Katrina Krämer
After finishing my A-levels, I wanted to study arts or languages, but then decided that being a chemist in a white coat was definitely cooler.
So I went on and spent ten years studying chemistry in Germany, Spain and the UK, before realising that not working in a lab can also be fun. After one year in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s graduate trainee scheme, I joined Chemistry World first as editorial assistant and now as science correspondent.
My favourite CAS number is 102-54-5.
ResearchThree negative charges crammed onto carbons in a single molecule
The first organic tricarbanion pushes the number of negative charges in one molecule to its limits
ResearchFirst atomic images of mysterious ocean carbon
Atomic force microscopy reveals structures of deep ocean’s organic compounds
NewsNew life sciences institute wants to make drug discovery 10 times more efficient
The UK’s £103 million Rosalind Franklin Institute will unite robotics, chemistry and biophysics to generate drug candidates within weeks
NewsNoble gas’s days of fixed atomic weight argon
Chemistry’s standardisation body introduces atomic weight interval for argon and updates weights of another 13 elements
FeatureOil spill cleanup
Is the cure worse than the disease? Katrina Krämer looks at the new alternatives to traditional dispersants and surfactants
ResearchMethane dunes at Pluto's heart
Heart-shaped region on the dwarf planet’s surface features dunes made out of solid methane
ResearchRobots explore chemistry’s dark spaces
Thousands of nanoscale experiments create map of reactions that don’t work
ResearchHydrogel goes for a stroll
3D printed hydrogel figurine walks back and forth in electric field
NewsJapanese chemical society elects first female president
Chemical Society of Japan’s new president Maki Kawai will focus on international and interdisciplinary collaborations
ResearchFirst new form of isomerism discovered in 50 years will be the last
Porphyrin–boron compounds have revealed a curious form of molecular chirality based on hindered bond angle inversion
News£20 million for NMR upgrade at eight UK universities
Funding boost includes cash for two ultra-powerful 1GHz machines
NewsJim Ratcliffe, head of UK chemical giant Ineos, tops Sunday Times rich list
A net worth of more than £21 billion makes chemical engineer UK’s richest person
ResearchA galaxy far, far away holds oldest oxygen ever seen
Oxygen discovered 13 billion light years away hints at earliest star formation after big bang
ResearchDorset geology gives clues to past life on Mars
Fossilised microorganisms at England’s south coast offer clues to those studying the red planet
ResearchNanofertilisers have huge potential but studies suffer from severe shortcomings
Nanosize agrochemicals promise to boost crop yields but experiments are often inconsistent and unrealistic, analysis reveals
ReviewSeeds of science: why we got it so wrong on GMOs
Katrina Kramer reviews the story of one man’s journey from activist to advocate
ResearchChallenging mirror molecules made with stereochemistry destroying reaction
Clever catalyst repurposes classic nucleophilic substitution to make chiral quaternary carbon centres
NewsChemistry students with advisers of same gender more likely to succeed
Women with female PhD supervisors publish more papers and are 50% more likely to become academics than those with male advisers
ResearchRotten egg smell surrounds Uranus
Seventh planet’s topmost cloud layer is composed of hydrogen sulfide
Research73 new exotic nuclei discovered at Japanese institute
Hunt for remaining 4000 predicted nuclides goes on but new technology is needed to find them all
