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Welcome all new chemistry students!

Find information about program roll-calls and other things that are important for new chemistry students, here!

News

2023-09-18

Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry

The Arrhenius lab turns 50!

Time passes quickly - Arre turns 50 this year! Come and meet old friends and colleagues and celebrate with us! Sign up below to receive more info when we are getting closer to the date.

2023-08-16

Belén Martín-Matute gets the Ulla and Stig Holmquist Scientific Prize

Belén Martín-Matute, Professor at Stockholm University, has been awarded the Ulla and Stig Holmquist Scientific Prize in Organic Chemistry 2023. She is being recognized for her pioneering development of new reagents and reactions in organic chemistry.

2023-07-11

Chemistry Section

Have a nice summer!

We wish all students and employees at the Chemistry Section a very relaxing and beautiful summer!

2023-07-05

Wood damaged by bark beetles can replace cotton in healthcare

New research shows that wood damaged by bark beetles can be converted into fiber that can replace cotton for several functions in healthcare and biofuels, including for air transport.

Skog som dött efter angrepp av barkborrar

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September

Event

Inauguration of professors and conferment of doctoral degrees

The inauguration of professors and the doctoral conferment are academic traditions dating back to the Middle Ages. At the festive ceremony in Stockholm City Hall, new professors are installed in office and new doctors are conferred with a doctoral hat or a laurel wreath.

Inauguration of professors and conferment of doctoral degrees

30 September

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1 October

Event

Family weekend at the Nobel Prize Museum

PhD students from SU are doing a chemistry show at the family weekend leading up to the Nobel Prize announcements.

Family weekend at the Nobel Prize Museum

PhD students from SU are doing a chemistry show at the family weekend leading up to the Nobel Prize announcements.

Chemistry Physics Life Science Children and Young People School, Education and Learning

October

Lecture

Winter blues - what is it and what can you do about it?

Welcome to a lecture on “Winter blues”, organized by Stockholm Student Health Services for international students.

Winter blues - what is it and what can you do about it?

Welcome to a lecture on “Winter blues”, organized by Stockholm Student Health Services for international students.

October

Event

Sustainability Forum 2023

A one-day event titled "Universities and the 2030 Agenda: taking stock and moving forward".

Sustainability Forum 2023

A one-day event titled "Universities and the 2030 Agenda: taking stock and moving forward".

Climate and Environment Society, Democracy and Welfare

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We are the Chemistry Section

About the section

Our research

Research in bichemistry, biophysics, bioinformatics and neurochemistry Research in materials, analytical and sustainable chemistry Research in organic chemistry

Welcome to SUCCeSS

We are a new collaborative platform, for researchers in natural and social sciences aiming to solve the sustainability challenges of our time through transdisciplinary research.

Study opens for extended use of lignin in sustainable chemistry

Researchers at Stockholm University have found a new cheap and environmentally-friendly oxidant that is highly efficient in cleaving bonds in lignin at low temperatures.

Meet us online from around the world

Stockholm University arranges a number of online events and participates in educational fairs around the world to meet students and inform about our study programmes. Get in touch with us online or meet us in person!

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