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.

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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

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

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

Researchers here have developed an efficient concept to turn carbon dioxide into clean, sustainable fuels, without any unwanted by-products or waste.

The breakfast on the 16th February was the ideal spot for coffee, croissants and chemistry.

Amongst the twenty three selected US Scholars-elect is Nisita Dutta who will start a PhD in chemistry in 2022. We offer a warm welcome to Nisita who will join the Bernardes lab.

We handed the keys of @ChemCambridge to PhD student Sandile Mtetwa to celebrate the UN International Day for Women and Girls in Science. Mtetwa researches metallicity and sustainable fuels, and is a co-chair of the organisation Africans in STEM.

Researchers have imaged protein aggregates in blood for the first time, which could lead to a new diagnostic tool for Parkinson’s disease.

We are delighted that not one, but two of the Chemistry Department’s scientists are finalists for the Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists in the United Kingdom.

PhD student Katherine Gibson’s chemistry journey reflects her desire to learn from a wide range of influences: from other students, through working in industry, as a researcher, and most recently at a prestigious international summer school.