Professor Duncan Bruce has been awarded an International Cooperation Prize of the Petrochemical Foundation of China in recognition of his collaborative work with Professor Yafei Wang of the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Changzhou University in China.

Dr Paul McGonigal has been awarded a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant to continue his pioneering research.

It is with great sadness that the University of York must announce the passing of ProfessorPaul Clarke, Department of Chemistry, on Wednesday 22nd November, 2023.

A new study by researchers from the York Structural Biology Laboratory and the Department of Biology has identified and characterised a new type of virus which infects freshwater bacteria.

An academic in the Department of Chemistry has had outstanding success with achieving 4 out of 20 of the “Most Read” articles in Langmuir, a leading international journal dealing with surface and colloid chemistry.

Nobel Prize winner Dr Richard Henderson has officially opened the University of York’s Eleanor and Guy Dodson Building.

In a new partnership the Department of Chemistry, working with colleagues from the Department of Environment and Geography, recently hosted a Ukrainian PhD student as part of an exchange programme between their universities in Kharkiv and the University of York.

The Society of Chemical Industry Yorkshire and Humber Division has awarded its ‘Science for Society Award 2023’ to Joy Parvin from the University of York’s Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC).

The Department of Chemistry has placed 7th in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024 for the subject of Chemistry. The ranking recognises the quality of our courses, and the experiences and opportunities they provide to our students.

Air quality scientists have demonstrated that the most deprived areas in England experience the highest levels of air pollution emissions.

The results of a nationwide survey have revealed that the Department of Chemistry is home to some of the happiest chemistry students in the UK.

A team of researchers from the University of York and Newcastle University have trialled an ‘on-the-fly’ deep neural network (DNN) training protocol that can be used to simulate the spectroscopic signals from ultrafast molecular processes.

A collective team of researchers led by Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories (WACL) at the Department of Chemistry, the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) and other research institutes have discovered the first evidence of the absence of nocturnal oxidation chemistry in the urban megacity of Delhi during highly polluted events.

Chemistry alum Dr Mike Hartshorn and his wife Dr Michelle Jones, have established a fund at York to give emerging scientists the chance to explore new areas of biological chemistry research.

Chemistry at York ranked 7th in the UK according to the latest release of the Complete University Guide league tables (2024).

A new partnership between the University of York, Croda International Plc and the University of Nottingham has been launched to develop novel, sustainable polymers for liquid formulations.

The outstanding performance of PhD and PDRA staff members from the Department of Chemistry has been highlighted across the recent Easter conference season.

The outcomes and lessons learned from an innovative research-led module for final year MChemstudents in the Department of Chemistry at York has recently been published.

The research paper ‘Structural Atlas of a human gut Crassvirus’ by Dr Oliver Bayfield and Professor Fred Antson appeared in Nature in early May.

Technical specialists from the Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories in the Department of Chemistry at the University of York have been successful in funding applications for two new science instrument projects for the Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements (FAAM) Airbourne Laboratory.

The University of York has partnered with renewable chemicals company, Circa Group, to launch the Circa Renewable Chemistry Institute (CRCI).

Recent research from scientists at the Universities of York and Durham has developed new concepts about the shape and dynamic nature of molecules.

Researchers at the University of York have been awarded £1.4 million to develop online science materials for schools.

Researchers at the University of York have secured funding to run a pioneering £1.2 million three-year project that will become a world-leading facility for the study of indoor air quality – shaping how the homes of the future are built.

Recent research from scientists at the Universities of York and Durham twists molecules to their breaking point in order to challenge the understanding of chemical bonds.

A new synthetic method developed in York that enables the simple synthesis of a wide range of biologically important cyclic sulfur-containing molecules has been discovered.

Collaborative work between researchers in York has demonstrated a new way to probe the catalyticcycle of molecular heterogeneous catalysts, by combining two areas of expertise in the ChemistryDepartment: advanced nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methods and new methods for thesynthesis and reactivity of organometallic complexes in the crystalline phase.

Scientists from the Department of Chemistry in York have developed an innovative way of using gels to stabilise highly reactive organometallic chemicals. This enhances safety and could transform the way chemical reactions are carried out.

A recent paper presents the innovative teaching approach to organic reaction mechanisms used in the Department of Chemistry at York.

Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence (GCCE) postdoctoral researcher, Dan Day, recently took part in the ‘I’m a Scientist’ Plastic Zone outreach event and was voted the winner.

Novel catalytic methods developed in York have provided synthetic access to main-group based block co-polymers for the first time, which self-assemble into nanostructured materials.

Scientists have shed new light on the ‘self-cleaning’ capacity of the atmosphere.