Department of Chemistry

Four Cambridge academics are among the winners of the Royal Society’s 2018 medals and awards, announced today. The annual prizes recognise exceptional researchers who make outstanding contributions to science. 

Among the...

Dr Judy Hirst, who leads a research group at the MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, is the Royal Society of Chemistry Interdisciplinary Prize winner for 2018. Her work focuses on understanding an enzyme called respiratory complex...

These prestigious posts usually run for up to ten years and provide long-term support for internationally recognised scientists of exceptional accomplishments from a range of diverse areas including biochemistry, genetics, chemistry,...

The winners were chosen in recognition of their scientific achievements in areas as diverse as gene mutation and evolutionary change, molecular changes in the brains of acute head injury patients, and Chagas disease.

Dr Tanya...

Professor Jones has been given the John Jeyes Award for chemistry in relation to the environment.

The aim of Jones’ research is to understand the processes controlling the structure and chemical composition of the Earth’s...

The University of Cambridge has won three awards for its commitment to tackling gender inequality

The Department of Chemistry received a silver Athena SWAN award while the Department of Pathology and Department of Earth Sciences...

The Tilden Prize, founded in 1939, commemorates Sir William Augustus Tilden, British chemist and pioneer in the teaching of science, and the prizes are awarded for advances in chemistry. Prize winners are evaluated for the originality...

Professor John Pyle, Dr Neil Harris and colleagues in the Department of Chemistry have won the NERC International Impact Award and the Overall Impact Award for their work on the effect of man-made gases on the ozone layer.

The...