Talks and Events List


All talks are in the Ramsay Lecture Theatre at 5.30 pm unless otherwise advertsed. They are preceded by tea and doughnuts at 5.15 pm in the Nyholm Room and are followed by cheese and wine. The list below will be constantly updated so keep your eyes peeled!

Spring Term 2008

Tue 8th Jan CPS Sports Social Bowling
Tue 15th Jan Prof. Geoff Ozin (University of Toronto) Smaller in Microelectronics Means Go Slower?
Tue 22nd Jan* Prof. J. Edgar Anderson (UCL Emeritus) Wine Tasting as a Scientific Experiment
Tue 29th Jan Dr. Andrew Cox (Unilever) The Science of Ice Cream
Tue 12th Feb Prof. Nigel Brandon (Imperial) The EPSRC Energy Programme and its Role in Supporting Fuel Cell Research
Wed 13th Feb   Fuller's Brewery Trip
Tue 19th Feb Dr. Troy Manning (Pilkington Glass) More Than Just a Window…
Wed 27th Feb CPS Sports Social Bowling
Mon 3rd Mar Dr. Anna Bennet (Archaeologist/Conservator) Roman Silver - A Scientific Examination of the Sevso Treasure
Tue 11th Mar Dr. Jeremy Cockcroft (UCL) Chemists in the Dock? How Best to Use Your Expertise in Court! (Presidential Lecture)

* This event will be held in the Nyholm room. Tickets to this event are £1 each. Please pay Clare Bishop (Treasrurer), room 105.

A PDF copy of the talk list is also available here. An archive of past talks can be found on the list of past presidents. Where available, click on the academic session for the talk programmes.



Autumn Term 2007

Tue 2nd Oct

Prof. Alwyn Davies (UCL) Characters, Chemistry, and Icons from the Archives
Fri 5th Oct CPS Pub Crawl
Tue 9th Oct* Dr. Derren Ready (Eastman Dental Institute) A Hidden World
Wed 17th Oct   CPS Treasure Hunt
Tue 30th Oct Dr. Steve Beckett (Author) Chocolate: Food of the Gods
Tue 6th Nov Quentin Cooper (Broadcaster) Geeks, Freaks and Eggheads
Tue 13th Nov Dr. Marcos Martinón-Torres (UCL) The Alchemical Origins of Modern Chemistry
Fri 23rd Nov# Dr. Mike Porter (UCL) UCL's Organic Chemists: One Big Happy Family? (Lab Dinner Lecture)
Tue 27th Nov   CPS Ice Skating
Tue 4th Dec Dr. Andrea Sella (UCL) Odeurs, Goûts et Lumières (Chemistry Flashes & Bangs)
Thu 13th Dec Christmas Quiz and Party Quiz Results


* This talk will take place in the Archaeology Lecture Theatre.

# The lab dinner lecture will take place in the Ramsay Lecture Theatre.

In addition there will also be a series of careers evenings. These will be advertised in the future.

A PDF copy of the talk list is also available here. An archive of past talks can be found on the list of past presidents. Where available, click on the academic session for the talk programmes.