A new Dame Commander, Ian Paterson retires, alumni news and more!
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Chem@Cam Summer 2022
Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry
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Dear alumna/alumnus,
Welcome to your summer e-Chem@Cam! You can read about the special ceremony we held in July to mark the naming of the Department, and find out more about our Alumni Festival event on capturing sunlight to create solar fuel. Plus Professor Dame Clare Grey's appointment to DBE, a celebration of the 40-year career of Professor Ian Paterson, and a sad goodbye to the late Professor Ray Freeman. We've also got alumni postcards from Dick Derwent (Queens' 1965) and Jeremy Ramsden (Fitzwilliam 1974), Tomi's Twitter takeover, and of course our latest research and awards. We hope you keep cool this summer,
Dr James Keeler, Head of Department |
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Naming ceremony honours Dr Yusuf Hamied |
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A special ceremony was held on July 7 to celebrate the naming of the Department, and to thank Dr Yusuf Hamied and his wife Farida for their generous support. |
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Capturing sunlight for a sustainable future
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Friday 23 September, 6pm BST
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You may not have heard of syngas, but every day you consume products made from it. The Reisner group aims to produce syngas sustainably through artificial leaves inspired by photosynthesis as a critical step in heading towards carbon zero.
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Professor Clare Grey appointed Dame Commander |
In the Queen's Birthday Honours, Professor Clare Grey was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to science. |
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Celebrating the career of Professor Ian Paterson |
"The true legacy of any academic's career is ultimately the people that they have guided and influenced," said Dr James Keeler about Professor Ian Paterson's 40-year career. |
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Professor Steven Lee’s new company – Zomp – is developing the world’s first 3D imaging flow cytometer. He hopes that one day researchers who need complex imaging of a high quantity of cells will be saying: “Just Zomp it!” |
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Lockdown was a time for making banana bread, exercising with Joe Wicks or starting a new hobby – unless you were in the Nitschke lab, where researchers used the time to compile a handbook of metal-organic capsules. |
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Alumni Postcards and correspondence
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Richard Derwent: Seeking climate change solutions |
Richard (Dick) Derwent (Queens' 1968) has had a 50-year career studying air pollution and atmospheric chemistry. He hopes his new book will lead to a greater understanding of the challenges of global climate change.
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Jeremy Ramsden: Glitter is a non-essential |
Jeremy Ramsden (Fitzwilliam 1974) has spent much of his varied and global career researching nanomaterials. He was prompted to write after reading about the Vignolini group's development of sustainable glitter (Issue 64, Spring 2022).
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PhD student Oluwatomi Akingbade gave our followers a peek into her typical day spent researching Alzheimer's disease when she took over our Twitter account in June. |
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Food, feedback and fun at Postgrad Workshop
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Postgrads had the chance to give feedback and meet each other in person at one of our first 'live' events after lockdown. But how has COVID-19 affected their Cambridge experience? |
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In April we re-opened our doors to the public for our first post-lockdown Open Day. Despite some restrictions, there was still plenty of hands-on chemistry fun for young and old.
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Professor Ray Freeman, 1932–2022
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It is with sadness that we said goodbye to Professor Ray Freeman FRS, a superb communicator and NMR expert, who died at the age of 90 in May.
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Frenkel awarded Lorentz Medal
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Professor Daan Frenkel is considered one of the most creative and versatile computer physicists in the world, and is one of the driving forces behind a 'quiet revolution' in the field.
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Correction to Chem@Cam 64
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Dr Evgenia Lobanova is a postdoctoral researcher, not a PhD student as we stated in the caption on page 30 of Chem@Cam Issue 64 (Spring 2022). We apologise for the error.
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Five Chemistry scientists promoted to professorships. Read more > |
RSC Horizon Prize recognises development of single-atom alloy catalysts. Read more> |
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Our campaign for the University and Colleges of Cambridge is raising funds to attract the brightest minds, create the finest facilities and give the freedom to create more world-changing ideas. To do this, we need your help. |
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