Professor Anna Peacock named EuroBIC Medal recipient for 2026

Professor Anna Peacock, Professor in Bioinorganic Chemistry in the School of Chemistry at the University of Birmingham, has been named as this year's recipient of the EuroBIC Medal. The prestigious biennial award is presented at the European Biological Inorganic Chemistry Conference (EuroBIC) in recognition of outstanding young scientists in Europe working in bioinorganic chemistry.

The medal will be presented at EuroBIC 2026 in Groningen, the Netherlands, 12 - 16 July 2026, where Professor Peacock will also deliver her award lecture.

Professor Peacock leads the Peacock Research Group, a diverse group of researchers working at the interface of inorganic chemistry and peptide design. Anna's research is focused on artificial metalloproteins/peptides for applications including MRI contrast agents. Most recently, the Peacock group reported the use of a cross-linking strategy for coiled coils as ligands for lanthanides, yielding a Gd(III) coiled-coil complex with enhanced stability and MRI performance.

Professor Anna Peacock said, “I’m truly honoured to receive the EuroBIC Medal, and I’m deeply grateful to the many colleagues, collaborators, mentors, and group members - past and present - whose contributions have made this work possible."

EuroBIC is a biannual conference on Bioinorganic chemistry founded in 1992 that promotes collaboration between scientists in the highly multidisciplinary field of Biological Inorganic Chemistry.

Professor Iseult Lynch, Professor of Environmental Nanosciences in the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Birmingham, will also present a plenary session at the conference.