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31 Oct 2013: Autumn 2009. New materials for better batteries. Electron correlation: a solution. Novel catalysts in the car industry. Using fragments to probe biology. How did you come to work in industry?After a junior faculty position at the University ofToronto

31 Oct 2013: Spring 2013. Athena SWAN: encouraging equality. Royal Institution Christmas Lectures. Water vapour in the stratosphere. Memories of Dan Brown & Herchel Smith. Can you tell us about your Cambridgeexperience?I came up to Cambridge and Robinson in

31 Oct 2013: Autumn 2012. Proteins with unnatural amino acids. Going green and air-cooled computers. Knotted molecules and fuel catalysts. The importance of chemical safety. How did you wind up working for theChemical Safety Board?I was born in California and

31 Oct 2013: Autumn 2006. The chemistry of metal clusters. Nanoparticles in novel catalysts. Investigating biosynthesis pathways. The importance of sustainability. The impending European chemicalslegislation, Reach (Registr a tion,Evaluation and Authoris ation

31 Oct 2013: Summer 2006. Statistical mechanics and colloids. The synthesis of unusual inorganics. Surface chemistry of catalysts. Memories of Lord Todd at Cambridge. A PhD in organic chemistry leading into a job in journalismis a great career path! How didit

31 Oct 2013: Autumn 2010. The dynamics of protein folding. Biotech and drug discovery. Biomimetic catalysts for solar fuel. Remembering Dudley and Eric. How did your Cambridge chemistryPhD take you into biotech?I joined Pfizer in the early 1980s after I

31 Oct 2013: Summer 2007. How do proteins fold in cells? Synthetic success — at last! The potential of chiral surfaces. Keeping a competitive edge in science. How did you end up working in thepharmaceutical industry?I’m a chemist by background, and my DPhil

31 Oct 2013: Spring 2007. Informatics and chemistry. Predicting crystal structures. Dynamic assembly of materials. Carbon reduction technology. What is BP doing to plan for changingglobal energy policies?Several emerging themes are driving much ofBP’s forward

31 Oct 2013: Autumn 2011. Solid-state NMR to study tissues. Looking back at the 1930s. Modelling molecular interactions. A life shaped by Cambridge chemistry. You came from India to study chem-istry at Cambridge in the 1950s. Howdid that come about?That’s a

31 Oct 2013: Summer 2013. Science day: illuminating chemistry. Athena Swan accreditation achieved. Data, calculation and experiment. Keeping the IT systems operational. A large and complex departmentlike chemistry must have huge ITdemands. Can you give us