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Dr Joe Briscoe Receives Prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant

9 December 2020

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Dr Joe Briscoe, a Senior Lecturer in Functional Materials in SEMS, QMUL, has been awarded a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) as part of the 'excellent science' pillar of the EU's current Research and Innovation programme, Horizon 2020. Dr Briscoe is one of only 327 individuals across Europe to receive this award, worth €2 million over 5 years.

In his project, "Ferroelectric Nanocomposites for Enhanced Solar Energy Efficiency", Dr Briscoe will study potential new ways to enhance the efficiency of solar energy devices by incorporating materials called ferroelectrics in nanoscale composites.
Contact:Joe Briscoe
Email:j.briscoe@qmul.ac.uk
Website:https://www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/staff/j.briscoe
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