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We are searching for our next Unilever Professor

Searching to fill the role of Robert Glen, who retired in 2020, courtesy Chemistry

Nov 2 2022

Help us attract as diverse a field as possible for the Unilever Professorship of Molecular Sciences Informatics.

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10 Million Euros for Nanoscale Water Research

1968 Professor of Chemistry Angelos Michalides, courtesy Chemistry Photography

Oct 24 2022

An international team jointly led by 1968 Professor of Chemistry Angelos Michaelides has received a €10 million grant to better understand water that’s confined to nanometre dimensions.

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Frenkel recognised for influential research

Oct 24 2022

Emeritus Professor Daan Frenkel has been awarded the 2022 Institute of Physics Sam Edwards Medal and Prize.

Power Cuts spark passion for clean energy revolution

Sandile Mtetwa, courtesy @University of Cambridge

Oct 20 2022

Final year PhD student, Sandile Mtetwa, experienced a lot of power cuts during her undergraduate years at the University of Zimbabwe, which got her thinking about energy and sustainability.

Tomi Akingbade wearing protective equipment working in the lab

PhD student promotes Black Women in Science network

PhD student Tomi Akingbade runs The Black Women in Science Network.

Oct 20 2022

As an undergraduate at the University of Nottingham in 2018, Oluwatomi Akingbade was keen to meet other Black women in science. Now ‘The Black Women in Science Network’ she founded has over 100 members and is still growing.

Rebellious lithium ions must fall in line for next-generation batteries to perform

Alice Merryweather using a fume cupboard, Gabriella Bocchetti ©University of Cambridge

Oct 17 2022

Watching how lithium ions move inside a promising new battery material in real-time is an essential step to increasing battery performance and capacity.

PhD student tours India for AI outreach

Srijit Seal at the Institute for Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology.

Oct 12 2022

PhD student Srijit Seal has recently completed a month-long outreach trip to India, where he presented his work on artificial Intelligence in drug discovery to a number of universities and research institutes.

Two women stand in front of a white board with a poster.

Athena Swan silver award renewed

Oct 6 2022

We are delighted with the renewal to our Athena Swan silver award which was first granted in April 2016.

We are recruiting two new Assistant Professors

Oct 3 2022

The Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry is seeking for the following roles: University Assistant Professor - Chemical Biology and University Assistant Professor - Synthetic Organic Chemistry.

Image of single layer of water with molecules separated

New way to predict water behaviour

A predicted hexatic phase of a single layer of water, courtesy ICE group

Sep 14 2022

Water can be liquid, gas or ice, right? Think again.

We are searching for our next Unilever Professor

10 Million Euros for Nanoscale Water Research

Frenkel recognised for influential research

Power Cuts spark passion for clean energy revolution

PhD student promotes Black Women in Science network

Rebellious lithium ions must fall in line for next-generation batteries to perform

PhD student tours India for AI outreach

Athena Swan silver award renewed

We are recruiting two new Assistant Professors

New way to predict water behaviour

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