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UK’s most powerful NMR Facilities to open in the West Midlands
The Universities of Warwick and Birmingham opened the first of their respective 1.2 GHz NMR facilities at Warwick, the result of a £23M investment from UKRI that solidifies the West Midlands as a powerhouse for NMR spectroscopy.
The prestigious Advance HE Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE) has been awarded to We are Chemistry
We are Chemistry (WaC) is a student-staff partnership in Warwick Chemistry that empowers students as genuine partners in educational transformation, creating lasting change that extends far beyond the department. Read about their
Ce-oxo clusters: towards improved photocatalytic processes
Ultrasmall CeO2 with exceptional surface area and atom economy can be just as useful (if not better!) in photocatalytic processes than larger nanoparticles.
Mechanical bonds make lanthanides shine
In a new study, Fredrik Schaufelberger and his team from the University of Warwick and KTH Royal Institute of Technology have shown that mechanically interlocked molecules can be used to induce this lanthanide luminescence.
PhD Student Joe Gilkes achieves double thesis award win
Congratulations to Joe Gilkes, a PhD student under the supervision of Professors Scott Habershon and Reinhard Maurer, and sponsored by HetSys CDT with AWE, who has been awarded two prestigious awards.
Professor Peter Sadler wins 2025 Blaise Pascal Medal
Professor Peter Sadler, from the University of Warwick (UK), is honoured with the 2025 Blaise Pascal Medal in Chemistry for his pioneering contributions to the field of bioinorganic chemistry and his lifelong dedication to advancing metal-based therapeutics.
Synthesis and Catalysis Publication Prizes
Dr. Thomas Hood and Dr Stephen Brown, researchers from the Synthesis and Catalysis Grouping, win 2025 Departmental Publication Prizes
We are looking to support talented candidates for the Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship Scheme 2026
The Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship (DHF) programmeLink opens in a new window aims to support outstanding early career scientists who require a flexible working pattern due to personal circumstances, such as caring responsibilities and/or health-related conditions.
University of Warwick Chemists pick up three RSC Prizes
Today we are celebrating our 2025 RSC Prize Winners! Congratulations to our Student Experience Team who have won the Innovation Through Diversity Prize, and to Ed Greenough for his contribution to the Boostcrop collaborative project which takes the Faraday Horizon Prize. Jack Woolley, WCUS RTP, also shares credit for collaborating on this project as well as winning the Technical Excellent Prize!
Warwick drives green growth with £13.6M EPSRC hub in plastics
From developing greener materials and processes to growing more sustainable supply chains, a new £13.6 million research hub, funded by EPSRC, will help researchers at Warwick tackle some of the UK’s biggest manufacturing challenges.
Prof Julie MacPherson honoured with prestigious international award
Professor Julie Macpherson, Department of Chemistry at University of Warwick has been awarded the 2025 Advances in Measurement Science Lectureship Award for her outstanding contributions to electrochemical analysis and BDD sensors.
Reinhard Maurer selected as Alexander von Humboldt Professor
Professor Reinhard Maurer has received Germany’s most valuable research award. He was nominated by the University of Göttingen in conjunction with the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences.