Pure & Applied ChemistryNews
Top League Table Results for the Dept of Pure and Applied Chemistry
We are delighted to have been named the number 1 Chemistry department in Scotland and number 3 in the UK in the latest Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide! This is testament to the excellent teaching, entry standards, student experience and ground breaking research we strive to deliver.
Professor Hevia and Professor Faulds elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
The department is thrilled to announce that two of our academic staff, Professor Eva Hevia and Professor Karen Faulds have been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and can now add FRSE to their list of awards.
Joshua Barham wins the Reaxys Prize in Chemistry
It is with great pleasure that the Department shares the news that Joshua Barham, from Professor Murphy's group, is a 2017 Reaxys Prize in Chemistry award winner.
Calling all Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Salters' Prize winning Alumni
In 2018 the Salters’ Institute will be celebrating its Centenary giving the Institute a focus to celebrate the Institute’s history and the impact of its current activities.
Dr Penny Haddrill wins Overall Best Teacher award at Strathclyde Teaching Awards.
Dr Penny Hadrill from Pure and Applied Chemistry's Centre for Forensic Science was announced as the overall best teacher at the recent Strathclyde Teaching Awards. Well done Penny!
Professor Angela Gallup is the Strategic Director of the Centre for Forensic Science
Angela has been a practising forensic scientist for over 40 years and is known equally for setting up and running full scale forensic laboratories (including LGC Forensics - the largest forensic provider in the UK).
Dr Matthew Baker is awarded the RCS's Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize 2017
Our congratulations go to Dr Matthew Baker who has been awarded the RSC's Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize 2017 for his novel analytical methodologies for the detection and characterisation of molecules within complex matrices and their application towards human health and security. Well done Matt!
16 May 2017
Dr Eva Hevia is an RSC Corday Morgan 2017 winner
Our congratulations go to Dr Eva Hevia, who has been awarded the RSC Corday Morgan Prize for her research on polar organometallic chemistry and, in particular, for her important contributions towards air - and moisture-tolerant synthesis. Well done Dr Hevia
16 May 2017
Professor Duncan Graham receives the Charles Mann Award
We are delighted to report that Professor Duncan Graham has recently been awarded the 2017 FACSS Charles Mann Award for Applied Raman Spectroscopy. He will officially receive the award at SCIX 2017 in Reno, Nevada.
10 May 2017
Dr Glenn Burley has publication accepted in Chem journal
We are delighted to report that Dr Glenn Burley has had a manuscript accepted in Chem, a very selective journal by CellPress publishers. The title of the manuscript is "Structural Basis of the Mispairing of an Artificially Expanded Genetic Information system".
2 Feb 2017
Society of Spanish Researchers in the UK’s Emerging Talent award
Professor Eva Hevia has won the inaugural Emerging talent award presented by the Society of Spanish Researchers in the UK.
22 Dec 2016
Emerging Leader in molecular Spectroscopy Award for Strathclyde's Dr Matthew Baker
We are delighted to report that Dr Matthew Baker, a senior lecturer in chemistry at the University of Strathclyde, has won the Emerging Leader in Molecular Spectroscopy Award for his outstanding achievements as a molecular spectroscopist.
9 Nov 2016
Top international Award for University of Strathclyde Professor
We are proud to announce that Professor Karen Faulds of the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry at Strathclyde University has been selected as the 2016 winner of the prestigious Craver Award.
1 Feb 2017
Professor Siewert-Jan Marrink awarded Thomas Graham Lectureship
The annual Thomas Graham Symposium was held on 13th April, 2016 to honour excellence in the field of Physical Chemistry. This year the Thomas Graham Lecture was presented by Professor Siewert-Jan Marrink from the University of Groningen.
14 Apr 2016