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Organisation profile
Organisation profile
This is an exciting time to be involved with Chemistry at Lancaster University.
The newly-founded Department of Chemistry boasts an expanding team of research-active academic staff at the forefront of research in their respective fields. It benefits from a significant investment from the University, and an extensive array of new instrumentation and equipment to support our research activities.
Our vision for the Department is ambitious; to create a Chemistry Department with both research and teaching that is competitive with the very best the UK has to offer. Our staff come from a variety of research backgrounds and thus have interests spanning many areas of both fundamental and contemporary interest. Perhaps most importantly, they share common ground in research-excellence, an inclusive and collaborative spirit, and a dedication to passing on their knowledge and passion for chemistry to a new generation of researchers.
Chemistry Research at Lancaster
Chemistry is an active research-led department; each of our staff have their own particular areas of expertise, and are supported by a full range of modern instrumentation and equipment. You will have the opportunity to have direct hands-on experience of some of this research as part of your degree.
The research activities within the Chemistry Department are broadly centred on:
- Analytical chemistry and spectroscopy
- Chemical biology and soft-matter
- Chemical theory and chemical computation
- Energy materials, catalysis and sustainable chemistry
- Supramolecular and structural chemistry
- Synthetic Chemistry
Chemistry-related research also takes place in other departments across the university, including in the Lancaster Environment Centre, Engineering and Physics. This research covers areas such as:
- Condensed matter
- Environmental science
- Nuclear chemistry
For more information please visit our website http://www.chemistry.lancs.ac.uk/
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Ali Al-Saadi
- School of Engineering - Research Associate in Process Engineering
Person: Academic and Related
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"Prospects for development and safety issues of Nanotechnology in Pharmacy" and "Bioactive molecules from Biotechnology" (Dr Akkerke Amirkhanova)
Middleton, D. (Principal Investigator) & Rigby, R. (Co-Investigator)
Bolashak Center for International Programs JSC (Kazakhstan)
8/01/26 → 10/10/26
Project: Research
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Integration of nanotechnology and biotechnological methods in the development of pharmaceutical substances based on endemic plant raw materials: application prospects and safety issues”
Benedetto, A. (Co-Investigator), Middleton, D. (Principal Investigator) & Rigby, R. (Co-Investigator)
Bolashak Center for International Programs JSC (Kazakhstan)
8/01/26 → 10/10/26
Project: Research
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Harnessing photogeneration for dearomative functionalisation
Docherty, J. (Principal Investigator)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
17/11/25 → 30/09/28
Project: Research
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Approaches to produce defined electrically conducting polymer structures in 2D
Crowther, S., 2027, (Unpublished) Lancaster University. 101 p.Research output: Thesis › Master's Thesis
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Development towards Improved Respiratory Protective Equipment to resolve problems with industry standard following the COVID-19 pandemic
James, L., 2027, (Unpublished) Lancaster University. 129 p.Research output: Thesis › Master's Thesis
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Solar Thermal Fuels for Automotive Applications
Wallace, C., 3/02/2027, (Unpublished) Lancaster University. 300 p.Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis
Activities
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2nd International Online Conference on Functional Biomaterials
Hardy, J. (Member of programme committee)
8/07/2026 → 10/07/2026Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference - Academic
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Royal Society of Chemistry Schools' Analyst Competition
Hardy, J. (Participant), Docherty, J. (Participant), Doulcet, J. (Participant), Mercer, M. (Participant), Hua, X. (Participant), Mertens, S. (Participant), Toghill, K. (Participant), Platel, R. (Participant), Spencer, G. (Organiser) & Munoz-Herranz, M. P. (Contributor)
29/04/2026Activity: Other activity types › Types of Business and Community - Hosting of external, non-academic visitor
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Global Congress on Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering Innovations 2026
Hardy, J. (Member of programme committee)
23/03/2026 → 25/03/2026Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Prizes
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Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
Hardy, J. (Recipient), 1/03/2008
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Astra Zeneca Project Prize
Hardy, J. (Recipient), 31/07/2002
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Press/Media
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5 common kitchen products you can't recycle this Christmas
Stowell, A., Piacentini, M., Cronin, J., Hadley, C., Hardy, J., Hendry, L., Kaloudis, H., Mumford, C., Razak, G., Skandalis, A., Verma, S. & Ferri, M.
17/12/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Newspaper Article
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Lancaster University brings Christmas science to Kirkby Lonsdale
Morrison, N., Alcock, K., Fletcher, N. & Fretwell, D.
16/12/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Newspaper Article
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Lancaster Chemist takes a deep dive into the world of photosensitised silicon-based solar cells as an emerging energy technology
17/10/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Newspaper Article
Impacts
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Energy storage
Tapia Ruiz, N. (Participant)
Impact: Economic Impacts, Environmental Impact, Societal Impacts
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Heterogeneous biocatalysts: studies of structure and function by solid-state NMR
Wimperis, S. (Participant)
Impact: Economic Impacts, Environmental Impact
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IAA grant - Entropy profiling on commercial Li-ion cells
Mercer, M. (Participant) & Hoster, H. (Participant)
Impact: Economic Impacts
Datasets
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Further Data for "Cubane-1,3-dicarboxamides as structural isosteres for isophthalamides in hydrogen bond templated interlocked molecules"
Evans, N. (Creator) & Akien, G. (Creator), Lancaster University, 8/08/2025
DOI: 10.17635/lancaster/researchdata/682
Dataset
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Further Data for "Synthesis of a [2]catenane by ring closing metathesis of a [2]rotaxane prepared by crown ether active templation"
Evans, N. (Creator) & Barlow, S. (Creator), Lancaster University, 23/08/2025
DOI: 10.17635/lancaster/researchdata/685
Dataset
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Data regarding anion templated mechanically chiral rotaxanes
Evans, N. (Creator) & Barlow, S. (Creator), Lancaster University, 14/06/2025
DOI: 10.17635/lancaster/researchdata/676
Dataset
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