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Women in STEM: Jenny Zhang

Dec 4 2019

Research Fellow Dr Jenny Zhang is the latest researcher to be profiled in the University of Cambridge 'Women in STEM' series.

Five Professors named as 2019 Highly Cited Researchers

Image: the Department of Chemistry

Nov 27 2019

Five of our colleagues have been identified as among the world's most influential researchers by the Web of Science for being most frequently cited by their peers over the last decade.

The Professor interested in the shape of water

Nov 27 2019

The structure of water – and the molecular-level insights needed to solve some of the world's water problems – is what interests Angelos Michaelides, our new 1968 Professor of Chemistry.

Students' anti-counterfeit solution wins entrepreneurship award

Nov 26 2019

Chemistry PhD student David Izuogu is one of a team of researchers whose new anti-counterfeit technology has won them an entrepreneurship award.

Scientists build the first nanocage with antiaromatic walls

Oct 23 2019

Researchers working in the Nitschke group here have successfully created the first self-assembled nanocage to have antiaromatic walls.

Applying for Research Fellowships

Oct 22 2019

Are you a current or prospective postdoc interested in applying for a research fellowship to be held here? If so, the next deadline for submitting an expression of interest is 30 June 2021.

‘Artificial leaf’ successfully produces clean gas

Image: Virgil Andrei, Department of Chemistry

Oct 21 2019

A widely-used gas that is currently produced from fossil fuels can instead be made by an 'artificial leaf' that uses only sunlight, carbon dioxide and water, researchers here have successfully demonstrated.

Researcher awarded Leverhulme Prize for international impact

Photo of Silvia Vignolini courtesy Nathan Pitt

Oct 14 2019

Dr Silvia Vignolini has been awarded a prestigious Philip Leverhulme prize for her research into bio-inspired optical materials.

Student works to make education accessible to everyone

Courtesy Nick Saffell

Oct 10 2019

Final-year chemist Shadab Ahmed has been featured in This Cambridge Life for his role as the Cambridge University Student Union Access and Funding Officer.

Congratulating the 2019 Nobel Chemistry Laureates

Oct 9 2019

"I am delighted the Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been awarded this year to three exceptional battery scientists," says our colleague Professor Clare Grey.

Women in STEM: Jenny Zhang

Five Professors named as 2019 Highly Cited Researchers

The Professor interested in the shape of water

Students' anti-counterfeit solution wins entrepreneurship award

Scientists build the first nanocage with antiaromatic walls

Applying for Research Fellowships

‘Artificial leaf’ successfully produces clean gas

Researcher awarded Leverhulme Prize for international impact

Student works to make education accessible to everyone

Congratulating the 2019 Nobel Chemistry Laureates

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