#1980 COLOR CODED PERIODIC TABLE OF IONS REGISTRATION#

You can take part in the live Q&A (details to follow). The lecture will also be livestreamed here and on the Royal Society YouTube channel. Entry will be on a first-come, first-served basis, and cannot be guaranteed. This lecture can be attended in person at the Royal Society.ĭoors will open to the public at 5.45pm GMT. Live subtitles will be available in-person and virtually.

#1980 COLOR CODED PERIODIC TABLE OF IONS REGISTRATION#

The event is free to join and there is no registration required. Winners will receive a grant of £14,000 to support their research and a personal gift of £1,000 The prize was established in memory of Paul O’Brien FRS and his work encouraging excellence in science and education in Africa. The Royal Society Rising Star Africa Prize is to recognise early-career research scientists based in Africa who are making an innovative contribution to the physical, mathematical and engineering sciences. Dr Petersen’s research interests lie in the field of sustainable synthetic chemistry, with a focus in developing photocatalytic methods for the synthesis of biologically important nitrogen heterocycles. Following postdoctoral fellowships with Professor Kelly Chibale (H3D, Cape Town, 2015), and Professor Richard Taylor (University of York, 2016–2017), he returned to Cape Town to commence his independent academic career. He was a recipient of the inaugural Royal Society FLAIR (Future Leaders – African Independent Research) Fellowship (2019) and received an NRF (Nation Research Foundation, South Africa) Research Excellence Award for Emerging Researchers in 2022. He obtained his PhD degree in organic chemistry at the University of Cape Town (2015), under the supervision of Professor Roger Hunter. The Royal Society Rising Star Africa Prize 2023 is awarded to Dr Wade Petersen for his research into new methods for the construction of molecules relevant to drug discovery using visible light as a source of energy.ĭr Wade F Petersen was born in Cape Town, South Africa. In this talk, Dr Petersen will share some of his experiences working under such conditions in Africa, as well as describe his research endeavours toward achieving sustainable and energy efficient syntheses of therapeutically relevant small molecules: mimicking photosynthesis and using light energy in pursuit of chemical synthesis perfection.

‘How will we make critical medicines if some resources are no longer available - say in the middle of a blackout?’ In a world of rapidly declining resource, both in terms of energy and materials, a very sobering question emerges: Many of these methods utilise rare and expensive metals and/or require significant heating processes. Small Molecule Synthesis in an Energy Deprived World: Experiences from ‘Loadshedding’ (Blackout) South Africa.Ĭhemists have provided the world with an abundance of enabling synthesis methods for the construction of molecules significant to human life specifically crucial medicines. Join us for the Royal Society Rising Star Africa Prize Lecture given by 2023 winner Dr Wade F Petersen. Rising Star Africa Prize Lecture: Dr Wade F Petersen

1980 color coded periodic table of ions