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76th Irish Universities Chemistry Research Colloquium

16th & 17th June 2025
76th Chemistry Colloquium Sponsors

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76th Irish Universities Chemistry Research Colloquium

16th & 17th June 2025

Welcome

The 76^th edition of the Chemistry Colloquium run annually under the aegis of the Institute of Chemistry of Ireland will be hosted this year at Maynooth University on the 16th-17th June 2025 by the Department of Chemistry.

Speakers will include:

Dr Michelle Browne, Helmholtz-Zentrum, Berlin
Professor Steven Bell, Queen’s University, Belfast

Format for the Colloquium. We will follow the successful format of recent years.
All final year PhD students are welcome to present their research. To achieve this, there will be multiple parallel sessions. For other postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers, there will be a poster session and combined drinks/dinner reception in the evening of the 16th June. All participants will be welcome to a BBQ dinner and drinks at the MSU Building, on campus, in the evening of 16th June.

Theme Areas for Abstract Submission

Organic Synthesis
Medicinal Chemistry
Materials
Sustainable and Environmental Chemistry
Reaction Mechanism and Computational Chemistry
Electrochemistry

Oral Presentations should be either 15 or 20 minutes in length (tbc) including time for questions.
Poster Presentations should be printed in standard format A0 size.

Location

Maynooth is Ireland's only university town situated just 25 km west of Dublin.
It is easily accessible by road, rail and public transport.

For information on travelling to Maynooth by train please follow the link below
https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/location/commuting/rail

If travelling to Maynooth by bus, please follow the link below:
https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/location/commuting/bus

If you are travelling to Maynooth by car, free parking will be available at Car Park 4. Details are shown in the campus map below.

Please click the link for a campus map with marked locations of interest. Campus Map

Plenary Speakers

Dr Michelle Browne

We are delighted to welcome Dr Michelle Browne, currently Young Investigator Group Leader at Helmholtz-Zentrum, Berlin as an early career stage Plenary speaker. Michelle, a DCU graduate with a PhD in Chemistry from TCD, also held postdoctoral positions in Belfast, Prague and London before she started her current position. For her innovative research she has been awarded The "Curious Mind Award" in the category "Mobility, Energy and Sustainable Business" by Manager Magazine in 2023 and a L’Oréal-UNESCO Women In Science Rising Talent fellowship in 2021. She will talk about her research developing the next-generation electrocatalysts for water splitting, the hydrogen economy and her journey through her career in electrochemistry.

Prof. Steven Bell

We are delighted to have Prof. Steven Bell, Professor of Physical Chemistry at the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast, as a plenary speaker. Professor Bell’s research interests centre on the development of Raman and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy for chemical analysis, but this has branched into areas as diverse as superhydrophobic materials and liquid-liquid interfaces.
Professor Bell’s work on fundamental science has led to real-world applications. He pioneered Raman analysis of drugs of abuse, foodstuffs, and forensic evidence. He has a strong interest in the commercialisation of research and has been a Royal Society Industry Fellow and founder/director of Avalon Instruments Ltd, which manufactured user-friendly Raman instruments. Prof Bell was awarded the RSC’s prestigious Theophilius Redwood Prize in 2024 for outstanding contributions to the chemical sciences in the area of analytical chemistry.

Registration and Payment Details

Registration is now open!

To register please complete the Registration Form below and purchase a ticket to secure a place at the 76th Irish Universities Chemistry Research Colloquium 2025.

76th Chemistry Colloquium Registration Form

Purchase Chemistry Colloquium Ticket

Accommodation

Please use the link below if you require accommodation on campus:
https://www.maynoothcampus.com/

Please see the discount code below for participants to book via our website

CCC_01/25
To avail of the voucher, please make your booking before the 23rd May. Accomodation will be subject to availability after this date:

1. 1 night only, Sunday 15th
2. 2 nights, Sunday 15th and Monday 16th
3. 1 night only, Monday 16th only

Follow the instructions below to make a booking with a voucher code:
How to use our website to make a booking with a voucher code

Abstract Submission Information

Please submit your abstract in pdf format by email to [email protected] using this template 76th Chemistry Colloquium Abstract Template by Friday, 23rd May 2025 at 12 noon.

Please name your file in the following way:

[Poster/Oral] Abstract - [Your Name]
(e.g. Poster Abstract - John Smith or Oral Abstract - Mary Murphy).

Please put the following in the subject line of the email:

[Poster/Oral] Abstract - [Your Name] – Theme
(e.g. Poster Abstract - John Smith – Medicinal Chemistry, or Oral Abstract - Mary Murphy - Electrochemistry).

Programme and Book of Abstracts

A detailed programme and book of abstracts will be available here soon.

Sponsors

Sincere Gratitude To All Our Sponsors

We are very grateful to our many Sponsors without whom the 76th Colloquium would not have been possible.

Further Information