Staff list

Academic staff

Name and position Research and other interests
Dr Matthew Almond
Senior Lecturer
Inorganic Chemistry
Deputy Head of Department
Infrared Spectroscopy, Archaeometry, Environmental Analysis, Forensic Analysis, Analytical Chemistry.
Dr Roger Bennett
Nanoscience and Materials Theme Leader
Physical Chemistry
Surface science, ultra-thin films, transition metal oxides, heterogeneous catalysis, nanoparticles, clusters, synchrotron science.
Dr Geoff Brown
Director of Postgraduate Studies
Organic Chemistry
NMR spectroscopy, Natural products, Biosynthesis, Origin of life.
Professor Christine Cardin
Professor of Crystallography
Inorganic Chemistry
Crystallography and structure determination, DNA, nucleic acids, cancer, macromolecular structure, polymorphism.
Dr Ann Chippindale
Reader in Solid-State Chemistry
Postgraduate Admissions Tutor
Inorganic 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
Director of Research
Inorganic Chemistry
Materials, Polymers, Membranes, Supramolecular, Nanoscience.
Professor Rainer Cramer
Professor of Mass Spectrometry
Organic Chemistry
Mass spectrometry, proteomics, clinical diagnostics, MALDI, analytical chemistry, protein analysis, systems biology.
Dr Fred Davis
Safety Officer
Organic Chemistry
The synthesis of polymeric materials with unusual properties. Spectral filters, their degradation and stability. Novel supercapacitors.
Dr Joanne Elliott
Undergraduate Admissions Tutor
Physical Chemistry
Lyotropic liquid crystals, Liquid crystal templating, Hydrodynamic modulation voltammetry.
Professor Frantisek Hartl
Head of 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
Head of Physical Chemistry
Diamond Professor of Physical Chemistry
Soft Matter, Self-Assembly, Nanotechnology, Copolymers, Peptides.
Professor Laurence Harwood
Head of Organic Chemistry
Total synthesis, Natural products, Synthetic methodology, pericyclic reactions, chiral morpholinones, peptides.
Self-assembled Polymers, Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers, Polymer Synthesis.
Dr Georg Held
Reader in Surface Chemistry
Physical Chemistry
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.
Dr Simon Hibble
Reader in Solid State Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry
Total diffraction, neutron diffraction, EXAFS, transition-metal cyanides, metal-metal bonding, transition-metal sulfides.
Dr David Lindsay
EPSRC Fellow
Organic Chemistry
Organometallic chemistry, asymmetric synthesis, catalysis, natural product synthesis.
Dr George Marston
Head of School
Physical Chemistry
Atmospheric chemistry, climate change, terpene ozonolysis, secondary organic aerosol, radical formation.
Dr John Mckendrick
MChem Industrial Study Director
Organic Chemistry
Bio-compatible polymers, Organic synthesis, Natural products, Olefin metathesis, Cationic rearrangements.
Dr David Nutt
RCUK Fellow
Physical chemistry
Molecular modelling, molecular dynamics simulations, biophysics, quantummechanics, ice, water, biomineralisation, surface recognition, proteins.
Dr Elizabeth Page
Director of Undergraduate Studies
School Director of Outreach
Inorganic Chemistry
Electron diffraction, Gas-phase molecular structure, Education in Chemistry.
Dr Christian Pfrang
RCUK Fellow
Physical chemistry
Atmospheric chemistry, atmospheric aerosol, levitation techniques, gas-phase and heterogeneous reaction kinetics.
Dr Andrew Russell
Organic Chemistry
Synthesis, Natural Products, Photochemistry, Cycloaddition Reactions, Synthetic Methodology.
Dr Adam Squires
Outreach Co-ordinator
Physical Chemistry
Biophysical Chemistry and X-ray scattering.
Professor Joe Sweeney
Professor of Synthesis and Chemical Biology
Catalytic and asymmetric synthesis, Target-oriented synthesis, Chemical biology.
Dr David Watson
Open University 2plus2 Co-ordinator
Physical Chemistry
Enantioselective heterogeneous catalysis, single crystal electrochemistry, solid polymer electrocatalysis, surface science, heterogeneous hydrogenations and epoxidations.

Academic Teaching Staff

Name and Position Teaching role
Ms Dawn Willoughby
Sessional Lecturer
International Foundation Programme tutor in IT and Statistics.
Mrs Linda Rogers
Sessional Lecturer
International Foundation Programme tutor in Chemistry.
Dr Rick Hobson
School e-Learning Coordinator
School IT Manager
Maths tutor
Module convener and tutor for Part 1 mathematics.
Elizabeth Tracey
Part 1 Support and Outreach Facilitator
Supporting the teaching of Part 1 students with the aim of easing their transition from school to university. Organising outreach activities to encourage pupils to study Chemistry at a higher level.

Administrative staff

Name Role
Mrs Judith Butler Secretary to Professor Harwood
Postgraduate Secretary
Organic Chemistry Secretary
Mrs Tina Cussen Secretary to Head of Department
Mrs Barbara Parr Secretary to Professor Hamley
Physical Chemistry Secretary

Emeritus Staff

Name Email
Professor Derek Bryce-Smith
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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