Research
WE ARE RANKED NUMBER 1 IN THE UK FOR RESEARCH INTENSITY IN CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
(Complete University Guide 2021)
Chemists and Chemical Engineers working together towards a healthy and sustainable future.
We bring together fundamental and applied research, generating real-world impact, evidenced by vibrant spin-out activity and high-profile industrial collaborations.
Our Research
Research Themes
Healthcare, sustainability and fundamental studies
Our research falls under three themes: Health, Sustainability and Fundamental Science. Our work on Sustainability spans five focus areas: CO2 capture and utilisation, clean water, hydrogen and bioenergy, sustainable manufacturing and circular economy. Research on Health covers clean synthesis, antimicrobials and sensors. Our fundamental work, particularly focused on supramolecular chemistry and frontiers of the liquid phase, is the foundation on which we build our more applied projects.
Research Centres
Research Centres
QUILL – Queen’s University Ionic Liquid Laboratories CO2@QUB – Carbon Capture and Utilisation Research Lab CASE – Centre for Advanced Sustainable Energy
Research Centres
Research Environment and Culture
Working together
We are continuously working to nurture a friendly, creative and collaborative research environment. The School is proud of its Silver Athena SWAN Award, a vibrant program of seminars and a strong outreach profile, all of which are described in this section. Visit to learn more about our Early Career Forum, Postgraduate Researchers Forum and research technicians.
Research Environment
Research Impact
Making a difference
Research impact comes in many flavours: impactful papers, growing spin-out companies, technologies developed and implemented with industrial partners, as well as policies and roadmaps. Our School was ranked #3 (joint) in the UK for Research Impact in Research Excellence Framework 2021; browse this section to learn more.
Research ImpactLatest Publications
Achieving nearly 100 % CO2 conversion via CaCO3‑carbon reverse Boudouard reaction in an integrated CO2 capture and utilization process using carbon as the reducing agent (C-ICCU)
15 October 2025Multicharged zwitterions form superior antifouling interfaces
- Marijana Blesic
- Declan Meehan
- Jessica McMaster
- Ayntika Kundu
- Matthew Wylie
- Joseph Samuel Vyle
- Karl Hale
Binding dynamics of biomimetic zinc–cyclen ionic liquid catalyst to enhance CO2 hydrolysis kinetics
- Novina Malviya
- Ravi Kumar
- Matthias Stein
- Gosia Swadzba-Kwasny
Colourimetric sensor for monitoring ammonia-generating infectious bacteria
30 September 2025