Talks

11
Nov

Multiscale chromatin organisation through GPU-accelerated simulations

Series

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Speaker

Dr Kieran Russell, University of Cambridge

Time

Nov 11th 2026 — 14:30 to 15:30

Venue

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

18
Nov

Machine Learning for Materials Discovery: From Screening to Advanced Simulations

Series

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Speaker

Professor Janine George, BAM Berlin

Time

Nov 18th 2026 — 14:30 to 15:30

Venue

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

19
Nov

Evidence informed policy and policy informed research for cleaner air

Series

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Speaker

Dr Sarah Moller

Time

Nov 19th 2026 — 11:30 to 12:30

Venue

Chemistry Dept, Unilever Lecture Theatre and Teams

19
Nov

Lewis Lecture 1: Application of NMR Crystallography to Study Disorder in Mixed-Metal Materials

Series

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Speaker

Professor Sharon Ashbrook, University of St Andrews

Time

Nov 19th 2026 — 14:00 to 15:00

Venue

Dept of Chemistry, Wolfson Lecture Theatre

19
Nov

Coupling structural disorder to biomineralization: How ions and phosphorylation control protein function

Series

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Speaker

Assistant Professor Magdalena Wojtas, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland

Time

Nov 19th 2026 — 15:45 to 16:45

Venue

Dept of Chemistry, Wolfson Lecture Theatre

20
Nov

Lewis Lecture 2: Exploiting Isotopic Enrichment to Understand Disorder and Chemical Reactivity in Porous Solids Using NMR Spectroscopy

Series

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Speaker

Prof. Sharon Ashbrook, University of St Andrews

Time

Nov 20th 2026 — 14:00 to 15:00

Venue

Dept of Chemistry, Wolfson Lecture Theatre

25
Nov

Dynamics of Catalysis by Carbonic Anhydrases: A Short History of a Long Tale

Series

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Speaker

Professor Srabani Taraphder, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Time

Nov 25th 2026 — 14:30 to 15:30

Venue

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

02
Dec

Quantum Information Perspective on the Ground State Problem: What is Electron Correlation?

Series

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Speaker

Dr Christian Schilling, University of Geneva, Department of Physical Chemistry

Time

Dec 2nd 2026 — 14:30 to 15:30

Venue

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

03
Dec

Steps in Building a Minimal Form of Life

Series

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Speaker

Professor Sijbren Otto, University of Groningen, the Netherlands

Time

Dec 3rd 2026 — 16:00 to 17:00

Venue

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry

10
Dec

Understanding Biomass Burning Aerosols in a Changing Climate: Insights from Developing and Developed Cities

Series

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Speaker

Dr Deepchandra Srivastava - Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge

Time

Dec 10th 2026 — 11:30 to 12:30

Venue

Chemistry Dept, Unilever Lecture Theatre and Teams

15
Jan

Title to be confirmed

Series

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Speaker

Prof. Koji Kubota, Hokkaido University

Time

Jan 15th 2027 — 14:00 to 15:00

Venue

Dept. of Chemistry, Wolfson Lecture Theatre

27
Jan

Title to be confirmed

Series

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Speaker

Professor Daan Frenkel, University of Cambridge

Time

Jan 27th 2027 — 15:00 to 16:00

Venue

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry

03
Feb

The Overproduction of Truth: Passion, Competition, and Integrity in Contemporary Science

Series

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Speaker

Professor Gianfranco Pacchioni, University of Milan-Bicocca

Time

Feb 3rd 2027 — 14:30 to 15:30

Venue

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

10
Feb

Title to be confirmed

Series

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Speaker

Dr Lauren Cook, University of Cambridge

Time

Feb 10th 2027 — 14:30 to 15:30

Venue

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

17
Feb

Title to be confirmed

Series

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Speaker

Professor Birgit Strodel, Research Centre Jülich

Time

Feb 17th 2027 — 14:30 to 15:30

Venue

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

24
Feb

Title to be confirmed

Series

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Speaker

Dr Joseph Kelly, University of Cambridge

Time

Feb 24th 2027 — 14:30 to 15:30

Venue

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

03
Mar

Title to be confirmed

Series

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Speaker

Professor Siân Dutton, University of Cambridge

Time

Mar 3rd 2027 — 14:30 to 15:30

Venue

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

10
Mar

Modeling Magnesium Ions in Water: From Classical Force Fields to Machine-Learned Potentials

Series

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Speaker

Professor Nadine Schwierz, University of Augsburg

Time

Mar 10th 2027 — 14:30 to 05:30

Venue

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

17
Mar

Title to be confirmed

Series

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Speaker

Dr Fabian Berger, University of Cambridge and MPIP

Time

Mar 17th 2027 — 14:30 to 15:30

Venue

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

28
Apr

Title to be confirmed

Series

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Speaker

Professor Veronique Van Speybroeck, Ghent University, Center for Molecular Modeling

Time

Apr 28th 2027 — 14:30 to 15:30

Venue

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

Talks

11
Nov

Multiscale chromatin organisation through GPU-accelerated simulations

18
Nov

Machine Learning for Materials Discovery: From Screening to Advanced Simulations

19
Nov

Evidence informed policy and policy informed research for cleaner air

19
Nov

Lewis Lecture 1: Application of NMR Crystallography to Study Disorder in Mixed-Metal Materials

19
Nov

Coupling structural disorder to biomineralization: How ions and phosphorylation control protein function

20
Nov

Lewis Lecture 2: Exploiting Isotopic Enrichment to Understand Disorder and Chemical Reactivity in Porous Solids Using NMR Spectroscopy

25
Nov

Dynamics of Catalysis by Carbonic Anhydrases: A Short History of a Long Tale

02
Dec

Quantum Information Perspective on the Ground State Problem: What is Electron Correlation?

03
Dec

Steps in Building a Minimal Form of Life

10
Dec

Understanding Biomass Burning Aerosols in a Changing Climate: Insights from Developing and Developed Cities

15
Jan

Title to be confirmed

27
Jan

Title to be confirmed

03
Feb

The Overproduction of Truth: Passion, Competition, and Integrity in Contemporary Science

10
Feb

Title to be confirmed

17
Feb

Title to be confirmed

24
Feb

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03
Mar

Title to be confirmed

10
Mar

Modeling Magnesium Ions in Water: From Classical Force Fields to Machine-Learned Potentials

17
Mar

Title to be confirmed

28
Apr

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Talks

11Nov Multiscale chromatin organisation through GPU-accelerated simulations

18Nov Machine Learning for Materials Discovery: From Screening to Advanced Simulations

19Nov Evidence informed policy and policy informed research for cleaner air

19Nov Lewis Lecture 1: Application of NMR Crystallography to Study Disorder in Mixed-Metal Materials

19Nov Coupling structural disorder to biomineralization: How ions and phosphorylation control protein function

20Nov Lewis Lecture 2: Exploiting Isotopic Enrichment to Understand Disorder and Chemical Reactivity in Porous Solids Using NMR Spectroscopy

25Nov Dynamics of Catalysis by Carbonic Anhydrases: A Short History of a Long Tale

02Dec Quantum Information Perspective on the Ground State Problem: What is Electron Correlation?

03Dec Steps in Building a Minimal Form of Life

10Dec Understanding Biomass Burning Aerosols in a Changing Climate: Insights from Developing and Developed Cities

15Jan Title to be confirmed

27Jan Title to be confirmed

03Feb The Overproduction of Truth: Passion, Competition, and Integrity in Contemporary Science

10Feb Title to be confirmed

17Feb Title to be confirmed

24Feb Title to be confirmed

03Mar Title to be confirmed

10Mar Modeling Magnesium Ions in Water: From Classical Force Fields to Machine-Learned Potentials

17Mar Title to be confirmed

28Apr Title to be confirmed

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Talks by Research Interest Groups

Other talk series

About the Department

Departmental Services

Study at Cambridge

About the University

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11
Nov

Multiscale chromatin organisation through GPU-accelerated simulations

18
Nov

Machine Learning for Materials Discovery: From Screening to Advanced Simulations

19
Nov

Evidence informed policy and policy informed research for cleaner air

19
Nov

Lewis Lecture 1: Application of NMR Crystallography to Study Disorder in Mixed-Metal Materials

19
Nov

Coupling structural disorder to biomineralization: How ions and phosphorylation control protein function

20
Nov

Lewis Lecture 2: Exploiting Isotopic Enrichment to Understand Disorder and Chemical Reactivity in Porous Solids Using NMR Spectroscopy

25
Nov

Dynamics of Catalysis by Carbonic Anhydrases: A Short History of a Long Tale

02
Dec

Quantum Information Perspective on the Ground State Problem: What is Electron Correlation?

03
Dec

Steps in Building a Minimal Form of Life

10
Dec

Understanding Biomass Burning Aerosols in a Changing Climate: Insights from Developing and Developed Cities

15
Jan

Title to be confirmed

27
Jan

Title to be confirmed

03
Feb

The Overproduction of Truth: Passion, Competition, and Integrity in Contemporary Science

10
Feb

Title to be confirmed

17
Feb

Title to be confirmed

24
Feb

Title to be confirmed

03
Mar

Title to be confirmed

10
Mar

Modeling Magnesium Ions in Water: From Classical Force Fields to Machine-Learned Potentials

17
Mar

Title to be confirmed

28
Apr

Title to be confirmed