations 🧪⚡️🫧 led by Tengfei Li and with contributions from Motiar Rahaman and @celineyeungws.bsky.social now out in @jacs.acspublications.org 📢

pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

12.04.2025 07:41 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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All finished at our Nanoscience Early Career Symposium after 28 great talks and some harmonica playing (thats what happens if you go over the time limit). Congrats to Dr Andrei of
@reisnerlab.bsky.social for their best talk award, sponsored by @nanoscale-journals.rsc.org

#Nanosky #Chemsky

11.04.2025 09:43 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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A deep dive into #perovskites and #OPV-powered #photoelectrochemical cells by Virgil and Celine presenting at the @rsc-cnn.bsky.social Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Symposium at @ucl.ac.uk ☀️⚡️

Congrats to Virgil for winning the best oral talk prize🗣️👏👏

11.04.2025 06:15 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Stories of #biohybrids for artificial #photosynthesis presented by Glenn Quek and Soleh Anderlini at the UK-Japan Artificial photosynthetic #cell Project Kick-off meeting 📢

Stay tuned for more updates from them on biofilm for #CO2 conversion and #plastic-eating bacteria 🦠☀️

08.04.2025 08:55 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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See you soon Lu 👋👋

After working in our lab on a new platform for lignin #photoreforming, she'll be joining the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI), Chinese Academy of Sciences 🎉🎉

We wish her all the best in her career!

04.04.2025 14:00 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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名古屋大学 マテリアル工学科 Wang Lab. | HOME(EN) 東海国立大学機構名古屋大学大学院 工学研究科 物質プロセス工学専攻 エネルギー変換・触媒材料創成工学講座 王研究室のWebサイトです。人口光合成を通じて太陽エネルギーから再生可能燃料を供給するための新たなマテリアル、アプローチ、テクノロジーに関する研究を行っています。

Our alumna Qian Wang promoted to full professor at Nagoya University 🥳🥳

Check out the amazing #science on artificial #photosynthesis that she is developing in her group 🌱☀️

www.material.nagoya-u.ac.jp/wang-lab/

01.04.2025 18:35 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Endless memories and contributions: supporting people and advancing science across multiple @reisnerlab.bsky.social generations.

Farewell to our Motiar Rahaman, wishing him nothing but the best 🙏

He'll join the University of Liège as an Assistant Professor and Academic Chair in Power-to-Fuel 👏👏🎉🎉

31.03.2025 11:09 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#Welcome to our now postdoc Ming Shi! In our lab, he will work on semi-artificial #photosynthesis combining synthetic light absorbers with #enzymes ☀️🌱

In his free time, Ming likes to play basketball, swim, and go hiking.

26.03.2025 10:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Yellow T-shirts and smiley faces at our annual Open Day 🥳

We entertained kids and families with the power of #light-driven #chemistry 👀☀️

A bright day outside the lab to show that the beauty of chemistry is for everyone and to remind us why we love it ♥️

#outreach #scicomm

24.03.2025 12:16 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This machine turns carbon dioxide into fuel - BBC Reel

Our device for integrated #CO2 capture and #solar-driven utilisation featured on BBC Reel

www.bbc.co.uk/reel/video/p...

23.03.2025 15:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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📢 22nd International Conference on Carbon Dioxide Utilization
🌍 Lisbon
🗓 June 23-27
#ICCDU2025

Erwin Reisner @reisnerlab.bsky.social will tell us all about solar-powered #CO2 #bioconversion

@iccdu_xxii
@fctnova
@istecnico.bsky.social
@spquimica

17.03.2025 19:23 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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It was a pleasure hosting the Minister for EU Relations Nick Thomas-Symonds in our lab.

The Minister handled a glovebox and learnt how we use light to convert waste into hydrogen with our students Beverly and @andrea-rogo.bsky.social ☀️♻️🌱

Check out the press release here: t.co/UeAdwmLjU3

17.03.2025 21:25 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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