Chemistry research
Our diverse research activities inspire our teaching, so our students learn from experts currently working in the field. We have an established reputation and collaborate with scientists from other disciplines at universities across the world.
Research areas
Our research spans the traditional areas of inorganic, organic and physical chemistry as well as more interdisciplinary activities, including nanoscience, bioinorganic and medicinal chemistry.
Key to our research activities are our excellent facilities including a fully equipped NMR suite, a Mass Spectometry Centre, small molecule and protein X-ray crystallography, nano-labs with scanning tunnelling, electron and atomic force microscopy facilities and a laser-lab supporting ultra-sensitive spectroscopy and single molecule optical microscopy.
- Organic and medicinal chemistry
- Materials and catalysis
- Fundamental chemical processes and interactions
Who we work with
Our work is funded by grants from the:
- EPSRC
- European Research Council
- EU Marie Curie Scheme
- Leverhulme Trust
- Royal Society
- Wellcome
- Wordwide Cancer Research
- Niemann Pick Research Foundation
- Great Ormond Street
- Industry partners.
We have many important internal collaborations with:
- the Sussex Drug Discovery Centre
- Biochemistry and Biomedicine Subject Group
- Ecology and Evolution Subject Group.
We also work closely with many external research partners from across the UK and abroad.
Outreach
We work closely with schools and colleges to bring the expertise of our academics to a younger audience.

Head of Department of Chemistry
Contact
If you have any queries, contact our Head of Department: Professor Wendy Brown at W.A.Brown@sussex.ac.uk.