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Founders Award Announced

In honour of Prof. LVC Rees, a BZA Founders' Award will be presented to an outstanding contributor to zeolite or nanomaterials science. The award will be given every three years and is a cash prize of £300.

The award will be given to outstanding scientists in the area of zeolite chemistry and will be based on the PhD thesis, the CV papers and/or patents.


Scientists under the age of 30 can apply. The award is for a British citizen or a non UK citizen with at least two years of employment working in the relevant research field within the UK.
For application send a CV, a description of the work and copies of three relevant papers to the BZA chairman (Dr. Paul Wright, University of St Andrews.)

The deadline for the 2008 award is 18th of February 2008.

15th International Zeolite Conference

The 15th International Zeolite Conference was held in Beijing, China, from 12-17 August 2007.

BZA 2007 Annual Meeting - York

This conference was held from 26-28 March 2007 at The University of York.

Many thanks to Duncan Macquarrie and his team for a memorable meeting.

BZA 2006 Annual Meeting - Ambleside
In Memory of Lovat Rees

This conference, the latest in the "Chislehurst Style" series founded by Professor Rees, was held from 30 July to 4 August at St Martin's College, Ambleside.
Many thanks to the organizers Jonathan Agger and Martin Attfield on the success of this meeting.

Congratulations to the winners of the Prague Student Bursary Competition

Dapo Odunlade (Manchester), Dervishe Salih (Royal Institution), Miguel Mora Fonz (UCL) and Emily Parham (St Andrews) were the winners of our student bursary competition, each receiving £300 travel funds to attend the FEZA Zeolite Conference in Prague, which took place in August 2005. A stimulating and enjoyable time was had by all.

Entrants had to write a "New Scientist"-style account of their research work, with each of the winners producing excellent, and highly readable articles (see below)

Dapo Odunlade Can Environmental Protection save Millions?  
Dervishe Salih The building blocks of crystals  
Miguel Mora Fonz The role of solvation and pH in zeoilte nucleation  
Emily Parham Environmentally friendly solvents template 3D honeycomb materials  
   

BZA 2005 Annual Meeting - Bath, 4th-6th April

This conference was held from 4-6 April 2005 at The University of Bath.
A selection of photographs from the conference is now available online. Many thanks to the organizer Dr Karen Edler.

BZA 2004 Annual Meeting

This conference was held at the University of St Andrews from 5-7 July 2004. Many thanks to Paul Wright and his team for organising this highly successful meeting.

A selection of photographs from the conference is now available online.

Template

The latest version of the BZA newletter, Template, is now available for downloading in pdf format

 

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