Robert promoted to full Professor

We are delighted to announce that our group leader, Robert, has been promoted to full Professor of Materials Chemistry! This is an excellent milestone for the group, awarded 3.5 years after starting at Oxford. In that time, 11 postdocs, 11 DPhil students, 11 Masters students and 2 visiting professors have been part of the group, along with many visiting Bachelors and Masters students. Five DPhil students have graduated, all with roles in academia or consulting, and three postdocs went on to secure professorships in National Taiwan University, South China University of Technology, and Soochow University. Other former postdocs have gone on to industry roles, or as senior researchers at Universities / Institutes. We also formed many fruitful collaborations with researchers across the world, from the US, Europe, UK, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

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2025 nov group photo
Most recent group photograph, taken in Nov 2025
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Robert visiting Soochow University
Robert visiting Soochow University in August 2026. Standing with Robert are Prof. Yongjie Wang (left) and Prof. Junzhi (Jason) Ye (right), both former postdocs who secured a prestigious young overseas talent grant to start their own groups at Soochow University and South China University of Technology, respectively. On Jason's right is Yuancai Gong, a former postdoctoral collaborator from Barcelona, who has now moved to Tongji University as professor as well
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2025 yi teng formal
Yi-Teng Huang (left) and Robert Hoye (right). Photograph taken when Yi-Teng finished his time as a postdoctoral scholar in the group, and is now an Assistant Professor at National Taiwan University