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2025

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Chemistry@York

Wednesday 18 June 2025

Join us for this one-day conference, focusing on the outstanding research done by PhD students and PDRAs in the department.

Beacon EDI Lecture: PERIODically

Friday 13 June 2025

Sofia Olendraru and Charlie Simms will talk about their work on the award winning PERIODically podcast from the University of Oxford. This explores how menstruation and reproductive health can impact lab work, exams and wider academic life. All students and staff are welcome.

Beacon EDI Lecture: PERIODically

Friday 13 June 2025

Sofia Olendraru and Charlie Simms will talk about their work on the award winning PERIODically podcast from the University of Oxford. This explores how menstruation and reproductive health can impact lab work, exams and wider academic life. All students and staff are welcome.

Advanced techniques at the National Crystallography Service

Monday 9 June 2025

Listen to Dr Alexandra Longcake discuss experiments that have been conducted at the National Crystallography Service.

Technology-Enabled Blended Learning Experiences for Chemistry Education

Wednesday 21 May 2025

Fun Man Fung (University College, Dublin) presents this seminar.

Interplay of electron-rich metal species and Lewis acids for the activation of small molecules

Friday 16 May 2025

Dr Antoine Simonneau, LCC Toulouse, presents this seminar as part of the Catalysis for a Cleaner Future Series,

Multiphase Chemistry of Organic Aerosols in Outdoor Atmosphere and Indoor Environments

Friday 16 May 2025

Manabu Shiraiwa (University of California, Irvine) presents this seminar as part of the Atmospheric Chemistry Series.

Machine learning potentials in chemistry: Uses, opportunities, and challenges

Thursday 15 May 2025

Max Viet presents this seminar as part of the Digital Chemistry & Molecular Materials Series

Mapping complex chemical landscapes using automated reaction discovery

Wednesday 14 May 2025

Professor Scott Habershon (University of Warwick) presents the RSC Prize Talk.

Chemistry Symposium

Wednesday 7 May 2025

Join us for this symposium featuring departmental speakers and refreshements.

Atomic Ligands on Iron

Tuesday 29 April 2025

Jeremy Smith (Indiana University, Bloomington IN) presents this seminar as part of the Catalysis for a Cleaner Future series.

Electrophilic C−H Zincation and Alumination

Wednesday 23 April 2025

Join the Royal Society of Chemistry prize winner, Mike Ingelson, as they discuss the unusual discovery of sp3 C-H alumination.

RSC Electrochemistry Community Northern Regional Dalton Meeting 2025

Friday 11 April 2025

Join us for the Northern Regional Dalton Meeting.

Scalable Routes to Functional Materials: Photocatalytic, TCO and Anti-Soiling Coatings

Wednesday 9 April 2025

Listen to Claire Carmalt as they explore the potential of high quality films that address the global environmental crisis.

A pragmatic approach to designing and delivering authentic assessment tasks

Tuesday 8 April 2025

In this workshop, Sally and Kay will be reviewing how effective assessment can be undertaken.

High-resolution cryoEM structures of respiratory complex I in energy-transducing membranes

Wednesday 2 April 2025

Join us as Professor Judy Hirst discusses the respiratory powers in mitochondria.

Atmospheric Chemistry Research in Cork: Trees, Ships and Biomass Burning

Wednesday 26 March 2025

Join us to listen to the Atmospheric Chemistry research group discuss their recent laboratory and field studies they conducted in Cork.

Coordination chemistry in atmospheric aerosols: effects on metal solubility, dissolution kinetics, and health

Wednesday 19 March 2025

Chiara Giorio presents this seminar as part of the Atmospheric Chemistry Series.

Mission ImPASsible: Decoding Polycyclic Aromatic Systems with Deep Learning

Wednesday 12 March 2025

Renana Gershoni-Poranne presents this seminar as part of the Digital Chemistry & Molecular Materials Series.

Beyond the Bulk: Modelling Interfaces and Ion Transport in Solid Electrolytes

Friday 7 March 2025

James Dawson (Newcastle University) presents this seminar.

Glycopolymer sensor arrays to detect pathoadaptations in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Wednesday 5 March 2025

Clare Mahon (Durham University) presents this seminar as part of the Chemical and Structural Biological Chemistry Series.

Chalcogen, Halogen and Pnictogen Bonding Interactions for Molecular Recognition and Catalysis

Tuesday 4 March 2025

Andrew Docker presents this seminar as part of the Molecular Materials & Catalysis for a Cleaner Future Series.

Free-electron laser based infrared action spectroscopy: methods and applications

Wednesday 26 February 2025

Part of the Technologies for Chemical Measurement Series

Situated Green Chemistries

Wednesday 5 February 2025

Elsje Alessandra Quadrelli, will be exploring the nitrogen cycle and ammonia production to discuss the role of catalysis.

Harnessing Synergy in Sustainable Polymers: From Catalysts to Copolymers

Wednesday 29 January 2025

In this lecture, Jennifer Garden will explore opportunities to develop synergistic catalysts for the synthesis of targeted sustainable polymers.

Luminescence Based on Through-Space Electronic Interactions

Wednesday 22 January 2025

Haoke Zhang, of Zhejiang University, presents this seminar.

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Beacon EDI Lecture: PERIODically

Friday 13 June 2025, 1.00PM

Speaker(s): Sofia Olendraru and Dr Charlie Simms

Department of Chemistry
Annual
Beacon Equality and Diversity Lecture

Sofia Olendraru and Charlie Simms will talk about their work on the award winning PERIODically podcast from the University of Oxford. This explores how menstruation and reproductive health can impact lab work, exams and wider academic life.

The lecture will cover important topics for all who teach students or manage staff. Full abstract.

All students and staff are welcome.

 

Zoom details: We will be running this lecture in hybrid format, in C/A/101 and over Zoom for anybody who is unable to attend in person. Zoom link (York students and staff only). A recording will be added to this page after the lecture.

Location: C/A101 and online

Email: john.slattery@york.ac.uk