Four researchers in the School of Physical Sciences have been awarded Advanced Grants from the European Research Council (ERC) in the latest funding round.
The successful Cambridge grantees’ work covers a wide range of research areas, including the development of energy efficient electronics; the application of mineral magnetism to solve Earth Science problems; designing ‘cages’ to transport cargoes of molecules, with diverse applications including in medicine; and discovering how the chemistry of the ocean has evolved over Earth history.The Cambridge recipients of 2026 Advanced Grants are:
Professor Manish Chhowalla (Dept. of Materials Science & Metallurgy) for ‘Topological semi-metals as interconnects for 3D integrated energy efficient electronics’.
Professor Richard Harrison (Dept. of Earth Sciences / St Catharine’s College) for ‘Magnetic Interactions, Natural Geometries and Landscapes of Energy’.
Professor Jonathan Nitschke (Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry) for ‘Large, Dynamic Capsules for Biomolecular Cargoes’.
Professor Alexandra Turchyn (Dept. of Earth Sciences / Trinity Hall) for ‘Submarine BASalt Weathering and regulation of the global CARBon cycle over Earth history’.