Renewable Energy Northeast Universities Annual Report 2025 - 2026

EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training

Annual Report

01 April 2025 to 31 March 2026

Foreword

I am delighted to present the 2025-26 Annual Report for the ReNU and ReNU+ programmes. These programmes are Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs) funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), led by Northumbria University with Newcastle and Durham universities as partners. ReNU is a £5.8M investment training 65 PhD students between 2019 and 2027, while ReNU+ is a follow-on investment of £5.4M to train a further 52 PhD students between 2024 and 2032.

2025-26 has been another excellent year for the ReNU/ReNU+ programmes amidst an ever-turbulent global context for energy stemming from geopolitical uncertainty and electrification driven by digital infrastructure and transport. As always, our students and their research are at the heart of the programmes, and I am immensely proud of their success. To date, 23 ReNU students have submitted their PhD theses, passed their viva voce examinations, graduated and progressed to high skill jobs across industry and academia. ReNU graduates are now driving clean growth in the United Kingdom and internationally. They also form an important network who remain engaged with the ReNU/ReNU+ programmes through new alumni events and regularly report positive feedback about the value of the CDT training programme which all students undertake in addition to their individual research project. On a personal note, I find it deeply rewarding to observe their success and know that they will lead, inspire and contribute to a green future enabled – in part – by the opportunities afforded to them through ReNU.

A key highlight this year has been welcoming 12 new Cohort 6 ReNU+ students. ReNU+ has a focus on building more diverse cohorts – recognising that this is essential for an inclusive and sustainable energy transition – as well as extending the benefits of the CDT model more widely, for example to people seeking new opportunities in the green economy. ReNU+ was just one of 7 EPSRC CDTs funded in the Supporting an Innovative Approach to CDT Delivery category and, over the next few years, I look forward to implementing and reporting on our efforts to achieve this goal. As ever, everyone in ReNU/ReNU+ is aware of our responsibility to ensure that science and engineering principles and research excellence are at the heart of reducing environmental impact and ensuring energy security and affordability.

In the report, you will find details of our students’ success across many different aspects of their work. This wouldn’t be possible without the help and support of their supervisors, the ReNU and ReNU+ management teams, our Strategic Advisory Boards (including industry partners) and professional support teams across the three host institutions. ReNU/ReNU+ has always been characterised by a fantastic team that often feels more like a family as we support each other through the ups and downs of doing research and tackling complex global challenges. I take this opportunity to thank everyone at ReNU/ReNU+ and look forward to another fantastic year.

Professor Neil S. Beattie ReNU/ReNU+ Director

Executive Summary

This joint report covers the 2025-26 reporting period for both the ReNU Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) and its successor programme ReNU⁺ CDT, together representing six cohorts of doctoral researchers training across Northumbria, Durham, and Newcastle Universities, supported by UKRI/EPSRC.

Cohort Structure

1, 2 & 3

6 (ReNU⁺) ReNU⁺ CDT

2025

- 6

- 23

1 — 12 new Doctoral Carbon Champions

ReNU CDT students (Cohorts 3, 4, and 5) are progressing through the final stages of their doctoral programmes, producing world-class research, winning awards, and transitioning into high-impact careers. ReNU⁺ CDT welcomed its first cohort (Cohort 6) in October 2025, with 12 new Doctoral Carbon Champions beginning their research journeys across three interconnected energy themes that address the UK's critical energy transition challenges: Low-Carbon Energy Generation, Resilient Energy Storage & Distribution, and Sustainable Resources & Supply Chains

This year has been marked by outstanding individual and collective achievements: publication in Nature Communications, international research visits, business training leading to CMI Level 7 awards, and a growing alumni community making tangible contributions to the UK energy transition.

Year at a Glance

▸ Cohort 6 (ReNU⁺) successfully recruited: 12 new PhD students across three research themes

▸ 68 publications to date accumulating 789 citations

▸ 20 publications in 2025 including a first-author paper in Nature Communications

▸ 199 conferences attended; 25 best paper, oral, and poster awards received

▸ 23 graduates to date — now contributing across industry, academia, and policy

▸ 9 students awarded CMI Level 7 in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice

▸ CDT Week 2025: five days of flagship training, NEEMS 11, and research presentations

▸ Competency-based admissions process fully implemented across all three partner universities

▸ Students presented research to UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero

▸ E-mission Zero residential and Research Culture Days delivered across both CDTs

Programme Overview

ReNU and ReNU⁺ are jointly delivered Centres for Doctoral Training providing fully funded PhD studentships across three partner universities. Together they form a continuum of doctoral training in renewable energy

The programme aims to train a new generation of Doctoral Carbon Champions — scientists and engineers characterised by technical excellence and the capacity for interdisciplinary, systemic thinking needed to accelerate the transition to Net Zero. ReNU⁺ prepares graduates for high-skill careers across industry, policy, education, and government, with a particular focus on the resilience and equity dimensions of the UK’s energy transition.

A defining feature of the programme is its commitment to impact beyond technology development. Students develop a deep understanding of the wider Net Zero system, including investment, regulation, and end-user engagement alongside core research skills. ReNU⁺ also places inclusivity at the heart of its mission, actively building diverse cohorts that include people from underrepresented groups and non-traditional educational backgrounds, supporting doctoral education as a pathway for social mobility.

ReNU⁺ CDT Studentship Package

The four-year structured PhD pathway combines technical depth, professional development, and real-world impact across four progressive stages: building foundations in Year 1; expanding horizons through policy, business, and impact training in Year 2; driving innovation through industry challenge projects in Year 3; and preparing for the future through thesis completion and career development in Year 4.

Each ReNU⁺ studentship includes a comprehensive funding and support package:

• Annual Stipend — £20,780 tax-free (2025/26), rising to £21,805 (2026/27)

• Tuition Fees — Fully covered for the duration of the programme

• Research Training & Support Grant — £17,000 RTSG per student

• Professional Development — Access to additional training including a mini-MBA module

• Study Pathways — Full-time and part-time options available

Governance and Management

The organisation and structure of the CDT is governed by a set of Terms of Reference developed during the first year of operation and approved by the Management Committee. Three bodies provide oversight at strategic and operational levels.

Management Committee (MC)

The Management Committee holds responsibility for the vision and operation of the CDT, ensuring delivery is consistent with the project proposal. The MC meets every two months to oversee programme progress, address strategic priorities, and ensure the continued quality and coherence of the doctoral training offer.

Strategic Advisory Board (SAB)

The Strategic Advisory Board provides external challenge and strategic guidance to the CDT. It is composed of the ReNU⁺ MC, industry representatives, an EPSRC Project Liaison Officer, external academic advisors, non-profit organisations, and student representatives. The SAB meets twice per year and is chaired by the Decarbonisation Programme Leader from Northern Gas Networks.

Delivery Groups (DGs)

The Delivery Groups oversee the operational aspects of the CDT. Each DG is led by a named investigator as Chair, alongside academic supervisors and doctoral candidate representatives, ensuring student voices are embedded in programme delivery.

Achievements & Awards

ReNU and ReNU⁺ students have excelled in research recognition, entrepreneurship, and professional accreditation this year — a testament to the calibre of doctoral researchers being developed across the programme.

Babatunde Okeowo | Cohort 3

Honoured as a finalist at the Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Celebrating Excellence Awards 2025 (Sustainable Health Care in Newcastle category). The nomination recognised a Quality Improvement project tackling smoking and health inequalities on hospital premises, working alongside a multidisciplinary NHS team to achieve a genuinely smoke-free hospital environment.

Ruth Pollard | Cohort 3

Secured over £5,750 in competitive research travel and project funding, including approximately £1,100 from the Turing Scheme to support a three-month collaborative visit to Osaka University, Japan, working with Professor Youhei Takeda, and £4,650 from the Royal Society of Chemistry for her project on polymer dot bioimaging and biosensing probes. She also successfully passed her viva examination.

"The experience at Osaka University was invaluable — a fantastic opportunity to learn, collaborate, and gain insights that I'll carry forward into the next stage of my career."

Won the Best Student Paper Award at ICTEES 2025 (International Conference for Transport Electrification and Energy Storage) for his paper 'Energy Storage for Industrial Decarbonisation: A Case Study on Water Distribution Networks' — an outstanding example of the academia–industry collaborative PhD studentship between Northumbria University and Northumbrian Water Group.

Denise Bildan | Cohort 4

Organised the SCI Electrochemistry Postgraduate Conference 2025 at Northumbria University, alongside co-chair Mya Smith, with invited speakers Dr. Luis Fernando Arenas and Dr. Neeraj Kumar.

"It was such a rewarding experience to see everything come together and the room filled with great conversations and energy."

Adriadna Vidal | Cohort 5

Awarded a £1,000 Seminar Series Grant from the Biochemical Society to organise the North East UK Synthetic Biology Seminar Series (2025–26). Served as panel moderator at the Women in Science: Journeys and Careers event (March 2026). Delivered a talk at the European Federation of Biotechnology Designer Biology Symposium, Newcastle (July 2025). With the ReGrown® team, accepted into the Conception X programme.

"Following this business training during the last two years, I have conducted an impact analysis of climate change on renewable energy projects, alongside a consultancy project for Shell focused on identifying low-CAPEX solutions to scale microalgal biomass and biofuel production."

Nicholas L. Theodorou | Cohort 5

Awarded £2,000 in IP development funding from Northumbria University to develop a prototype selective emitter — a metasurface capable of perfect absorption and narrowband infrared emission. Additional resources were secured following discussions with the IP department, complementing his PhD research.

"It's been rewarding to connect with colleagues in the IP department to develop this concept, and to be provided additional resources that complement core efforts of the PhD project. Ultimately this could directly lead to creation of new research and job opportunities."

Eleanor Newton | Cohort 6

At Newcastle University’s Global Women’s Breakfast — co-hosted by IUPAC and the Royal Society of Chemistry to mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (11 February 2026) - Eleanor won the Diverse Faces in Chemistry Poster Competition with her poster celebrating the scientific achievements of Dorothy Hodgkin

Eleanor was invited to present at the Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, as part of the Chemistry Communicators Challenge. Joining speakers from across the discipline, Eleanor presented on how the chemical sciences can be used to protect human health and the environment — a fitting demonstration of the public engagement and communication skills that ReNU’s training programme actively fosters.

CMI Level 7 Professional Development Milestone

9 ReNU students have now been awarded the CMI Level 7 Award or Certificate in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice from the Chartered Management Institute — a significant milestone in ReNU's professional development programme, with more expected to follow.

Registered Scientist (RSci) Accreditation

A further milestone in ReNU’s commitment to professional development: 8 ReNU students have been awarded Registered Scientist (RSci) status through the Science Council, a nationally recognised professional accreditation that demonstrates the breadth and quality of their scientific knowledge and practice.

RSci accreditation, awarded by the Science Council and its licensed professional bodies, recognises scientists who are competent and committed practitioners across the breadth of their discipline. It signifies that a scientist has demonstrated up-to-date technical and practical skills, an understanding of the wider context of science, and a commitment to continuing professional development. For ReNU students, achieving RSci reflects not only their research excellence but also the programme’s holistic approach to training scientists who are equipped to contribute across industry, academia, and public life.

The eight students awarded RSci status are: Dr Ewan Matheson (cohort 1 alumnus), Dr Oliver Rigby (cohort 1 alumnus), Dr Michael Jones (cohort 2 alumnus), Dr Sergio Serrano Blanco (cohort 2 alumnus), Dr Ruth Pollard (cohort 3 alumnus), Dr Udari Wijesinghe (cohort 3 alumnus), Bethany Willis (cohort 4), and Mian Muhammad Faisal (cohort 4).

���� Partner Spotlight: HORIBA UK

HORIBA UK was the winner of the Labmate Awards 2025 for Best Supplier and End-User Partnership. Thanks to this partnership, ReNU students at Northumbria, Durham, and Newcastle Universities benefit from access to cutting-edge facilities including the LabRAM Soleil and Fluorolog-QM instruments at the Northumbria Materials Characterisation Laboratory instrumental in enabling world-class research in renewable energy.

Events, Outreach & Policy Engagement

CDT Week — 17–21 November 2025

CDT Week brought all cohorts together for five days of employability training, research presentations, strategic governance, and community-building at Northumbria University.

Day 1 — ReNU Employability Conference

Delivered by Northumbria University's Employability Partnerships Team, all cohorts attended sessions covering CV writing, personal branding, and networking (with a lunchtime CV clinic). Cohorts 4 and 5 joined job-seeking and interview preparation workshops in the afternoon; Cohort 6 attended a dedicated Thinking Environment focus group led by Dr Helen Cramman.

Day 2 — NEEMS 11: North East Energy Materials & Systems Meeting

Held at the Magpie Suite, St James' Park, NEEMS 11 attracted over 80 industry leaders, academics, policymakers, and ReNU PhD students for a full programme of presentations and discussion. ReNU students presented industry challenge project outcomes alongside partners; industry talks were delivered by Graham Smith (ORE Catapult), Keith Owen (Northern Gas Networks), and Neil Pattison on zero-emission commercial vehicles.

ReNU alumni Ewan Matheson, Matthew Naylor (both Cohort 1), and Reece Paterson (Cohort 2) shared insights on transitioning from doctoral research into industry. ReNU⁺ Cohort 6 students also pitched their projects, demonstrating the breadth of emerging research talent across the region.

ReNU/ReNU+ students, staff, and industry partners at the 11th North East Energy Materials and Systems (NEEMS), November 2025.

Day 3 — Industry Mock Interviews

Cohort 4 students participated in mock interview practice for industry career pathways, supported by Northumberland County Council, Northern Gas, HORIBA UK, and Northumbria spinouts IONIST and Circular BioEnergy Technologies. (Academic mock interviews followed in April 2026.)

Day 5 Cohort 5 Research Presentations & ReNU⁺ PhD Open Day

Eleven (11) Cohort 5 students presented PhD projects across four sessions covering metasurface thermophotovoltaics, biohydrogen production, CO₂ hydrogenation, subsurface net-zero infrastructure, antiferroelectric energy storage, water electrolysis, solid electrolytes, AI-driven battery materials, and thin-film photovoltaics.

The morning also coincided with the ReNU⁺ PhD Open Day for prospective candidates.

EPSRC Voice of the Community — Professor Neil Beattie

ReNU Director Professor Neil Beattie was featured in the EPSRC's February 2026 Voice of the Community newsletter, reflecting on his journey from 20 years in clean tech R&D to leading the creation of ReNU and ReNU⁺. He spoke about developing people across STEM, building diverse doctoral cohorts, and training the next generation of energy transition leaders.

International Workshop on Life-Cycle Assessment in Photovoltaics

Hosted at Northumbria University over three days, the workshop brought approximately 20 global LCA experts together with ReNU students. Day 1 offered student training; Days 2–3 featured 15 invited talks covering silicon PV sustainability, perovskite manufacturing, end-of-life forecasting, circularity strategies, and AI integration in LCA. Speakers represented Michigan State University, MINES ParisTech, CEA-INES, Dalarna University, the Universities of Warwick, Bath, and Swansea, and industry contributors from Island Green Power and Decerna.

Policy Engagement — Port of Tyne

Students Kyle Affleck (Cohort 6) and Bethany Willis (Cohort 4) presented their research directly to the UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero and the North East Mayor at an event hosted by the Port of Tyne, organised through the Universities for North East England (UNEE) partnership a powerful demonstration of ReNU research's relevance to national net zero priorities.

Celebrate Science 2025 — Locomotion Museum

ReNU⁺ Cohort 6 students participated in the Celebrate Science 2025 event at Locomotion, the National Railway Museum at Shildon delivering interactive renewable energy activities for children aged 7–11 and their families. These public engagement activities develop students' science communication skills while contributing to public understanding of the UK's energy transition.

Training & Professional Development

ReNU's training programme continued to grow in 2025, with particular emphasis on professional development, entrepreneurship, and cross-cohort community building. ReNU⁺'s structured Personal and Professional Development (PPD) programme complements existing provision at each partner institution and is mapped to the Vitae Researcher Development Framework (RDF).

Research Culture Days

The first Research Culture Day was held at Durham University in April 2025, organised by student representatives Pierre-Louis Peuch (Cohort 5), Alexis Aguilar Celis (Cohort 3), and Mian Muhammad Faisal (Cohort 4). The programme included a DCAD workshop on communicating research to nonacademic audiences, lab tours in Physics and Chemistry, and 'My Experience' talks from senior students.

"The DCAD workshop on relaying research to non-specialists has already proved useful for me."

A second Research Culture Day during CDT Week (Day 4, 20 November 2025) was organised by Amna Ijaz (Cohort 5) and Jake Forsyth-Hughes (Cohort 4). An invited talk by Emma Eley (Executive Editor, Energy Journals, Royal Society of Chemistry) on scientific publishing was followed by student-led panels on overcoming imposter syndrome and final-year experiences. The format consistently strengthens cross-cohort community and shared CDT identity.

Writing Retreat — Cohort 3

The 2-Day Writing Retreat for Cohort 3 final-year students was held at Doxford Hall Hotel and Spa, Northumberland (12–14 May 2025), supported by the Durham Centre for Academic Development.

"The retreat blended focused writing sessions with relaxing excursions, proving that writing a PhD thesis doesn't always have to be an isolating or painful experience. I made real progress on my thesis, picked up some helpful writing strategies, and felt genuinely reenergized."

E-Mission Zero Residential — Cohort 6

The E-Mission Zero trip for ReNU⁺ Cohort 6 students, led by DEI's Stuart Jones and Kate Webb, provided a broader perspective on the renewable energy sector covering geological, social justice, and risk dimensions. Field-based learning deepened student engagement with the role of geoscience in the energy transition.

"It was interesting to understand a different side of the renewable energy sector and how we can combat the release of greenhouse gases using naturally forming geological areas."

Personal & Professional Development Programme (ReNU⁺)

Key PPD sessions delivered during the reporting period:

• Networking Skills — Building professional relationships within and beyond the CDT cohort

• Poster Design and Presentation Communicating research effectively at conferences and public events

• How to Read Research Articles Critical reading skills, literature evaluation, and understanding peer review

• 'Plan B' Workshop — Exploring alternative research directions and building resilience in project planning

Technical & Specialist Training

• Energy Materials and Systems Foundational and cross-disciplinary insight into emerging technologies

• Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) — Sustainability evaluation techniques used across industry and academia

• Software Carpentry — Computational confidence and good coding practices

• Trusted Research & Responsible Research and Innovation Ethical awareness and research security

• Intellectual Property for Researchers Understanding and managing IP considerations in doctoral research

Recruitment, Admissions & Widening Participation

ReNU⁺ CDT is committed to recruiting talented doctoral researchers from the broadest possible backgrounds. This year saw the full implementation of a standardised, competency-based admissions process across all three partner universities, alongside a range of widening participation initiatives.

Widening Participation Activities

ReNU⁺ CDT Experience Day

An in-person open day offered prospective applicants direct insight into ReNU⁺ research, training, and studentship opportunities. Travel reimbursement of up to £30 was provided to all attendees to reduce financial barriers to participation.

Pre-Application Online Workshops

Two online pre-application workshops were delivered in December and January to prepare prospective applicants for the admissions process — improving transparency around doctoral applications, addressing common misconceptions, and reducing institutional knowledge disparities.

Admissions Process

Building on previous years' development work, the CDT this year implemented a fully standardised admissions process across all three partner universities, featuring:

• A standardised shortlisting process applied consistently at Northumbria, Durham, and Newcastle

• Anonymous competency-based assessment aligned with the EDEPI Framework, supplemented by a technical STEM question

• Balanced scoring weighting competencies alongside academic achievement, broadening access for applicants from non-traditional backgrounds

This approach ensures fairness, consistency, and transparency across the partnership while actively supporting widening participation objectives.

Induction — Cohort 6

Online Pre-Enrolment (September 2025)

An introductory online session covering training expectations, CDT life, and an introduction to the peer mentoring scheme helped incoming students familiarise themselves with the CDT structure before arriving on campus.

Formal Induction Week (October 2025)

A week-long in-person programme brought together new and senior students across the CDT. Activities included a welcome event, training programme overview, and opportunities for new students to hear from current cohorts. A dedicated afternoon session provided a detailed overview of upcoming training, activities, and expectations.

Student Support & Experience

The CDT delivers a comprehensive, multi-layered support system that enables students to thrive academically, professionally, and personally throughout their doctoral journey.

• Peer Mentoring Each new student is matched with a mentor for their first six months, providing lived experience, practical insight, and community integration. Arrangements are reviewed after the initial period to ensure support remains responsive to individual needs.

• CDT Support Team Acts as the primary contact point for operational queries, wellbeing concerns, and signposting to wider university services, providing day-to-day guidance throughout the doctoral programme.

• Institution-Specific Services Students retain full access to wellbeing and academic support at their home university, reinforcing the CDT's commitment to holistic development.

• Student Voice — Elected Student Representatives and the CDT Student Forum provide structured channels for communication, feedback, and collaborative enhancement of the training environment.

Research Publications & Dissemination

ReNU's doctoral candidates continue to publish and disseminate their research widely. The programme has generated 68 publications to date, accumulating 789 citations with an average of 11.6 citations per item and an h-index of 15 — reflecting the growing influence of ReNU research within the broader scientific community.

ReNU publication summary — Web of Science

The portfolio spans a broad range of disciplines, with the largest contributions in Materials Science (31 publications), Chemistry (36 across Physical, Multidisciplinary, and Inorganic sub-fields), and Energy & Fuels (17), alongside outputs in Applied Physics, Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, and Chemical Engineering — underscoring the genuinely interdisciplinary character of the CDT.

Publications by discipline

Annual Report 2025–26

Publication output has grown steadily year on year, reaching 20 publications in 2025. A particularly notable output is a ReNU student first-author publication in Nature Communications, presenting a life cycle assessment study of silicon PV manufacturing over the coming decade. This work was led by Northumbria University CDT student Bethany Willis (Cohort 4), supported by ReNU alumnus Oliver Rigby (Cohort 1), in collaboration with the Universities of Birmingham, Oxford, and Warwick.

Publication output (columns) and citation growth (curve) by year

Across the programme, ReNU students attended 206 conferences by March 2026, receiving a combined total of 25 best paper, oral, and poster awards.

Graduation & Alumni

To date, ReNU has produced 23 graduates 11 from Cohort 1, 7 from Cohort 2, and 5 from Cohort 3 with further Cohort 3 completions anticipated in the coming months. These alumni are making a meaningful impact across industry, consultancy, and academia.

ReNU Graduate Destinations

Employment destinations are shown for 22 graduates from Cohorts 1–3 where confirmed roles were available. It should be noted that destination data was not collected for all graduates, and these figures therefore represent a partial picture. Cohorts 4 and 5 are currently in study.

Graduate

Industry 14 graduates (64%)

Alumni have taken up roles spanning offshore renewables, sustainability engineering, battery technology, R&D, and consultancy at organisations including Apollo Engineering, Cundall, BAE Systems, Ilika plc, and McGrady Clarke, among others.

Academia — 8 graduates (36%)

Graduates have secured postdoctoral and research positions at world-leading institutions including Oxford, Cambridge, UCL, University of Rochester (NY), and ESPCI Paris, as well as EPSRC Fellowship awards at Northumbria and Newcastle Universities.

Building the ReNU Alumni Community

This year marked an important milestone in alumni engagement with the first ReNU Alumni Online Gathering a chance to reconnect and hear about the exciting paths our graduates are taking.

ReNU Alumni Online Gathering

Key outcomes and next steps agreed during the gathering are set out below.

• Annual ReNU Alumni & Career Fair

A fixed annual in-person alumni and career fair will be established, rotating between Northumbria, Newcastle, and Durham Universities, with each edition featuring a different theme or focus. Events will ideally open with a Friday evening dinner/drinks, followed by alumni activities on Saturday. Alumni will also be invited to CDT Week, creating opportunities to interact with current students, industry partners, and academics from across the programme.

• Annual Online Gathering

In between in-person events, one online gathering will be held each year, giving ReNU a rhythm of two alumni meetups annually and ensuring connection regardless of geography.

• Guest Talks

Alumni are warmly invited to give a guest talk whenever they find themselves in or around Newcastle whether a research update, a career insight, or an exciting project.

• Mentoring ReNU⁺ Students

Alumni are encouraged to get involved in mentoring our current ReNU⁺ cohort. The experience and perspective of ReNU graduates are invaluable to the next generation of CDT researchers.

• Alumni Updates on the ReNU Website

The ReNU website will be kept up to date to reflect the achievements and career progression of our alumni community We encourage alumni to share new positions, roles, or career milestones so that these can be featured.

• Supporting Alumni Activities

The CDT is committed to making these gatherings meaningful and sustainable. Funding will be secured to support alumni activities going forward.

Priorities for the Year Ahead

Building on the significant progress made during 2025–26, the CDT has identified the following strategic priorities for the coming period:

Strategic Priorities 2025–26

▸ Continued enhancement of the competency-based admissions framework, incorporating feedback from this year's cycle

▸ Strengthening mentoring capacity to ensure robust support as cohort sizes grow

▸ Expanding widening participation activities, with a focus on increasing home student applications

▸ Deepening alignment of the PPD programme with the Vitae Researcher Development Framework 2025

▸ Developing alumni engagement to build a lasting ReNU⁺ community beyond graduation

▸ Growing industry partnerships to extend student access to cutting-edge facilities and real-world challenges

▸ Supporting Cohort 3 through final completions and into strong alumni career outcomes

Appendix 1 — Conference Engagements

The table below lists all conference attendances, presentations, and awards by ReNU and ReNU⁺ CDT students, to April 2026 (206 entries). ReNU student names are shown in the first column.

Student

Babatunde Okeowo

Breathe Clean Air Patient Conference

Ariadna Vidal North East UK Synthetic Biology Seminar Series: Biotechnology in the field –Biohydrogen production from agricultural waste

Muhammed Rishan MATSUS Spring 2026

Babatunde Okeowo

Inter-disciplinary project ideas Sandpit

Babatunde Okeowo Scaling Product LCA Across Global Supply Chains

Babatunde Okeowo Measuring Air Pollution from Ambulances (MAPA) Pilot Workshop Case study of Data Monitoring and Pollution Data Collection at the Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust

Muhammed Rishan International Conference on Carbon Capture and Utilization (ICCCU-25)

Andreas Zannetou North East Energy Materials and Systems (NEEMS 11) Conference

Andreas Zannetou The Clean Energy UK Conference 2025

Babatunde Okeowo 2025 UKHSA Annual Outdoor and Indoor Air Pollution Research Review meeting. "Implementing the Clean Air Hospital Framework (CAHF): Collaboration between Newcastle and Northumbria NHS Foundation Trusts"

Ariadna Vidal 3rd SRUK/CERU Science Communication Symposium 2025.

Amna Ijaz The Clean energy UK conference

Attendance Februray 2026 Online

Oral 02/2026 UK

Oral 03/2026 Barcelona, Spain

Participation 02/2026

Attendance 02/2026 Online

Oral Presentation 01/2026 Online

Poster 12/2025 Banglore, India

Attendance 11/2025 Newcastle, UK

Attendance 11/2025 Newcastle, UK

Poster 11/2025 Newcastle

Attendance 11/2025 Manchester, UK

Attendence 11/2025 Newcastle, UK

Student

Amna Ijaz Celebrate science event

Amna Ijaz SheCanEngineer x STEMAZING

Tesfay Berhe Gebreegziabher Hydrogen Adsorption on Pelletized Microporous Carbons Derived from Coffee Waste at Moderate Pressures

Nada Omran IEEE E-Textiles 7th International Conference

Bethany Willis IEEE Frontiers in Education (FIE)

Manthila Wijesooriya IET Powering Net Zero : "Adaptive smart home energy management with forecast-enhanced user centric proximal policy optimization"

Volunteers 11/2025 Durham, UK

Attendence 11/2025 Newcastle, UK

Poster 11/2025 Boston,USA

Poster 11/2025 Roubaix, France

Oral 11/2025 Nashville, USA

Oral 11/2025 Scotland, UK

Babatunde Okeowo Celebrate Science 2025 Participation 10/2025 Shildon

Babatunde Okeowo Consultation on forthcoming Human Rights Council report on the protection of clean air

Babatunde Okeowo Preparing for the Viva: the end is in sight (Mandatory PGR Training)

Babatunde Okeowo NHS of the Future 2025

Samuel Power 24th ECS MeetingStability-Driven Design of Anion-Exchange Polyelectrolytes_x000B_for Applications in AEM Electrolysers

Ariadna Vidal 4th Biomass Biorefinery Network Phase II NIBB Conference: The future prospects for biorefining (feedstocks, technologies and products) in Sheffield

Tesfay Berhe Gebreegziabher Molecular Dynamics Modelling of CoroneneDerived Activated Carbon for H2 Storage Application

Joseph Thomas 8th International Conference on Engineered Science

Participation 10/2025 Online

Attendance 10/2025 Newcastle

Attendance 10/2025 Online

Oral 10/2025 Chicago, USA

Poster 10/2025 Sheffield, UK

Poster 09/2025 Remote attendance

Attendance 09/2025 Xian, China

Student Name

Pierre-Louis Peuch 15th European Meeting on Ferroelectricity (Title: A Brownmillerite phase map for predicting new polar structures)

Stephen Orritt Global Power and Propulsion Society conference

Oral 09/2025 Katowice, Poland

Oral 09/2025 Shanghai, China

Muhammed Rishan International Solar Fuel Conference 2025: Organic semiconductorMethanosarcina biohybrid for solar methanogenisis and Alcohol upgradation TalkConference expsense covered by Solar Chemical Network travel grant)

Bethany Willis European Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (EUPVSEC)

Nicholas L. Theodorou The 19th International Congress on Artificial Materials for Novel Wave Phenomena (Doctoral School)

Manthila Wijesooriya 2025 Energy Conversion Congress & Expo Europe (ECCE Europe) : "Robust Day-Ahead Short-Term Energy Forecasting Using Cyclical Encoding and Attention-Driven Recurrent Networks"

09/2025 Newcastle, UK

Oral 09/2025 Bilbao, Spain

Attendance 09/2025 Amsterdam, Netherlands

Oral 09/2025 Birmingham, UK

M. M. Faisal Electrochem Conference Oral 08/2025 Newcastle, UK

Samuel Hayes EMAG 2025 Poster 07/2025 Manchester,UK

Babatunde Okeowo The Physiological Society Global Climate and Health Summit 2025

Babatunde Okeowo Thrive Australia Symposium: Indoor Air Quality in Schools

Ariadna Vidal XII International Symposium SRUK/CERU “Facing challenges"

Ariadna Vidal Designer Biology Conference. European Federation of Biotechnology

Participation 07/2025 London, UK

Attendance 07/2025 Online

Poster Best Poster 07/2025 York, UK

Oral 07/2025 Newcastle, UK

M. M. Faisal Annual SCI

Electrochemistry Postgraduate Conference 2025

Manthila Wijesooriya Centre of Power Electronics - (CPE 2025) : "User-Centric Reinforcement LearningBased Smart Home Energy Optimization with Advanced Deep Learning Forecasting."

Babatunde Okeowo

Newcastle NHS Trust Clean Air Day Awareness Webinar

Babatunde Okeowo Newcastle NHS Trust Clean Air Day Awareness Community Outreach at the RVI and Freeman Hospitals

Samuel Power EMEA25 WorkshopStability-Driven Design of Anion-Exchange Polyelectrolytes: A BottomUp Approach

Ariadna Vidal 33rd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (EUBCE) 2025.ETA Florence Renewable Energies.

M. M. Faisal Engineered MoS2 anchored to carbon cloth for enhanced hydrogen evolution performance” at PGR Physics conference at Durham University

Oral Best Oral Presentation 07/2025 Newcastle, UK

Poster 07/2025 Leceister, UK

Oral Presentation 06/2025 Online

Participation and Poster 06/2025 Newcastle, UK

Oral 06/2025 Bad Zwischenahn, Germany

Oral 06/2025 Valencia, Spain

Oral 06/2025 Durham, UK

Amna Ijaz PGR conference: surviving and thriving during your PhD Poster presentation 06/2025 Newcastle, UK

Stephen Orritt European Wind Energy Association conference

Oral 06/2025 Nantes, France

Samuel Hayes QEM 2025 Summer School Attendance 05/2025 Perpignan,France

Babatunde Okeowo

West Midlands Combined Authority and NHS Workshop "Cleaner Air, Healthier Hospitals: Implementing the UK's Clean Air Hospital

Presentation 05/2025 Birmingham, UK

Student

Babatunde Okeowo

Framework at the RVI and Freeman Hospitals in Newcastle"

Newcastle NHS Trust and Newcastle City Council combined Sustainable Supplier Event

Babatunde Okeowo Northumbria University Engineering and Environment Faculty PGR 2025 Conference "Air Quality Monitoring And Modelling"

Amna Ijaz 3rd Annual Engineering and Environment PGR Conference

Nada Omran Northumbria PGR Conference

Manthila Wijesooriya PGR conference Nothumbria Univeristy

Babatunde Okeowo NHE Webinar on Biodiversity and Net Zero: Understanding BNG, Legislation, and Crown Comercial Service Solutions

Facilitator 05/2025 Newcastle, UK

Oral Presentation 05/2025 Newcastle, UK

Poster presentation 05/2025 Newcastle, UK

Poster and organising 05/2025 Newcastle, UK

Poster 05/2025 Newcastle, UK

Attendance 04/2025 Online

Samuel Power The Butler Meeting Poster 04/2025 York, UK Muhammed Rishan

Johnson Matthey Annual conference - 2025: Engineering MicrobeMaterial Interface to produce Solar Chemicals and Fuels from CO2.

Babatunde Okeowo World Health Organisation (WHO) Second Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health

Joseph Thomas Higgs High Performance Computing (HPC) Launch

Jake ForsythHughes The Materials for sustainable development conference 2025 (MATSUS 2025)

Andreas Zannetou The Carbon Recycling Network Conference 5

Babatunde Okeowo

RECLAIM Network Plus Conference 2025 "CLEANER AIR,

Poster (Best Poster Award) 04/2025 University of Warwick, UK

Participation 03/2025 Cartagena, Colombia

Poster Award 03/2025 Newcastle, UK

Oral 03/2025 Seville

Attendance 03/2025 Cheshire, UK

Poster 02/2025 Surrey, UK

Student Name

HEALTHIER HOSPITALS:

The Role Of Monitoring And Modelling"

Babatunde Okeowo Institute of Air Quality Management (IAQM) Webinar "Cleaner air, healthier hospitals: Implementing the UK’s clean air hospital framework"

Amna Ijaz International Winter School on Analytics for Photovoltaics and Photoelectrochemistry 2025

Andreas Zannetou The Faculty of Science, Agriculture & Engineering (SAgE) Conference 2024

Babatunde Okeowo Grand Round "CLEAN AIR HOSPITAL FRAMEWORK: WHAT IS GRAND ABOUT A LITTLE…"

Tesfay Berhe Gebreegziabher

Muhammed Rishan

Activated Carbon from Spent Coffee: A Green Solution for Hydrogen Storage (SAFECONOMY: H2Economy Workshop

CACEE 2024, Mumbai India - Engineering Microbe-Material Interface to produce Solar Chemicals and Fuels from CO2.

Muhammed Rishan MRS Fall Meeting, Boston 2024 - Organic and Metal Chalcogenide-Based Light Absorbers for Assembling with Microbes:A Solar to Chemical Approach Through Living Microbial Photo hybrids

Muhammed Rishan

CACEE 2024, Mumbai India - Engineering Microbe-Material Interface to produce Solar Chemicals and Fuels from CO2.

Babatunde Okeowo Net Zero North East England Summit

Presentation 02/2025 Online

Attendence 02/2025 Hirschegg, Austria

Oral 01/2025 Newcastle, UK

Oral 12/2024 Newcastle, UK

Best poster award 12/2024 UK

PosterBest Poster award 12/2024 Mumbai, India

Poster 12/2024 Boston, USA

PosterBest Poster award 12/2024 Mumbai, India

Participation 11/2024 Newcastle, UK

Babatunde

Okeowo SPF Clean Air Champions Conference -Net Zero and Air Quality: Synergies and Conflicts "Clean Air Hospital Framework (CAHF). Case Study: Newcastle Hospitals"

Babatunde

Okeowo NEEMS Conference "Clean Air Hospital Framework (CAHF). Case Study: Newcastle Hospitals"

Babatunde

Okeowo The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Interview on research project and impact at the NHS in Newcastle

Ariadna Vidal Synthetic Biology UK 2024. Biochemical Society.

Ariadna Vidal 4th BBNet Conference: The future prospects for biorefining. Biomass Biorefinery Network

Andreas Zannetou North East Energy Materials and Systems (NEEMS 10) Conference

Amna Ijaz ETOS (Electrifying technical organic synthesis)PhD summer school

Mian Muhammad Faisal

Electrochem 2023, Royal Society of Chemistry

Mian Muhammad Faisal 38th Topical Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry

George Rudman Rocky Mountain Conference on Magnetic Resonance

Tesfay Berhe Gebreegziabher Comparative Analysis of Hydrogen Uptake Capacities in Activated Carbons Derived from Arabica and Robusta Spent Coffee Grounds?

Muhammed Rishan

Solar Chemical Network Biohybrid Sandpit Workshop at

Oral 11/2024 York, UK

Oral 11/2024 Newcastle, UK

Interview 11/2024 Virtual

Poster 11/2024 Cambridge UK

Poster 11/2024 Sheffield, UK

Oral 11/2024 Newcastle, UK

Oral and Poster 09/2024 Germany

Poster 09/2024 Bristol, UK

Poster 09/2024 Manchester, UK

Oral and Poster 08/2024 CO, USA

Oral 08/2024 France

Attendance 08/2024 University of East Anglia, Norwich

Student

Manthila Wijesooriya

International Symposium on Electrical, Electronics and Information

Engineering (ISEEIE) : "Multivariant Short-Term Residential Load Forecasting with Dual Path Trigonometric Encoding LSTM and Attention Mechanism"

Amna Ijaz ECOMAT Conference

George Rudman CASTEP NMR Masterclass

Mian Muhammad Faisal

Electrochemical Storage Performance of Flexible MoS2/Carbon Cloth in Aqueous Electrolytes for Supercapacitors

Ariadna Vidal 6th Annual EBNet Early Career Researcher Conference

Samuel Power International Congress on Catalysis - Engineering Stable Cations for Applications in AEM Electrolysers

Tesfay Berhe Gebreegziabher

Euromat 2024

Manthila Wijesooriya Centre of Power Electronics - (CPE 2024) : "Self-learning multi objective bi-level optimization in smart home energy management system (SHEMS) using deep machine learning algorithms"

Ariadna Vidal Symposium of SRUK/CERU “Beyond Words”

Muhammed Rishan

Catalysis Fundamental and Practice Summer School 2024

Oral 08/2024 Sheffield, UK

Oral 07/2024 Gateshead, UK

Oral 07/2024 Oxford, UK

Poster 07/2024 Vitoria Gasteiz, Basque, Spain

Poster 3rd place 07/2024 Newcastle, UK

Oral 07/2024 Lyon, France

Poster 07/2024 UK

Poster 07/2024 Newcastle, UK

Poster 06/2024 Newcastle, UK

Attendance 06/2024 University of Liverpool, UK

Amna Ijaz 2nd Annual Engineering and Environment PGR Conference 3 Minute Pitch 05/2024 Newcastle, UK

Nada Omran Northumbria PGR Converence

Best 3minute Pitch award 05/2024 Newcastle, UK

Student

Manthila Wijesooriya

Northumbria PRG conference : "Self-Learning Multi-Objective Bi-Level Optimization for Smart Home Energy Management Systems"

Samuel Power RSC CatSciTech Symposium

Samuel Power Newcastle University Chemistry and Alumni Research Symposium (NUCARS)

Muhammed Rishan RSC Catalysis Science and Technology symposium 2024

Mian Muhammad Faisal STEM for Britain

Ruth Pollard TiDE conference

Glen Hebberd CCP9 (Computational Electronic Structure of Condensed Matter) Conference and Community Meeting

Glen Hebberd British Crystallographic Association Spring Meeting

Samuel Power Newcastle University Chemistry and Alumni Research Symposium (NUCARS) - Engineering Stable Cations for Applications in AEM Electrolysers

Muhammed Rishan Johnson Mathhey Academic ConferenceEngineering MicrobeMaterial Interface to produce Solar Chemicals and Fuels from CO2.

Oral 05/2024 Newcastle, UK

Poster 04/2024 London, UK

Attendance + organisation 04/2024 Newcastle, UK

Attendance (Virtual) 04/2024 London, UK

Poster Finalist 03/2024 London, UK

Oral 03/2024 Cologne, Germany

Poster 03/2024 Chester, UK

Oral 03/2024 Leeds, UK

Oral 03/2024 Newcastle, UK

Flash talk + Poster 03/2024 University of Warwick, UK

Jessica Bedward UK Catalysis Conference Poster Best poster prize 01/2024 Loughborough, UK

Ariadna Vidal School of Science, Agriculture and Engineering Postgraduates Conference

Poster First place award 01/2024 Newcastle, UK

Phoebe Clayton UK Catalyst Conference Attendance 01/2024 Loughborough, UK

Student

Glen Hebberd Solid State Chemistry Group – Christmas Meeting 2022 - Exploring Stability & Synthesis of Quaternary Oxysulfides for Visible-Light Photocatalysis

Glen Hebberd Solid State Chemistry Group – Christmas Meeting 2023Investigation of Synthesis Methods for Possible LaM2+ (M = Zn, Sn) Oxychalcogenide Formation

Ariadna Vidal Renewable Energies North East Universities CDT week

Andreas Zannetou Renewable Energies North East Universities CDT week

Andreas Zannetou The Faculty of Science, Agriculture & Engineering (SAgE) Conference 2023

Poster 12/2023 Cambridge, UK

Poster 12/2023 Edinburgh, UK

Poster 11/2023 Newcastle, UK

Poster 11/2023 Newcastle, UK

Poster 11/2023 Newcastle, UK

Mian Muhammad Faisal PGR Development Conference 10/2023 Durham, UK

Glen Hebberd Solid State Chemistry Group – Early Career Researcher Meeting 2023

Reece Paterson Europacat2023Promotion of Palladium Nanoparticles by AmineModified Ionic Liquid Polymers Towards CO2 Hydrogenation to Formate

Elisangela Jesus Doliveira Heat and Powered cycle 2023 - Experimental investigation on the thermal performance of low-temperature OM55/GNPs/SPAN80 nanocomposites

Attendance + organisation 09/2023 Online

Poster 09/2023 Prague, Czech Republic

Oral 09/2023 Edinburgh, UK

Jessica Bedward Circular Economy Summer School Poster 09/2023 Newcastle, UK

George Rudman Alpine Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Solids

Roundtable discussion 09/2023 Chamonix-MontBlanc, France

Student

Muhammed Rishan

UKRI Circular chemical economy Summer School 2023

Poster 09/2023 Newcastle, UK

Mian Muhammad Faisal 31st International Materials Research Congress 08/2023 Cancun , Mexico

Sergio Serrano Blanco Environmental Biotechnology Network (EBNet) Early Career Researcher Conference -

Luke Haworth Acoustofluidics 2023

International ConferenceIntegrated Transparent Surface Acoustic Wave Technology for Active DeFogging and Icing Protection on Glass

Luke Haworth Acoustofluidics 2023

International ConferenceDynamic Droplet Impact under Surface Acoustic Waves: Coatings, Inclination and NonNewtonian

Glen Hebberd International Union of Crystallography CongressOxysulfides for SolarDriven Water-Splitting Photocatalysis

Reece Paterson ACS Fall MeetingPromotion of Palladium Nanoparticles by AmineModified Ionic Liquid Polymers Towards CO2 Hydrogenation to Formate

Samuel Power ACS Fall MeetingEngineering Stable Cations for Applications in AEM Electrolysers

Muhammed Rishan RSC Photophysics and Photochemistry ECR meeting

Ruth Pollard Optical Probes

Michael Jones 13th European Kesterite Workshop - Large scale and low environmental impact kesterite nanoparticle ink for thin film solar cells

Oral Best overall conference talk 08/2023 Edinburgh, UK

Oral 08/2023 St Louis, USA

Oral 08/2023 St Louis, USA

Poster 08/2023 Melbourne, Australia

Poster 08/2023 San Fransisco, USA

Poster 08/2023 San Francisco, USA

PosterTravel grant awarded

08/2023 University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

Oral 07/2023 Lake Como, Italy

Oral 07/2023 Barcelona, Spain

Matthew Naylor 13th European Kesterite+ Workshop - The Effect of Different Molybdenum Substrates on Cu2ZnSn(S.Se)4 Solar cells

Jessica Bedward 9th Conference of the Federation of European Zeolite Associations

George Rudman European Magnetic Resonance Congress

Muhammed Rishan Engineering microbematerial Interface to solar chemicals from CO2 and H2O’

Muhammed Rishan Northumbria Biofuture IDRT conference'Engineering microbematerial Interface to solar chemicals from CO2 and H2O’

Mian Muhammad Faisal

Renewable Energy Conference at Ustinov College

Sergio Serrano Blanco International Conference on Algal Biomass, Biofuels and Bioproducts - Isolation, identification and characterisation of a biofilm-forming cyanobacteria for wastewater treatment and energy materials

Oliver Rigby IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC 49) - Progression in Grain Size of Novel Photoferroic Absorber Bournonite (CuPbSbS3)

Luke Haworth International Conference on Icing of Aircraft, Engines and Structures

Luke Haworth Acoustofluidics Special Interest Group (SIG) National - Non-Newtonian Droplet Impact with and without Surface Acoustic Waves (SAW)

Poster 07/2023 Barcelona, Spain

Poster travel grant awarded 07/2023 PortorožPortorose, Slovenia

Poster 07/2023 Glasgow, UK

Poster 07/2023 Northumbria Univeristy, Newcastle

Poster 07/2023 Northumbria Univeristy, Newcastle

Poster Best poster award 06/2023 Durham, UK

Poster 06/2023 Hawai, USA

Poster 06/2023 Philadelphia, USA

Attendance 06/2023 Vienna, Austria

Oral 06/2023 Dyson Institute, UK

Student Name

Michael Jones IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC 49) - Enhanced carrier collection in cd/inbased dual buffers in kesterite thin film solar cells from nanoparticle inks

Matthew Naylor 17th Photovoltaic Science, Applications, and Technology ConferenceThe Effect of Different Molybdenum Substrates on Cu2ZnSn(S.Se)4 Solar cells

Poster (coauthor) 06/2023 Philadelphia, USA

Poster 06/2023 London, UK

Udari Wijesinghe Northumbria PGR Conference Best poster award 05/2023 Newcastle, UK

Glen Hebberd Newcastle Mechanochemistry Symposium - Don’t Sweat It! Exploring Lower Temperature Methods

Matthew Naylor 40th European Material Research Society Spring Meeting - Germanium Incorporation Routes for Cu2ZnSn(S.Se)4 Solar Absorbers

Poster 05/2023 Newcastle, UK

Poster 05/2023 Strasbourg, France

Babatunde Okeowo Northumbria PGR Conference Best 3minute Pitch award 05/2023 Newcastle, UK

Michael Jones MRS Spring Meeting 04/2023 San Fransisco, USA

Edward Land 9th International Conference on Marine Structures (MARSTRUCT 2023) - The effects of surge underprediction on fatigue damage of floating offshore wind turbine dynamic cables 04/2023 Gothenburg, Sweden

Jessica Bedward British Zeolite Association Annual Meeting

Ruth Pollard RSC Organic Division North East regional meeting

Anotidaishe Moyo International Conference on Microelectronic Test Structures (ICMTS 2023)Test Structures for

Poster 04/2023 Manchester, UK

Poster 03/2023 Newcastle, UK

Poster 03/2023 Tokyo, Japan

Student Name

Studying Coplanar Reverse-Electrowetting for Vibration Sensing and Energy Harvesting

Babatunde Okeowo Net Zero Sharing and Learning Event (Air Pollution) by Academic Health Science Networks (AHSN)

Reece Paterson Newcastle University Chemistry and Alumni Research Symposium (NUCARS) - Solid Ionic Liquid Catalyst Supports for CO2 Hydrogenation

Muhammed Rishan Workshop on ‘Bio-photo electrochemistry: solar energy conversion and fundamental Investigations'

Sergio Serrano Blanco SAgE PGR ConferenceIsolation, identification and characterisation of a biofilm-forming cyanobacteria for wastewater treatment and energy materials

Babatunde Okeowo A practical guide to achieving net-zero by National Health Executives

Oral Best talk prize

03/2023 Online

03/2023 Newcastle, UK

Attendance 03/2023 University of Cambridge, UK

Oral Third price award 01/2023 Newcastle, UK

01/2023 Online

Jessica Bedward UK Catalysis Conference Attendance 01/2023 Loughborough, UK

Ruth Pollard ICEL International Conference of Electroluminescence and Optoelectronic devices

Prakriti Kayastha MRS Fall MeetingFollowing the reaction: spectroscopy of perovskite BaZrS3

Prakriti Kayastha RSC Solid State Chemistry Group Christmas Meeting

George Rudman Solid State Chemistry Group Christmas Meeting

Ruth Pollard ICEL International Conference of Electroluminescence and Optoelectronic devices

Poster 12/2022 London, UK

Poster 12/2022 Boston, USA

Attendance 12/2022 Cambridge, UK

Poster 12/2022 Cambridge, UK

Oral 12/2022 London, UK

Student

Anotidaishe

Moyo IEEE Sensors 2022 - A facile coplanar reverse electrowetting-on-dielectric configuration for more flexible and integratable force/motion sensing applications

Prakriti

Poster 11/2022 Dallas, USA

Kayastha RSC Materials Chemistry Poster SymposiumUnderstanding the phase stability of BaZrS3 using ab initio thermodynamics 11/2022 London, UK

Luke Haworth Acoustofluidics 2022 International ConferenceInterfacial Evolution and Phase Changes of Rime Ice Activate d by Thin-Film Surface Acoustic Waves

Oral 10/2022 Glasgow, UK

Babatunde Okeowo Every Breath You Treat by Leeds City Council 10/2022 Online

Rhys Williams 242nd ECS Meeting - FewLayer Graphene as an Electrode, Electrode Additive and an Interfacial Layer in Aqueous Supercapacitors

Sergio Serrano Blanco UKRI Interdisciplinary Centre for Circular Chemical Economy Summer SchoolProduction of Microalgae in AquacultureWastewater: towards Circular Economy

Michael Jones 32nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (EUPVSEC32) - Back contact engineering in ultralight Kesterite solar cells made by a photonic lift-off process

Glen Hebberd Durham Energy Institute Annual SymposiumOxysulfides for SolarDriven Water-Splitting Photocatalysis

Glen Hebberd Solid State Chemistry Group – Early Career Researcher Meeting 2022

Oral 10/2022 Atlanta, USA

Poster Second price award

09/2022 Newcastle, UK

Poster 09/2022 Munich, Germany

Poster 09/2022 Durham, UK

Attendance + organisation

09/2022 Online

Student

Elisangela Jesus Doliveira EuroSun 2022Characterization of Enhanced Biobased Phase Change Material with Graphene Nanoplatelets

Rhys Williams DEI Symposium - Using Shear Exfoliated FewLayer Graphene as a Conductive Additive in Supercapacitor Devices

Prakriti Kayastha CAMD Summer School 2022 on Electronic Structure Theory and Materials DesignFollowing the reaction: computational spectroscopy of perovskite BaZrS3

Sergio Serrano Blanco School of Engineering Research Conference - A Sequential Two-Step Approach for Microalgae Production in Cranberry Processing Residues

Oliver Rigby RSC Farady Discussion on Emerging inorganic materials in thin-film photovoltaics - Grain Size Control of Novel Photoferroic Absorber Bournonite CuPbSbS3

Michael Jones 3rd International Conference on Photovoltaic Science and Technologies (PVCON) - A Low Cost Scalable Solution Process for CZTS Nanoparticle Synthesis

Prakriti Kayastha RSC Faraday Discussion on Emerging Inorganic Materials in Thin Film Photovoltaics

Glen Hebberd Physical Crystallography Summer SchoolOxysulfides for SolarDriven Water-Splitting Photocatalysis

Matthew Naylor RSC Faraday Discussion on Emerging inorganic materials in thin-film

Poster 09/2022 Kassel, Germany

Poster 09/2022 Durham, UK

Poster 08/2022 Copenhagen, Denmark

Poster First price award 07/2022 Newcastle, UK

Poster Best poster award 07/2022 Bath, UK

Poster 07/2022 Ankara, Turkey

Attendance 07/2022 Bath, UK

Poster 07/2022 Abingdon, UK

Oral 07/2022 Bath, UK

Student

photovoltaics - Ex Situ Gedoping of CZTS Nanocrystals and CZTSSe Solar Absorber Films

George Rudman Physical Crystallography Group Intensive Summer School

George Rudman International Meeting on Lithium Batteries

Edward Land 41st International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering - The Effects of Hydrodynamic and Aerodynamic Loads on the Low Frequency Responses of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines

Prakriti Kayastha Royal Society Supercomputing Modelling of Advanced Materials

Prakriti Kayastha

Royal Society Software Solutions to Challenges of Materials ModellingPhonopy-Spectroscopy: A computational spectroscopy modelling package

Elisangela Jesus Doliveira WE Local 2022Empowering Women Engineers - Preparation and Thermal Characterization of different Phase Change Material Enhanced by Carbon-based particles: Effects of Particle Size

Matthew Naylor 16th Photovoltaic Science, Applications, and Technology ConferenceGe Doping Strategies for Ink-based Kesterite Solar Cells

Prakriti Kayastha

IOP Advances in Photovoltaics - Following the reaction: computational spectroscopy of perovskite BaZrS3

Michael Jones 31st International Photovoltaic Science and

Poster 07/2022 Abingdon-onThames, UK

Poster 07/2022 Sydney, Australia

06/2022 Hamburg, Germany

Attendance 06/2022 London, UK

Poster 06/2022 London, UK

Poster 05/2022 London, UK

Poster 04/2022 Manchester, UK

Poster 03/2022 London, UK

Oral 12/2021 Online

Student

Engineering Conference, PVSEC-31 - Light soaking effect in solution processed Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 thin-film solar cells

Sergio Serrano Blanco Algae-UK’s A Festival of Algae Conference - A Sequential Two-Step Approach for Microalgae Production in Cranberry Processing Residues

Elisangela Jesus Doliveira 9th International Conference on Energy and Sustainability - Numerical Analysis on Hot Water

Storage Tank Integrated with Phase Change Materials

Luke Haworth Acoustofluidics 2021 International ConferenceDroplet impact dynamics on hydrophobic and slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces controlled by propagating surface acoustic waves

Luke Haworth roplet impact dynamics on hydrophobic and slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces controlled by propagating surface acoustic waves - Droplet impact dynamics on hydrophobic and slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces controlled by propagating surface acoustic waves

Sergio Serrano Blanco SAgE PGR Conference3D-printed materials and microalgae for wastewater treatment and biofuels production

Reece Paterson UK-Canada (ReNU-Create Me2) CO2 Conversion Webinar - Engineering gold nanoparticles towards the thermal and photochemical reduction of CO2

Jake ForsythHughes Next Generation High Efficiency Photovoltaics

Poster 11/2021 Birmingham, UK

Oral 10/2021 Online

Flash presentation 08/2021 Online

Oral 08/2021 Online

Poster First place award 07/2021 Newcastle, UK

Oral 03/2021 Online

Student Name

international school and workshop

Phoebe Clayton British Zeolite Association Annual Meeting

Phoebe Clayton International Congress on Catalysis

Ruth Pollard Tuning in to Blue TADF: How methylation and nitrogen position affect the S-T gap

Ruth Pollard RSC photochemistry photophysics conference

Ruth Pollard ICSM

Ruth Pollard RSC photochemistry photophysics conference

Ruth Pollard North East RSC Chemistry Symposium

Ruth Pollard Internation Conference of Electroluminescence (ICEL) (13th Edition)

Ruth Pollard Multifunctional, Hybrid and Nanomaterials (7th edition)

Ruth Pollard International Conference on Science and Technology of Synthetic Electronic Materials (ICSM)

Attendance Cumbria, UK

Poster Lyon, France

Oral UK

Poster UK

Poster Germany

Poster UK

Poster UK

Poster UK

Poster Italy

Attendance UK

Appendix 2 — List of Publications

All 81 publications including conference proceedings by ReNU and ReNU⁺ CDT students to April 2026, listed in reverse chronological order. ReNU/ReNU⁺ student authors appear in bold in the original manuscripts.

2026

1. E. Matheson, S. Campbell, P. Maiello, G. Zoppi, V. Barrioz, N.S. Beattie, Y. Qu. ZnO nanorod hemispherical light scatterers for thin film solar cell applications. J. Phys. Energy, 8, 015023. https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7655/ae3d61

2. B.L. Willis, O.M. Rigby, S.L. Pain, N.E. Grant, J.D. Murphy, R.S. Bonilla, N.S. Beattie. Maximising environmental savings from silicon photovoltaics manufacturing to 2035. Nature Communications (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-69165-x

3. M. Rishan, P. Punathil, C. Burns, E. Arca, J. do Nascimento, V.K. Lazarov, G. Zoppi, M. Hayes, E.A. Gibson, S. Kalathil. Cu2ZnSnS4-Sporomusa ovata photobiohybrids coupled with Clostridium kluyveri fermentation for CO2 conversion to C4-C6 fatty acids. Materials Horizons, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1039/D5MH02330K

4. M.M. Faisal, S.R. Ali, K.C. Sanal. Improved surface chemistry for enhanced electrochemical performance of Zinc-Tin-Sulphide@CNTs. Materials Research Bulletin. 2026, 193, 113706. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.materresbull.2025.113706

5. K. Thummavichai, G. Longo, O.S. Hutter, U. Wijesinghe, P. Maiello, G. Zoppi. Photonic curing as a scalable route to solution-processed tungsten oxide films for electrochromic devices. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 355, 132120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2026.132120

2025

6. A. Vidal, O. Mohiuddin, E. Chance, S. Serrano-Blanco, T.P. Howard, J. Munoz-Munoz, S. Velasquez-Orta, L. Rios-Solis. Biohydrogen production through dark fermentation of agricultural waste: Novel strain and feedstock characterisation. Bioresource Technology, 434, 132839. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2025.132839

7. M. Poma, M. Marchetti, C. Burns, A. Zannetou, E.M. Riley, F. Sargent, U. Azimov, J.L. Munoz-Munoz, C.L. Kelly. A Comprehensive Genetic Toolkit for Rapid and HighResolution Engineering of Metabolic Pathways in Zymomonas mobilis. bioRxiv 2025.10.29.685439. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.29.685439

8. B.L. Willis, A. Padwick, A. Portas, J. Shimwell, M. Horan, C. Davenport, N.S. Beattie. Sustainability Education for Young Children: Introductory Life Cycle Assessment. 2025 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), Nashville, pp. 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE63693.2025.11328728

9. B.L. Willis, M.D. Jones, O.M. Rigby, L.C. Jones, E. Woolley, C. Vialle, C. Sablayrolles, Y. Qu, N.S. Beattie. Towards more sustainable photovoltaics: Reducing environmental impact at the laboratory scale. Procedia CIRP, 135, pp. 57-62.

10. C.H. Crockett, J.R. Bedward, P.K. Clayton, J.S.O. Evans, C. Greenwell, R.A. Taylor. A "waste" of time?: the synthesis of a magnesium-substituted aluminophosphate from an

unconventional source of magnesium. Dalton Trans., 2025, 54, 9250-9260. https://doi.org/10.1039/D5DT00694E

11. U. Wijesinghe, G. Longo, P. Punathil, V. Barrioz, O.S. Hutter. TiO2 Electron Transport Layers Through Photonic Curing for Sb2Se3 Solar Cells. Solar RRL, 9:e202500711. https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202500711

12. W.D. Tetlow, O.S. Hutter, M.K. Etherington, G. Longo. Reduced temperature solidstate synthesis of barium sulfide: a greener alternative. RSC Advances, 15, 58, 50446. https://doi.org/10.1039/D5RA07445B

13. S. Bellamkonda, I. Brewis, V. Rao Gedela, R.F. Shahzad, M. Mamlouk, S. Rasul. Efficient ethane production via SnCl4 Lewis acid-enhanced CO2 electroreduction in a flow cell electrolyser. J. Materials Chemistry A, 2025, 13, 11637-11649. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/ta/d5ta00176e

14. P. Kayastha, E. Fransson, P. Erhart and L. Walley. Octahedral Tilt-Driven Phase Transitions in BaZrS3 Chalcogenide Perovskite. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2025, 16, 2064. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c03517

15. H.L. Ong, Z. Ji, L. Haworth, Y. Guo, et al. Advances in Hybrid Icing and Frosting Protection Strategies for Optics, Lens, and Photonics in Cold Environments Using ThinFilm Acoustic Waves. Advanced Engineering Materials, 2025, 2402139. https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adem.202402139

16. C. Zhang, H. Ong, H. Torun, J.K. Zhang, L. Haworth, N.L. Theodorou, et al. Integrated strategy for icing/fogging mitigation with electromagnetic metamaterials and thin film surface acoustic waves. Applied Physics Review 2025, 12, 021402. https://pubs.aip.org/aip/apr/article-abstract/12/2/021402/

17. L.A. Bruce, L. Desmond, A.A. Seddon, L. Bowen, G.A. Mutch, A.N. Phan, E.A. Gibson. Investigating the effect of hydrothermal carbonisation reaction times on the photoluminescence of bio-oil-derived carbon polymer dots. J. Mater. Chem. C 2025, 13(5), 2172-2182. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4TC03858D

18. B. Okeowo, J. Dixon, J. Entwistle, et al. Cleaner air, healthier hospitals: Implementing the UK Clean Air Hospital Framework. Journal of Environmental Management, 2025, Volume 391. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126468

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