Decoupling Strategies in Electrochemical Water Splitting and Beyond

Mark Symes was born in London in 1982 and graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2005. After a PhD at the University of Edinburgh with David A. Leigh (FRS), he undertook postdoctoral studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2009–2010). In late 2010, he returned to the UK and became a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Glasgow. This didn't put them off though, and he joined the faculty at Glasgow in 2013. Since 2016 he has held a Royal Society University Research Fellowship at Glasgow. His research interests span energy conversion, small-molecule activations, electrochemistry, and electrocatalysis. Alex Wallace was born in Swindon in 1993 and graduated with a BSc in Chemistry (first class) from the University of Southampton in 2015. It was in Southampton that he developed a deep interest in electrochemistry, which led him to undertake further study by way of the world's first MSc in Electrochemistry at Southampton, from which he graduated in 2016 with Distinction. Hungry for more electrochemistry, he then immediately joined the Symes group at the University of Glasgow. His research interests include water electrolysis, sonoelectrochemistry, and electrochemistry in ionic liquids.

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