Chemistry in the real world
Blogs from graduates in their first job and reports from students on work experience and internships.
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Alumni Profile: James Stevens
Chemistry in the real world 16 August 2021
Chemistry B.Sc (Hons) Alumnus, James Stevens, talks about his next steps after graduating from the University.
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Heritage: Melvin Calvin – The Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1961
Chemistry in the real world 25 May 2021
Learn more from Melvin Calvin, in our latest Heritage post.
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Meet the Department: Dr Ashok Keerthi
Chemistry in the real world 22 February 2021
Meet Dr Ashok Keerthi from the Department of Chemistry, who has recently been named FSE Researcher of the Year.
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Heritage: Dr Willaim Lunn (1933-2017) and the creation of the William Lunn Scholarship
Chemistry in the real world 6 November 2020
In our latest heritage of blog post we are looking at a graduate from 1954, William Lunn. Lunn sadly passed away in 2017 but has remembered his time at Manchester through the introduction of a scholarship to support undergraduate chemists.
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Heritage: John Charles Polyani – The Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1986
Chemistry in the real world 24 July 2020
Learn more from John Polyani, in our latest Heritage post
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Alumni Profile: Nisshanth Raj Dharmaraj
Chemistry in the real world 6 July 2020
Nisshanth Raj Dharmaraj graduated from the MChem (Hons) Chemistry with International Study programme in 2019. Since graduating he has taken on a role at CCDC in Cambridge, where he is working as a Deposition coordinator.
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Heritage: Michael Smith – The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1993
Chemistry in the real world 20 May 2020
Learn about the heritage of The Department of Chemistry, starting with a look into the life of our most recent Nobel Prize Winner Michael Smith
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Celebrating Rona Robinson – Manchester’s ‘ordinary’ chemistry pioneer
Chemistry in the real world 3 April 2020
Robinson was from a working class background and she led a seemingly ordinary life. It was this that made her so fascinating.
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Chemistry on Tour: Site Visit to M&I Materials 2020
Chemistry in the real world 17 March 2020
Jen is the current Student Experience and Employability Intern for the Department of Chemistry, and has recently arranged a trip to M&I Materials for current students to see how a chemistry degree can be used outside University
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Outreach: Radhika’s involvement in Chemistry Outreach
Chemistry in the real world 10 March 2020
Radhika is in her final year of her MChem degree – find out about all of the outeach work she has been involved in.