Contact us
Get in touch with the Department of Chemistry by telephone, email or in person.
Locations and maps
The Department of Chemistry is based in the subject-dedicated Chemistry Building, which is located on the University’s South Campus.
Address
Department of Chemistry
The University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL
Key contacts
Undergraduate admissions office
The undergraduate admissions team provides advice and support to students applying for one of our courses. We look forward to hearing from you.
Christine Martyniuk
Recruitment and Admissions Administrator
Tel: +44 (0) 161 306 9271
Hazel Boxall
Recruitment and Admissions Assistant
Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 0239
Postgraduate admissions team
The postgraduate admissions team provides advice and support to prospective postgraduate students applying for one of our courses - get in touch with any enquiries.
Samantha Hickson
Senior Recruitment and Admissions Administrator
+44 (0) 161 306 9279
Matthew Pumford
Postgraduate Recruitment and Admissions Administrator
+44 (0) 161 275 1423
School and outreach contacts
Our contacts for school and outreach enquiries can be reached via the details below.
Address
School Outreach
Department of Chemistry
The University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL
United Kingdom
Contact
Meriel Maddocks
Outreach Administrator
Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 4686
Industrial and business contacts
For business enquiries such as collaboration opportunities or training on our equipment, please use the contacts below.
Industrial liaison:
Address
Department of Chemistry
The University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL
United Kingdom
Contact
Chris Muryn
Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 1418
Email: c.muryn@manchester.ac.uk
Services to industry enquiries (including mass spectroscopy, microanalysis, NMR and X-Ray Crystallography):
Address
Services to Industry
Department of Chemistry
The University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL
United Kingdom
Contact
Chris Muryn
Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 1418
Email: c.muryn@manchester.ac.uk
Facilities contacts
Mass spectrometry laboratory
- Ilya Strashnov, Head of laboratory
- Carole Webb (HPLC, GC, GCMS)
- Emma Enston (HPLC, GC, GCMS, MALDI, accurate mass)
- Gareth Smith (Electrospray, accurate mass, APCI, MALDI, GCMS)
- Mohammed Maqsood (Electrospray, APCI)
Telephone:
- GC and HPLC lab: +44 (0)161 255 4583
- Office: +44 (0)161 255 4583
- MS lab: +44 (0)161 275 4599
Microanalysis laboratory
- Martin Jennings, Microanalysis Laboratory manager. Email: martin.jennings@manchester.ac.uk
Nuclear magnetic resonance laboratory
- General enquiries should be emailed to ch-nmr-service@listserv.manchester.ac.uk. Users within The University of Manchester can visit the internal NMR website on the Department of Chemistry intranet and place NMR service requests via our online portal (vpn or on-site access only).
- Carlo Bawn (runs the NMR service and should be contacted in the first instance for general solution-state and solid-state NMR queries, staff-run service matters, and advice on spectrum interpretation). Email: carlo.bawn@manchester.ac.uk, telephone: +44 (0)161 275 4581
- Daryl Bamber (responsible for the day-to-day maintenance of the NMR equipment in the Department, and should be contacted for issues relating to walk-up instruments). Email: daryl.bamber@manchester.ac.uk, telephone: +44 (0)161 275 4581
- Ralph Adams (Head of NMR in the Department of Chemistry and should be contacted for advice on more complex and extended projects, and more general NMR facility queries). Email: ralph.adams@manchester.ac.uk
X-ray crystallography
- George Whitehead. Email: george.whitehead@manchester.ac.uk
- Inigo Vitorica-Yrezabal. Email: inigo.vitorica@manchester.ac.uk
Near-ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
- Alex Walton. Email: alex.walton@manchester.ac.uk