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UKSAF Winter 2026 Meeting

7th January 2026

Venue: Department of Chemistry, University College London

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:

Information will be available soon.

Venue: Department of Chemistry, University College London

An informal social is arranged from 6.30pm at The Captain Flinders, 34–38 Eversholt Street, Euston, Camden, NW1 1DA (The Captain Flinders - J D Wetherspoon)

 

 

UKSAF Winter 2026 Meeting

7th January 2026

Venue: Department of Chemistry, University College London

General theme: Experiment, Theory and Artificial Intelligence

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: