The Salters’ Company

One of the Twelve Great City Livery Companies, the Salters’ Company received its first licence from Richard II in 1394 but, like other livery companies, was probably in existence prior to 1066. As well as dealing in salt, Salters were experts in the dry salting of fish and meat and also dealt with flax, hemp, logwood, cochineal, potash and chemical preparations.

The Company’s activities today are centred on charitable and education activities. As well as supporting the Salters’ Institute, its flagship charity, the Company provides Almshouse accommodation and support to residents in Maidenhead and Watford, and grants to charities and individuals through the Salters’ Charitable Foundation. The Foundation supports a wide range of causes that provide positive outcomes for beneficiaries. Its current areas of focus are relief of need, education and community development.

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The Salters’ Institute, a charitable organisation within the Company, was founded as a response to the education of soldiers returning from WW1. Since 1918 the Institute has established a reputation for excellence, working with a range of partners including the Royal Society of Chemistry and the University of York.

The Institute’s influence stretches across the world. Its aims are clear: to promote the appreciation of, and interest in, chemistry and the related sciences amongst young people and to encourage chemistry-based careers. The Salters’ Institute delivers numerous initiatives including its Festivals of Chemistry, Awards Programme, and Curriculum Development.

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Programme

Introduction, The Master Dr Elizabeth Nodder

Keynote Speech Professor Dame Carol Robinson

Presentation of Awards Salters-Nuffield Advanced Biology Awards

Salters Horners Advanced Physics Awards Salters’ National Awards for Science Technicians Salters’ City and Guilds Todd-Salters’ Scholarships Salters’ Graduate Awards Salters’ Centenary Awards

The Salters’ InstituteHead of Education Reverend Dr Mariama Ifode-Blease

The Salters’ Company Clerk Mr Tim Smith

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Salters-NuffieldAdvanced Biology Awards

Presented by Reverend Professor Michael Reiss

Award Winners

Sam Carling | Barnard Castle School

Sam is studying Natural Sciences at Christ’s College, University of Cambridge. He grew up in the North East and at A Level studied Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Maths, and Further Maths. Sam also completed an EPQ on nanotechnology in medicine and the research he carried out formed the basis of his essay. Sam hopes to have a career in medical research after he finishes his degree.

Alviar Cohen | Roundwood Park School

Science is incredibly personal to Alviar, as it is what has kept him alive for the past three years as a leukaemia patient. Alviar’s passion for science is what allowed him to start his dream course in Biomedical Science at Oxford University in October, but currently, Alviar is in Singapore undergoing ground-breaking CAR-T treatment for T cell leukaemia. Alviar hopes you enjoy reading his essay as much as he enjoyed writing it!

Arev Melikyan | King Edward VI School Southampton

Having graduated from King Edward VI School, Southampton with A levels in Mathematics, Biology and Chemistry, Arev is now studying Medicine at University College London. A keen interest in immunology and current affairs led to Arev writing his essay on Covid-19 vaccine development, which correctly anticipated the licensing of an mRNA vaccine. Outside of his studies, Arev enjoys performing music with his sister and cooking.

The Salters-Nuffield Advanced Biology course was developed by the University of York Science Education Group and the Nuffield Curriculum Centre. Awards are presented annually to the candidates who have achieved the highest marks in the Salters-Nuffield Advanced Biology examinations. In the absence of examinations in 2020, however, students were invited to submit essays on a topic of their choice.

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Eleanor Asquith | Tadcaster Grammar School

Eleanor is currently in her first year of an undergraduate degree in Physics studying at the University of Manchester. Before this, Eleanor studied Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics at A level, all of which she thoroughly enjoyed. In the future she hopes to continue her studies in physics and pursue a career in this field.

Ivan Revenga-Riesco | Northampton School for Boys

Award Winners

Ivan was born and raised in Madrid. At the age of 14, he and his family moved to Northampton. Ivan finished his secondary education at Elizabeth Woodville School and completed his A levels at Northampton School for Boys. Currently, Ivan is studying Design Engineering at Imperial College London. Through simple projects, he has developed his 3D printing and electronics skills which have proved functional in solving more complex challenges.

The Salters Horners Advanced Physics course was launched in September 1998. The Salters’ Institute sponsored the development of Salters Horners Advanced Physics in partnership with the Horners’ Company. The course was produced by the University of York Science Education Group and awards are presented annually to the candidates who have achieved the highest marks in the A level. In the absence of examinations in 2020, however, students were invited to submit essays on a topic of their choice.

Salters HornersAdvanced Physics Awards

Presented by Master of The Worshipful Company of Horners, Martin Muirhead

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Scott Petley | Holly Lodge Girls’ College

Scott started at Holly Lodge in his first technician role almost six years ago after working in the oil and gas industry. For the past three years he has been the sole technician in the department, servicing practical work for KS3-KS5 with over 800 students. It is a very rewarding job where no two days are the same and he is very proud to have been awarded a Salters’ Technician Award this year!

Tina has been a science Technician for ten years. She has a science background though considers herself a generalist and currently is a lone technician covering all three sciences. Tina has been in her most recent post for 18 months where there have been challenges of bringing the Science prep rooms up to standard whilst providing practicals that are trialed, work and set out in an accessible manner to enable students to get the most out of their practical activities and, hopefully, encouraging their interest in science.

Adam InnisHarriet Scott Adam and Harriet have been the technician team at Nottingham Emmanuel School since 2016, and have overseen immense improvements to technical provision within the school. Now they wish to aid others to see similar improvements and take over organising the technician network in Nottingham with the aim of organising free local CPD for technicians in the area. They are both working with the Science Learning Partnership to share the network further.

Salters’ National Awards For Science Technicians

Award Winners

| The Nottingham Emmanuel School

Presented by The Salters’ Company Clerk Mr Tim Smith

The Salters’ National Awards for Science Technicians are run by the Salters’ Institute, in collaboration with both CLEAPSS and SSERC. The Awards continue to focus on highlighting the importance of technicians in enabling high quality practical work to take place in schools and colleges.

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Tina Newton | King Arthur’s School

Zoe Dowson | Redcar and Cleveland College

Since Graduating from Northumbria University in 2009 Zoe has worked in the chemical industry. After support and encouragement from her supervisor and manager at Invista, Zoe decided to close a gap in her knowledge by studying the distance learning Process Technology diploma offered by Redcar and Cleveland College. Zoe is employed as a Research Technician for Invista and continues to gain more knowledge and skills in analytical techniques and chemical processes.

Peter O’Sullivan | Dow Silicone

Peter is 39 years old and lives in Barry South Wales. He works in operations for Dow chemical Barry and as part of his ongoing training he is required to complete a number of level 3 C&G’s courses. Peter has found the majority of the courses to be very beneficial in his role, and recently completed his final exam in Chemistry in November 2020. Peter was extremely pleased to be informed that due to his results, he has been given this award from the Salters’ Institute.

Richard Roberts | Dow Silicone

Rich Roberts has worked as a process operator at Dow Chemicals in Barry for the last 6 years. During this time, Richard has completed his Level 3 in City and Guilds. Outside of work he enjoys watching and playing football with friends and spending time with his family.

City & Guilds is a global leader in vocational skills education, offering over 1,000 qualifications that support and recognise achievement in more than 20 industry sectors. The Certificate in Process Technology – Chemical Process Level 3 - is aimed at learners who are either already in an apprenticeship programme seeking a technical certificate, or those who wish to further their career within the process technology industry. The Salters’ Institute awards recognise the top students in Chemical Process Level 3 of the Process Technology Scheme.

Award Winners

Salters’ City and Guilds Awards

Presented by Group Strategy Director at City & Guilds, Mr Philip Ellaway

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Elizabeth Guest

Elizabeth is in her fourth year studying Chemistry at Christ’s College Cambridge. Her Master’s project involves using machine learning to model energy landscapes. Elizabeth plans to begin a PhD in this area next year. She is very grateful and honoured to have received this scholarship.

Tristan Liu

Tristan was awarded the Salters’ Todd Scholarship for his Master’s thesis and performance in end of year exams. Over the past year, Tristan investigated the adsorption of fatty acids onto metal oxide surfaces to develop a greater understanding of what occurs at the boundary of lubricated surfaces. Moving forward, Tristan will be starting as an associate in a strategy consulting firm who specialise in pharmaceutical & life sciences.

Marco Zecca

The Scholarships were launched in 1997 by the Salters’ Company in support of the Lord Todd Memorial Fund at Christ’s College, University of Cambridge. They are awarded to outstanding undergraduate members of Christ’s College reading Natural Sciences or Chemical Engineering. Lord Todd was Master of the Salters’ Company in 1961-62 and Master of Christ’s College from 1963-78.

Marco studied Natural Sciences at Christ’s College, University of Cambridge, specialising in Chemistry. He graduated with a BA and MSc in 2020, and has remained at the University studying for a PhD. His research is on the chemical mechanisms of bone formation and pathological calcification.

Scholars

Todd-Salters’Scholarships

Presented byDr Sandy Todd

Lord ToddNobel Prizewinner & Past Master of the Salters’ Company

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Akhil Ahmed | University of Strathclyde

Award Winners - Chemical Engineering

Akhil is working as a graduate engineer at Petroleum Experts, a provider of state-of-the-art modelling and optimisation software for the oil and gas industry. He graduated with a first class degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Strathclyde where he was awarded numerous awards for his academic achievements such as the Engineering Leaders Scholarship from the Royal Academy of Engineering. Akhil is extremely honoured to have been awarded the Salters’ Graduate Award.

Rhiannah Beattie | University of Sheffield

The Heads of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering departments across Universities are invited to nominate a single candidate for this award. The shortlisted candidates are interviewed by representatives from industry and academia. The interview panel are looking for candidates who are predicted a First Class Honours Degree in the year of nomination, and who show the potential to occupy leading positions in the UK chemical and allied industries. Candiates must show initiative, effective communication skills and some knowledge of the industry’s present problems and the need for changing technology in the future.

Salters’Graduate Awards

Presented by Sir Tom McKillop

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Rhiannah graduated with a first class MEng degree in Chemical Engineering with Biotechnology from the University of Sheffield in 2020. During her studies she completed two industrial placements. She spent four months in Switzerland working with the Nestlé R&D Material Sciences team researching infant formula quality, and 12 months within Pfizer Drug Product Design investigating tablet formulations and continuous manufacturing. Following her academic studies, she has joined AstraZeneca on the Pharmaceutical Technology and Development Graduate scheme in Sweden, where she is currently building digital twins as part of the modelling and simulations team.

Daniel Gray | Loughborough University

Helen Schofield | University of Cambridge

After completing A-Levels in Manchester, Helen embarked on a degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of Cambridge. Alongside completing the challenging academics, she undertook multiple industrial placements in manufacturing and safety consultancy. Helen enjoys participating in numerous activities, both in sports and music, whilst additionally continuing to volunteer in outreach work. Since graduating, she has started her career as a Contact Engineer with the Butyl Polymers Team within ExxonMobil.

Sophie Whitworth | University of Nottingham

Sophie achieved a First in her MEng degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of Nottingham. She led STEM activities and a mentoring programme, alongside her role as Vice President of the Chemical Engineering Society. Sophie successfully completed summer placements at chemical distribution company Surfachem, followed by a year long industrial placement at Cargill. Following her studies, Sophie joined Procter and Gamble as a Process Engineer at their Gillette site.

Lauren Evans | University of Strathclyde

Lauren recently graduated from University of Strathclyde with a 1st Class MChem Forensic and Analytical Chemistry degree. She is now continuing her studies at Strathclyde as a Carnegie PhD Scholar developing novel nanopharmaceuticals to improve pancreatic cancer therapy.

Daniel graduated from Loughborough University in June. He is currently working for ExxonMobil at their Oil Refinery in Hampshire. In his free time, Daniel enjoys taking part in triathlons and you’ll often see him in the New Forest National Park on his bike. He’s also looking forward to getting involved in the many Salters STEM initiatives.

Award Winners - Chemistry

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Jessica Fleming | University of Oxford

Adelina Ivanova | University of Edinburgh

Joseph Phelps | Durham University

Since completing her chemistry degree at the University of Oxford, Jessica is now doing a PhD in atmospheric chemistry at the University of Cambridge. Jessica also works for a company called Xampla which develops plant-based alternatives to plastic. She cares about sustainability and hopes to understand, mitigate and reverse our environmental impact in the future. Science outreach is important to Jessica and she often contributes to science communication with schoolchildren and the wider public.

Joseph achieved a first-class Master’s degree in Chemistry at Durham University. He is now pursuing a PhD in the chemistry department at the University of Cambridge, primarily focusing on synthetic organic chemistry. Joseph hopes to take his technological knowledge and skills from his PhD and apply them to accelerating drug discovery in industry.

Kyran Whymark | University of Southampton

Kyran, a recent graduate from the University of Southampton, completed an industrial placement at GlaxoSmithKline, based in the Discovery High Throughput Chemistry Team, during his final MChem year. Currently, he is at the University of Nottingham carrying out his PhD within the Hayes Research Group investigating the development of new catalytic methods for the efficient construction of natural product-inspired 3D scaffolds and continues his links with GlaxoSmithKline.

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Adelina graduated with a first-class MChem Medicinal and Biological Chemistry degree from The University of Edinburgh. As part of her degree, she spent a year working in the Biocatalysis team in AstraZeneca. She recently started her PhD at the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Cambridge, focusing on calcium signalling in mammalian cells. Originally from Bulgaria, Adelina enjoys travelling and exploring different parts of the UK during weekends.

Toby Armstrong | GlaxoSmithKline

Clementine Chambon | Oorja Development Solutions

Clementine Chambon is the co-founder and CTO of Oorja Development Solutions, a social enterprise based in the UK and operating in India. Her company sells solar energy services to marginal farmers to address rural poverty and climate change. Clementine is a chemical engineer and completed a PhD in bioenergy, which triggered her passion to use renewable resources as a catalyst to bring about social and environmental impact.

The purpose of the Awards is to recognise and support individuals who are starting out in their career and who have the potential to make an outstanding long-term contribution to the chemical and allied industries. The shortlisted candidates were interviewed via Zoom by representatives from industry and academia. The Awards are an important part of the Institute’s programme of activities in support of its mission to promote the practical applications of chemistry at all levels.

Award Winners

For the last three years Toby has been working in the Pharmaceutical Industry with GSK as a Process Engineer and Team Leader. As a young Chemical Engineer, he is passionate and driven by change, development and growth within the wider industry. To be recognised and nominated for the centenary award was fantastic. To win has been extremely humbling. Toby feels this award is certainly a highlight of his career to date and looks forward to working with the Salters’ community.

Salters’Centenary Awards

Presented by Dr Liz Jennings

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Rosa Cookson | GlaxoSmithKline

Rosa completed an MSci in Chemistry at the University of Oxford and her PhD studies at Imperial College, London in Synthetic Organic Chemistry. She moved to the University of Pennsylvania as a post-doctoral research fellow before joining GSK as a Medicinal Chemist. In 2019, Rosa spent a year on secondment at the Francis Crick Institute in Chemical Biology and she continues to pursue her career in this field at GSK.

Hisham Hamid | BP

Hisham is a Completions Engineer working as part of BP’s Wells Team in Aberdeen. He studied Chemical Engineering with Sustainability at Newcastle University. Growing up, Hisham was always passionate about making a difference in his local and wider community. He currently leads the BP North Sea Graduate Committee & Durham Campus Recruitment teams, whilst acting as a committee member for the BP Women’s International Network. Hisham is particularly passionate about social mobility and helping BP support the energy transition.

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Many congratulations to all our award and prize winners from all at the Salters’ Company and Institute. We look

forward to welcoming you to Salters’ Hall in the summer or autumn of 2021.