UKSAF WINTER MEETING 2026 – Provisional Programme
09:00–09:45 Registration & coffee CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT – NYHOLM ROOM AND RAMSAY LT
MORNING SESSION GUSTAV TUCK LECTURE THEATRE – WILKINS BUILDING
09:50 Introduction and Welcome
10:00 Geoff Thornton (UCL)
“Structure of electrolyte interfaces with oxide surfaces”
10:30 Johannes Lischner (Imperial College London)
“Understanding core-electron binding energies at metal oxide surfaces from first principles”
11:00–11:20 – Coffee break
11:20 Karen Syres (University of Lancashire)
“Ionic liquid-modified perovskite films for enhanced solar cell stability”
11:50 Daniel Lee (University of Manchester)
“Surface science using advanced NMR spectroscopy”
12:20–13:40 LUNCH AND EXHIBITION CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT – NYHOLM ROOM AND RAMSAY LT
AFTERNOON SESSION GUSTAV TUCK LECTURE THEATRE – WILKINS BUILDING
13:45 UKSAF Travel and Knowledge Exchange Placement Awards, RTP opportunities Polly Greensmith (Manchester / NTPMI*), Kay Doncom (Warwick / ITSS**), Marc Walker (Warwick)
14:35 Keith Butler (UCL)
(title TBC)
15:05–15:30 – Coffee break
15:30 Robin Simpson (Thermo Fisher Scientific)
“Laser Ablation XPS”
16:00 Roxy Lee (Technical University of Denmark)
“Electrochemical XPS”
16:30 Closing Remarks
*National Technical Platform for Materials Innovation at the Henry Royce Institute
**UK Institute for Technical Skills and Strategy
The UK Surface Analysis Forum meeting is graciously supported by:
