Shurui Miao receives ISIS Springboard Award

12 March 2025

Shurui Miao receives ISIS Springboard Award

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Congratulations to Dr Shurui Miao, who has been announced as one of the inaugural recipients of an ISIS Springboard Award.

ISIS Neutron and Muon Source created the Springboard Awards in 2024 to support and encourage early-career researchers to use neutrons and muons in their research. The first three winners were chosen following a competitive process and their awards will last three years.

Shurui's research focuses on ionic liquids, a novel class of solvent which may enable more sustainable chemical processes. Neutrons can probe molecular-level arrangements and sub-diffusive dynamics within these materials, shedding new light on their functional behaviour and design rules.

Shurui said:

The Springboard Award provides an excellent opportunity to collaborate with scientists at ISIS, to make new connections and to learn new neutron techniques. This award will greatly boost my ability as an early career researcher to secure future funding and demonstrate independence.

You can find out more about the awards, and the other winners, here.