EaStCHEM | Materials Chemistry Research Staff

Research Staff

Materials Chemistry

Name	Research Areas	Institution	Keywords
Prof. Polly L Arnold	Materials, Synthesis	Edinburgh	d- and f-block organometallic chemistry, small molecule activation chemistry, homogeneous catalysis
Dr Sharon Ashbrook	Chemical Physics, Materials	St Andrews	multinuclear solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), method development, ab initio calculations, minerals, framework materials
Prof. J Paul Atfield	Materials	Edinburgh	magnetism, superconductivity, high pressure synthesis, materials chemistry
Dr Richard T Baker	Materials	St Andrews	fuel cells, solid state electrochemistry, functional materials, heterogeneous catalysis, electron microscopy, Electro-Active Polymers
Dr Jan-Willem Bos	Materials	Edinburgh	synthesis of solids, electronic and magnetic properties of solids, X-ray and neutron diffraction, structure-property relationships
Prof. Mark Bradley	Chemistry/Biology Interface, Materials, Synthesis	Edinburgh	microarrays (cells, enzymatic assays, small molecules, and polymers), cellular delivery (DNA, proteins, peptides), high-throughput chemistry
Prof. Euan K Brechin	Chemical Physics, Materials, Synthesis	Edinburgh	synthetic coordination chemistry, solvothermal & microwave synthesis, molecule-based magnetism, single-molecule magnetism
Prof. Peter G Bruce FRS	Materials	St Andrews	chemistry, solid state chemistry, electrochemistry, solid state ionics, solid ionic conductors, intercalation compounds polymer electrolytes, synthesis' structure determination
Dr Philip J Camp	Chemical Physics, Materials	Edinburgh	structure, dynamics, and phase equilibria in complex fluids; computer simulations and statistical mechanics
Prof. Eleanor Campbell	Chemical Physics, Materials	Edinburgh	gas phase studies of fullerenes and atomic clusters; growth mechanisms, properties and applications of carbon nanotubes
Dr Georg Haehner	Chemical Physics, Materials	St Andrews	functional organic films, liquid solid interactions, protein adsorption, scanning probe techniques, photoelectron spectroscopy
Prof. Andrew Harrison	Materials	Edinburgh	magnetic materials, nanostructures, neutron scattering, microwave chemistry
Prof. John T S Irvine	Materials	St Andrews	energy, sustainability, fuel cells, SOFC, hydrogen, renewable fuels, solid state chemistry, electrochemistry, ceramics, materials
Dr Anita Jones	Chemistry/Biology Interface, Materials	Edinburgh	photophysics and photochemistry, time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy, fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy, DNA conformation and interactions, microfluidics
Prof. Philip Lightfoot	Materials	St Andrews	solid state chemistry, functional inorganic materials, crystallography, structure-property relationships, ferroelectrics, X-ray and neutron diffraction
Dr Jason Love	Materials, Synthesis	Edinburgh	Synthesis of multimetallic compounds, small molecule chemistry (N₂, O₂, H₂, CO₂, CH₄), ligand and macrocycle design, supramolecular catalysis
Prof. Russell E Morris	Materials, Synthesis	St Andrews	synthesis, characterisation and application of porous materials. Zeolites, metal organic frameworks, ionic liquids, medical applications
Dr Carole A Morrison	Chemical Physics, Materials	Edinburgh	computational chemistry, density functional theory, molecular dynamics, molecular crystals, hydrogen bonding (proton migration and transport)
Dr Finlay D Morrison	Materials	St Andrews	electroceramics, solid state chemistry, functional oxides, ferroelectrics, thin films, dielectric properties, nano-structured oxides
Dr Andrew R Mount	Chemistry/Biology Interface, Materials	Edinburgh	electrochemistry, modified electrodes, biosensors, microelectrode arrays, electrochemical machin-ing, electrochemical synthesis, molten salts
Dr Wigen Nazarov	Materials	St Andrews	Very low density foams using photo-initiated monomers. Low density polymeric foam films, carbonized foam systems, foams containing high percentage of homogeneously dispersed high Z elements and metallic foams.
Prof. Colin R Pulham	Materials, Synthesis	Edinburgh	studies of pharmaceuticals, explosives, and propellants at high pressure, polymorphism, crystal engineering, electrochemical metal nitriding
Dr Neil Robertson	Materials, Synthesis	Edinburgh	molecular materials, dye-sensitised solar cells, luminescent materials, conducting/magnetic materials
Dr Philip Wormald	Chemical Physics, Materials	St Andrews	development of ¹⁹F solid-state NMR techniques for fluorinated polymers, organic and inorganic fluorides and the analysis of dynamic processes and NMR parameters using sparse matrices
Dr Paul Wright	Materials	St Andrews	microporous and mesoporous solids, organic-inorganic hybrids and zeolites, structural studies, adsorption and catalysis
Dr Wuzong Zhou	Chemical Physics, Materials	St Andrews	solid state structural chemistry, inorganic materials, nanomaterials and electron microscopy