Electrochem2026 Event Summary

Conference Chairs

Prof. Alison Parkin, University of York

Dr Sam Cobb, University of Manchester

Electrochem2026 Scientific Committee Members

Professor Julian Wharton, University of Southampton

Dr Alex Neale, University of Liverpool

Dr Vinod Kumar Puthiyapura, BP

Dr Sarah Horswell, University of Birmingham

Dr Samet Şahin, Lancaster University

Professor Kathryn Toghill, Lancaster University

Professor Bhavik Patel, University of Brighton

Interactive Program

Please see https://sites.google.com/view/electrochem2026/home?authuser=0 for an interactive schedule and details of all the sessions and abstracts.

Award lectures

We are pleased to announce our RSC Electrochemistry Interest Group award winners, and the Castner Medal winner from the SCI Electrochemical Technology Group who will all be Plenary Lecturers at Electrochem2026.

Photography credit: Mikko Raskinen

Faraday Medal

Mari Lundström (Aalto University)

Mari will receive the Faraday Medal, awarded annually to an electrochemist working outside the UK and Ireland in recognition of outstanding original contributions and innovation in any field of electrochemistry.

Geoffrey Barker Medal

David Fermin (University of Bristol)

David will receive the Geoffrey Barker Medal, awarded biennially to an electrochemist working in the UK or Ireland in recognition of their contributions to any field of electrochemistry.

Fleischmann Memorial Lecture

Andy Wain (NPL)

The RSC Electrochemistry Interest Group Committee is delighted to have Andy accept their invitation to deliver the Plenary Fleischmann Memorial Lecture.

Castner Medal Winner

Edward (Ted) Roberts (University of Calgary)

Ted will receive the Castner Gold Medal on Industrial Electrochemistry, a biennial award given to an authority on applied electrochemistry or electrochemical engineering connected to industrial research.

Invited Speakers

We have a wonderful list of invited speakers to accompany our oral abstract submitters in the parallel sessions. Please see our interactive schedule and abstracts here.