Overview

The R&I CoP’s second annual meeting took place to allow members to hear updates on the CoP’s activity, to meet the volunteers making up the leadership group and to present the Nicklin Medal winner, Dr Hannah Leese, with her award.

Agenda

1. Introduction to the R&I CoP leadership group
2. Update from the Chair, Emma McLeod, on what the R&I CoP has done in 2022 and the CoP’s strategy
3. Working group updates
   • Chemical Engineering Impact in Australia and New Zealand brochure
   • Challenging Perceptions in Chemical Engineering Research blog and brochure
   • Entrepreneurship Network and Support series
4. Q&A session for the R&I CoP
5. Awarding of the 2022 Nicklin Medal
6. Dr Hannah Leese presents her work on how chemical engineering researchers utilise materials and bioengineering for sustainable healthcare.
7. Q&A session for Dr Hannah Leese

Committee vacancies

Up to five vacancies were available for committee member positions on the R&I CoP leadership group. These five positions were filled by: 

• Anousha Amir Khan
• Benaiah Anabaraonye
• Billie Hiew
• Adrian Jonas
• Minerva Ledezma Martinez, and
• John Williams

Find out more about them in the Leadership webpages.

Speaker

Dr Hannah Leese, Prize Fellow at the University of Bath, UK

Dr Hannah Leese is an early-career researcher at the Centre for Sustainable and Circular Technologies (CSCT) and Centre for Biosensors, Bioelectronics and Biodevices (C3Bio), UK. She received the Nicklin Medal, which recognises talented chemical engineering researchers, for her ground-breaking work on developing technologies for early detection of disease, including sepsis and ovarian cancer.

Dr Leese has held positions at Imperial College London, UK, as a Postdoctoral Research Associate, The University of Manchester, UK, as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, and is currently a Prize Fellow at the University of Bath, UK.

Any opinions are the presenter's own and do not necessarily represent those of IChemE or the Research and Innovation Community of Practice. The information is given in good faith but without any liability on the part of IChemE.

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