Research laboratory at Cambridge University. Our work focuses on artificial photosynthesis to make renewable fuels.☀️☀️PhD-run account.
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It was great to have our PhD alumna @TaylorUekert from @NatLabRockies giving a talk on the state-of-the-art tools for techno economic analysis (#TEA) and life cycle assessment (#LCA) of #chemical processes for #plastic waste #upcycling and valorisation ♻️ 🧪🏭
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New #MOF morphology including #nanographene units coming with its application in #photocatalysis 🔗💡
Check our work by @SaberMirzaei, @andrea_rogolino in collaboration with Omar Yaghi's group now out in @J_A_C_S
doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6c19262
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📢📢We're still #hiring 📢📢 3 #PhD #studentships still #open for application until the 2nd November 🗓️
We have open projects in:
1. gas-phase #photocatalysis: bit.ly/3Tdkhqd
2. chemical #engineering: bit.ly/3RpIf0W
3. #microbiology: bit.ly/4bWvhhY
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Time to say bye to one more affectionate member of the @ReisnerLab 🥲
We wish all the best to @Ariffin9712, recently graduated and ready to start a new exciting chapter of his life 😁💪
'till next time, Ariffin 🫴👋👋
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Joining our group this term for his Part III project also Dani 🥳🥳 who will be working on #cascade reactions for chemical #synthesis🧪💡
In his spare time, Dani enjoys doing karate, baking and hiking 🥋🧁🗻
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New beginnings in the @ReisnerLab 🥳🥳
A warm welcome to our new PhD student Caitlin. She will contribute to our joint @SolarSpoonPrj project, working on biohybrid devices for food production ⚡️🦠🍝🍔
Outside the lab, Caitlin enjoys trying new foods, hiking, and painting 🥘⛰️🖌️
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Showcase time for Susanne, presenting her work on #sustainable chlorine #chemistry at the @GDCh_aktuell #Conference on #Inorganic Chemistry in Jena 📊📈👏👏
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Our new #website 🖥️ is LIVE 🎉🎉🎉
Discover everything about the @ReisnerLab in a fresh, renovated style at reisnerlab.com/☀️🎨🖼️🧪
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Deploying #photosheets for #CO2 conversion now also possible with #conjugated #polymers, thanks to the molecular engineering of our @glenn_quek 💡⚙️🧪
Check out his latest work now out in @Chem_CP 🎉🎉🎉
doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.202…
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Two Doctors in one day😯Nailed it 🎯
Big congrats to our new graduates @Ariffin9712 and David. Truly two stars⭐️building up our output in #scaled-up #photoreforming and #photoredox #organic #synthesis ☀️📈🧪
We wish both nothing but the best! Congrats Ariffin and David❤️
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It was a pleasure to have Prof. James Durrant from
@durrant_group at @UniofOxford giving a talk on many case studies and groundbreaking findings on the #kinetics of #light-driven #charge generation and #transport💡🔍☀️
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Congratulations to Chan Woo for receiving the 2026 Postdoctoral Overseas Training Program #Fellowship from the @NRF_CIA 👏👏👏
Stay tuned for more groundbreaking research from him 💡💥
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#Lignin🌳broken down by #light💡and CdS #quantum #dots🟡can be a valuable source of #CO That's ideal for a #carbonylation #cascade in a liquid-liquid system 🟠🔵 Check out our latest
@J_A_C_S by @ratsandrants 🎉🎉🎉
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Back from Copenhagen with great success🏅
Congrats to @Ariffin9712, @afreen_hooriya, and @jux__kay for receiving an Early Career Scientist #Award at the Catalytic #CO2 Conversions Conference (#CCC2026)👏👏👏 Congrats to @jux__kay for also winning a Best #Poster #Award 📊
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A great team made by @afreen_hooriya, @Ariffin9712, Ji woo, @jux__kay and @SampurnaMitra18 presenting #posters 📊 and #talks 🗣️at the Catalytic #CO2 Conversions (#CCC2026) #conference in Copenhagen 🥳🥳🥳
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📢We're still #hiring📢
We are looking for a postdoctoral research associate (#PDRA) in #Microbiology
Find more here: cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoctoral-…
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📢We're still #hiring📢
We are looking for a postdoctoral research associate (#PDRA) in #Gas-#Phase #Photocatalysis
Find more here: cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoctoral-…
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📢We're still #hiring📢
We are looking for a postdoctoral research associate (#PDRA) in #Chemical #Process #Engineering
Find more here: cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoctoral-…
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📢We're hiring📢
We are welcoming 3 #PhD and 3 postdoc (#PDRA) in 2027
Deadlines🕐
#PhD: October🔟
#PDRA: August8⃣
PhD: bit.ly/3Tdkhqd - bit.ly/3RpIf0W - bit.ly/4bWvhhY
PDRA: bit.ly/4vINzKI - bit.ly/4hr7p9N - bit.ly/4wiqqA3
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Congratulations to David for being awarded a Poster Prize at the prestigious @BOSS_Symposium on Organic Synthesis in Leuven, Belgium 👏👏👏
Amazing achievement for his recently published paper in @NatureSynthesis 🥳🥳🥳nature.com/articles/s44160-0…
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Poker of presentations on
🟠🔵#biphasic #photocatalysis
☀️🏠practical #solar-driven #reactors
🌬️⚡️#photoelectrochemical #CO2RR
💡🌱semi-#artificial #photosynthesis
by @andrea_rogolino, @Ariffin9712, @ChenHan530, and @YongpengLiu at the #IPS25 in Seoul, Korea 👏👏👏
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#PET #photoreforming is now an established route to upcycle waste #plastic and produce green #H2 ☀️♻️🫧 Time to demonstrate that it is also #scalable 📈
Check out the work on Pd-Al:SrTiO3 m2-scale panels by @Ariffin9712 now out in @RSC_Energy #EES
doi.org/10.1039/d6ee01445c
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Fabricating large-area #photocatalysts is a challenge towards practical #outdoor deployment. How can single-source precursors unlock #scalable fabrication of m2-scale sheets? ☀️📈
Check out the work by @Ariffin9712 and @YongpengLiu in @NatChemEng 🥳🥳
nature.com/articles/s44286-0…
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#Science is for everyone! The @ReisnerLab wishes to celebrate all colours in science in this #Pride Month🏳️🌈☀️
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Thanks to @ChemCircularity and @WangLab_Nagoya for highlighting two of our most recent innovative works by @jux__kay and @andrea_rogolino on #acid plastic #photoreforming and liquid-solid-liquid #photocatalysis, published in @Joule_CP and @Chem_CP💡☀️🧪🔋
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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It was a great pleasure attending @lrese_epfl Prof. Sophia Haussener's #talk at @ChemCambridge on her pioneering work on concentrated #solar light for #photoelectro and #thermochemical technologies☀️🔍⛽️
Inspiring explorations from #degradation studies to #reactor engineering💡
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It's time for one more #PhD wrap-up 🥳🥳
Congrats to @jux__kay, making justice with his #acid-catalysed #plastic depolymerisation and #photoreforming in a world previously dominated by alkali ♻️☀️
Congratulations Dr Kwarteng and all the best for your future 👏👏👏
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The @ReisnerLab across all its generations reunited at the @GordonConf Renewable Energy - #Solar Fuels in Lucca, Italy ⛰️🍝🌺
More than 15 years of #memories, #people, and #stories of a solar-driven journey☀️and counting ...
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Our @TrinCollCam members @ChenHan530 and Qingxin attented the 9th Annual Chemistry Meal, bringing together all the college #Chemistry community 🍷🧪
@ChenHan530 also gave a talk on her recent results on advanced electrochemical solar synthesis ☀️🗣️👏
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Soleh and Beverly, our representation at the @RSC_Sus #conference on #Biotechnology for #Sustainability had a wonderful and productive time at the headquarters of the @RoySocChem in London 🦠📈😁
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#Plastic #photoreforming typically requires alkaline #hydrolysis, leading to waste of stoichiometric reactants. Ever thought of using #acids instead? ☀️🔋
Check out our new approach developed by @jux__kay now out in @Joule_CP 🥳🥳
cell.com/joule/fulltext/S254…
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📢📢We're opening a position for 1 home (UK) PhD student starting in our group in October 2026📢📢
Apply before the 14th May 🗓️
Please follow the instructions at this link: ch.cam.ac.uk/pgapp/how-apply
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At @nanoGe_Conf #MATSUS26 in Barcelona, Spain, @andrea_rogolino presented our recent developments in #floatable materials for liquid-solid-liquid #photocatalysis ☀️
More to come soon ... 📢
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Time for #poster showcase📊at the Sustainable Chemicals and Materials Manufacturing (#SCHEMA) Conference 2026 📢
Here @afreen_hooriya and @jux__kay presenting their research on #photoelectrochemistry for chemical synthesis and plastic #photoreforming ☀️
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It was all yellow🟡again 🥳
Our annual Open Day at @ChemCambridge, part of the @Cambridge_Fest, is our unmissable appointment with families, kids and all science-enthusiasts!
A #sunny day showing how #light and #chemistry together are great ☀️🧪
#outreach #scicomm
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A warm welcome to @Samir_Chem to our group🥳
Samir will work on #polymer-molecular catalyst hybrid systems for #electrochemical and #photochemical #CO2 reduction reactions in heterogeneous environments💡
Outside the lab, Samir enjoys travelling ✈️ and cycling 🚴
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Congrats to @andrea_rogolino for winning the @RoySocChem Sustainable Energy @and_fuels #poster #prize 📊🏆 at the #Catalysis for the #Circular #Economy III conference, for his work on Liquid|Solid|Liquid #photocatalysis 👏👏
Check it out in @Chem_CP
bit.ly/40YWLxF
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Opposing Friedel-Crafts #alkylation regioselectivity with #light and #EDA complexes💡now made possible 💪
Check out the work by David now out in @NatureSynthesis
nature.com/articles/s44160-0…
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It was a pleasure hosting Prof. Taeghwan Hyeon from the Center for #Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science, @IBS_media, Seoul, Korea.
A deep dive into the synthesis of #nanomaterials for #photo and #electrocatalysis.
"Nano is not only useful, but also beautiful."
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The @ReisnerLab joins in supporting and celebrating every #colour of the #LGBTQIA+ community in their #History Month 🏳️🌈☀️
#Science is for everyone!
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It's the International Day of #Women and #Girls in Science! 🧑🔬
Here are some wonderful smiles from a team of extraordinarily motivated and talented scientists in the @ReisnerLab ☀️ 🌱
#Science is for everyone! 🎨
#IDWGS
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Congrats to our Alumni @DavidWakerley and @sarahlamaison2 for having their start-up @dioxycle nominated in the Impact/100 List by the @norrsken_org Foundation 👏👏
#Electrolytic #carbon upcycling from the lab to the real world made possible 💪♻️📈
norrsken.org/impact100
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📢📢📢 We're hiring! 📢📢📢
The @ChemCambridge Department is looking for a Research Assistant to provide practical and technical laboratory support to our research 🧑🔬🔧
Find more here: cam.ac.uk/jobs/research-assi…
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Some highlights on semi-artificial #photosynthesis strategies from our @YongpengLiu at the 3rd #SolarChemicalsNetwork symposium in Southampton ☀️🍃👏👏👏
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Congratulations to Dr. Chanon Pornrungroj 🎉🎉 27th #PhD graduate of the @ReisnerLab, on receiving the Excellent Dissertation #Award 🏆
(1st Place, Chemical Science Field) from the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT).
Selected from ~300 PhD theses nationwide 👏👏👏
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Our traditional End of Year #symposium and #dinner is an unmissable event to reflect, thank, and appreciate what our #lab means to each of us🫴♥️🕯️
The @ReisnerLab wishes everyone a joyous winter break and gets ready for exciting creative #science to see the light in 2026 🎉🎉🎉
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Can we #sandwich a photocatalyst #floating between two immiscible liquids for paired aqueous-organic #light-driven synthesis?🥪☀️
Introducing liquid|solid|liquid #photocatalysis
🔵🟡🟠now out in @Chem_CP
Congrats @andrea_rogolino and all co-authors 🎉
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Ready for new #sun-(#fun)-driven #science? ☀️😎
The @ReisnerLab is, with a renewed team ready to rock in the exciting academic year ahead 💪💪
Stay tuned for more creative works soon to be unleashed by these beautiful people ☀️⚡️🧪🌱🦠
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Our first #PhD graduate completing a full journey into #biohybrids! ☀️⚡️🦠
Loads of challenges, patience, and a toolkit of skills developed from #bacteria culturing 🦠to machine learning for data analysis 🖥️
Congratulations Dr Marion Short and all the best for your future 🥳🥳
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📢📢📢 We're hiring! 📢📢📢
The @ChemCambridge Department is looking for an Assistant Professor in Solar Chemical Technologies ☀️
Our group is now accepting #postdoc and #PhD applications to start in October 2026 🎓
Find more here:
www-reisner.ch.cam.ac.uk/pos…
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Congratulations to the master of #carbon dots of the Reisner Lab, Dr Dongseok Kim 🥳🥳
4 years bravely spent demonstrating huge advances in the use of an emerging, #sustainable #photocatalytic material ⚫️☀️🌱⚫️
We wish you all the best for your future, Kim 🤗
#phdlife #PhDone
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To expand the expertise of our group, we also welcome our new #postdoc Xinbang Wu 🤗
He'll work on one-pot #depolymerization of #polyurethane waste using #photoelectrochemical methods ♻️☀️⚡️
Besides being an excellent #scientist, Xinbang is also a passionate #guitarist 🎸🎶
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One more PhD student joining our solar team 🌞
Qingxin will explore new catalysts for #photoelectrochemical devices ☀️⚡️
When not playing with #light and #electrodes, she enjoys playing the #piano, learning #German and going to performances and #exhibitions 🎹🇩🇪 🖼️
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The @ReisnerLab wishes to honour and acknowledge the achievements of black people in the occasion of the #BlackHistory month ✊⚫️
Thanks to our PhD student @jux__kay for sharing some insightful reflections on how much #diversity is powerful in #science 🤝🥼
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Our favourite #bioengineer Irina is leaving our group for exciting new beginnings 🤗
Irina was awarded an Innovate UK grant for her start-up, Cambridge Molecular Computers Ltd, bridging #DNA programmability and #bioinformatics 🦠💻
All the best for your new adventure, Irina 💪
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#OPV and #enzymes combined in a semi-artificial leaf for selective #CO2-to-#formate conversion ☀️🍃
Read here our latest work by @celineyeungws and @YongpengLiu on @CellPressNews Joule 🎉🎉
doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2025…
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Nice to re-connect with the University #alumni community 🤝
Erwin gave a talk to update @Cambridge_Uni graduates on the exciting #science that our @ChemCambridge Department keeps fostering 🧪 🚀
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#Connecting with our #alumni🔗
@CasadevallCarla (2020-2022) enthusiastically worked on #carbon-based materials for #photocatalysis 💪🌱☀️
Now group leader at @ICIQchem, her mission is turning sunlight into chemicals with nanoreactors🔍
Here her #memories of the @ReisnerLab
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#Connecting with our #alumni 🔗
We remember Qian Wang for her many contributions as a postdoc in our group (2018-2021) 🫴☀️
Today, she's happily leading her own #research group as a full #professor at @NagoyaUniv 🌸
Here are some of her #memories of the @ReisnerLab
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Great week enjoying the breeze on Lake Como in Italy at the International School on Material Interfaces for Engineering Living Systems, where @glenn_quek presented his results on Organic #Semiconductors-#Bacteria #Biohybrids 🥤🦠☀️
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