University of Otago, New Zealand

Chemistry

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Welcome to the Department of Chemistry

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, New Zealand's first University. The Department is widely acknowledged as one of the top Chemistry Departments in New Zealand, as exemplified by researchers receiving the Prime Minister's Science Prize in 2011.

Chemistry catch-up

We offer two courses for students considering entry to undergraduate chemistry papers who have little or no background in chemistry

Introductory Chemistry is a distance course run all year.
Bridging Chemistry is run at the start of each year to prepare students for undergraduate study

Upcoming Seminars

  • Friday 25th May - 12p.m. in CHEM 1

    Dr Raf Kulmaczewski (Department of Chemistry, University of Otago)

    Template Effects in the Formation of Polyheteronuclear Pseudocalixarene Complexes

  • Friday 1st June - 12p.m. in CHEM 1

    Toyin Adu (Department of Chemistry, University of Otago)

    Assessing the Cadmium Paleo-nutrient Proxy

  • Friday 8th June - 12p.m. in CHEM 2

    Professor Ian Shaw (Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury)

    Sex hormone disruptors - Chemicals that fool the body into thinking it's the wrong sex

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