Recently, Professor Dermot Michael O'Hare, a renowned international scholar from the University of Oxford, has achieved significant honor in the field of lithium batteries by winning the prestigious Goodenough Award. As a heavyweight award in this field, the Goodenough Award not only recognizes Professor O'Hare's outstanding scientific research achievements but also marks his exceptional contributions to the research of inorganic materials. Professor O'Hare visited Beijing on October 9th to attend the award ceremony and engage in face-to-face exchanges with students from Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT).
On the evening of October 9th, Professor Dermot Michael O'Hare participated in the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Frontier Party live on Douyin. He shared his understanding of the Nobel Prize, his exploration journey and personal experiences in the field of chemical research, expressing his love and pursuit of scientific research.
On the morning of October 10th, Professor O'Hare specially arranged a face-to-face exchange session with students from the State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering. He highly values interactions with students and hopes to gain insights into their research interests and confusion through this platform, providing them with valuable guidance and advice. During the exchange, Professor O'Hare patiently listened to the questions raised by doctoral students in the research group and provided answers to their queries. In the afternoon of the 10th, Professor O'Hare visited the Northern Auditorium to deliver a fascinating lecture for undergraduates. He introduced the development history and future trends of the chemical discipline in a simple and easy-to-understand manner, using vivid examples to deepen undergraduates' understanding and awareness of chemistry. This lecture not only sparked students' interest and enthusiasm for the chemical discipline but also provided beneficial inspiration for their future studies and research.
On the morning of October 11th, the Goodenough Award Ceremony and the Chemical College Academic Forum were held as scheduled. The academic forum invited students who had visited Professor O'Hare's group to share their latest progress and research results in their respective research fields. Among them, Professor O'Hare focused on the research progress of LDHs (layered double hydroxides), bringing forward-thinking academic information and profound insights to attendees. His lecture was rich in content and highly professional, with all students from the research group attending and actively asking questions. Professor O'Hare provided professional comments and explanations in response to these questions.
The successful hosting of the Goodenough Award Ceremony and a series of academic exchange activities not only demonstrated Professor Dermot Michael O'Hare's outstanding achievements and contributions in the field of inorganic research but also provided a rare opportunity for academic exchanges and learning for teachers and students. The research group participated in the reports and lectures throughout, further strengthening exchanges and cooperation with international masters. This was Professor O'Hare's second visit to BUCT after the end of the pandemic. Since collaborating with Professor O'Hare in 2012, the research group has published over 20 papers on LDH materials in journals such as Nature Catalysis, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials, and Coordination Chemistry Reviews, including four highly cited papers. They have also jointly undertaken international cooperation projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, reflecting the effectiveness of long-term international cooperation.
Professor Dermot Michael O'Hare and Professor Zhao Yufei jointly attended the award ceremony
Dermot Professor Michael O 'Hare visits exchange series photos
Professor Dermot Michael O'Hare, born in 1960, graduated from the University of Oxford in 1982 and obtained his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the same university in 1985. Between 1986 and 1987, he served as a visiting scholar at the DuPont Central Research and Development Laboratory in the United States. Since 1988, he has been engaged in research at the Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Oxford, focusing on intercalation chemistry, hydrothermal synthesis chemistry of porous and layered materials, kinetics of hydrothermal and intercalation reactions, and chemistry of metal-organic optoelectromagnetic functional materials. In 2000, he was promoted to Professor and currently holds the position of Deputy Director of Innovation and Industry Liaison at the University of Oxford, as well as a Professor in the Department of Chemistry. In 2000, he was selected as one of the "50 Excellent Young Scientists in Europe" by the French Academy of Sciences. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in 2001, received the Ludwig Mond Award from the RSC in 2010, and was awarded the Tilden Prize by the RSC in 2016. He has served as the Editor-in-Chief of Chemical Communications and as a member of the editorial boards of Chemical Materials and Inorganic Chemistry, among other prestigious international academic journals. His research specializes in intercalation chemistry, hydrothermal synthesis chemistry of porous and layered materials, kinetics of hydrothermal and intercalation reactions, and chemistry of metal-organic optoelectromagnetic functional materials.
