Driven by curiosity. Driving changeNew research leader
CEB graduate Akshay Deshmukh will be joining the department as a research group leader in 2026, working on sustainable extraction of critical metals for low-carbon energy and transport.
CEB awarded 2 green fellowships
Two of the thirteen inaugural Green Future Fellowships from the Royal Academy of Engineering have been awarded to researchers at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (CEB).
Rethinking how AI reads history
Dr Sebastian Ahnert awarded Schmidt Sciences HAVI research award to create a new AI architecture that more accurately reflects the way humans read.
CEB Infrastructure Manager wins Professional Services Award
The Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (CEB)’s Infrastructure Manager, Alexander Carvell, has won a Professional Services award for demonstrating excellence in leadership and management.
Professor Gabriele Kaminski Schierle awarded leading biophysics prize
CEB’s Professor of Molecular Biotechnology awarded the Sosei Heptares Prize by the British Biophysical Society
Tiny device to transform understanding of ‘second brain’
New implant captures gut-brain signals in awake, moving animals, offering fresh insight into disorders linked to the gut-brain connection
Double success
Department-linked Sensor CDT researchers win both EPSRC postdoctoral fellowships.
A nano flash of sight
A nano flash of sight A research project tackling the leading cause of blindness in Western countries could transform lives, with a cost-effective solution capable of restoring functional vision for the first time. Nanoflash has secured a prestigious European Innovation Council (EIC) Pathfinder Open award to develop injectable liquid prosthetics that would rewire the retina […]
Nanodomains hold the key to next-generation solar cells, researchers find
A new study, published in Nature Nanotechnology and featured on the journal’s front cover this month, has uncovered insights into the tiny structures that could take solar energy to the next level.
In memory of Professor James ‘Jim’ Wilkes (1932 – 2020)
OBITUARY In memory of James ‘Jim’ Wilkes by Sir David Harrison I first met Jim in October 1956 when we arrived together as the most junior members of staff of the Cambridge Chemical Engineering department which had opened just six years earlier. Jim had arrived by way of the Chemical Engineering Tripos, which he completed […]