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Professor Saiful Islam, Professorial Fellow and Statutory Chair in Materials Science at St Anne’s College, was delighted and honoured to receive the medal and certificate for the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Environment and Energy Prize during a visit to University College London in October.
The prize was awarded to him in 2025 in recognition of his internationally recognised contributions to research on materials for sustainable energy technologies, including batteries and solar cells.
The medal and certificate were presented by Professor Rachel Crespo-Otero in the UCL Department of Chemistry, where Saiful completed both his undergraduate degree and PhD in the 1980s.
Following the presentation, Saiful delivered the Royal Society of Chemistry prize lecture, ‘No Small Matter: Atomic-Scale Insights into New Materials for Lithium Batteries and Solar Cells’ – using 3D glasses.
Saiful also took the opportunity to thank his colleagues and students in the Oxford Materials research group, acknowledging their role in the work recognised by the prize.
Saiful’s research focuses on atomistic processes in energy materials, especially those related to lithium batteries, solid-state batteries and perovskite solar cells.
The Royal Society of Chemistry’s Environment and Energy Prize celebrates outstanding achievements in research that address environmental and energy challenges, recognising scientists whose work is helping to shape a more sustainable future.