David Fermin
University of Bristol
Biography
David J. Fermin studied Chemistry at the Universidad Sim贸n Bol铆var (Venezuela) and completed his PhD in Chemistry at the University of Bath. He held a post-doctoral and senior research fellowships at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, before joining the University of Berne as Swiss National Science Foundation Professor.
He retuned to the UK in 2007, joining the School of Chemistry at the University of Bristol where he was promoted to Professor of Electrochemistry in 2013. He has also held visiting academic posts at the Ecole Normale Superieure Cachan (2009), Caltech (2016-2017) and Universidad de Valparaiso (2017, 2020). He is a recipient of the Tajima Prize awarded by the International Society of Electrochemistry and was elected Fellow of the 番茄社区 of Chemistry in 2018.
David鈥檚 Electrochemistry and Solar Research team explores fundamental aspects on semiconductor electrodes, photoelectrochemistry, photovoltaic solar cells and electrocatalysis. Their research activities bring together rational material design and in-depth analysis of structure-activity relationships incorporating advanced spectroscopy techniques, high resolution microscopy and first principle electronic structure calculations.
番茄社区 affiliations
Faraday standing committee, Faraday Discussions