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Save the date for our School of Chemistry’s Centenary Celebrations, taking place on Saturday 17 May 2025 🧪👨‍🔬📆

Next year, The University of Leicester will be commemorating and celebrating 100 years of teaching and research excellence in our prestigious School of Chemistry.

The past century has seen remarkable success that we now aim to continue, leading us into an exciting new era within our chemistry department.

Come and raise a toast to our School of Chemistry and its staff and students, both past and present.

Register your interest now: https://alumni-events.le.ac.uk/event10.html

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This is going to be fun! Tune in to Channel 4 tonight at 8pm to find out how our very own Dr Fabs Ortu has been helping Denise Van Outen with her research into airfryers! University of Leicester

Air Fryers: Are They Worth It? What's with our air fryer obsession? Denise Van Outen asks what's on everyone's lips...

Last Saturday we had another fantastic Offer Holder Day here at the School of Chemistry. It was such an inspiring experience getting to know this amazing group of young future scientists! Best of luck with your A-level exams and see you all in September 👩🏽‍🔬🧪⚗️⚛️ University of Leicester

Meet Laura Winfrey, PhD student in Organic Chemistry

Meet Hannah Redmill, 4th year MChem student researching Organometallic Chemistry

Meet Dr Vicki Emms, Postdoctoral Research Associate working in Chemical Biology

Meet Alice Offin, PhD student in Atmospheric Chemistry University of Leicester

Meet Dr Alison Stuart, Associate Professor in Organic Chemistry University of Leicester

Meet Sara Chothia, PhD student in Chemical Biology
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Meet Beth Thurairajah, PhD student in Biophysical Chemistry University of Leicester

Today we join the International Day of Women & Girls in Science celebrations! Throughout the day we will share the stories of some of the amazing female scientists from our School
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Are you thinking of studying chemistry but you are not sure about career prospects? We wrote a piece for
The Student Room where we highlighted lots of career opportunities, some of which you might have not heard of before! https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/university/where-can-a-chemistry-degree-take-you University of Leicester

Where can a Chemistry degree take you? | The Student Room - Sponsored by University of Leicester If you were asked to think of a ‘professional Chemist’, you would most likely picture an individual in a lab coat, wearing safety specs and mixing mysterious ingredients in funny shaped flasks. This isn’t entirely inaccurate, as Chemists often work in lab...

This week’s meet the tutors Tuesday is Dr Shengfu Yang. Shengfu is a Reader in Physical Chemistry and NanoChemistry. Shengfu loves (watching) basketball, football and snooker.

Are you thinking of studying Chemistry at the University of Leicester? Do you want to know more about the cutting-edge research done by our academic staff? Register now to to Research and join us for this special virtual event on Monday 16th August. This will be a great opportunity to meet future applicants, current students and academic staff of the School of Chemistry!
https://le.ac.uk/chemistry/study/headstart-to-research

HeadStart to Research | School of Chemistry | University of Leicester Join us for our HeadStart to Research event on 16th August 2021, and find out about the ground breaking Chemistry research carried out at the University of Leicester.

Meet tutors Tuesday (albeit a day late) features Dr Greg Solan. Greg has taught and carried out research in inorganic, catalysis and organometallic chemistry at Leicester since 1999. Outside of work he is a part-time drummer in a band and an avid Spurs fan!

For this week’s meet the tutors Tuesday we have Dr Alexander (Sandy) Kilpatrick. Sandy is a lecturer in inorganic chemistry and is researching ways to utilise greenhouse gases. When not in the lab, Sandy plays bass and enjoys cycling in the majestic Midlands.

Congratulations to Dr Fabrizio Ortu who is part of the Molecular Magnetism Team recognised with the 2021 RSC Dalton Division Horizon Prize. The Prize was awarded for carrying out cutting edge research in the field of molecular magnetism, as part of “A multinational team of synthetic, spectroscopic, magnetism, and computational researchers all working to a unified goal: generating and understanding ground-breaking paramagnetic molecules with novel potential applications.” Fabs contributed to this Award by studying Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy applied to actinide chemistry (Nature Chemistry, 2017, 9, 578), and high temperature single molecule magnets (Nature, 2017, 95, 7).

For this week’s meet the tutors Tuesday we have Professor Sergey Piletsky. Sergey is Research Director for the School of Chemistry. He also leads Biotechnology Group and teaches Analytical Chemistry to 1st year students. Outside of work he picks mushrooms, plays computer games and enjoys reading fantasy.

Calling all offer holders! Still undecided or just want to know more? Then why not join our admissions tutor on Zoom for this final HeadStart session before the UCAS deadline - link in bio

For this week's meet the tutors Tuesday we have Dr Dylan Williams. Dylan is Associate Professor of Chemistry and the school’s Director of Learning and Teaching. In his spare time Dylan enjoys travelling to new places and watching football.

Congratulations to our very own Professor Hudson! Best lecturer in this years superstar awards! - As well as Andrew many other Leicesterchem colleagues were nominated for best lecturer, best personal tutor, best implementer of feedback etc etc

School and Campus Tours (guided by our academics) are available throughout June for offer-holders and their guests - booking instructions sent via e-mail

Calling all offer holders: Today we launch the dedicated activities for initiative - helping you prepare for University in September! Tonight Richard Blackburn , our admissions tutor, will be online in MSTeams to answer questions you might have about the course and Leicester. Details sent via e-mail https://le.ac.uk/study/headstart

This week we have Dr James Hodgkinson for meet the tutors Tuesday. James is the school’s deputy admissions tutor and teaches organic and pharmaceutical chemistry topics. He also carries out research in organic synthesis and chemical biology

This week’s tutor for meet the tutors Tuesday is Dr Alex Pulis - Alex is a lecturer in organic chemistry and is researching new ways to make molecules. When not in the lab, Alex can be found running in Leicestershire’s beautiful countryside.

Research has very much continued throughout the Pandemic and the latest research publication update is testament to the efforts of our staff and students - link in bio

Join our MSc Programme director for a short presentation about the courses, research options and career prospects at this virtual event. There will also be plenty of opportunity for you to ask your questions now. Applications open now, link in bio!