Staff list

Academic staff

Name and position Research and other interests
Dr Matthew Almond
Senior Lecturer in
Inorganic Chemistry
Deputy Head of Department
School Director of Teaching & Learning
University Teaching Fellow
Infrared Spectroscopy, Archaeometry, Environmental Analysis, Forensic Analysis, Analytical Chemistry.
Dr Roger Bennett
Reader in Nanostructured  Surfaces
Nanoscience and Materials Theme Leader
Surface science, ultra-thin films, transition metal oxides, heterogeneous catalysis, nanoparticles, clusters, synchrotron science.
Dr Geoff Brown
Lecturer in NMR Spectroscopy
Postgrad Admissions Tutor
NMR spectroscopy, Natural products, Biosynthesis, Origin of life.
Professor Christine Cardin
Professor of Crystallography
Crystallography and structure determination, DNA, nucleic acids, cancer, macromolecular structure, polymorphism.
Dr Ann Chippindale
Reader in Solid-State Chemistry
Microporous materials, synthesis of solids with interesting chemical and physical properties, transition-metal cyanides, open-framework metal phosphates, single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
Professor Howard Colquhoun
Professor of Materials Chemistry
Research Group Leader - Materials & Synthesis
Materials, Polymers, Membranes, Supramolecular, Nanoscience.
Professor Rainer Cramer
Professor of Mass Spectrometry & Bioanalytical Sciences
Head of Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics
Mass spectrometry, proteomics, clinical diagnostics, MALDI, analytical chemistry, protein analysis, systems biology.
Dr Fred Davis
Senior Lecturer in Organic Chemistry
School Director for Health & Safety
The synthesis of polymeric materials with unusual properties. Spectral filters, their degradation and stability. Novel supercapacitors.
Dr Joanne Elliott
Lecturer in Physical Chemistry
Undergraduate Admissions Tutor
Lyotropic liquid crystals, Liquid crystal templating, Hydrodynamic modulation voltammetry.
Professor Frantisek Hartl
Professor of Inorganic Chemistry
Research Group Leader - Systems & Analysis Inorganic Chemistry
Spectroelectrochemistry. Unusual oxidation states of coordination compounds. Photoinduced electron and energy transfer. Molecular switches and wires. Photo- and redox catalysis. Activation of carbon dioxide. Transition metal clusters.
Professor Ian Hamley
Diamond Professor of Physical Chemistry
Joint Theme Leader, Nanoscience & Materials
Soft Matter, Self-Assembly, Nanotechnology, Copolymers, Peptides.
Professor Laurence
Harwood

Professor of Organic Chemistry
Departmental Director of Enterprise
Total synthesis, Natural products, Synthetic methodology, pericyclic reactions, chiral morpholinones, peptides.
Dr Wayne Hayes
Reader in Polymer Chemistry
Head of Department
Self-assembled Polymers, Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers, Polymer Synthesis.
Prof Georg Held
Professor of Surface Chemistry
Director of Research
Diamond Fellow
Structures, electronic properties and chemistry of solid surfaces. Chiral Surface Systems. Metal-water interfaces. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), Near Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy (NEXAFS), LEED.
Professor George Marston
Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry
Atmospheric chemistry, climate change, terpene ozonolysis, secondary organic aerosol, radical formation.
Dr John Mckendrick
Lecturer in Organic Chemistry
Departmental Examinations Officer
Departmental Senior Tutor and iLearn/PDP Coordinator
Bio-compatible polymers, Organic synthesis, Natural products, Olefin metathesis, Cationic rearrangements.
Dr David Nutt
Lecturer in Physical Chemistry
Dept Director of Outreach
Molecular modelling, molecular dynamics simulations, biophysics, quantummechanics, ice, water, biomineralisation, surface recognition, proteins.
Dr Elizabeth Page
Senior Lecturer in Chemistry Education
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Group Leader for Chemical Education
School Director of Outreach
Inorganic Chemistry
University Teaching Fellow
Electron diffraction, Gas-phase molecular structure, Education in Chemistry.
Dr Christian Pfrang
RCUK Fellow
Lecturer in Physical Chemistry
Atmospheric chemistry, atmospheric aerosol, levitation techniques, gas-phase and heterogeneous reaction kinetics.
Dr Andrew Russell
Lecturer in Organic Chemistry
MChem Industrial Study Director
Synthesis, Natural Products, Photochemistry, Cycloaddition Reactions, Synthetic Methodology.
Dr Adam Squires
Lecturer in Physical Chemistry
Director of Postgraduate Studies
Biophysical Chemistry and X-ray scattering.

Academic Teaching Staff

Name and Position Teaching role
Dr Barny Greenland  Teaching Fellow
Dr Veluz Maria Hart Prieto  Project Officer and Teaching Fellow
Ms Dawn Willoughby
Sessional Lecturer
International Foundation Programme tutor in IT and Statistics.
 Dr David Wright  IFP Chemistry Tutor

Administrative staff

Name Role
Catherine O'Hare
Postgraduate and Research Secretary
Mrs Judy Butler Secretary to Head of Department and Outreach
Mrs Barbara Parr Secretary

Emeritus Staff

Name Email
Professor David Cardin d.j.cardin@reading.ac.uk
Professor Mike Drew m.g.b.drew@reading.ac.uk
Professor Gerry W.A.Fowles
Professor H. Monty Frey h.m.frey@reading.ac.uk
Professor Andrew Gilbert
Professor Ian Mills FRS i.m.mills@reading.ac.uk
Dr Philip Mitchell p.c.h.mitchell@reading.ac.uk
Professor David Rice d.a.rice@reading.ac.uk
Professor Robin Walsh r.walsh@reading.ac.uk

 

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