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Research in the School of Chemistry covers the broad areas of molecular devices, bioactive molecules, and chemical and biological catalysis. These research areas are supported by expertise in NMR, EPR, spectroscopy, organometallic chemistry, surface chemistry, neutron scattering, chemometrics, and organic synthesis. The School of Chemistry teaches about 1000 undergraduate students each semester. Our new teaching laboratories are state of the art and many courses include research projects with access to world–class facilities. Postgraduate research and coursework programs allow graduates to extend their knowledge and skills under the guidance of leading researchers. The School of Chemistry shares the Chemical Sciences building with the UNSW Analytical Centre giving easy access to high–end instrumentation including NMR, EPR, electron microscopy, surface analysis, and mass spectrometry. The School is also well equipped for UV/Vis/IR spectroscopy, chromatography, and synthesis. Sydney is renowned for its beaches, Opera House, harbour, and sporting events. Bondi beach is a few kilometres from UNSW; Coogee beach is even closer. Entertainment venues, Chinatown, museums, and galleries in the city centre are 20 minutes from campus. The Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, have many bush walks and climbing venues.
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News and Events

Latest School of Chemistry Newsletter.

The latest School newsletter, covering September 08 to March 09, is available online. This edition has news of awards for our staff and students and a major breakthrough by John Stride and his group in the production of graphene which was listed by the Royal Society of Chemistry amongst the biggest chemical breakthroughs of 2008.

2009 Southern Highlands Heterocyclic Chemistry Conference Draws Near.

The Southern Highlands Conference on Heterocyclic Chemistry is being organised by Assoc. Prof. Roger Read. With a list of speakers including Professor Andy Hor (NUS), Professor Sally Brooker (Otago), Professor Chris Easton (ANU), Professor David Craik (Institute for Molecular Bioscience), Dr Jonathan Morris (Adelaide), and Professor Bradley Smith (Notre Dame) this is one of the premier heterocyclic chemistry events. The conference runs from 30 August to 1 September and details are available on the conference web page.

Vice-Chancellor's Teaching Award for Justin Gooding

The list of awards and prizes earned by staff and students of the School continues to grow with the announcement that Professor Justin Gooding has been awarded a Vice-Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence in Postgraduate Research Supervision. Congratulations Justin!

More Grant Successes for the School of Chemistry

The School of Chemistry had a big day when the ARC LIEF grants were announced on 18 November. Staff in the School were awarded $1,000,000 for a new high field Solid State and Multinuclear NMR spectrometer and $500,000 for a new X-ray photoelectron spectrometer for surface characterisation. Other successes included a grant for high resolution mass spectrometry for small molecule characterisation and new X-ray fluorescence equipment. Details of all these grants are available on the research news page.

Pall Thordarson wins a Young Tall Poppy Award

Pall Thordarson was presented with a NSW Young Tall Poppy Science Award by Her Excellency, NSW Governor Professor Marie Bashir and the Minister for Science and Medical Research the Hon. Tony Steward MP at a ceremony at NSW Parliament House, on 23rd October 2008. The award was in recognition of Palli's research into creating smart self-assembling materials aimed at more accurately delivering anti-cancer drugs to cells in the body, and limiting their unpleasant side effects. The Tall Poppy Campaign was created by the Australian Institute of Policy and Science and the Tall Poppy Awards allow recipients to visit Schools to encourage students to take an interest in science.