POSTPONED: PERCAT Postdoctoral Researcher Conference 2020

Following the postponement of our 2020 PERCAT Postdoctoral Researcher Conference we are pleased to announce that the Conference will now take place online on 1st and 2nd July 2021.  Please visit the PERCAT Postdoctoral Researcher Conference 2021 webpage.

The PERCAT Postdoctoral Researcher Conference provides postdoctoral and early career researchers in the Colleges of Life and Environmental Sciences and Engineering and Physical Sciences with a unique opportunity to share their research and career experiences.

Free Registration, Refreshments, Drinks Reception.

Prizes of up to £300 for best oral presentation and up to £150 for best poster.

Keynote Speaker 

We are very pleased to announce that the Keynote Speaker for the Conference will be Professor Emma Kendrick, Chair of Energy Materials in the School of Metallurgy and Materials, talking about her varied career spanning both academia and industry.

Prof Emma Kendrick CChem FIMMM FRSC is Chair of Energy Materials in the School of Metallurgy and Materials at the University of Birmingham. Previously Reader in Electrochemical Energy Materials within the Energy Innovation Centre (EIC) at WMG. She has 10 years of industrial research experience in new battery technology development, latterly as Chief Technologist in Energy Storage at SHARP Laboratories of Europe Ltd (SLE) and prior to that for two highly innovative SME’s, Her research over the last 20 years has focused on translation of novel functional materials to industry relevant device demonstrators. She holds a PhD from Keele University and CERAM research, MSc in New Materials from the University of Aberdeen and a BSc from the University of Manchester.

Call for Abstracts

The Call for Abstracts for the Conference is now open.  Postdoctoral and Early Career Research Staff in the Colleges of Engineering and Physical Science and Life and Environmental Sciences are invited to submit abstracts for oral research presentations and research posters.

Further information and details of how to submit your abstract can be found in the Call for Abstracts document.

Call for Speakers on Career Experiences

As well as giving postdocs the opportunity to present your research at the conference, we are also inviting you to put yourselves forward to share your career experiences in a short 10 minute talk at the conference.

This talk can be delivered in addition to a research presentation, however you do not have to deliver a research presentation or poster at the conference in order to be eligible to deliver a talk about your career experiences.

Our postdocs in the two colleges (EPS & LES) come from a diverse range of backgrounds and have followed varied career paths to reach their current positions.  Sharing and learning from each other’s experiences is an important career development activity.

In order to apply to talk about your career experiences at the conference, please submit a brief outline (no more than 200 words) to Jennifer Thomson , setting out what you will talk about.

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