The Department of Chemistry occupies research laboratories at Britannia House - a pharmaceutical industry grade research facility - on Guy’s Campus. The labs house state-of-the art analytical and spectroscopic facilities close at hand, and further analytical and synthetic facilities are available close by at the Waterloo and St Thomas’ Hospital campuses.

In addition to labs equipped for synthetic chemistry, biochemistry and tissue culture, individual research groups have specialist kit laser excitation and microwave spectroscopy as well as access to King’s excellent core research facilities:

· Centre of Excellence for Mass Spectrometry

· Centre for Biomolecular Spectroscopy

· Nikon Imaging Centre

· NMR Facility

· Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry/Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS/MS)

· Radiochemistry facilities and medical imaging

Postgraduate students are encouraged to mix with fellow students and other scientists across the Faculty and College, at events from departmental seminars and NMES Graduate School training to international conferences. These offer students the chance to present and discuss their work at many levels and make valuable network connections.

The nature of the research in the Department of Chemistry is highly cross-disciplinary and making contacts and exchanging ideas form a core part of this approach to science. Research projects may be co-supervised by staff from different Research Divisions and Departments to support collaboration and application of chemical innovation, especially in medicine and biology.

Postgraduate training

Department and College induction events are scheduled at the beginning of your degree to prepare you for life as a PhD student. All students are encouraged to complete up to 10 days of training and development each year.

There is a centrally provided programme of training coordinated by the Kings Doctoral College and the NMES Graduate school offers a range of unique training for our students with a focus to support PhD research and the PhD journey. The NMES Graduate School also organises a variety of social and research events for students from hosting the NMES PGR Welcome event, Winter and Summer social parties, movie and board game nights, to Presentation and Writing coffee mornings, a space for students to present their research work to peers and receive feedback. One of the highlights in the NMES PGR calendar is the Research Competition, where 3rd year students across all five departments present their research in a 3-minute video or as a poster culminating in an in-person event where all finalist videos and posters are viewed, and the winners receive their prize.

Research students are encouraged to submit papers to conferences and are supported with travel to present papers and posters through their Research Training Support grant.

Our research students are also encouraged to engage in paid Graduate Teaching Assistant roles alongside their studies to help prepare them for a potential future career in academia.