Biography
Professor Matthew Almond graduated with a BSc degree in chemistry from University of Reading in 1981 and DPhil from University of Oxford in 1984. He was appointed Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry at Reading in 1986, promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1998 and became Professor of Chemistry Education in 2012. He was Head of the Chemistry department from 2006-9, School Director of Teaching and Learning from 2010-2013 and Associate Dean for Teaching and Learning from 2013-15.
He is now Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. He was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship in 2014 and has twice been awarded the student-selected prize as “Best Lecturer in the Faculty of Life Sciences” in 2010 and 2013. In 2015 he was awarded a Doctor of Science degree for his research in the applications of infrared spectroscopy.