School of Chemistry
Astbury Conversation 2020
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Research and innovation
Our world-leading research cuts across the fields of inorganic, organic and physical chemistry. The themes of our research groups are all at the disciplinary interfaces of chemistry, with: physics, geology and biology, physics and mathematics, biology and medicine, materials science, medicine and chemical engineering.

bioProcessUK Poster Award
Holly Morgan received the Best Poster award at the 16th annual bioProcessUK…
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Dr Richard Bourne recognised by the Royal Academy of Engineering
Dr Richard Bourne announced as a new Royal Academy of Engineering Senior…
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LITE Director honoured by fellow academics in ‘Festschrift’
Seventy academics have contributed to 30 chapters to the publication of a…
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Understanding how peptides self-assemble
Scientists have developed an integrated computational and experimental…
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Dr Jenny Zhang from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge is visiting Leeds to talk about her research.
Wednesday 29 January 2020, 14:00 - 15:00
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Part of Organic Seminar Series.
Thursday 30 January 2020, 13:00 - 14:00
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Our next postgraduate open day will be held on Friday 7 February 2020.
Friday 7 February 2020
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Part of the Organic Seminar Series.
Thursday 20 February 2020, 13:00 - 14:00
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The University community is made up of a wide range of people with diverse backgrounds and circumstances, which we value and regard as a great asset.
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