school of chemistry
The School of Chemistry at the University of Sydney is one of the main centres for chemical research and education in Australia and has access to a comprehensive range of modern research and teaching facilities.
The School attracts an outstanding cohort of undergraduate students including talented students from all states of Australia. It has a large cohort of both local and international postgraduate research students and offers a vibrant and world class research environment.
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ARC Professorial Fellow Professor Jeff Reimers has been awarded the 2009 H G Smith Memorial Award by the Royal Australian Chemical Institite for outstanding contribution to research.
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Dr Mat Todd's open source Chemistry project on the development of a front-line drug against the tropical disease schistosomiasis has featured as a news item in Nature.
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Dr Tim Schmidt is the first Australian to win the Coblentz Award which is presented annually to an outstanding young molecular spectroscopist under the age of 36.