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Grey awarded the Disruptors and Innovators Prize

Professor Clare Grey, courtesy Gabriella Bocchetti ©University of Cambridge

Professor Clare Grey FRS has been awarded the ACS Central Science Disruptors and Innovators Prize. The award recognises those who advance central science through innovative research.


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Professor Ray Freeman, 1932-2022

Courtesy Department of Chemistry photography

It is with sadness that we announce the death of Professor Ray Freeman FRS, aged 90.


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Celebrating the career of Professor Ian Paterson

Ian Paterson (left) with Professor Jonathan Goodman, who organised the Symposium, courtesy Nathan Pitt, University of Cambridge

A symposium to celebrate the work of Professor Ian Paterson and his recent retirement was hosted on 7 May in Jesus College, where he is an Emeritus Fellow. 


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Cambridge’s global reputation in Chemistry recognised in REF 2021

Recent postdoc poster session for undergraduates, courtesy Department of Chemistry Photography

The results from the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF) assessment highlight the impressive amount of world-leading research undertaken in the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry and its wider impact on society.


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Zhang shortlisted for L’Oréal-UNESCO Award

Gabriella Bocchetti ©University of Cambridge

Dr Jenny Zhang has been shortlisted for the 2022 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science UK & Ireland Rising Talent Award, and the five Awardees will be announced on the 24th May 2022.


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Department welcomes two new Royal Society Fellows

Professors Jason Chin (l) and Angelos Michaelides, courtesy Chemistry Photography

Two members of the Department have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society.


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European Research Council Advanced Grants drive innovation

Professors Erwin Reisner (l) and Matthew Gaunt both received the prestigious grants

Two Department of Chemistry academics have been awarded ERC Advanced Grants to pursue their innovative research projects.


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Open day returns!

Courtesy Department of Chemistry photography

On Saturday 9th April 2022, the department opened its doors to the public once again after two years for an open day filled with bubbles, balloons, and beetles.


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Sonja Osbild Curates Our Twitter for the Chemistry Open Day

We handed the keys of @ChemCambridge to PhD student Sonja Osbild to celebrate both the Chemistry Open Day and the Cambridge Festival. Osbild researches structural colours in cellulose materials in the Bio-Inspired photonics lab.


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Crystallography inspired Festival of Britain glass

Close-up of the Festival glass on Dr Sally Boss's office door, courtesy Nathan Pitt

Have you ever spent a penny in the Department of Chemistry? If so, you may have unwittingly seen a small piece of British design history.


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Chemistry Race 2022 returns in-person!

The Third Chemistry Race returned in-person this February when we had the pleasure to welcome over 50 teams of bright sixth-form students to Cambridge.


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PhD student May M.M. Chim wins outstanding poster presentation

The Outstanding Student Presentation Award (OSPA) was awarded to PhD student May M.M. Chim for her poster titled “Model simulations of the climate impacts of volcanic eruptions in a future warming scenario.”


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Tiny ‘skyscrapers’ help bacteria convert sunlight into electricity

J Z Zhang Nanoforests Electrode

3D-printed hierarchical pillar array electrodes for high performance semi-artificial photosynthesis.


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Researcher honoured for Supramolecular Chemistry research

Professor Jonathan Nitschke in his lab, courtesy Department of Chemistry photography

Professor Jonathan Nitschke has been awarded the International Izatt-Christensen Award in Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry for 2022.


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Cambridge scholars present at Blavatnik Awards

Blavatnik Award

The 2022 Blavatnik Awards ceremony for Young Scientists in the United Kingdom was hosted at the Victoria & Albert Museum on the 28th February 2022.