Dr Ana Jorge Sobrido
PhD, MIMMM, FHEA
Research Group News
July 2022 | ||
![]() Congratulations to Pavel Victoria Tafoya for Passing his PhD Viva!20 July 2022Many congratulations to Pavel for passing his PhD viva on the 20th July 2022 with minor corrections with Dr Cristina Giordano (QMUL, SPCS) and Prof Chris Howard (UCL). Pavel was supervised by Dr Ana Jorge Sobrido and the recipient of a CONACYT studentship from the Mexican government. During the last months, … [more] | ||
![]() Congratulations to Linh Tran Thi Ngoc for Passing her PhD Viva12 July 2022Many congratulations to Linh on passing her PhD viva on the 12th July 2022 with minor corrections. Linh's PhD thesis studied the synthesis of nickel and iron layered double hydroxides supported on electrospun lignin-derived carbon fibres and their application as oxygen bifunctional electrocatalysts under the supervision of Dr … [more] | ||
![]() UK Redox Flow Battery Network Annual Meeting Hosted at Queen Mary University of London11 July 2022The 6th Annual Meeting of the UK Redox Flow Battery Network (UKRFBN) took place on the 11th July 2022. This year the event was held at Queen Mary University of London and hosted by Ana Jorge Sobrido, who is an active member of the UKRFBN Committee. Around 80 people registered … [more] | ||
![]() Ana Jorge Sobrido Participates in EPSRC-supported Workshop on the Future of Electrochemistry in the UK7 July 2022Organised by Prof Dryfe (University of Manchester), Prof Katherine Holt (University College London), Dr Mark Symes (University of Glasgow) and Dr Upul Wijayantha (Loughborough University), this stimulating event gathered around 40 academics from UK institutions working on topics with a significant electrochemistry component to debate current challenges of the area and … [more] | ||
June 2022 | ||
![]() Congratulations to Szymon Doszczeczko for passing his PhD viva28 June 2022Many congratulations to Szymon on passing his PhD viva on the 28th June 2022 with minor corrections. Szymon's PhD thesis studied the synthesis of cobalt-based materials and their application as oxygen bifunctional electrocatalysts. He will continue in Ana Sobrido's Group as a postdoc working on 3D-printed microstructured electrodes … [more] | ||
![]() Queen Mary partners with the Faraday Institution to power up redox flow batteries1 June 2022Queen Mary’s Dr Ana Jorge Sobrido will lead a project to overcome engineering issues that are currently preventing the wide-spread adoption of redox flow batteries (RFBs). RFBs are emerging as a crucial technology for the transition to renewable energy, since their large capacity can help to … [more] | ||
May 2022 | ||
![]() Ana Sobrido selected to participate in the workshop "Working with Creative Industries"13 May 2022Ana was among the selected candidates to participate in the workshop organised by Plus Funds Programme and the University of Bristol (Dr Victoria Bates) on Working with Creative Industries. The workshop runs from May 2022 to June 2023, with a variety of activities directed to understand how to develop more impactful … [more] | ||
April 2022 | ||
![]() MEng Group Project Presentation prize awarded at ILF April 20226 April 2022Our MEng students presented their Research & Design Team Projects at the Industrial Liaison Forum on 6th April 2022. Our MEng students conduct team projects in their 4th year in groups of about 5 students. Currently towards the end of their projects, they were able to present a mix of prototypes, samples … [more] | ||
![]() Best MEng project in SEMS Industrial Liaison Forum 20226 April 2022Congratulations for the MEng group that has won the best project 2022. This is supervised by Dr Wei Tan and Dr Ana Belen Jorge Sobrido. A group of MEng students (Moizz Ali, Aqil Ali, Jabril Abdinur, Rafi R. and M. Mebeha) attended an Industrial … [more] | ||
![]() Ana Jorge Sobrido shortlisted for Education Award6 April 2022Congratulations to Ana who was among the nominees for an Education Award in Teaching for Sustainable Development. The award ceremony was held in the evening of Wednesday 6 April 2022, at Drapers' Hall in The City of London. Although she was not awarded the prize, Ana is … [more] | ||
March 2022 | ||
![]() Ana J Sobrido awarded a Royal Society International Exchanges Grant with MIT28 March 2022Ana has been awarded a Royal Society International Exchanges Grant with MIT. This grant (March 2022 - March 2024) will start a new collaboration with Prof Brushett from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering Department) and his team. During this collaborative project Prof Brushett and several members of … [more] | ||
![]() Qian Guo passes her PhD viva25 March 2022Congratulations to Qian Guo for passing her viva on 25th March 2022 with Prof Steve Dunn and Dr Ludmilla Steier as examiners. Well done Qian! Qian's PhD project focused on the synthesis and study of photoelectrochemical systems based on hematite for photo-assisted water oxidation, supervised by Dr Ana Jorge Sobrido … [more] | ||
November 2021 | ||
![]() Materials Celebrates 50 Years of Graduations15 November 202150 years of Materials graduates from the Mile End Campus in London and the first cohort from Queen Mary Engineering School (QMES) at our campus at Northwestern Polytechnic University in Xi’an China were celebrated on Friday 5th November. 120 people gathered in the Octagon with another 45 people on-line to … [more] | ||
September 2021 | ||
![]() Ana Sobrido participates in the Standing up for Science Workshop organised by Sense about Science24 September 2021Ana took part in the Standing up for Science Workshop organised by Sense about Science, held on the 24th September 2021. The panel sessions focused on the ways the media, policymakers, scientists and the public interact and consider questions of evidence. The workshop was very helpful in … [more] | ||
March 2021 | ||
![]() Photoelectrochemical imaging with high spatiotemporal resolution: publication in Biosensors and Bioelectronics1 March 2021Electrochemical or photoelectrochemical imaging of living cells has great potential for label-free, functional monitoring of cell responses, but is either relatively slow or suffers from poor resolution. Detailed electrochemical imaging has been limited to single-cell investigations, making it time-consuming to produce biologically relevant data. Our publication “Photoelectrochemical imaging system … [more] | ||
October 2020 | ||
![]() Queen Mary researcher awarded UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship15 October 2020Dr Ana Jorge Sobrido from Queen Mary University of London has today been named as one of UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) Future Leaders Fellows for her work to develop innovative energy storage systems. The £1.4m Future Leaders Fellowship (FLF) award will support Dr Sobrido’s research to develop … [more] | ||
April 2020 | ||
![]() Advanced Energy Materials Cover on 3D Carbon Materials for Efficient Oxygen and Hydrogen Electrocatalysis1 April 2020A review by Ana Jorge Sobrido (QMUL), Rhodri Jervis (UCL), Magda Titirici (ICL) et al. has been featured as the cover for the latest edition of Advanced Energy Materials journal. The cover was designed by PhD student at ICL Jingyu Fen. This review summarises the latest advances in 3D porous … [more] | ||
September 2019 | ||
![]() Success for SEMS Academics in 2019 Promotion Round17 September 2019Following the 2019 Promotion Round we are very pleased to announce that eleven members of staff from SEMS have been promoted. This is a fantastic achievement that demonstrates the quality of work undertaken by staff in the School. In particular congratulations to our three new Professors - Julien Gautrot, Steffi Krause … [more] | ||
October 2018 | ||
![]() Queen Mary researchers nominated for £200K science prize4 October 2018Two researchers from Queen Mary University of London are part of a team that is shortlisted to win a £200,000 science prize for their work in creating sustainable energy storage technologies from palm tree residue in Colombia. Professor Magda Titirici and co-investigator Dr Ana Jorge Sobrido, both from Queen Mary’s … [more] |