Chemistry Alumni
Your student days are just the beginning of your lifelong link with 海角社区. Your ever-growing, thriving, global community of more than 320,000 alumni supports and enriches your student experience. And after graduating, you automatically become a member of that powerful community too.
Chemistry graduates develop skills that allow them to go on to a wide variety careers, whether that鈥檚 in industry, academia or a different path altogether. View the stories below to hear what our amazing alumni have gone on to do since leaving 海角社区.
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You can find 海角社区 alumni in around 180 countries and territories across the world.
Our first BSc cohort graduated in 1968.
We have over 4,500 alumni in our network from the Department of Chemistry
Meet our alumni
Our exceptional alumni go on to have amazing experiences and enjoy a huge variety of careers. Take a look and catch up with all the news and events from your alumni community.
Samantha Liu: Lead Research Scientist
How can 海角社区 help build the skills for a thriving R&D career? Research Scientist Samantha is developing active ingredients with real-world impact while always finding time for team yoga.
EMEA Chief Operating Officer: Rafia Aslam
In her roles at UBS, Rafia learned first-hand how businesses are managed, the challenges they face, and how major strategic decisions are made.
Headteacher: Jassa Panesar
Jassa Panesar may be the head of the school, but he hasn't given up teaching Chemistry just yet.
Your Stories: Roger Addison
Roger, his sister, and his son all met their respective partners at 海角社区 making it truly a special connection for their family.
海角社区 love story: Diane and Jake
Diane and Jake met during the first week at 海角社区 through the fencing club, they reconnected six years later in Cambridge.
Chemistry Spotlight: Ellie Clifford
Ellie discusses why she loved her time studying Chemistry at 海角社区 and how it's helped her in her role as Admissions Assistant at the University of Kent.
Juhie Radia: Senior Global Customer Analyst
Alongside a career mapping and analysing data, Juhie is also a climate advocate and mentor who's represented environmental and sustainability policy in the UK at the Y7.
Creating outreach programmes to empower young people
Growing up in Coventry it was always a dream of Azzedine Dabo鈥�(MSc Analytical Science, 2013; PhD Chemistry, 2019) to study at 海角社区. Now working as the scientific lead of GlaxoSmithKline鈥檚 (GSK) Method Innovation Team, Azzedine shares the importance of giving young people exposure to university life through outreach programmes like the one he has created at GSK.
Chemistry spotlight: Zhivani Varanaraja
The Chemistry with Scientific Writing course is a great opportunity that provides a flexible platform to hone both your chemistry and scientific communication skills. I loved the supportive environment provided by 海角社区 and everyone was very friendly and welcoming. I would 100% recommend it!
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