Career and education
Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry, University of Sussex, 05/2018-
Professor of Inorganic Chemistry
School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, 08/2015-04/2018
Assistant Vice-Dean for Research
Faculty of Engineering and Science, The University of Manchester, 01/2016-03/2018
Reader in Inorganic Chemistry
School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, 08/2013-07/2015
Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry
School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, 09/2007-07/2013
Temporary Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry
Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, 09/2004-08/2007
Denman-Baynes Junior Research Fellow
Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, and Clare College, Cambridge, 09/2002-08/2004
PhD in Inorganic Chemistry entitled "Structure, bonding and reactivity of polar metallocenes"
Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, 09/1999-12/2002
Supervisor: Prof. Dominic S. Wright
Undergraduate studies
School of Chemistry, University of Leeds
First Class Master of Chemistry with Honours, MChem (Hons), 09/1995-07/1999
Department of Chemistry, University of Sussex, 05/2018-
Professor of Inorganic Chemistry
School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, 08/2015-04/2018
Assistant Vice-Dean for Research
Faculty of Engineering and Science, The University of Manchester, 01/2016-03/2018
Reader in Inorganic Chemistry
School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, 08/2013-07/2015
Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry
School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, 09/2007-07/2013
Temporary Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry
Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, 09/2004-08/2007
Denman-Baynes Junior Research Fellow
Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, and Clare College, Cambridge, 09/2002-08/2004
PhD in Inorganic Chemistry entitled "Structure, bonding and reactivity of polar metallocenes"
Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, 09/1999-12/2002
Supervisor: Prof. Dominic S. Wright
Undergraduate studies
School of Chemistry, University of Leeds
First Class Master of Chemistry with Honours, MChem (Hons), 09/1995-07/1999
Awards and professional memberships
2021 Friedrich-Wilhelm-Bessel Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
2019 Applied Chemistry Lectureship, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
2016-2019 Associate Editor, Dalton Transactions (RSC Publishing)
2015-2020 ERC Consolidator Grant (ERC-CoG-2014)
2015 Visiting Professor, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2014 Rising Star Lectureship, 41st International Conference on Coordination Chemistry, Singapore, July 21-25
2013 Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, FRSC
2013 Royal Society of Chemistry Sir Edward Frankland Fellowship Award. See news article in Angewandte Chemie
2012-2015 Elected member of Dalton Division Council
2010-2012 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship for Experienced Researchers
2006 Royal Society of Chemistry Meldola Medal
2005 Chartered Scientist, CSci
2005 Chartered Chemist, CChem
2003 Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, MRSC
2019 Applied Chemistry Lectureship, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
2016-2019 Associate Editor, Dalton Transactions (RSC Publishing)
2015-2020 ERC Consolidator Grant (ERC-CoG-2014)
2015 Visiting Professor, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2014 Rising Star Lectureship, 41st International Conference on Coordination Chemistry, Singapore, July 21-25
2013 Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, FRSC
2013 Royal Society of Chemistry Sir Edward Frankland Fellowship Award. See news article in Angewandte Chemie
2012-2015 Elected member of Dalton Division Council
2010-2012 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship for Experienced Researchers
2006 Royal Society of Chemistry Meldola Medal
2005 Chartered Scientist, CSci
2005 Chartered Chemist, CChem
2003 Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, MRSC
