Research Activities
The interdisciplinary nature of our work links chemistry, chemical engineering, materials, pharmaceuticals and biomedical sciences with the overall aim of solving problems of significant industrial and scientific interest. This is achieved by discovering and understanding molecular interactions and using them to help engineer new products and processes. We develop and apply advanced vibrational spectroscopic and chemical imaging methods, including FTIR spectroscopic imaging (in micro/macro ATR and transmission modes), in situ FTIR spectroscopy, NIR imaging, confocal Raman microscopy and tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy to realise these goals. Multidisciplinary collaborations with colleagues from universities, industry and government institutions play a key role in our research activities.
Research Group
Latest News
2024
JULY 24
ChemComm publications has been selected to feature in an online collection highlighting 60 pioneering historic papers from the United Kingdom. Details of S. G. Kazarian publication below:
Title: Combining ionic liquids and supercritical fluids:: in situ ATR-IR study of CO2 dissolved in two ionic liquids at high pressures
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/b005514j
Chemical Communications is publishing its 60th volume in 2024. This special collection brings together 60 significant historic papers published in ChemComm from each region. ChemComm are glad that above paper is included in this collection that includes pioneering papers that were most cited from the researchers in the United Kingdom.
MAY
Congratulations to Prof. Kazarian and the whole group, including all former members, for achieving over 20,000 citations on Google Scholar to the publications from the group (while the number of citations on the Web of Science is over 15,000 in all databases).
APRIL 18
Congratulations to Céline van Haaren who presented a talk “Studying Monoclonal Antibody Aggregation Under Flow Using ATR-FTIR Spectroscopic Imaging” at the Spring SciX in the section IRDG Martin & Willis Prize Meeting.
FEBRUARY
Congratulations to Guan-Lin Liu who has successfully defended his PhD Thesis titled “Applications of Advanced ATR-FTIR Spectroscopic Imaging to Objects of Cultural Heritage”
2023
OCTOBER
Congratulations to Céline van Haaren who presented a talk “Studying monoclonal antibody aggregation at the air-liquid interface using ATR-FTIR spectroscopic imaging” on the topic of her PhD project at the SciX conference in Reno, Nevada (USA). Prof. S. G. Kazarian has delivered his lecture “ATR-FTIR spectroscopic imaging for the analysis of biopharmaceuticals” at the same conference in the “Ellis R. Lippincott Award Symposium Honouring Peter Griffiths”
We welcome Tzu-Yi (Vincent) Yang to our group to do a PhD project in the area of “Spectroscopic Imaging of Objects of Cultural Heritage"
JUNE
Applied Spectroscopy has achieved Impact Factor 3.5 which is consistent from last year; the journal also maintains its position of Q1 for ranking in Spectroscopy.
FEBRUARY
Prof. S. G. Kazarian has presented a plenary lecture at the VISPEC conference on vibrational spectroscopy in Perugia, Italy from 14 to 16th June, 2023.
JANUARY
Prof. S. G. Kazarian has presented lecture at the conference in Bordeaux, France for the EMLG-JMLG 2023 meeting: “Understanding Solvation in Molecular and Ionic Fluids: Towards a Sustainable Future” in September 2023. https://emlg2023.sciencesconf.org/
Prof. S. G. Kazarian has presented a plenary lecture at the International Conference of Advanced Vibrational Spectroscopy (ICAVS12) that will take place in Krakow, Poland from 27th August – 1st September 2023.
Prof. S. G. Kazarian has presented a plenary lecture at the International Conference “New Trends in Chemistry 2023” that will take place in Yerevan, Armenia from 24-28 September 2023.
2022
DECEMBER
Céline van Haaren and Guan-Lin Liu have attended International Forum by Tokyo Institute of Technology and presented talks on the topics of their PhD projects and Prof. S. G. Kazarian has delivered his lecture "Recent applications of spectroscopic imaging to polymers and biomaterials"
AUGUST
Congratulations to Dr. Cai Li Song for being awarded the 2022 CPACT Malcolm McIvor Prize for her PhD research in spectroscopic imaging.
JULY
Applied Spectroscopy has achieved its highest ever impact factor: 3.588, the journal also moving up from Q2 to Q1 for ranking in Spectroscopy.
JUNE
Our group participated in the 2022 Great Exhibition Road Festival across the 18th and 19th of June 2022, where we showcased our research achievements in the field of spectroscopic imaging as well as performed live demonstrations with the participation of visitors using a portable Infrared spectrometer.
24 MARCH
Congratulations to Guan-Lin Liu on his first publication, which is an invited review article jointly with Prof. S. G. Kazarian titles: “Recent advances in studies of cultural heritage using ATR-FTIR spectroscopy and ATR-FTIR spectroscopic imaging” in Analyst (2022) https://doi.org/10.1039/D2AN00005A
FEBRUARY
Our group has been selected to present our research at the 2022 Great Exhibition Road Festival across the 18TH and 19TH of June, showcasing our research in the field of spectroscopic imaging to other academics, students and members of the public as well as doing live demonstrations with the participation of visitors using a portable Infrared spectrometer.
8 FEBRUARY
Congratulations to Hannah Tiernan who has successfully defended her PhD Thesis titled “Studying Conformational Changes and Aggregation in Biopharmaceuticals Using FTIR Spectroscopic Imaging”
2021
OCTOBER
We welcome Céline van Haaren to our group to do a PhD project “Studying Conformational Changes and Agglomeration in Biopharmaceuticals Using Spectroscopic Imaging in Microfluidics"
SEPTEMBER
Congratulations to Huiqiang Lu for his PhD Thesis entitled “Phase separation, crystallization and interactions in biopolymer blends studied in situ by macro ATR-FTIR spectroscopic imaging”
AUGUST
The 11th International Conference on Advanced Vibrational Spectroscopy (ICAVS-11) was online from the 23rd to the 26th August 2021. Professor S. G. Kazarian was Program Chair of the conference (he is also a member of the ICAVS International Steering Committee).
JULY
Congratulations to James Beattie on his first publication presenting a novel spectroscopic approach to study antibodies: “Insight into purification of monoclonal antibodies in industrial columns via studies of Protein A binding capacity by in situ ATR-FTIR spectroscopy” in Analyst jointly with the Department of Life Sciences and GSK.
JUNE
Prof. Sergei Kazarian has delivered a plenary lecture titled “In situ Vibrational Spectroscopy and Spectroscopic Imaging for Supercritical Fluids” at the XI International Conference on Supercritical Fluids: Fundamentals, Technologies and Innovations in Novosibirsk.
MAY
Prof. Sergei G. Kazarian has presented a plenary lecture titled "Seeing it in a different light: from carbon dioxide to chemical imaging" at the online 18th European Meeting on Supercritical Fluids in Bordeaux, France.
Congratulations to Hannah Tiernan et al. on publication of an article "ATR-FTIR spectroscopy and spectroscopic imaging to investigate the behaviour of proteins subjected to freeze-thaw cycles in droplets, wells, and under flow" in the Analyst (doi) which is Open Access.
The deadline for submisions of abstracts to the 11th International Conference on Advanced Vibrational Spectroscopy (ICAVS-11) is on 17th May. Prof. Kazarian is the Program Chair of this conference.
APRIL
Our collaborator Prof. Bernadette Byrne presented a keynote talk on our joint project “Application of ATR-FTIR spectroscopy and spectroscopic imaging to industrial scale production of therapeutic antibodies” at APACT’21 online conference. Prof. Kazarian is a member of programme and steering committees at this conference.
A new Network has been established at Imperial College on “Science and Engineering Research for Cultural Heritage”where Prof. Kazarian is co-leader. Spectroscopic methods play an important role in the analysis of objects of cultural heritage for the preservation of important artwork.
MARCH
Congratulations to Dr. Cai Li SONG with the 2020 Dudley Newitt Prize for Experimental Excellence, which is awarded by the Department of Chemical Engineering for a PhD thesis of exceptional merit demonstrated by experimental excellence and presentation. The title of her PhD thesis is “Applications of Advanced Spectroscopic Imaging to Biological Tissues"
JANUARY
Congratulation to Hannah Tiernan for the success with the grant application for “A Series of Multidisciplinary Workshops to Define Future Research and Policy Strategies Surrounding Microplastic Deposition in Air and Ocean”, the funding is from The Research England.
2020
18 NOVEMBER
Congratulations to Huiqiang LU who won the award of £2000 from the Great Britain-China Educational Trust. The latest manuscript by Huiqiang entitled "Intermolecular Interactions in the Polymer Blends Under High-Pressure CO2 Studied by Two-Dimensional Correlation Analysis and Two-Dimensional Disrelation Mapping" has just been accepted in Applied Spectroscopy, congratulations again.
13 AUGUST
Congratulations to Hannah Tiernan on publication of an article on spectroscopic imaging for the analysis of biopharmaceuticals in Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy (doi) that has been featured in GEN (Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News)
5 AUGUST
Congratulations to Cai Li Song who has very successfully defended her PhD Thesis entitled “Applications of Advanced Spectroscopic Imaging to Biological Tissues”
25 MAY
Congratulations to PhD students James Beattie and Cai Li Song, our collaborator Prof. B. Byrne and Prof. S. G. Kazarian for publication of a chapter entitled “ATR-FTIR spectroscopy and spectroscopic imaging of proteins” that appeared in the book “Vibrational Spectroscopy in Protein Research” edited by Prof. Ozaki.
7 MAY
Hannah Tiernan has presented Webinar on ATR-FTIR spectroscopic imaging to investigate distribution of aggregation of monoclonal antibodies at the CPACT (Centre for Process Analytics and Control Technology).
26 MARCH
Cai Li SONG has presented Webinar on Cancer Diagnostics with Infrared Spectroscopic Imaging and Machine Learning at the CPACT (Centre for Process Analytics and Control Technology).
4 MARCH
Congratulations to Hannah Tiernan on her first publication presenting a novel spectroscopic approach to study proteins: Tiernan H., Byrne B., Kazarian S. G. Insight into heterogeneous distribution of protein aggregates at surface layer using ATR - FTIR spectroscopic imaging. Analytical Chemistry (2020 (doi).
2 MARCH
Prof. Sergei G. Kazarian has presented a lecture at “Recent Advances in Applications of Spectroscopic Imaging to Biomaterials” at the Symposium ““Challenges in Surface Vibrational Spectroscopy”” at PITTCON-2020 in Chicago, USA
7 JANUARY
Congratulations to Cai Li SONG on publication of an article on Micro ATR-FTIR spectroscopic imaging of colon biopsies with a large area Ge crystal in Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy (2020), 228, 117695 (doi) (SELECTED AS A COVER ARTICLE), Open Access for 50 days
3 JANUARY
We welcome Dr. Matthew Leivers to our group as Research Assistant on the project "Spectroscopic Studies of Biochemical Reactions Between Lipids, Protein and DNA"funded by P&G company.
2019
19 DECEMBER
Prof. S. Kazarian was awarded a “mega-grant” from the Ministry of Science and High Education of Russian Federation for the project entitled "Spectroscopic imaging and advanced vibrational spectroscopy for catalysis and chemical technology" with the Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Novosibirsk.
19 SEPTEMBER
Ms. Hannah Tiernan won the best poster prize at the IRDG meeting in University of Lancaster. The title of the poster is “High-throughput ATR-FTIR spectroscopic imaging to investigate secondary structure changes of IgG monoclonal antibodies”
3 SEPTEMBER
Congratulations to Prof. Kazarian and the whole group, including all former members, for achieving over 10,000 citations on the Web of Science to the publications from the group (while the number of citations on Google Scholar is over 13,500).
20th AUGUST
Congratulations to Cai Li SONG on publication of an article on spectroscopic imaging in cancer diagnostics in Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, that has been featured at the Department web-page. (doi)
10 AUGUST
Prof. Kazarian took part in teaching at the first CLIRSPEC Summer School in Asia in Kobe, Japan.
JUNE
Our group participated in the 2019 Great Exhibition Road Festival across the 29th and 30th of June 2019, where we showcased our research achievements in the field of spectroscopic imaging as well as performed live demonstrations with the participation of visitors using a portable Infrared spectrometer.
APRIL
Congratulations to Prof. S. G. Kazarian with "2019 LECTURER OF THE YEAR OUTSANDING CONTRIBUTION AWARD", which is in recognition of his outstanding contribution of time and dedication to improving the learning experience of students within the Department of Chemical Engineeringat Imperial College London.
MARCH
Prof. Sergei G. Kazarian has presented a plenary lecture at “FTIR spectroscopic imaging: new trends and emerging applications” and Ms. Cai Li Song has presented a talk "Applications of ATR-FTIR imaging" at the Symposium “Recent advances in spectroscopic imaging and other modern techniques-2” at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
JANUARY
Our group has been selected to present our research at the 2019 Great Exhibition Road Festival across the 29th and 30th of June, showcasing our work to other academics, students and members of the public.
2018
DECEMBER
We welcome Dr. Christian Bortolini to our group for a project “On-column monitoring of protein purification by ATR-FTIR and Raman Spectroscopy” funded by BBSRC.
OCTOBER
We welcome Mr. James Beattie to our group for a PhD project “Monitoring of protein purification by spectroscopic techniques” which will be a collaborative project with GSK and the Department of Life Sciences.
AUGUST
Prof. Kazarian has presented a Keynote lecture on advances in TERS microscopy at the 26th International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy in Jeju, Korea. Prof. Kazarian has started in the role of Editor-in-Chief of Applied Spectroscopy and the Society for Applied Spectroscopy has welcomed him in a recent article.
JUNE
Congratulations to Alessandra Vichi who has successfully defended her PhD Thesis entitled “Degradation of polymers in objects of museum collections at the micro-scale: a novel study with ATR-FTIR spectroscopic imaging”
We welcome Mr. Huiqiang Lu to our group for a PhD project “Interactions of high pressure CO2 with polymers”
Ms. Cai Li Song won the Best Poster Award at the 10th International Society of Clinical Spectroscopy meeting (SPEC2018)
APRIL
An interview with Prof. Kazarian by Spectroscopy Editors about our recent research (9 April 2018)
MARCH
Prof. Sergei Kazarian was recently selected as Editor-in-Chief of Applied Spectroscopy. His term will begin in the summer of 2018. Prof Kazarian has been Editor of the journal since 2017 and he has been an Associate Editor since 2012.
Prof. S. Kazarian met with Prof. Yuri Oganessian (on the right) at the Royal Society. Prof. Y. Oganessian is considred one of the world's leading scientists in super-heavy chemical elements. He is the only person living to have an element named after him, element 118 Oganesson.
FEBRUARY
Congratulations to Dr. Tay Feng Huai, a former PhD student and postdoc in our group, for winning the Entrepreneurial Award 2017-2018 in the prestigious Study UK Alumni Awards. Feng did his final-year research project in our laboratory in 2005-2006, for which he was awarded the Henry Sawistowski Travel Fellowship for the best final year research project. His PhD project (2006-2010) was supported by EPSRC and by the Deputy Rector’s Award. Feng was awarded the prestigious Dudley Newitt Prize for Experimental Excellence for his “PhD thesis of exceptional merit demonstrated by experimental excellence and presentation” in 2010. Feng has maintained contacts with our group while in Malaysia, and has attended alumni events, such as the Imperial Festival Alumni Reunion.
JANUARY
Andrew Ewing and Sergei Kazarian have published an invited article titled “Recent advances in the applications of vibrational spectroscopic imaging and mapping to pharmaceutical formulations” in Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy (2018) (doi), where a perspective of the current state-of-the-art of terahertz, NIR, FTIR spectroscopic imaging and Raman mapping for studying pharmaceutical samples are presented.
2017
18 DECEMBER
Congratulations to Ben Turner who has successfully defended his PhD Thesis entitled “Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopic Imaging of Live Cells”
9 DECEMBER
Our recent invited Prospective article “Current trends and opportunities for the applications of in situ vibrational spectroscopy to investigate the supercritical fluid processing of polymers” is published in the Journal of Supercritical Fluids (2018) 134, 89-96 (doi) https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1Wlm~3BwperLat
1 OCTOBER
We welcome Hannah Tiernan to our group to do a PhD project “Studying Conformational Changes and Agglomeration in Biopharmaceuticals Using Spectroscopic Imaging in Microfluidics”, which will be a collaborative project with Bristol-Myers Squib and the Department of Life Sciences.
We welcome Cai Li Song (MEng graduate from our Department) to our group to do a PhD project “Advancing biomedical research with infrared spectroscopic imaging” in collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine.
27 SEPTEMBER
Prof. Kazarian presented an invited lecture “Spectroscopic imaging: emerging applications to the objects of cultural heritage” at the international conference on “Novel technologies for conservation and restoration of ancient manuscripts” in Yerevan Armenia at Matenadaran (research institute and museum, as well as one of the largest repository of ancient manuscripts in the world).
22 SEPTEMBER
James Kimber and Sergei Kazarian have published an invited Trends article in Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (doi) on biomedical applications of spectroscopic imaging, which is Open Access and featured on the cover of October issue.
20 SEPTEMBER
Prof. Kazarian, jointly with collaborators from Kazan Federal University (Russia) and Harvard University (USA) has published article on Nonlinear Raman Effects Enhanced by Surface Plasmon Excitation in Planar Refractory Nanoantennas in NANO LETTERS (doi) which has been featured in the Department web-site.
AUGUST
Prof. Kazarian gave an interview to TASS (Russian News Agency) http://tass.ru/obschestvo/4511742 about education in the UK and about UK - Russian scientific collaboration.
12th MAY
James Kimber and Sergei Kazarian, jointly with collaborators in Japan, Armenia and France, have published an article in Chemical Engineering Journal (doi) on combined application of thermal imaging and IR spectroscopic imaging to polymerisation in microfluidics, which is Open Access until 1 July 2017 (https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1V1fw4x7R2KZea)
26 APRIL
Prof. Kazarian has presented a keynote lecture at the 16th European Meeting on Supercritical Fluids in Lisbon, Portugal.
7th MARCH
Congratulations to Prof. Sergei Kazarian, who has been selected by the Society for Applied Spectroscopy to be the new Editor of Applied Spectroscopy, starting in this new role from 1 April 2017 (Prof Kazarian has been an Associate Editor of the journal since July 2012).
16th JANUARY
Congratulations to Alessandra Vichi on publication of a collaborative article on assessment of cross-sections of samples from a masterpiece painting of the 20th century Alchemy by J. Pollock with of micro ATR-FTIR spectroscopic imaging in Analytical Chemistry (doi) ,which has been featured in the Department web-site.
2016
23rd DECEMBER
Our article in PCCP, which assesses the molecular state of water in a range of ionic liquids using in situ FTIR spectroscopy, has now been cited over 1000 times. The molecular state of water is fundamental for the properties of ionic liquids as evidenced by numerous citations of this work.
21st DECEMBER
Our collaborative studies of nanomaterials, which was recently published in Nanoscale, have been featured at the Department web-page.
25th NOVEMBER
Congratulations to Andrew Ewing and Sergei Kazarian on acceptance of an invited review article "Infrared spectroscopy and spectroscopic imaging in forensic science" for publication in Analyst (doi)
3rd NOVEMBER
We are presenting our research on chemical imaging of fingreprints at the Imperial Fringe: Criminal Investigations event on the 3rd November from 1700 to 2000 at the college main entrance. This event is open to all and more details can be found here.
8th July
We are presenting our work at the CPACT (Centre for Process Analytics and Control Technology) Webinar on imaging.
22nd JUNE
Our group presented its research at the launch of the Institute of Molecular Science and Engineering (IMSE) link.
24th FEBRUARY
Our group has been selected to present our research at Imperial Festival 2016 in the Research Zone, showcasing our work to other academics and members of the public. The festival runs on the 7th and 8th of May.
22nd February
Congratulations to Andrew Ewing for passing his viva for his PhD titled "ATR-FTIR Spectroscopic Imaging to Study Drug Release and Tablet Dissolution".
4th FEBRUARY
Sergei Kazarian has presented an invited lecture and Andrew Ewing has presented a poster at the JPAG meeting “Solving problems with spectral imaging” organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences in London.
31st January
An invited opinion article “Seeing the Full Picture” about the potential of FTIR spectroscopic imaging for process analysis has been published in the Analytical Scientist (section In My View ).
28th January
Congratulations to Mr. Mohith Unny for being awarded the Geoff Hewitt Prize for his outstanding performance in last year’s MSc course. Mohith worked in our group on his thesis entitled “ATR-FTIR spectroscopic imaging for crude oil studies”.
12th JANUARY
Professor Kazarian will present a keynote lecture at the APACT16 – Advances in Process Analytics and Control Technology in April 2016.
2015
1st November
A review article on ATR-FTIR spectroscopic imaging of biomedical systems has been published in Chemical Society Reviews (Impact Factor 33.3); Chan K. L. A., Kazarian S. G. Attenuated total reflection Fourier-transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) imaging of tissues and live cells Chemical Society Reviews (2016) Advance article, (doi)
1st October
Congratulations to Alessandra Vichi on her first publication presenting a novel spectroscopic approach that she will be using in collaborative studies of samples from the National Gallery, London and Victoria & Albert Museum: Wrobel T. P., Vichi A., Baranska M., Kazarian S. G. Micro Attenuated Total Reflection FT-IR Spectroscopic Imaging with Variable Angles of Incidence Applied Spectroscopy (2015) 69, 1170-1174. (doi)
23rd September
Congratulations to Dr James Kimber for winning the 2015 Sir William Wakeham Award. He presented his work at the 2015 Chemical Engineering Postdoc Symposium (Postdoc symposium) and also gave an interview for the departmental newsletter (link).
30th July
Congratulations to Andrew Ewing for being awarded the 2015 CPACT Malcolm McIvor Prize for his PhD research on ATR-FTIR spectroscopic imaging of drug release in July 2015 and was presented the award at CPACT Research Day on the 6th of October 2015. Mr. Malcolm McIvor has visited our laboratory on the 14th of December.
5th May
Congratulations to Prof. Sergei Kazarian with Sir George Stokes Award 2015 from the Royal Society of Chemistry; these news have been featured at the Departmental and Imperial College web-pages.
Highlights
18 December 2014
Prof. S. G. Kazarian has delivered lecture at IRDG Christmas Meeting titled “New Opportunities for Spectroscopic Imaging: Reflections, Refractions and Aberrations” on 18 December 2014 (after lunch! ) His previous presentaions at IRDG meetings were in 1999 and 2006.
1ST September 2014
Kirsty Gibson and Sergei Kazarian published a chapter in Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry: Tip-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (TERS) Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry, eds R.A. Meyers, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd (2014) (doi)
Sergei Kazarian also co-authored a chapter in Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry: Pollock H. M., Kazarian S. G. “Microspectroscopy in the Mid-Infrared” Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry, 1-26, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2014) (doi).
1st Februrary 2013
Sergei Kazarian and Andrew Chan have published an invited review article entitled “ATR-FTIR spectroscopic imaging: recent advances and applications to biological systems” in Analyst (2013) (doi) and article in Analytical Chemistry 85 (2013) 1029-1036 (doi) about a new approach in transmission FTIR spectroscopic imaging.
26thJune 2012
We are pleased to announce that on the 26th June 2012 we will be holding a one day conference at Imperial College London under the auspices of the UK Society of Applied Spectroscopy (SAS) Regional Section entitled:
“FT-IR Spectroscopic Imaging: New Trends and Emerging Applications”
11th May 2012
The Research Group was one of three groups in the Chemical Engineering Department to demonstr ate their research at the inaugural Imperial Festival. The event was open to the public and showcased research from many re search groups throughout the college. A variety of lectures, activities and live demonstrations ensured the succes of this event.
4th November 2011
The Research Group was recently invited by the British Embassy in Russia to showcase our research at the 2011 All Russia Science Festival. This was a great opportunity to present our work to members of the Russian public, schoolchildren and other scientists. The event was a great success and ran from the 7th to 9th of October attracting over 350 thousand visitors across 80 locations in Moscow.
25 thJune 2010
The Research Group was recently invited to showcase our research at the 2010 Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition, where cutting edge research is presented to members of the public.
The exhibition was held at the Southbank centre as part of the Royal Society's 350th anniversary celebrations. 
Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2010
Chemical Imaging News Report at the Royal Society Summer Exhibition
2008
Professor Sergei Kazarian was awarded a European Research Council Advanced Grant in 2008, to fund reseach into “Enhancing microfabricated devices with chemical imaging for novel chemical technology" for 5 years.