Welcome Address & Keynote Speaker: Prof. Rachel O'Reilly and Prof. Alice Roberts

The Postgraduate Research Festival 2024 opens! Join the University Graduate School for a Festival welcome from Professor Rachel O'Reilly, and our first Keynote speaker, Professor Alice Roberts.

Our Keynote Speakers for 2024 are distinguished academics who have undertaken collaborative projects in their career. Prof. Rachel O'Reilly is UoB's Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research and Professor of Polymer Chemistry, and one of the Royal Society of Chemistry's 175 faces of Chemistry. Rachel leads the Rachel O'Reilly Group, receiving numerous national and international awards for her polymer and material efforts, including from the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).

Prof. Alice Roberts is an academic and broadcaster with research interests in evolutionary anatomy, osteoarchaeology and palaeopathology. She is renowned for her public engagement work and science communication, having presented several landmark series on the BBC and written seven popular science books. Alice has been Professor of Public Engagement with Science at the University of Birmingham since 2012, and chairs the university’s Public Engagement with Science Committee.

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