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Read more at: Powering the future: Visiting researcher explores next-gen battery technology
Lautaro Acosta on Panton Street

Powering the future: Visiting researcher explores next-gen battery technology

Lautaro Acosta on Panton Street, taken by Michael Webb ©University of Cambridge

Jul 6 2025

Dr Lautaro Nicolás Acosta is a Visiting Research Fellow from Argentina working with Prof. Dame Clare Grey’s Group for six months.

Read more at: Cambridge spin-out Sparxell receives grant to transform colour market
Cellulose-based colourant textile samples from Sparxell.

Cambridge spin-out Sparxell receives grant to transform colour market

Cellulose-based colourant textile samples from Sparxell.

Jul 2 2025

Sparxell, a sustainable colourants company started by Dr Benjamin Droguet (Fitzwilliam College) who completed his PhD with the Vignolini Group, has secured a European Innovation Council (EIC) grant to support the upscaling of its production. 

Read more at: Behind the scenes: Our mechanical workshop
Shaun Impey in front of the solar reactor.

Behind the scenes: Our mechanical workshop

Shaun Impey stand infront of the solar reactor taken by Michael Webb ©University of Cambridge

Jul 2 2025

In our outstanding workshop teams, skilled professionals across several disciplines contribute to the success of our Department. Among them is Shaun Impey, a dedicated mechanical engineer who built a metre-squared solar reactor.

Read more at: Dr Mariana Rossi appointed Unilever professor of molecular sciences informatics
Professor Mariana Rossi appointment announcement

Dr Mariana Rossi appointed Unilever professor of molecular sciences informatics

Jun 27 2025

The Department of Chemistry is pleased to announce that Dr Mariana Rossi has been elected as the next Unilever professor of molecular sciences informatics. She will join the Department in January 2026.

Read more at: Two Royal Society of Chemistry Awards for our department researchers
Shankar Balasubramanian (left) and Pietro Sormanni.

Two Royal Society of Chemistry Awards for our department researchers

Shankar Balasubramanian (left) and Pietro Sormanni. Courtesy Nathan Pitt, ©University of Cambridge

Jun 23 2025

Professor Sir Shankar Balasubramanian and Dr Pietro Sormanni have been named among this year’s recipients of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s prestigious Research and Innovation Prizes.

Read more at: Cryptic crossword issue 69 results
Tomas Deingruber and his crossword.

Cryptic crossword issue 69 results

Tomas Deingruber, cruciverbalist taken by Nathan Pitt ©University of Cambridge

Jun 19 2025

Challenge yourself with a cryptic crossword designed by Dr Tomas Deingruber who did his PhD in the Spring Group and now continues his research as a postdoc. 

Read more at: Postgraduate representatives paving way for their peers
Ioana & Dorothea on the BMS balcony.

Postgraduate representatives paving way for their peers

Ioana & Dorothea taken by Nathan Pitt ©University of Cambridge

Jun 18 2025

Our postgraduate representatives, Ioana Băltărețu (left) and Dorothea Böken (right), share their thoughts about the role and their vision for postgraduate life and wellbeing in the Department.

Read more at: Beyond the microscope: An interview with Livia Occhipinti
Livia Occhipinti in the laser lab

Beyond the microscope: An interview with Livia Occhipinti

Livia Occhipinti in the laser lab taken by Nathan Pitt ©University of Cambridge

Jun 17 2025

Dr Leila Nahidiazar interviews Livia Occhipinti, a first-year PhD student at the Lee Lab. Livia specialises in fluorescence microscopy and is collaborating with AstraZeneca to investigate new immunotherapeutic drugs.

Read more at: Academic Promotions Announced
Academic promotions announced at the Department: Rosana Collepardo and Alex Thom professorship

Academic Promotions Announced

From left: Professor Rosana Collepardo and Professor Alex Thom. Image by Gabriella Bocchetti and Nathan Pitt, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry©University of Cambridge

Jun 12 2025

The Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry is pleased to announce and warmly congratulate two distinguished academics on their promotions: Rosana Collepardo to Professor (Grade 12) and Alex Thom to Professor (Grade 11).

Read more at: Cambridge Chemists Discover Simple Way to Build Bigger Molecules – One Carbon at a Time
One-carbon Homologation of Alkenes by Grocott and Gaunt

Cambridge Chemists Discover Simple Way to Build Bigger Molecules – One Carbon at a Time

Content curated and edited by Dr Fiorella Dell'Olio - Image by Michael Webb, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge.

Jun 5 2025

A team of chemists at the University of Cambridge has developed a powerful new method for adding single carbon atoms to molecules – offering a one-step approach that could accelerate drug discovery and the design of complex chemical products.

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