Professor Uchegbu will be joining us in London, the Midlands and Manchester to deliver an inspiring talk exploring how chemistry shapes the living world around us. This is a talk that promises to transform the familiar into the extraordinary and change the way you see the world!
Ijeoma Uchegbu is an inventor, educator, Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience at University College London, President of Wolfson College at the University of Cambridge. Renowned for pioneering nanoparticle drug delivery, she is a fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, an honorary fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, a governor of the Wellcome Trust and Chief Scientific Officer of Nanomerics Ltd, a company that she co-founded.
A highly respected scientific leader, she has served as Chairperson of the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences and has appeared on BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour, Desert Island Discs, BBC Outlook and been featured in The Guardian and Daily Telegraph. In 2025, she was made Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours.