ICI Centenary Congress 2022

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The ICI hosted a very special Centenary Congress in the Royal Irish Academy, Dawson Street, Dublin on Thursday, 17th November, 2022.
The full Congress programme may be found here: ICI Centenary Congress 2022
Pictured (front row from l to r): Professor Steven bell, Professor Carmel Breslin, Professor Tadhg Begley, Professor Grace Morgan. Pictured (back row from l to r): Professor Mike Zaworokto, Professor Paul Murphy, Professor Pat Guiry, Professor John Wenger, Professor Susan Quinn
Pictured above are five ICI Presidents (front from l to r) are Professor Celine Marmion (President from 2019-2022), Professor Dervilla Donnelly (President from 1994-1996), Professor Patrick Guiry (current President), and (back from l to r) are Professor John Cassidy (President from 2017-2019) and Mr Patrick Hobbs (President from 2013-2015).

ICI Boyle Higgins Gold Medal and Lecture Award 2022

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The Boyle Higgins Medal and Lecture Award, instituted in 1985, is an award for research work carried out in chemistry under the headings: (a) Pure Chemistry, (b) Applied and Industrial Chemistry or (c) Chemical Education. The award is made for an outstanding and internationally recognised research contribution to the advancement of chemistry by a chemist of any nationality working in Ireland or by an Irish chemist working overseas.

Following an open call for nominations for this prestigious award and an independent and international review process, we are delighted to let you know that Professor Grace Morgan, School of Chemistry, University College Dublin, is the recipient of the ICI Boyle Higgins’ Gold Medal and Lecture Award 2022. Professor Morgan’s profile may be found here.  Our warmest congratulations to Professor Morgan. Professor Morgan delivered an outstanding award lecture during the ICI Centenary Congress 2022.

 

Pictured: Professor Patrick Guiry (ICI President) presenting Professor Grace Morgan with her award during the ICI Centenary Congress in the Royal Irish Academy, 17th November, 2022

ICI Boyle Higgins Gold Medal and Lecture Award 2021

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The Boyle Higgins Medal and Lecture Award, instituted in 1985, is an award for research work carried out in chemistry under the headings: (a) Pure Chemistry, (b) Applied and Industrial Chemistry or (c) Chemical Education. The award is made for an outstanding and internationally recognised research contribution to the advancement of chemistry by a chemist of any nationality working in Ireland or by an Irish chemist working overseas.

Following an open call for nominations for this prestigious award and an independent and international review process, we are delighted to let you know that Professor Tadhg Begley, an Irish chemist, UCC alumnus, Distinguished Professor, Derek Barton Professor of Chemistry and Robert A. Welch Foundation Chair, at Texas A&M University in the US, is the recipient of the ICI Boyle Higgins’ Gold Medal and Lecture Award 2021. Professor Begley’s profile may be found here.  Our warmest congratulations to Professor Begley. Professor Begley delivered an outstanding award lecture during the ICI Centenary Congress 2022.

 

Pictured: Professor Patrick Guiry (ICI President) presenting Professor Tadhg Begley with his award during the ICI Centenary Congress in the Royal Irish Academy, 17th November, 2022