Research

Through its research groups, the Department of Chemistry participates in three research institutes within the university.

Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Research

This Institute is a collaboration between the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Physics.

Groups from the Department of Chemistry: 

• Materials Chemistry & Catalysis
• Physical & Colloid Chemistry
• Condensed Matter & Interfaces
• Inorganic Chemistry & Catalysis

 Bijvoet Centre for Biomolecular Research

• Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics
• Cellular Protein Chemistry
• Structural Biochemistry
• Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics
• NMR Spectroscopy

Institute for Sustainable and Circular Chemistry

• Inorganic Chemistry & Catalysis
• Organic Chemistry & Catalysis

Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences

• Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics
• Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery

The department of Chemistry is closely associated with the Chemistry education group of the Freudenthal Institute.