“New Materials for the 21st Century” is the title of the public lecture being organised by the Department of Chemistry, UWI, Mona and CARISCIENCE on Friday, November 9, 2012 at 5:00 pm at the Chemistry Lecture Theatre 5 (C5). Professor Anthony Cheetham will deliver the Lecture. Professor Cheetham is Goldsmiths' Professor of Materials Science in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.  He has broad research interests in Materials Chemistry and over the last 30 years has published well over 500 journal articles focused on nanoporous and open framework materials for hydrogen storage, novel light-conversion materials for applications in solid-state lighting (LEDs), displays, photovoltaic devices (solar cells) and photocatalysis.
 
He is Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS), Distinguished Fellow of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) and Fellow of the German Academy of Sciences.
 
All are invited to attend.