2025-05-08

Department of Chemistry

Lennart Bergström awarded the Staudinger-Durrer Prize

Lennart Bergström, Professor of Materials Chemistry at Stockholm University, has been awarded the prestigious Staudinger-Durrer 2025 Prize by ETH Zurich.

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2025-02-28

Department of Chemistry

Fahmi Himo was elected to KVA

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (KVA) elected seven new members at its meeting on 12 February. One of the new members is Professor Fahmi Himo, a chemist at Stockholm University.

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2025-02-21

Biobased lignin gels offer sustainable alternative for hair conditioning

Researchers at Stockholm University have developed a fully biobased hair conditioner using lignin gel emulsions, offering a sustainable and environmentally friendly alternative to conventional haircare products.

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2025-01-20

Unlocking the Secrets of Zeolites

Scientists from Stockholm University, East China Normal University, and the Sinopec Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology have achieved just that with their groundbreaking research on zeolites, a class of materials crucial to many industrial processes.

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2024-12-13

Department of Chemistry

Department of Chemistry – A unified force for chemistry at Stockholm University

From 1st January 2025, the Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry and the Department of Organic Chemistry will merge their strengths to form a new department – Department of Chemistry. Niklas Hedin will become the head of the department, and Belen Martín-Matute will serve as vice head.

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2024-10-11

Department of Chemistry

Professor Berit Olofsson is the recipient of Organic Chemistry Award

Professor Berit Olofsson is the recipient of the EuChemS Division of Organic Chemistry Award for Service 2024.

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2024-10-07

Department of Chemistry

Congrats to Anneli Kruve – new professor in Organic Analytical Chemistry

Congratulations to Anneli Kruve, who has been promoted to professor in Organic Analytical Chemistry with an emphasis on computational mass spectrometry at the Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University.

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2024-09-11

Department of Chemistry

IVA's Gold Medal to Xiaodong Zou

Xiaodong Zou, Professor at the Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, is awarded the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The Gold Medal of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) 2024.

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2024-09-09

Department of Chemistry

New Method Aims to Eliminate Harmful Chemicals in Clothing

Hazardous chemicals in our clothes may soon be a thing of the past, thanks to a groundbreaking method developed by researchers at Stockholm University. Under the leadership of Ulrika Nilsson, Professor of Analytical Chemistry, a new screening method has been developed that is proposed to become the European standard for controlling hazardous content in textiles.

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