The cosmologist modelling the Universe with maths
18 February 2021Dr Tobias Baldauf likes nothing better than seeing an equation ‘cross reality’. His work is helping us to answer some of the remaining questions about...
The scientist watching light at a millionth of a millionth of a second
10 February 2021When she’s not making atomic-scale changes to create super-efficient light bulbs and cut carbon emissions, Professor Rachel Oliver has her sights set on helping to...
Lynn Gladden named as Queen Elizabeth Prize judging panel chair
02 February 2021Professor Dame Lynn Gladden, from Cambridge’s Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, has been appointed as the new chair of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for...
Tackling COVID-19: Dr Ben Underwood
04 January 2021Ben Underwood’s expertise in delivering clinical trials became highly prized last year, as he worked on a vaccine trial the whole world was watching.
Reflections on a year of fighting COVID-19
11 December 20202020 will be forever remembered for COVID-19. As the year draws to a close, Dr Estée Török looks back at how colleagues across the NHS...
The grateful gardener who brought Apocalypse Now to a flowerbed
23 November 2020He builds human-sized nests from twigs, spins circles in the garden and torches wicker men at Harvest Moon. The music-loving college gardener Peter Kirkham believes...
Professor Chris Abell FRS, FMedSci (1957 – 2020)
27 October 2020The University is saddened to announce that Professor Chris Abell, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research, Professor of Biological Chemistry and Todd-Hamied Fellow of Christ’s College, has died...
Tackling COVID-19: Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
22 October 2020Her plans to study the effects of social isolation on adolescents have become particularly pertinent this year. Sarah-Jayne Blakemore is a cognitive neuroscientist who has...
Cambridge researcher named to Time 100 list of world's most influential people
23 September 2020Professor Ravi Gupta has been named today as one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of the Year, in recognition of his work...
The chemist who fuses fashion with science
21 August 2020Areeb Mahtey is studying for a PhD in epigenetics, but outside the lab he is a member of the University of Cambridge’s Fashion and Luxury...
