Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford

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Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford
The Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory (ICL) building in South Parks Road at Oxford
Head of DepartmentStephen Faulkner
Location
Oxford
,
United Kingdom
AffiliationsUniversity of Oxford
Websitechem.ox.ac.uk
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory
(PTCL) building.

The Department of Chemistry is the

Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division
.

Overview

The department has several laboratories in the Science Area, Oxford:[1]

Mansfield Road

In

Mansfield Road

South Parks Road

In South Parks Road

  • Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory (ICL)
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory
    (PTCL)
  • Dyson Perrins Laboratory (DP) – research laboratory closed

History

Queen's College, Oxford (1900), and Jesus College, Oxford (1907).[3]

Chemistry Research Laboratory

Chemistry was first recognized as a separate discipline at Oxford with the building of a laboratory attached to the

Victorian Gothic style. The design was based on the Abbot's Kitchen at Glastonbury and it adopted the same name despite being a laboratory. The building was one of the first ever purpose-built chemical laboratories anywhere and was extended in 1878. The Abbot's Kitchen in Oxford was expanded considerably in 1957 to become the main Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory (ICL).[5] The Dyson Perrins Laboratory opened in 1916 and was the centre of the Department of Organic Chemistry until 2003 when it was replaced by the Chemistry Research Laboratory.[6] The Physical Chemistry Laboratory replaced the Balliol-Trinity Laboratories in 1941, and its east wing completed in 1959. The physical and theoretical chemistry departments merged in 1994 and the Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory became its base in 1995.[7]

A number of professors and scientists who worked in the department had won the

Periodic Table by William Odling, work on solid state chemistry by John Stuart Anderson and John B. Goodenough (winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry), and bioinorganic chemistry by Robert Williams.[5]

Notable staff and alumni

Timothy Softley FRS FRSC FInstP served as head of department from 2011 to 2015
CBE FRS FRSC CChem
served as head of department from 1997 to 2006
HonFRSC
studied chemistry in the department from 1943

Heads of department have included:

Current academics in the Department of Chemistry include:[12]

Other notable staff[13] and alumni[14] include:

References

  1. ^ "Chemistry, Dept of". Oxford University Pocket Diary. Oxford University Press. 2014–15. p. 164.
  2. ^ "History of the Ashmolean". Ashmolean Museum.
  3. ISBN 978-0854041398
    .
  4. ^ a b "History of Chemistry at the University of Oxford". UK: Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory". Department of Chemistry.
  6. ISBN 978-0-9512569-4-7
    .
  7. ^ "Physical Chemistry Laboratory". Department of Chemistry.
  8. ^ "Mark Brouard | Department of Chemistry". Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  9. ^ Anon (2019). "Softley, Prof. Timothy Peter". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  10. ^ Anon (2018). "Professor Timothy Softley FRS". London: Royal Society.
  11. S2CID 95031061
    .
  12. ^ "Research Guides - Research Guides". Research.chem.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  13. ^ "Research Guides - Research Guides". Research.chem.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  14. ^ "Home - Alumni". Alumni.chem.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
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