Congratulations to Dr Andrew Lawrence and Dr Stephen Thomas, who have both received the Young Investigator Distinction award by the RSC and BMOS (Brazilian Meeting on Organic Synthesis).

Congratulations to Dr Helen Szoor-McElhinney who recently graduated with a PgCert Academic Practice and is now a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Fellows have shown an ability to engage with a broad understanding of effective approaches to learning and teaching support as a key contribution to high quality student learning.

Congratulations to Dr Michael Seery who has been awarded a Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) 

Senior Fellowships are awarded to individuals who are able to provide evidence of a sustained record of effectiveness in relation to teaching and learning, incorporating for example, the organisation, leadership and/or management of specific aspects of teaching and learning provision. 

Congratulations to Rebecca Nicolson, Daniel De Rosa, Connor Halliday, and Martin Stanford, who have achieved Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy.

Dr Craig Johnston, from the Lloyd-Jones group, has been awarded a five year Royal Society University Research Fellowship which he will start at St Andrews later this year.

Royal Society University Research Fellowships are awarded to outstanding scientists who are in the early stages of their research career and have the potential to become leaders in their field.

Katie Ember, from Colin Campbell's group in the Optima Centre for Doctoral Training, has been awarded best student journalist for Great Britain and Ireland of 2018 by the Association of British Science Writers.

Congratulations to Annabel Serpico, from Prof. Dominic Campopiano's group, who has been awarded the runner-up prize for best talk at the RSC CBBG group post-graduate meeting in Leeds.

Professor Polly Arnold has been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society.

Prof. Arnold has been recognised for her research focused on the design and synthesis of highly reactive f-block complexes that can activate inert small molecules such as carbon oxides, dinitrogen, and hydrocarbons, and that can provide fundamental information on structure and bonding at the bottom of the periodic table.

Congratulations to five members of staff from EaStCHEM who have recently been awarded prizes by the RSC. The winners and their prizes are:

Undergraduate and postgraduate students from the School of Chemistry, who achieved an Edinburgh Award or Edinburgh Leadership Award for Chemistry Outreach and Public Engagement were honoured at a ceremony on 24 April at the McEwan Hall.

Several students from the School of Chemistry successfully completed the scheme and were recognised by the University to achieve Edinburgh Award or Edinburgh Leadership Award for Chemistry Outreach and Public Engagement: