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A team of staff from the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, led by Dr Haresh Manyar, have recently operated the 6th UKCC Conference, which brought together catalysis researchers from across the UK and further afield.
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Staff and students from the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Queen's have taken part in the annual Green Impact Christmas Quiz, in support of Friends of the Cancer Centre Northern Ireland.
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Almac Group, a global contract pharmaceutical development and manufacturing organisation, has announced Philip Jamieson as the winner of the 2021 Almac McKervey Award for Excellence in Organic Chemistry.
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Dr Andrew Marr, Senior Lecturer at the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, has been appointed Associate Editor of the leading journal ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.
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Three academics from the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering have been promoted during the most recent academic progression process, celebrating their excellence in teaching and research.
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Academics from the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, in partnership with the IChemE and Elsevier, have launched "Carbon Capture Science & Technology" (CCST) which seeks to publish work in the area of atmospheric carbon dioxide reduction.
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The School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering has marked the successful first completion of its new Postgraduate Certificate in Zero Carbon Engineering with a tree planting ceremony and social event with its graduating class.
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Professor Peter Robertson from the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering has been appointed to the Strategic Advisory Network of the EPSRC, the UK's main agency for funding research in engineering and the physical sciences.
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The "Engineering the Energy Transition Conference", held at the Titanic Hotel, Belfast from the 26-28th February, brought together a host of academics, experts, industrialists, and students from across all areas of sustainability development.
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The School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Queen's has announced its latest PhD opportunities in a range of chemical science areas, for October 2021 entry.
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Dr Yikai Xu has been awarded a prestigious Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship, providing him with funding to support a three-year long project which seeks to develop the next generation of nanoparticles.
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A number of academics from the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering have been promoted during the latest progression exercise carried out by the University.
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The School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering has held its annual postgraduate research event, in partnership with world-leading pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly.
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The School is proud to announce that following the latest IChemE accreditation visit, all our Chemical Engineering pathways have been been awarded internationally accredited degree status.
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Dr Yikai Xu, a recent PhD graduate from the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and current postdoctoral researcher, has been awarded the Royal Irish Academy's (RIA) Kathleen Lonsdale Prize for 2019.
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The School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Queen's has welcomed Prof. Danny McStay as a visiting professor under the Royal Academy of Engineering's Visiting Professor Scheme.
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The most recent graduation ceremony for students from the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering has taken place at Queen's University Belfast.
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Muriel Orr, a keystone member of the Administration Team within the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, has celebrated her retirement with current and previous School staff at the end of a 44-year career within the University.
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Applications are now being welcomed for PhD studentships within the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, with study commencing in October 2020.
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Ross Ballantine, a research student within the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Queen's, has recently received financial support from the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), to support a research visit to the University of Washington.
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Dr Stephen Cochrane, Lecturer in Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Queen's School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, has obtained support from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
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Professor AP de Silva from the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Queen's has been named as the latest recipient of the Boyle Higgins Gold Medal, awarded by the Institute of Chemistry in Ireland.
![A photo of representatives from Queen's University, the Education Authority, Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful, and the Department for Education at the launch of the recent plastics in schools competition](/schools/media/Media,939015,smxx-750x532.jpg)
A new competition which seeks to encourage primary schools to develop new ways to manage and recycle their plastic waste has recently launched at Queen's.
![Image of Finnóla Mallon, a Chemistry student at Queen’s University Belfast, with colleagues at Wanhua Chemicals Group in Yantai, Shandong Province, China](/schools/media/Media,938294,smxx-750x562.jpg)
Students from Queen’s University Belfast have been taking part in the IAESTE programme, which offers science, engineering, technology or applied arts students the chance to undertake in over 80 countries.