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Irish Research Council - Research ally nomination
Congratulations to Dr. Eithne Dempsey - one of the Irish Research Council awardees of the inaugural Research Ally Prizes
Date: Wednesday, 08 December 2021
Exam Success
Congratulations to Ms. Barbara Woods who recently passed Module 1 of her Diploma in Distilling awarded by the Institute of Brewing and Distilling
Date: Wednesday, 10 November 2021
Athena SWAN Ireland Award Ceremony 20 October 2021
Athena SWAN Ireland Award Ceremony 20 October 2021: Dept. Chemistry Self-Assessment Team for Athena SWAN Bronze award. Photo: Daniel Balteanu / Maynooth University.
Date: Wednesday, 20 October 2021
VIP article “Reversible Dissociation of a Dialumene” from the groups of Dr Mike Cowley (UoE) and Dr Tobias Krämer (MU) in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Dialumenes are neutral Al(I) compounds that feature Al=Al multiple bonds. The Cowley group has now successfully isolated and characterised a new amidophosphine-supported dialumene, which was obtained from reduction of a Al(II) diiododialane with Na/K alloy.
Date: Tuesday, 12 October 2021
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021 Winners
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021 has been awarded to Prof Benjamin List and Prof David WC MacMillan for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis, a precise new tool for molecular construction.
Date: Tuesday, 12 October 2021
Postdoctoral Position Available
Applications are invited for a Science Foundation Ireland funded Postdoctoral Position in the Chemistry Department
Date: Monday, 11 October 2021
PhD Opportunity in the Chemistry Dept.
Dept. Chemistry PhD Studentships (fully funded 4 years) – commencing December 2021
Date: Thursday, 30 September 2021
Launch of Virtual Labs HCl P3 Initiative
Yesterday (30/6/2021) saw the official launch of the Virtual Labs HCl P3 Initiative. The initiative is an innovative project led by Maynooth University that will use virtual laboratories as a teaching tool for the experimental sciences has been awarded almost €3 million funding by the Higher Education Authority (HEA).
Date: Thursday, 01 July 2021
Collaborative research article from the groups of Dr Rowan Young (NUS) and Dr Tobias Krämer (Maynooth University) just published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Base metal catalysts carrying PCP pincer ligands, where the central carbon is an sp2-hybridised carbene carbon atom, have found increasing attention in recent years due to their ability to perform difficult bond transformations. These ligand platforms enable these complexes to partake in metal-ligand cooperativity, which often endows them with reactivities comparable to their noble metal counterparts.
Date: Monday, 28 June 2021
Graduate Teaching Fellowships in Chemistry 2021
The Department of Chemistry is pleased to announce that a number of Graduate Teaching Fellowships will be available for students intending to commence PhD studies in September 2021.
Date: Tuesday, 15 June 2021