Chemistry in the real world
Blogs from graduates in their first job and reports from students on work experience and internships.
Alumni Profile: James Stevens
Chemistry in the real world 16th August 2021
Chemistry B.Sc (Hons) Alumnus, James Stevens, talks about his next steps after graduating from the University.
Heritage: Melvin Calvin – The Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1961
Chemistry in the real world 25th May 2021
Learn more from Melvin Calvin, in our latest Heritage post.
Meet the Department: Dr Ashok Keerthi
Chemistry in the real world 22nd February 2021
Meet Dr Ashok Keerthi from the Department of Chemistry, who has recently been named FSE Researcher of the Year.
Heritage: Dr Willaim Lunn (1933-2017) and the creation of the William Lunn Scholarship
Chemistry in the real world 6th 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.
Heritage: John Charles Polyani – The Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1986
Chemistry in the real world 24th July 2020
Learn more from John Polyani, in our latest Heritage post
Alumni Profile: Nisshanth Raj Dharmaraj
Chemistry in the real world 6th 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.
Heritage: Michael Smith – The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1993
Chemistry in the real world 20th 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
Celebrating Rona Robinson – Manchester’s ‘ordinary’ chemistry pioneer
Chemistry in the real world 3rd April 2020
Robinson was from a working class background and she led a seemingly ordinary life. It was this that made her so fascinating.
Chemistry on Tour: Site Visit to M&I Materials 2020
Chemistry in the real world 17th 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
Outreach: Radhika’s involvement in Chemistry Outreach
Chemistry in the real world 10th 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.