Dr Chiara Giorio has been awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Early Career Award in Environment, Sustainability & Energy for her role in the discovery of how systemic pesticides harm honeybees.  

Researchers from this Department have developed a method to create a compostable plant-based plastic-like material that’s as robust as engineering plastics.

Professors Sir Shankar Balasubramanian and Sir David Klenerman have been awarded the prestigious Millennium Technology Prize for their development of the technique that revolutionised DNA sequencing.

Professor Franklin Aigbirhio has been elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.

An international team of researchers has confirmed through animal studies that a chemical compound found in the Indian Long Pepper can suppress the growth of glioblastoma, one of the least treatable types of brain cancer.

Congratulations to Professors Melinda Duer and Chris Hunter, who have each won advanced grants from the European Research Council, Europe's premier research funding body.

Research associate Dr Stephen J. Cox has received an award for Best Paper by an Emerging Investigator from The Journal of Chemical Physics.

Surabhi Agrawal founded The Bhagini Project to encourage other Indian women to pursue higher education.

Dr Peter Wothers will present a webinar on Wednesday the 14th of April at 6pm.