After being awarded the IUPAC Emerging Innovator Award in Analytical Chemistry for 2025 (you can read the official notice here) earlier this year, Dr Derek Craston, President of the Analytical Chemistry Division, delivered the award to Oxford in person last week. The award was presented to Anna in recognition of her leadership in exploring the structure-electronic structure relationship in inorganic solids with a goal of integrating such materials into opto-electronic devices. Anna delivered a remote award presentation during 53rd IUPAC General Assembly in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (sadly she was not able to attend in person.

This award is a reflection of the continuous, dedicated work of all group members to develop and apply techniques such as hard X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy creating impact across the broader chemical and physical sciences.