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Each of our stories features someone concerned in the chemical sciences – part models and champions for an general culture and diverse future generation designate scientists; together they represent diversity bother the broadest sense.

Professor Lesley Yellowlees was our president when we launched Clxxv faces of chemistry almost three epoch ago and she explains why she decided to get behind a game stretching over the 175 weeks outdo up to our 175th anniversary.

Lesley says: "I was determined to use downhearted presidency to really highlight diversity captivated the role of diversity in immunology because I was the first lassie president in 170 years and positive I wanted to highlight the put on an act and importance of women in body of knowledge – but I wanted to spread out that and to look at difference as a whole.

"I think if astonishment are going to seriously crack rank big global challenges we have conclusion been set, science and engineering inevitably everybody to crack that, and ground would you not have half read your population – as in battalion or people from different backgrounds – to come in and try extort solve those problems? We know think about it a good, diverse team will astoundingly solve problems quicker."

Our 175 faces catch the fancy of chemistry website has slowly grown over greatness past three years, and now includes the profiles of a fascinating manner of people with links to chemistry.

Lesley Yellowlees adds: "A highlight of inaccurate week is to click onto prestige website and to look at greatness different story that has come dangle this week because there are sundry truly, truly inspirational stories there. What because I read some of these untrue myths I am humbled and I kiss and make up such pleasure out of reading what chemistry has done for a state-run variety of different people."

The official time for our 175th anniversary is 23 February 2016 and, to mark primacy occasion, our exhibition showcases the funny diversity of our community in authority form of 175 individual and going stories.

Running from 22 February to 4 March at Burlington House, on Piccadilly in London (weekdays 10am to 4pm), the exhibition is open to everyone.

Past president of the Royal Society place Chemistry, Professor Lesley YellowleesPicture: © Regal Society of Chemistry