| Dr Roger Bennett |
Associate Professor in Nanostructured Surfaces and Part 3 Year Tutor |
Surface science, ultra-thin films, transition metal oxides, heterogeneous catalysis, nanoparticles, clusters, synchrotron science. |
| Dr Geoff Brown |
Associate Professor in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy, Departmental Director of Academic Tutoring, NMR Platform Lead in the Chemical Analysis Facility and Part 2 Year Tutor
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NMR spectroscopy, natural products, biosynthesis, origin of life. |
| Professor Christine Cardin |
Professor of Crystallography and Culture Champion on the Wellbeing, Inclusion, Diversity and Equality (WIDE) Committee |
Crystallography and structure determination of nucleic acids, ligands binding to nucleic acids, G-quadruplexes and other noncanonical structures. |
| Professor Ann Chippindale |
Professor of Structural Chemistry and Department Director of Outreach |
Microporous materials, synthesis of solids with interesting chemical and physical properties, transition-metal cyanides, open-framework metal phosphates, single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
| Dr James Cooper |
Lecturer in Organic Chemistry |
Supramolecular chemistry, systems chemistry, transmembrane assemblies and processes, stimuli-responsive assemblies, out-of-equilibrium architectures and molecular machines. |
| Professor Rainer Cramer |
Professor of Mass Spectrometry and Bioanalytical Sciences, and Head of Biomedical, Molecular and Analytical Chemistry |
Mass spectrometry, proteomics, clinical diagnostics, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI), analytical chemistry, biomarkers, high-throughput screening (HTP) analysis, systems biology. |
| Dr Philippa Cranwell |
Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry, University Director of Foundation Studies, University Teaching Fellow, and Admissions Tutor |
The role of language when teaching chemistry, internationalisation, organic synthesis, synthetic methodology. |
| Dr Fred Davis |
Associate Professor in Organic Chemistry and Examinations Officer |
The synthesis of polymeric materials with unusual properties, spectral filters, their degradation and stability, novel supercapacitors. |
| Dr Joanne Elliott |
Associate Professor in Physical Chemistry, Industrial Placements, Careers and Employability Officer, and School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy Athena SWAN Officer |
Lyotropic liquid crystals, liquid crystal templating, hydrodynamic modulation voltammetry. |
| Dr Ricardo Grau-Crespo |
Associate Professor of Materials Theory and Part 4 Year Tutor |
Computational materials science, energy materials, solid solutions, minerals, surface science and catalysis. |
| Dr Jessica Gusthart |
Lecturer in Organic Chemistry |
Carbohydrate
chemistry, chemo-enzymatic synthesis of carbohydrates, carbohydrate active
enzymes. |
| Professor Ian Hamley |
Diamond Professor of Physical Chemistry |
Soft matter, self-assembly, nanoscience, polymers, peptides, biomaterials, X-ray and neutron scattering, rheology, circular dichroism. |
| Professor Frantisek Hartl |
Professor of Inorganic Chemistry and Head of Spectroelectrochemistry Reading
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Inventive molecular and laser spectroelectrochemistry, molecular wires, smart materials and photo-redox switches, photo-assisted electrocatalytic activation of carbon dioxide, organometallic and matallaaromatic compounds. |
| Professor Laurence Harwood |
Professor of Organic Chemistry and Director of the University of Reading Chemical Analysis Facility |
Total synthesis, natural products, synthetic methodology, pericyclic reactions, chiral morpholinones, peptides, minor actinide selective ligands. |
| Professor Wayne Hayes |
Professor of Polymer Chemistry |
Functional and reactive polymers, self-assembled polymers, healable polymer networks, polymer synthesis. |
| Dr Kevin Lovelock |
Royal Society University Research Fellow |
X-ray spectroscopy, electronic properties and chemistry of liquids, Lewis acids and bases, ionic liquids, synchrotron science. |
| Dr John McKendrick |
Head of Department, Associate Professor in Bio-Organic Chemistry, and Deputy Exams Officer |
Bio-compatible monomers/polymers, organic synthesis, analysis of complex multi-component mixtures. |
| Dr David Nutt |
Associate Professor in Physical Chemistry, Department Director of Teaching and Learning, and University Teaching Fellow |
Chemistry education, computational chemistry, molecular dynamics simulations, quantum mechanical calculations. |
| Dr Michael Piperakis |
Lecturer in Inorganic and Physical Chemistry |
Chemistry education, nucleic acid chemistry. |
| Professor Anthony Powell |
Professor of Solid-State Chemistry and Research Division Lead for Chemistry |
Solid-state chemistry, functional materials, thermoelectric materials, structure-directed synthesis, neutron diffraction, magnetism, transport properties. |
| Dr Andrew Russell |
Lecturer in Organic Chemistry, School Director of Academic Tutoring, and Deputy Department Director of Teaching and Learning |
Synthesis, natural products, photochemistry, cycloaddition reactions, synthetic methodology. |
| Dr Chris Smith |
Lecturer in Organic Chemistry, Careers and Employability Officer, Erasmus and Study Abroad Coordinator, and Industrial Placements Officer |
Synthesis, photochemistry, flow chemistry, natural products, catalysis, nuclear separations using minor actinide selective ligands. |
| Dr Paz Vaqueiro |
Associate Professor in Materials Chemistry, Departmental Director of Postgraduate Studies, Programme Director for MSc in Chemical Research, and School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy Director of Postgraduate Studies |
Materials, solid state chemistry, thermoelectric materials, microporous solids, photovoltaic materials. |
