News and events
2025-26
- VACANCY: Assistant Professor in Medicinal Chemistry
- Nature Communications Article featured in RSC Chemistry World
- Dr Filippo Pota announced as winner of the 2026 Kathleen Lonsdale RIA Chemistry Prize
- BOC Gases Awards
- VACANCY: Research Fellow in Chemistry Education and Public Engagement (EPE)
- Coffee Morning Money Handed to UNICEF
- No Tricks, Just Treats: School of Chemistry hold Coffee Morning in Aid of UNICEF
VACANCY: Assistant Professor in Medicinal Chemistry
The School of Chemistry invites applications for a position of Assistant Professor in Medicinal Chemistry. Applications are sought from candidates at an early stage in their career with proven potential for research and teaching excellence in Medicinal and Organic Chemistry. The successful applicant will be a full member of the academic staff in the School and of the Organic, Medicinal and Biological Discipline. They will work with other academic staff, researchers, and students in a lively, collaborative, and international environment for research and scholarly endeavours. They will be able to avail of state-of-the-art facilities offered by the School and by the Trinity Biomedical Research Institute (TBSI).
The successful candidate will be expected to contribute at all levels to undergraduate teaching within the Discipline and to interdisciplinary teaching across both undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes. Candidates will have a proposed research programme in Medicinal Chemistry, with a synthetic and/or computational focus that strengthens existing activities, which currently have a broad focus in areas of Medicinal Chemistry, Supramolecular chemistry and Sensors, Catalysis, Tetrapyrroles, Peptide and DNA chemistry and Chemical Biology.
The successful applicant will also have the opportunity to engage and contribute to ongoing interdisciplinary research initiatives in the School of Chemistry and research institutes. Post Status Tenure Track - This position is Tenure Track position which is 5-years in the first instance, permanency is subject to satisfying the tenure requirements.
Salary:
Appointment will be made on the Lecturer Salary Scale (109BN) commensurate with qualifications / experience and in line with Public Sector Pay Policy [€43,425 to €103,582 per annum]
How to Apply:
Candidates should submit by e-recruitment:
- Cover letter
- Full curriculum vitae, list of publications and the names and contact details of 3 referees (e-mail address if possible)
- Research plan (summarising research to be carried out in the next three years and including details of funding to be sought – 2 pages maximum)
- Teaching statement (summarising teaching experience and approach – 2 pages maximum)
Closing Date:
12 noon (Irish Standard Time) 8th April 2026
Application will only be accepted by applying online through the Trinity Jobs Portal http://jobs.tcd.ie
Applications must be made by the date and time specified. Please allow enough time to make your application. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system Late Applications will not be accepted
Nature Communications Article featured in RSC Chemistry World
A recent Nature Communications article resulting from a collaborative project led by Dr. Clare Bakewell (King’s College London) and Dr. Tobias Kraemer (Trinity College Dublin) has been featured in RSC Chemistry World, spotlighting the growing importance of aluminium(I) chemistry.
You can view the article here
BOC Gases Awards
The annual postgraduate BOC Gases bursaries were awarded to three former PhD students from the School of Chemistry on Friday, December 5th. Students were nominated by their supervisors for consideration for the bursary during the nomination round and a panel of the school’s academic staff from across the Chemistry disciplines judged the submissions. With great difficulty due to the high standard of submissions, the judges identified three students whose work shone above the rest. Manting Mu (Garcia Melchor group), Filippo Pota (Colavita group) and Anastasiia Shandra (Nicolosi group) each gave a 15-minute presentation of their work to the school and to BOC Gases representative, James Kelch who presented them with certificates and their bursaries of €1250, €750 and €500 respectively.
Congratulations to all 3 prizewinners.
Coffee Morning Money Handed to UNICEF
On Tuesday, December 2nd Prof. Isabel Rozas (as part of "The Coven") made the walk across the river to the UNICEF offices to hand in the cash portion of the money raised during our coffee morning. Over €1200 was raised including €750 in cash and and the rest donated directly via the UNICEF website on the day.
Well done to all involved!
No Tricks, Just Treats: School of Chemistry hold Coffee Morning in Aid of UNICEF
On Friday, October 24th, the School of Chemistry was delighted to host a coffee morning in aid of UNICEF in our tea room. Delicious treats were provided by budding bakers among the staff and students of the school with a great diversity of cakes, breads, biscuits and other baked goods on offer
It was wonderful to see such a great turnout, with support not only from our own students and staff but also from colleagues and friends across Physics, Pharmacy, Health Sciences, and Politics.
Thanks to everyone's generosity and enthusiasm, we raised over €1,200 for UNICEF — nearly €750 collected in cash and the rest donated directly via the UNICEF website.
Thank you all for making the event such a success!
