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Hi, my name is Tomi Akingbade. Taking over the @ChemCambridge Twitter acount for the Black Women in Science Network. To the right, a photo of Tomi.

Tomi Akingbade curates our twitter account

Credit to Tomi Akingbade

Jun 15 2022

PhD student Oluwatomi Akingbade, a member of Professor Sir David Klenerman's lab, took over our twitter account @ChemCambridge on the 16th June 2022.

Two men in front of a ornate mantelpiece.

Innovate UK awards £200k to support development of low-cost rapid diagnostic tests

Dr Saif Ahmad (left), Chief Scientific and Medical Officer at 52 North Health with Dr Pietro Sormanni, Group Leader at the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge, credit to 52 North Health

Jun 9 2022

Innovate UK has awarded £200k for a collaboration between med-tech company 52 North Health and a research group in the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge to develop new diagnostic tests for cancer and other diseases.

Head and shoulders image of Daan Frenkel

Frenkel awarded Lorentz Medal

Courtesy Department of Chemistry photography

Jun 6 2022

Professor Daan Frenkel ForMemRS has been awarded the Lorentz Medal for his pioneering use of computer simulations.

Head and shoulders image of Clare Grey in front of red brick building

Professor Clare Grey appointed Dame Commander

Nathan Pitt ©University of Cambridge

Jun 6 2022

In the Queen’s Birthday Honours Professor Clare Grey has been appointed as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to science.

Dr Julia Schumann and Professor Angelos Michaelides looking at figures on whiteboard.

RSC Horizon Prize recognises development of single-atom alloy catalysts

Professor Michaelides and Dr. Schumann discussing computational results that will help increase the understanding of SAA and guide the design of new catalysts. Courtesy Chemistry photography.

May 30 2022

A team of researchers from this department in collaboration with three other institutions, has been honoured for developing a new class of catalysts which will provide greener and more energy efficient chemical processes.

Jenny Zhang in white lab coat stands in front of lab bench with Joshua Lawrence and Xiaolong Chen in background.

Zhang recognised as 2022 Rising Talent Fellow

Gabriella Bocchetti ©University of Cambridge

May 25 2022

Dr Jenny Zhang has been awarded the 2022 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science UK & Ireland Rising Talent Award in the category of sustainable development.

Head and shoulders image of Clare Grey at desk

Grey awarded the Disruptors and Innovators Prize

Professor Clare Grey, courtesy Gabriella Bocchetti ©University of Cambridge

May 12 2022

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.

Three students in protective Covid masks looking at research poster

Cambridge’s global reputation in Chemistry recognised in REF 2021

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

May 11 2022

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.

Ian Paterson, left, and Jonathan Goodman, right, sit on chairs in front of the symposium banners.

Celebrating the career of Professor Ian Paterson

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

May 11 2022

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.

Professor Ray Freeman, 1932-2022

Courtesy Department of Chemistry photography

May 11 2022

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

Tomi Akingbade curates our twitter account

Innovate UK awards £200k to support development of low-cost rapid diagnostic tests

Frenkel awarded Lorentz Medal

Professor Clare Grey appointed Dame Commander

RSC Horizon Prize recognises development of single-atom alloy catalysts

Zhang recognised as 2022 Rising Talent Fellow

Grey awarded the Disruptors and Innovators Prize

Cambridge’s global reputation in Chemistry recognised in REF 2021

Celebrating the career of Professor Ian Paterson

Professor Ray Freeman, 1932-2022

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