News about Chemistry

Atmospheric chemistry Christmas lunch 2024

The group attended the atmospheric chemistry Christmas lunch on 18th December 2024.

Jing at ACM 2024

Dr. Jing Chen gave a talk at the Atmospheric Chemical Mechanisms Conference, held in December 2024, titled "Atmospheric Gas Phase Oxidation of Sulfur and Other Nonhydrocarbons".

Dhritabrata's wedding

On the 27th of November 2024, Dhritabrata Pal married Soumana, in his hometown of Kolkata. We wish them all the best in their future together!

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…

Kjaergaard Group Research Workshop: MC-TST

Former group member, Ph.D. Kristian H. Møller, gave a talk on multiconformer transition state theory on March 12th. The workshop concluded with a group dinner with pizza and drinks.

Henrik receives the Carlsberg foundation Semper Ardens: Advance grant

Congratulations to Henrik, who in January received the prestigious Carlsberg Foundation Semper Ardens: Advance grant! We are thrilled about the exciting research this will support in the coming years.

Henrik visits Göttingen

On 30th and 31st of January, Henrik visited the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, where he gave a talk on the work of the 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…

Visit from Christa Fittschen

On 22nd of January Christa Fittschen, director of research at CNRS University of Lille, visited the group and gave a talk on cavity ringdown spectroscopy of atmospherically relevant molecules.

Nanna's M.Sc. defense

On 17th of January, Nanna successfully defended her M.Sc. thesis and thus finished the first part of her integrated 4+4 Ph.D. Nanna will continue working on the last part of her Ph.D. in the group.

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.

Vili's Ph.D. defense

Vili-Taneli Salo successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis titled "Investigation of Atmospheric Gas-Phase Reaction Using Multireference Electronic Structure Methods", on the 10th of January at the University of Helsinki.…

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.