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Celebrating Durham chemist’s place on prestigious development programme

Dr Patrycja Brook, from our Department of Chemistry, has been selected to be part of the Academy of Medical Science’s SUSTAIN leadership and career development programme. We caught up with Patrycja to find out more about the programme and her research.
Dr Patrycja Brook

Ehmke Pohl and Paul Denny lead international workshop on neglected tropical diseases

Ehmke Pohl and Paul Denny lead prestigious international workshop on neglected tropical diseases
Ehmke Pohl at Conference

Professor Jan Verlet wins prize from Royal Society of Chemistry

We’re pleased to announce that Professor Jan Verlet, from our Department of Chemistry, has won the Bourke-Liversidge Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Professor Jan Verlet wins prize from Royal Society of Chemistry

Respiratone shortlisted for Emerging Technologies Competition final

Respiratone shortlisted for Emerging Technologies Competition final
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The 2023 Annual MoSMed CDT conference at the Helix in Newcastle

The 2023 Annual MoSMed CDT conference at the Helix in Newcastle

Durham partnership brings new R&D capability to P&G

Durham partnership brings new R&D capability to P&G
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Chemistry PhD student shortlisted in prestigious awards

Chemistry PhD student Rob Ives has been selected as a finalist in the prestigious STEM for Britain competition.
STEM Student

Professor Jas Pal Badyal

Durham University's Professor Jas Pal Badyal FRS, has been appointed as the Welsh Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser.
Jas Pal

Repairing artificial human joints

Congratulations to Dr Paul McGonigal and Dr Yulong Sun of Durham Chemistry on their study in the prestigious journal Chem.
An image describing part of the research in Chem article by McGonigal

UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship for Dr Clare Mahon

Dr Clare Mahon has been awarded a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship worth £1.7 M.
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EPSRC Prosperity Partnerships Award for Chemistry's Professor Wilson and the ANTENNA project team.

The £1.9 million funding boost for the ANTENNA partnership investigating sustainable cleaning products was awarded to Chemistry's Professor Mark Wilson, Professor Colin Bain, Professor Andy Beeby, Dr Clare Mahon and Dr Richard Thompson in collaboration with Durham's Centre for Soft Matter, colleagues from Imperial College London and Procter & Gamble (P&G).

Chemistry's Aisha Bismillah wins 2021 Merck Research Award for Underrepresented Chemists of Color

Congratulations to Aisha Bismillah (McGonigal Group) on winning the 2021 Merck Research Award for Underrepresented Chemists of Color! This award is for underrepresented groups in chemistry including third year chemistry graduate students (minimum) or postdocs.