The Present

The Department is host to an International Conference on Natural Products and Medicinal Chemistry (The Mona Symposium) every two years. The twentieth was held in January 2004 and the next is scheduled for January 2006.

Research has always been a major thrust within the Department and staff have published several hundred papers on their work through which the Department has gained international recognition, particularly in the fields of Natural Products Chemistry and Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms.

The Academic Staff of the Department over the years have supervised the work of more than 70 M.Phil. and 50 Ph.D. theses and currently have over 35 Postgraduate students in the M.Phil. and Ph.D. programmes. A description of current staff interests and brief cv's is available.

Research in the Department is funded by the University and by research grants from local and international agencies.