Established in 1871 with the appointment of Professor James Gow Black, the Department of Chemistry at the University of Otago is the oldest chemistry department in New Zealand. It has grown to be one of the largest Departments in the Division of Sciences and contributes to various courses and programmes in Sciences and Health Sciences at the University of Otago.

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• RACI Organometallic Chemistry Award
• Marsden Success
• NZIC Prize
• Interschool Chemistry Quiz Night 2009
• School Outreach Visits June 2009
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Upcoming Seminars

• Friday 19th February - 12p.m. in Chem 1

  John Earles (University of Otago)

  A Spectroscopic and Computational Study of Porphyrins and Thiophenes: Potential Solar Energy Materials

• Friday 26th February - 12p.m. in Chem 1

  Dr Pavel Anzenbacher (Department of Chemistry Centre for Photochemical Sciences Bowling Green State University Ohio USA)

  Atto-liter Reactors and Chemistry at a Zepto-mol Scale