Venue Address: Business and Law Building, City Campus East (CCE1), Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 1XA
Venue Access: The main entrance is step-free with automatic doors and there is lift access to all floors. More information on building access can be found on our AccessAble pages.
Transport: More information on travelling to CCE1 and Newcastle upon Tyne can be found here.
Cloakroom: It will be possible to store your luggage at this building during the event if you are arriving directly.
About the University: Northumbria University is a modern, research-intensive institution with a global reputation for academic excellence. Named UK University of the Year 2022 by Times Higher Education, and Modern University of the Year 2025, it is based in Newcastle upon Tyne, with additional campuses in London and Amsterdam. Originating from Rutherford College (founded in 1880), Northumbria is ranked in the UK’s top 25 for research power.
| Oral Abstract | Early-bird Registration | Poster Abstract | Standard Registration |
| Wednesday 2nd July | Thursday 10th July | Thursday 10th July | Friday 15th August |
Jan Rossmeisl is professor at Department of Chemistry at University of Copenhagen. He came to University of Copenhagen in 2015 from a position as associate Professor at the Danish Technical University. Since 2020 he is heading a Danish National Research Foundation, Center of Excellence, Center for High Entropy Alloy Catalysis and in 2024 he received an ERC synergy grant together with three others. Jan is coauthor on more than 250 papers and on the Clarivate highly cited researchers list. Jan Rossmeisl is Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
His research interests include theoretical catalysis, electrocatalysis, high entropy materials and simulations of chemical systems.
Talk title: Catalysis on High Entropy Alloys
The green transition requires discovery and development of new catalyst materials for sustainable production of chemicals and fuels. However, it is difficult to predict a material, which might have a high catalytic activity for a given reaction, therefore the development of catalysts up until now has been driven mainly by trial and error. It would increase the pace of development, if we could predict a range of promising materials or if we at least could understand the limitations of catalysis. In this context high entropy alloys offer a chemical space of possible materials where the composition can be smoothly varied and where the properties also might vary in a seamless manner. This is good news for catalysis as such a smooth space is easier to explore to determine the interesting regions in composition space. Furthermore, the highly heterogeneous nature of a high entropy alloy surface reveals fundamental effects which are important for chemistry on surfaces in general, but are overlooked in the classic mean field view on catalysis.
Alastair Lennox received an MChem degree at the University of Manchester before being awarded a PhD from the University of Bristol under the supervision of Prof Guy Lloyd-Jones in 2012. After a short time in industry, Alastair was awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for postdoctoral research at the Leibniz Institute of Catalysis in Rostock, Germany, to work with Prof Matthias Beller. Further postdoctoral research was conducted at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, with Prof Shannon Stahl.
The Lennox Lab are interested in fundamental reactivity and mechanism in organic chemistry, and how these insights can be used to create novel synthetic organic methods with sustainability and green chemistry as central drivers. Within this vein they are focussed on the use of electrochemistry as a tool for performing selective redox transformations, as it provides specific advantages over conventional redox reagents in terms of selectivity, scalability, safety and sustainability. The Lennox Lab research has a strong emphasis on fluorine containing molecules, and in particular the synthesis of new selective fluorination reactions and the creation of new fluorinated building blocks using electrochemistry.
17:30 - Registration opens, Business and Law School, City Campus East (CCE1)
18:00-20:00 - Welcome Reception with drinks and canapes
08:30 - Registration opens, Business and Law School, City Campus East (CCE1)
09:00 - Conference begins
Plenaries and five parallel sessions will take place on Monday, details to follow.
Poster sessions for the Monday group of poster presenters will also take place during breaks and lunch.
19:00 - Conference Dinner at Crowne Plaza.
08:30 - Registration opens, Business and Law School, City Campus East (CCE1)
09:00 - Conference begins
Plenaries and five parallel sessions will take place on Tuesday, details to follow.
Poster sessions for the Tuesday group of poster presenters will also take place during breaks and lunch.
Best Talk and Best Poster will be awarded at the Conference Awards ceremony that will be held on Tuesday.
Electrochemists, Electrochemical Engineers and Corrosion Specialists from all over the UK, Ireland and abroad will gather to present and discuss new insights into electrochemical science and their latest research results through parallel sessions that will cover every topic within Fundamental and Applied Electrochemistry, which will be divided into five broad themes.
Great value accommodation for Electrochem delegates is available at our New Bridge Street Halls of Residence, located within a two-minute walk of the conference venue. More information about New Bridge Street and virtual tours are available here.
This booking is charged at £50/night (2-night stay required on the nights of Sunday 31st August and Monday 1st September 2025).
Each flat in New Bridge Street contains four ensuite bedrooms and a shared kitchen and social area. Please indicate at the time of booking if you would like to be allocated in a flat with colleagues who are also attending Electrochem.
We have secured special room rates at a range of hotels across the city for Electrochem delegates, click the link below to browse and view the hotels on a map:
For exhibitor or sponsorship enquiries, please contact the organising committee.
The conference organising committee are as follows:
Dr. Maryam Bayati - Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical & Construction Engineering, Northumbria University
Dr. Terence Liu - Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical & Construction Engineering, Northumbria University
If you have any questions about the conference, please contact the Electrochem 2025 Organising Committee by email and one of its members will get back to you shortly.
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