University of Sheffield: Department of Chemistry

The research interests of the academic staff span a wide range of subjects from biological chemistry to materials science. The staff members include numerous research leaders who have won learned society prizes and international recognition for their research. Activity is organised into five interdisciplinary clusters which reflect our research interests: Synthesis, Chemical Biology, Theory and Spectroscopy, Materials, and Analytical Science. The department has a thriving research school of about 120 Ph.D. students and 50 post-doctoral visitors from all over the world, with a wide portfolio of funding from industry, charities and research councils. The department was graded 5 in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise, signifying the national and international quality of our research.