Saiful Islam#
| Membership Number: | 5703 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2021 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/peoplepages/islam.html |
| Twitter: | @SaifulChemistry |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2022 - present Professor of Materials Science, Department of Materials, University of Oxford
- 2006 - 2021 Professor of Materials Chemistry & Head of Energy Materials Group, University of Bath, UK
- 1990 - 2005 University Lecturer, then Reader in Inorganic Chemistry, University of Surrey, UK
- 1988 - 1990 Research Fellow, Eastman Kodak Research Labs, Rochester, New York, USA
- 1984 - 1988 PhD Solid State Chemistry (with Professor Richard Catlow FRS), University College London
- 1981 - 1984 BSc Hons Chemistry, University College London
Fields of Scholarship
- Electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries
- Solid electrolytes for rechargeable batteries
- Perovskite solar cell materials
- Materials chemistry for clean energy applications
- Advanced computer modelling of solid state materials
Honours and Awards
- 2024 Faraday Institution Community Award 2024 for Public Engagement / STEM Outreach
- 2023 Institute of Materials (IOM3) Robert Perrin Award
- 2022 Royal Society Hughes Medal
- 2020 American Chemical Society (ACS) Henry H. Storch Award in Energy Chemistry
- 2019 Elected Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining, FIMMM
- 2017 Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Peter Day Award in Materials Chemistry
- 2017 RSC University College London Thomas Graham Lecturer
- 2016 Royal Institution Christmas Lecturer, BBC TV (80th TV anniversary)
- 2015 RSC 175 ‘Faces of Chemistry’
- 2013 - 2018 Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award
- 2013 RSC Sustainable Energy Award
- 2011 RSC Materials Chemistry Division Lecturer Award
- 2008 RSC Francis Bacon Medal for Fuel Cell Science
- 2008 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, FRSC
