News about Chemistry

PhD Award to Chemistry’s Jacob Kæstel-Hansen

Congratulations to Jacob for receiving the SCIENCE PhD Award for groundbreaking research in machine learning and biology! His work accelerated biological discoveries and produced acclaimed AI tools like DeepSPT and…

ERC Grant for Michael Martin Nielsen

The Department of Chemistry congratulates Postdoc Michael Martin Nielsen at the Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, on being awarded the European Research Council Starting Grant.

Professor Jan Rossmeisl is awarded the Faraday medal for electrochemistry 2025

Jan Rossmeisl gave a plenary lecture at Northumbria University, Newcastle September 1st, 2025, where he also was presented the honorable medal.

Professor Morten Meldal received the Hans Christian Ørsted Award

Nobel Prize laureate Morten Meldal received the Hans Christian Ørsted Award 2025 in Rudkøbing for his groundbreaking work on click chemistry and his inspiring communication of science.

Professor Knud J. Jensen has become affiliated with the new Centre for Protein Design

Professor Knud J. Jensen from the Department of Chemistry collaborates with a new state-of-the-art research centre to design AI-based proteins to solve everything from diseases to the climate crisis. #ProteinDesign

LEAF certification for laboratories at Chemistry

CHEAC labs at the University of Copenhagen have earned LEAF Bronze certification for sustainable actions reducing energy use and CO₂ emissions.

New chemistry teaching material coming to high school!

Free chemistry lessons for high school! New sustainable material ready 1 August at alterkemi.dk - perfect for STX and HTX.

Casper's PhD defense

On the 15th of November, Casper Jensen successfully defended his PhD thesis titled: "Vibrational Spectroscopy of Hydrogen Bound Species and Overtone Spectroscopy by Cavity Ring-Down." A big congratulations from the…

DHL relay run 2024

The Kjærgaard group participated in the annual DHL relay run the 30th of september. Members from the Kjærgaard group, and other groups, running for the DHL relay run 2024

Organic material from Mars reveals the likely origin of life’s building blocks

Two samples from Mars together deliver the "smoking gun" in a new study showing the origin of Martian organic material. The study presents solid evidence for a prediction made over a decade ago by University of…

Our new professor of radiopharmaceutical chemistry

We celebrated the inauguration of Professor Matthias Herth as our new professor of radiopharmaceutical chemistry on May 31.

Annual BBQ 2024

The annual BBQ was held again this year on Constitution day, the 5th of june. The theme for this year was Denmark. Group photo of the group and their partners.

Our new expert in clinical and applied biochemistry

Friday 3 May we celebrated Lasse Bak's appointment as professor. Lasse Bak is part-time Professor of Clinical and Applied Biochemistry in a collaboration with the Department of Clinical Biochemistry at Rigshospitalet.

Chemistry gala 2024

The annual chemistry gala was held on the 24 of may, hosted by the Department of Chemistry. There were awards handed out for best Bachelor thesis, Master thesis, and article of the year, as well as other awards. Member…

New weapon against dementia: "In just minutes, the AI solves a challenge that would take neuroscientists weeks."

The clumping of proteins is at the root of a wide range of neurodegenerative disorders that affect the brain such as Alzheimer's and dementia. Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have developed a new tool that…

Nyt våben mod demens: ”Algoritmen løser udfordring på få minutter som tager hjerneforsker flere uger.”

Proteiner, der klumper sig sammen, er årsag til en lang række sygdomme, der nedbryder hjernen såsom Alzheimers og demens. Forskere på Københavns Universitet har opfundet et nyt værktøj, som kan hjælpe os med at finde og…

CopenHel workshop in Finland

Henrik Kjærgaard and Jing Chen Participated in the CopenHel 2024 Workshop on 29th of April. The workshop was held in Inkala, Finland, and is a joint group meeting between the Kjæergaard group and the groups of Dr. Theo…

Visit from Chris Kenseth

Dr. Chris Kenseth, University of Washington, Seattle, visited our group April 8, and gave a presentation to the atmospheric chemistry group. There was also time for a bit of sightseeing and a visit to Dragør old town. …

Kjaergaard Group Research Workshop

On the 22nd and 23rd of march, the group held a research workshop with presentations of the current research in the group, and a visit from invited speaker Professor Olga Garmash. The workshop concluded with a group…

BIO researcher was researching his way through the eye of a needle

Rafael Pinilla Redondo from the section for Microbiology at the Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, was one of the 18 talented young researchers who today received a grant from the Villum Foundation's Young…

New national project aims to strengthen diversity in research environments

For many years, research environments in the fields of technical and natural sciences have been facing the challenge of attracting and retaining female researchers.

Matthias Herth Professor of Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry

From the beginning of January 2024, Matthias Manfred Herth will be our new Professor of Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry here at the Department.

Researchers invent "methane cleaner": Could become a permanent fixture in cattle and pig barns

In a spectacular new study, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have used light and chlorine to eradicate low-concentration methane from air. The result gets us closer to being able to remove greenhouse gases…

Henrik's 60th Birthday

We celebrated Henrik's 60th birthday, where we had many greetings from colleagues around the world. There were also some presentations from previous and current students of Henriks, as well as colleagues from the…