The University’s Faculty of Science has secured over €2 million from the European Regional Development Fund for two further projects that will enhance and upgrade its research infrastructure. This was announced by faculty dean Charles Sammut while presenting awards to its top students in various years and departments.
Through the projects the Department of Chemistry will acquire a state-of-the-art nuclear magnetic resonance facility while the Department of Physics will establish four new laboratories to conduct research regarding air quality, optics, ultra wideband and geophysics.
The Electromagnetics Laboratory’s facilities will also be enhanced with technically- advanced experimental and computational capabilities. The faculty is currently collaborating with various European research groups and have sent researchers to work in the laboratory.
Prof. Sammut said that while the faculty is attracting more research students it needs to establish a postdoctoral research tier, for which funding is crucial. This will be the faculty's challenge in the coming years, following its centenary in 2015.