Cellulose-based colourant textile samples from Sparxell.
Sparxell, a sustainable colourants company started by Dr Benjamin Droguet (Fitzwilliam College) who completed his PhD with the Vignolini Group, has secured a European Innovation Council (EIC) grant to support the upscaling of its production.
The Department of Chemistry is pleased to announce that Dr Mariana Rossi has been elected as the next Unilever professor of molecular sciences informatics. She will join the Department in January 2026.
Professor Sir Shankar Balasubramanian and Dr Pietro Sormanni have been named among this year’s recipients of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s prestigious Research and Innovation Prizes.
Our postgraduate representatives, Ioana Băltărețu (left) and Dorothea Böken (right), share their thoughts about the role and their vision for postgraduate life and wellbeing in the Department.
In our outstanding workshop teams, skilled professionals across several disciplines contribute to the success of our Department. Among them is Shaun Impey, a dedicated mechanical engineer who built a metre-squared solar reactor.
The Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry is pleased to announce and warmly congratulate two distinguished academics on their promotions: Rosana Collepardo to Professor (Grade 12) and Alex Thom to Professor (Grade 11).
Content curated and edited by Dr Fiorella Dell'Olio - Image by Michael Webb, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge.
A team of chemists at the University of Cambridge has developed a powerful new method for adding single carbon atoms to molecules – offering a one-step approach that could accelerate drug discovery and the design of complex chemical products.
The Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry was delighted to hear and share the news that three of its former PhD students - Professors Alessio Ciulli, Jonathan Clayden and Dek Woolfson - have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society(FRS).
In a recent talk hosted by the Sustainability Committee and the Materials RIG Seminar series, Dr Claire Barlow explored the complexities of recycling, offering insights into its limitations and the broader context of sustainable materials use.
