Southampton Chemistry graduate David Evans has been named Global Winner of the Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences category at the 2016 Undergraduate Awards (UA).
David, who graduated in summer 2016 with a Masters of Chemistry degree with first class honours, was recognised for his contribution to pioneering work on the discovery of an effective new chemical pathway using a novel organoboron catalyst. David will receive a gold medal at the annual summit in Dublin in November this year, and his findings will be published by UA.
“I knew I had been highly commended in the contest but I was thrilled to be named global winner. I am looking forward to meeting leading scientists at the summit and making valuable contacts for my career,” said David, who is about to embark on a PhD investigating the fluorination of bioactive compounds with Professor Bruno Linclau in Southampton and industrial partner Dextra Laboratories.
As well as David, a number of other Southampton graduates were highly commended in this year’s UA:
- Joseph Harris – Psychology (highly commended for more than one paper)
- Maxime Julian – Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Cheuk Ying Lau – Earth and Environmental Sciences
The full story can be read here.
A complete list of the 2016 highly commended graduates can be found here.
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