Our Chemistry Alumni Festival event, test your knowledge, awards...
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Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry |
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Dear alumna/alumnus,
Welcome to our summer e-Chem@Cam. In this issue you can register for our Alumni Festival event in September to enjoy drinks and nibbles while finding out how our researchers are harnessing photosynthesis to create renewable energy. Plus, see highlights of John Pyle's retirement symposium, Peter Murray Rust's trip to India and read about an array of awards and promotions for our students and researchers.
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Professor James Keeler
Head of Department
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Join us for our Alumni Festival event |
We are delighted to invite you to enjoy a glass of fizz and nibbles in our Cybercafé on Friday 27 September. Dr Jenny Zhang and her team will show you how they are developing ways to re-wire living cells to use photosynthesis for renewable energy.
There will also be a livestream for anyone wishing to join remotely. |
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Highlights from the symposium celebrating John's remarkable career. |
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Memorial symposium for Jim Staunton |
Register for a symposium in memory of Professor Jim Staunton, taking place on Friday 20 September in the Department. The symposium will celebrate and commemorate Jim's life and career, following his death last summer at the age of 88. |
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We are sad to share the news that our colleague Martin Mays died on 23 June 2024. Those of us who knew Martin remember him fondly. |
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Making climate science accessible
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This year, Peter Murray Rust toured northern India with Dr Gita Yadav on a Yusuf Hamied travel scholarship to provide outreach for governments, NGOs and schools. |
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Take the Cambridge Chemistry Challenge
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Find out how well you remember what you learnt in chemistry by taking the same Cambridge Chemistry Challenge paper that more than 13,000 lower-sixth students recently completed. |
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Outstanding supervisor award |
Postgraduate students in the Department chose Professor David Spring as their Outstanding Supervisor. |
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Three teachers from our Department were recognised in the University's Student-Led Teaching Awards in June. |
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Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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