News from the Section of Chemistry

Conferment ceremony - May 24th

The conferment ceremony is a graduation party for those that have taken their PhD graduation during recent years. Everyone in Uppsala will notice because of the castle cannons saluting during the morning and ceremony.

Ex-PhD from Chemistry - Ångström receives award for being one of Swedens most innovative entrepreneurs

Tim Nordh graduated and received his PhD from Structural Chemistry in 2017, he then went on to create Altris. Tim and Altris recently received an award for being one of the ten most innovative entrepreneurs of 2019. It was given by ÅForsk and Swedish Incubators & Science Parks (SISP) during Sveriges Innovationsriksdag in Karlskrona.

Element of the month - Manganese (Mn)

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).

Two researchers from Chemistry - Ångström to receive grant at the Royal Palace

Each year the King Carl XVI Gustafs 50 year foundation welcomes researchers within science, technology and environment to the Royal Palace. While there they will receive a grant from King Carl XVI Gustaf, the reception takes place on the 8th of May.

Peafowl Solar Power - Sustainable power solutions

Sustainable, ultra-thin and transparent. A unique combination of characteristics when it comes to solar cells. A technology that could potentially revolutionize the way we power our smart devices, displays and windows. Meet Jacinto Sá, co-founder of Peafowl Solar Power and Associate Professor in Physical Chemistry at Chemistry - Ångström.

Available position: PhD in Chemistry of organic battery electrodes at the Ångström Advanced Battery Centre

Available positions in Computational Biochemistry

Concerted proton-electron transfer reactions in the Marcus inverted region

Abstract
Electron transfer (ET) reactions slow down when they become thermodynamically very favorable, a counterintuitive interplay of kinetics and thermodynamics termed the inverted region in Marcus theory.

Available position: PhD student in Analytical Chemistry

Available position: PhD position in Analytical Chemistry

ME/CFS Collaborative Research Center at BMC

We are proud to announce that Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) has funded the establishment of a third ME/CFS Collaborative Research Center, here at Uppsala University.

Chemistry career - Mattias Ekelund

Innovation and Chemical Industries in Sweden (IKEM) work with giving exposure to exciting jobs within Chemistry. This is done by interviewing young former chemistry students that now work within the industry.

Orthaber Group on the frontpage of Dalton Transactions

Press release: Soap Film based Artificial Photosynthesis (SoFiA) - EU project

SoFiA receives funding from the FET OPEN 2018 call within the Horizon 2020 program. Coordinated by Prof. Leif Hammarström from Uppsala University, the interdisciplinary project features 8 partner institutions from 6 different countries.

Element of the month

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).

Kristina Edström chosen to be Wallenberg Scholar

Kristina Edström has become one of 22 chosen to be the 2019 Wallenberg Scholars. This means that she will receive a personal grant of 18 million SEK to be able to do research over 5 years without worrying about finances.

Chemistry career - Josefin Bolik

Innovation and Chemical Industries in Sweden (IKEM) work with giving exposure to exciting jobs within Chemistry. This is done by interviewing young former chemistry students that now work within the industry.

Pictures from SciFest 2019

As we mentioned in a previous article, last weekend the 2019 SciFest took place at Fyrishov here in Uppsala. We were there and took some pictures of the booths from the Section of Chemistry.

Available position: PhD in Physical Chemistry or Chemical Physics

Available position: Researcher in Physical Chemistry

Element of the month

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).

Available position: Post-doc in simulations of Li-ion batteries by finite element methodology

New research initiative will power up Europe’s battery revolution

A world moving from fossil fuels to renewable energy will rely more and more on energy storage and in particular on batteries. Better batteries can reduce the carbon footprint of the transport sector, stabilise the power grid, and much more. The Battery 2030+ large-scale research initiative will gather leading scientists in Europe, as well as the industry, to achieve a leap forward in battery science and technology.

Available position: PhD Position in Computational Biochemistry

Available position: PhD in Chemistry of Solid State Electrolytes at the Ångström Advanced Battery Centre

SUNRISE selected for European large-scale research initiative

The SUNRISE project for a coordination and support action (CSA) has been successfully selected by the European Commission as one of the six candidates for a European large-scale research initiative.

Leif Hammarström, professor in Physical Chemistry, will coordinate Uppsala University's part in the project.

Swedish-Russian Symposium on a Common Language for Science

Swedish Opening Ceremony - International Year of The Periodic Table 2019.

Five HEIs to represent Sweden as research nation

This week, delegates from five Swedish higher education institutions are travelling to the US to hold, jointly with the Swedish Embassy in Washington DC, a one-day conference on Swedish research and higher education for interested Americans.

Symposium of the Swedish Consortium for Artificial Photosynthesis

Available position: Researcher in (Photo)electrode and device fabrication, organometallic chemistry, spectroscopy, (photo)electrochemistry

Element of the month

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).

Available position: PhD position in Organic Chemistry

Available position: Postdoc position in Physical Chemistry with focus on Perovskite Solar Cells

Celsius-Linnaeus Lectures 2019: Climate change, carbon dioxide storage, and human health

On Thursday 7 February, it will again be time for the Celsius-Linnaeus lectures and following symposium. Two of the world’s top researchers will be coming to the Ångström Laboratory at Uppsala University to tell us about the link between their research and topical questions about our lives and our times. This year's lecturers are geologist Martin Blunt and microbiologist and toxicologist Linda S. Birnbaum.

Available position: Researcher in Artificial Nitrogen fixation

Winter Conferment Ceremony 2019

Today the Uppsala castle cannons fired in salute to celebrate the PhDs that has graduated from Uppsala University. Henrik Stegeby and Rabia Ayub from Chemistry - Ångström received their diploma, ring and laurel wreath. Sravani Musunuri from Analytical Chemistry at BMC was also present.

Ångström researchers develop new method to extract hydrogen

A research group led by Peter Lindblad and Gustav Berggren has created a new artificial enzyme which can affect and function together with a living cells metabolism. The idea is that these artificial enzymes will be able to use the cells energy production and thereby produce hydrogen from solar energy.