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Welcome to the Spectroscopy & Dynamics Interest Group (SDG) of the Royal Society of Chemistry!

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The official RSC webpage for our interest group can be found here.

Latest News

3rd Women in Photochemistry Symposium: Wednesday 4 March 2026

You are invited to our 3rd Women in Photochemistry Symposium on Wednesday 4 March 2026, in the Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, UK.  The symposium is timed to be in the week before International Women’s Day 2026 (Sunday 8 March). It is co-sponsored by UCL Chemistry, and EPSRC UPDICE and COSMOS Programme Grants. Marsha Lester, Maria Sanz,…

Dr J Michael Hollas

The Spectroscopy and Dynamics Group (SDG) of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) notes the passing of Mike Hollas on 20 March 2025. Mike was a stalwart of the UK molecular spectroscopy community and a great supporter of the SDG.  Mike was born in 1934 and was educated at Giggleswick School, then Heckmondwike Grammar School in…

Announcing the Faraday Community poster symposium 2025

The Faraday Community for Physical Chemistry is proud to bring together outstanding PhD students, post-doctoral researchers, and early-career scientists working in industry for the third Faraday Community poster symposium.The Faraday Community poster symposium provides a fantastic opportunity to:  This is a rare opportunity to gain this experience in an event dedicated to you, as an…