News from the Section of Chemistry
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Christine Dyrager joins ChemMedChem's Early-Career Advisory Board (ECAB)
Christine Dyrager, Assistant Professor in Organic Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry - BMC, has been elected as one of 12 young researchers for ChemMedChem's Early-Career Advisory Board (ECAB).
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Prof. Jan Kihlberg is this year's recipient of the Ulla and Stig Holmquist Prize
Prof. Jan Kihlberg, at the Department of Chemistry - BMC, Organic Chemistry, has been rewarded with the Ulla and Stig Holmquist Science Prize in Organic Chemistry for 2020. Jan is rewarded for his pioneering efforts in the field of carbohydrate chemistry and its applications for biomedical purposes.
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Now it is decided: "Our" chemist Anders Hagfeldt will be the new Vice-Chancellor
Photo: Mikael Wallerstedt The decision regarding the appointment of Vice-Chancellor that we have been waiting for since June, when the recruitment group and the Consistory decided that Prof. Anders Hagfeldt would be appointed Vice-Chancellor, has now been announced: On November 20, the Government decided that Anders Hagfeldt will be the new Vice-Chancellor of Uppsala University from 1 January, 2021.
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New coating material for semiconductors - one step closer to the goal of producing fuel from sunlight
Hydrogen gas and methanol are currently produced mainly from fossil sources, such as oil or natural gas. A more environmentally and climate-friendly alternative is to produce these substances from water and carbon dioxide using sustainable electricity. Prof. Sascha Ott and co-workers at Synthetic Molecular Chemistry have now developed a new material that is needed in the process - by using sunlight as a complement to electricity. The study is published in the journal Nature Communications.
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The Phabian Award for best PhD thesis 2020 to Malin Källsten
The alumni Malin Källsten, a previous PhD student in Analytical Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry - BMC who defended her dissertation in March this year, has received this year's Phabian award for best doctoral thesis from the Swedish Pharmaceutical Society (Apotekarsocieteten).
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Lynn Kamerlin awarded the Thuréus Prize by The Royal Society of Sciences at Uppsala
The Royal Society of Sciences at Uppsala has decided to award the Thuréus Prize in the natural history-medical class to Prof. Lynn Kamerlin at the Department of Chemistry - BMC.
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Kristina Edström recognised with the Gold Medal by the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
Kristina Edström, battery researcher and professor of inorganic chemistry at the Department, is one of four 2020 gold medallists honoured by the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) for outstanding achievements within engineering, economics, business and industry, and society.
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This years Doctoral Conferment Ceremony will be different
This year's Spring Conferment Ceremony, which was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, will be held on the 13th of November – corona-proof. The ceremony will take place in three rounds – all on the same day and all streamed in real time.
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Sustainable lab practices - Synthetic Molecular Chemistry shows the way
Normally, the research within the Synthetic Molecular Chemistry (SMC) programme focus on renewable energy solutions. But the researchers themselves are also working towards improving their sustainable practices within the laboratories.
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Truck of the future powered by solar cells
Solar cells on trucks to reduce carbon dioxide emissions is one of the collaborative projects that Vinnova is focusing on in its Challenge-Driven Innovation initiative. Erik Johansson, Professor at the Department of Chemistry – Ångström, is leading the project.
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Three companies connected to Chemistry - Ångström among Sweden's best startups according to Ny Teknik
Every year, Ny Teknik (New Technology) lists the most innovative and promising young technology companies for the year. And this year, THREE companies founded by researchers at the Department of Chemistry - Ångström are included in the list: Peapowl Solar Power and Altris, both new on the list, and Graphmatech who made the list in 2019 as well.
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Large-scale European initiative for battery research starts up
The European research initiative BATTERY 2030+ is now getting going. The ambition is to make Europe a world-leader in the development and production of the batteries of the future. These batteries need to store more energy, have a longer life, and be safer and more environmentally friendly than today’s batteries in order to facilitate the transition to a more climate-neutral society. The project is led from Uppsala University.
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ERC Starting Grant for developing new computational techniques
Chao Zhang, assistant professor at the Structural Chemistry program was awarded ERC StG 2020 from European Research Council. His project DeepProton is on the development of new computational techniques for modelling electrified metal oxide nanostructures in electrochemical systems.
Congratulations Chao!
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Press Release: New Method Gives More Precise Information on Simple Molecules
By using x-ray absorption in studies of nitrogen gas, and starting from an ion rather than from a neutral molecule one may get out much more detailed information. It is possible to make deeper analyses than what the established ESCA-method has made possible. This shows a new study from, among others, Uppsala University published in Physical Review Letters.
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New distance course about "Batteries for Electromobility" available for the summer
Because of the current situation that the world is in, many people work from home and might want to take online courses to increase their competence in certain areas. A course that is sought after by both the public and students is a course on batteries for electric vehicles.
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University helps Uppsala University Hospital with protective equipment
Hundreds of protective face shields, face masks, safety glasses, aprons and bottles of hand sanitiser from Uppsala University were delivered to Uppsala University Hospital on Friday afternoon, in response to the acute shortage of certain items of personal protective equipment at the emergency services centre ahead of the weekend.
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Distance education on the agenda
As a consequence of the outbreak of the coronavirus and the Swedish Government's recommendations to begin distance education, Uppsala University has switched to online teaching from 18 March. Felix Ho, Associate Professor at the Department of Chemistry – Ångström is someone who has worked a lot with online and digital tools for teaching.
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Chemistry - Ångström researcher involved in world famous study on less toxic blue dyes
Jacinto Sá from Physical Chemistry is one of the researchers involved in finding a less toxic blue dye. The research has quickly gotten worldwide spread and getting articles written in reputable newspapers like the NY Times.
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Haining Tian receives big prize for his research
Each year, the Göran Gustafsson Foundation give out several awards, one in particular is called the grand prize.
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Study chemistry? Let Farnaz and Mattias inspire you
Farnaz Gahjeri and Mattias Ekelund both have a background from Uppsala University but also in subjects related to chemistry.
IKEM (The Innovation and Chemistry Industries in Sweden) has interviewed Farnaz and Mattias to show examples of what you as a chemistry student can work with after your studies. -
Professor Kristina Edström receives the Elder Gustaf Adolf Medal
Five members of the university’s staff have been awarded the Elder Gustaf Adolf Medal for extraordinarily significant works. Peter Wallenberg, chair of the board of the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, has been appointed an honorary member of Uppsala University.
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Batteries for the future - research at Uppsala University
Watch the clip about our battery research, with Kristina Edström, Daniel Brandell and more.
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Batteries Sweden - a new competence center for battery research
The Center for Swedish Batteries, "Batteries Sweden", is a brand new competence center for battery research that will start on February 6-7. The center is a collaboration between different universities and companies and will be coordinated by Uppsala University with Kristina Edström and Daniel Brandell, at the Ångström Advanced Battery Center, Department of Chemistry - Ångström, as project managers.
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SwedNess research school receives increased funding from SSF
The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) has decided to extend their funding to SwedNess research school. SwedNess is a graduate school for neutron scattering operated by six Swedish universities, coordinated by Uppsala University. SwedNess has the goal to educate doctoral students to expand Sweden's expertise in neutron scattering to exploit ESS, the European Spallation Source, now under construction in Lund. The financing consists of 100 million SEK until 2025.
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Professor Leif Hammarström receives Presidential Award
We would like to congratulate professor Hammarström for receiving the Presidential Award of the Inter-American Photochemical Society.
Big congratulations!
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Highlighted paper: Core-level nonlinear spectroscopy triggered by stochastic X-ray pulses
The paper is a joint effort between several universities with Chemistry - Ångström represented through Marcus Lundberg, Jacinto Sá and Mickaël G. Delcey. It was recently highlighted in EurekAlert!.
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Thesis Production and DiVA helpesk on site at Ångström
Thesis Production and DiVA Helpdesk from Uppsala university library will be on site at campus Ångström. Come by and they will help you with your questions about your thesis and or with DiVA registrations.
Where: Ångström Library, Ångström Visualisation Lab
When: 15 January, 13.00-15.00
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Elements of the month - Scandium (Sc) & Helium (He)
This year it's 150 years ago that Dmítriy Ivánovich Mendeléyev first published the Periodic Law that would later become the periodic table. Unesco has decided to celebrate this by calling 2019 "International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements" (IYPT).
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Kemi - Ångström part of the University award "Attractive Innovation Project Awards 2019"
15 projects run by, or in collaboration with, Uppsala University researchers and students have been acknowledged with the 2019 "Attractive Innovation Project" award. Common to all projects is support från Uppsala University Innovation and success in securing external funding to further enhance development opportunities.
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Electric car battery carbon footprint much lower than assumed
Electric car batteries have a significantly lower impact on the climate than what was previously assumed, a new study shows.
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Sina Wrede of Physical Chemistry awarded for best Master thesis
Sina Wrede was awarded Kemiska Sällskapet in Uppsalas grand prize for best Master thesis within Teknat. She received the award during the Nobel letures in the University Main Building last friday.
Big congratulations from all of us at the Section of Chemistry.