Two major honours for Southampton electrochemist
Professor Phil Bartlett, Head of Electrochemistry at the University of Southampton and President elect of the International Society of Electrochemistry, has been awarded two significant scientific awards for outstanding achievements over his career in his branch of Chemistry. He will receive the Volta Medal and the Galvani Medal, both named after Italian pioneers in electrochemistry.
“I am delighted to be recognised by my fellow electrochemists in Europe,” says Phil who moved to Southampton in 1992 after academic posts in Warwick, Bath and Imperial College. His research interests centre on the electrodeposition of nanostructured materials and bioelectrochemistry.
Phil is only the second British chemist to have been awarded the Volta Medal by the Europe section of The Electrochemical Society; the first being Professor Richard Compton in 2004. The Galvani Medal is awarded by the Italian Chemical Society to recognise the work of non-Italian scientists; the first winner in 1986 was Professor Roger Parsons from Southampton.
Alessandro Volta is known for the invention of the earliest electrochemical cell or battery in 1800; the electrical unit of measurement the volt is named after him. Luigi Galvani, experimenting with frog’s legs, discovered that electrical currents caused animal muscles to twitch.
Southampton’s Electrochemistry Research Group covers a wide spectrum of areas from energy conversion and storage in fuel cells, to new catalyst materials, lithium and redox flow batteries.
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Professor Philip N Bartlett BA, PhD, FRS, FRSC
Professor Philip N Bartlett is Professor of Electrochemistry within Chemistry at the University of Southampton.
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