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A big thank you to the "helpers in maroon" and the organising committee ... the 44th SACI National Convention was a great success @StellenboschUni @SACI_chemistry

The 2022 BSc Honours classes in Chemistry and in Polymer Science have successfully completed their final presentations. Congratulations to all of you! @scienceSUN @StellenboschUni @MatiesResearch

The Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science is deeply saddened by the passing of Dr Rehana Malgas-Enus. Rehana was Senior Lecturer in the Division of Inorganic Chemistry and a highly valued member of the Department. www0.sun.ac.za/chemistry/ @StellenboschUni @scienceSUN

Alan Eaby, a PhD student in #chemistry at @scienceSUN @StellenboschUni, is one of eleven young scientists from South Africa selected to participate at the 71st Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings dedicated to chemistry. Read more … www0.sun.ac.za/chemistry/chem…

Polymer scientists at Stellenbosch University have developed a novel method to break down lignin into valuable chemicals that can be used as raw materials in the chemical and polymer manufacturing industry. Read more … www0.sun.ac.za/chemistry/%ef%…

PhD-graduates in Chemistry and Polymer Science dominated the stage during the Faculty of Science’s April 2022 graduation ceremony. Read more … www0.sun.ac.za/chemistry/reco…

Congratulations to Delia Haynes for being elected the first president of the African Crystallographic Association: sun.ac.za/english/Lists/…

Congratulations to Carla Pretorius for receiving the 2021 SU Distinguished Teacher’s Award!

Congratulations to @Kaschupsa, Gareth and @mags_blackie. The 2nd year Organic Chemistry Team presented award-winning presentations on the implementation of group work and on the assessment framework in Chem 214 at the recent SOTL 2021 conference.

Marietjie Lutz was mentioned as the most inspiring lecturer by the top-performing student of the Faculty of AgriSciences in 2020

Congratulations to Njabu Gule who has recently received the Water Research Commission’s Knowledge Tree Innovation Award

We congratulate the top performers among our students in 2019 and 2020: www0.sun.ac.za/chemistry/top_… @scienceSUN @StellenboschUni

Congratulations to Dr Katherine de Villiers on being awarded the 2021 Raikes’ Medal of the South African Chemical Institute: www0.sun.ac.za/chemistry/awar…

We are very grateful for all the contributions that Prof Jan Dillen made over his career in the department and wish him all the best in his retirement. @StellenboschUni @scienceSUN

Congratulations to Rueben Pfukwa for his appointment as Senior Lecturer in the Department from January 2021!

Congratulations to Jim Motshweni for his promotion to Senior Technical Officer in the Department from December 2020!

Congratulations to @mags_blackie for being awarded the 2020 SU Teaching Excellence Award in the category Distinguished Teacher @StellenboschUni @scienceSUN

Over the past two weeks, six(!!) of our student succesfully defended their PhD theses. Congratulations to Jean Lombard, Dewald van Heerden, Brendan Pearce, Zanelle Viktor, Wesley Feldmann, and Tienie Botes ... @StellenboschUni @scienceSUN

We are very proud to announce that three chemists from @StellenboschUni @scienceSUN have been honoured by #SACI ... read more: www0.sun.ac.za/chemistry/awar…

Further information about Dr Chellan's FLAIR grant can be found on the Faculty's website: sun.ac.za/english/Lists/… @scienceSUN @StellenboschUni