Name: Chemistry Alumni Lecture and Lunch
Start: 2026-03-21T10:30:00+00:00
End: 2026-03-21T13:00:00+00:00

In-person

Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry Open Day alumni tickets for Professor Peter Wothers' lecture, followed by a buffet lunch.

Location: Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge. More location information

We have secured 100 complimentary tickets for alumni and their guests to enjoy reserved seating at Professor Peter Wothers’ 11am lecture, followed by a buffet lunch.

These tickets are for the lecture and lunch only, the rest of the Open Day is open to all and entirely free.

Peter’s talk this year It’s a Gas will run from 11am to 12pm and will be a live demonstration of weird and wonderful gaseous chemistry in our BMS lecture theatre.

Alumni may bring up to three guests. Please note: the talk is best suited for children aged 8+, and some experiments will include loud bangs.

Tickets will go fast so reserve your spot today! Step back into the lab, rekindle old memories, and charge into a day of chemical wonders.

Speakers

Professor Peter Wothers MBE

University of Cambridge

Professor Peter Wothers is a Teaching Professor in the Department of Chemistry, lecturing to the first, second and third year undergraduate students. He has co-authored a number of popular undergraduate textbooks including Why Chemical Reactions Happen, Chemical Structure and Reactivity and Organic Chemistry. Peter has made a number of TV and radio appearances, most recently giving the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures on the BBC (2012). Peter is heavily involved in both the National and International Chemistry Olympiad competitions, and also initiated the successful Cambridge Chemistry Challenge, supported by St Catharine's. Peter is Director of Studies in Chemistry for St Catharine's, and supervises many Chemistry students. In 2014 he was awarded an MBE for Services to Chemistry.