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13 May 2013

Robert Glen receives "Novartis Chemistry Lectureship Award 2013/2014"

The Novartis Chemistry Lectureship is awarded to scientists in recognition of outstanding contributions to organic and computational chemistry, including applications to biology.

11 May 2013

Death of Joe Farman

Joe Farman, the man who discovered the ozone hole, died on Saturday 11^th May 2013.

1 May 2013

Michele Vendruscolo wins the RSC Soft Matter and Biophysical Chemistry Award

Professor Michele Vendruscolo has won the RSC Soft Matter and Biophysical Chemistry Award 2013.

30 Apr 2013

The Department wins Athena SWAN Bronze accreditation.

The Department of Chemistry is delighted to announce that they have been awarded an Athena SWAN Bronze award.

30 Apr 2013

Peter Wothers wins RSC Nyholm Prize for Education

Dr Peter Wothers has won the RSC Nyholm Prize for Education 2013

30 Apr 2013

Oren Scherman wins the RSC Hickinbottom Award

Dr Oren Scherman has won the RSC Hickinbottom Award 2013.

30 Apr 2013

Jonathan Goodman wins the RSC Bader Award

Dr Jonathan Goodman has won the RSC Bader Award 2013.

30 Apr 2013

Matthew Gaunt wins the RSC Corday Morgan Medal

Professor Matthew Gaunt has won the RSC Corday Morgan Medal 2013.

30 Apr 2013

Jane Clarke wins the RSC Interdisciplinary Prize

Professor Jane Clarke FMedSci has won the RSC Interdisciplinary Prize 2013.

30 Apr 2013

Steve Ley wins the RSC Longstaff Prize

Professor Steve Ley FRS has won the RSC Longstaff Prize

30 Apr 2013

Rebecca Melen wins the RSC Dalton Young Researcher Award

Dr Rebecca Melen has won the RSC Dalton Young Researcher Award 2013.

30 Apr 2013

Chris Dobson elected Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences

The Department of Chemistry is delighted to announce that Professor Chris Dobson FRS (Master of St John’s College) has been elected a Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences.

25 Apr 2013

BP Day showcases Materials Chemistry

BP Day is the annual opportunity for students in the Materials RIG to stand up and showcase their work in short presentations (final year students) and posters penultimate year students). 19 talks representing 7 groups were all excellent presentations.

25 Apr 2013

Crick Memorial Talks

A graduate student view of the Crick Memorial Talks…

14 Apr 2013

Clare Grey wins the GÜNTHER LAUKIEN prize 2013

Clare received this prestigious prize at the Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance conference in Asilomar, Pacific Grove, California.

9 Apr 2013

Small, but not insignificant…

Subtle quantum effects in the motion of molecules across a metal surface have been detected by Stephen Jenkins and postdoc Marco Sacchi, in collaboration with groups at the Cavendish and at Rutgers University in the US.

22 Mar 2013

A Little Light Relief

The sixth lecture in memory of Alex Hopkins was held on the 22^nd March 2013 in the Wolfson Lecture Theatre in the Department of Chemistry.

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