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New surface science textbook launched

Image courtesy DC Madden, SM Driver and SJ Jenkins

Professor Stephen Jenkins’ new surface science textbook is due to be published on 31 January.


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Solar-powered reactor turns plastic and greenhouse gases into sustainable fuels

(Left to right) Erwin Reisner, Subhajit Bhattacharjee, Motiar Rahaman. Taken by Carolina Pulignani.

The Reisner group has developed a solar-powered reactor that converts two distinct waste products; greenhouse gases and plastics, into useful products at the same time.


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Black Women in Science Network brunch

PhD student and Network founder Tomi Akingbade

The Black Women in Science Network is putting on its first live brunch on 11 March, hosted here in the Department.


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Register now for Alumni Lecture 11 February

Dr Peter Wothers, courtesy Chemistry Photography

Join us in person at St Catharine's College, or via a live stream link on YouTube, to hear Dr Peter Wothers discuss how Jane Marcet defied the prejudices of her time and published a book about chemistry for women.


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New 1920 Professor of Physical Chemistry

Our new 1920 Professor of Physical Chemistry, courtesy Nathan Pitt

Professor Tuomas Knowles has been elected as the department’s new 1920 Professor of Physical Chemistry.


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Glove recycling scheme reduces carbon footprint

Forse group members gather for litter picking

Forse group PhD student Chloe Balhatchet has launched a glove recycling scheme which will help decrease the department’s carbon footprint. 


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Srijit Seal takes over our Twitter account

Third year PhD student Srijit Seal, a member of Professor Andreas Bender’s group, took over our Twitter account @ChemCambridge on 8 December 2022.


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New technique illuminates the inside of batteries

PhD student Alice Merryweather is a member of the Faraday battery project team

A new, low-cost technique for measuring energy storage inside operating batteries should speed up the development of next-generation battery materials.


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Learning to use AI to help solve Alzheimer's disease

PhD student Ryan Geiser was inspired to research Alzheimer's disease

Just weeks before losing his grandfather to Alzheimer’s, Ryan Geiser took a genetic test that showed he had a slightly increased risk of developing the same debilitating disease.


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Artificial leaf array recognised in solar fuel competition

The Cambridge team and their artificial leaf array

A team of University of Cambridge researchers have reached the final of the EU "Fuel from the Sun" competition with their artificial leaf array which converts sunlight to solar fuel.


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Vignolini awarded prestigious Emerging Technology Chair

Professor Silvia Vignolini, courtesy @ChemistryPhotography

Professor of Chemistry and Bio-materials Silvia Vignolini has been awarded a Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies worth £2.5 million.


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Prize recognises students’ research

The prize winners take the stage at the Symposium, courtesy Philip Murray

Two postgraduates in the Gaunt group were recognised for their outstanding research posters at the Royal Society of Chemistry Chemical Science Symposium in November.


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Students awarded prestigious AI research grant

From left: Matt Greenig, Srijit Seal, Elsa Lawrence, Adham El-Shazly and Chaitanya K Joshi

Two students from our Department, with colleagues in Computer Science, Philosophy and Pharmacology, have been awarded a grant to investigate the application of artificial intelligence in biological discovery.


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Sparxell's sustainable pigments win 1st prize

Some of Sparxell's vivid pigments, courtesy Chemistry Photography

Chemistry spin-out Sparxell has been awarded first prize at the Chris Abell Business Plan competition.


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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

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