Inorganic and Materials Staff
The Inorganic and Materials Section is home to more than 25 staff. Some of the technical staff are shared with other sections in the School of Chemistry.
Recent Appointments
- Professor Ian Manners to a Chair in Inorganic, Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry, full-time from Autumn 2006.
- Dr Robin Bedford to a readership in Catalysis, in August 2005.
- Dr Charl Faul to a lectureship in Materials Chemistry in January 2005.
- Dr Dominic Walsh to an EPSRC Advanced Research Fellowship in Summer 2005.
- Dr Simon Hall to a Royal Society University Research Fellowship in August 2004.
- Dr Gareth Owen to a British Centenary Ramsay Fellowship in August 2004.
- Dr Duncan Wass to a lectureship in Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis in January 2004.
- Dr Fiona Meldrum to a lectureship in Materials Chemsitry in August 2003.
Awards and Medals
The international reputation of Inorganic and Materials Chemistry research at Bristol has been recognised by various awards. Recent awards and prizes include:
- 2008-2009 RSC Tilden Lectureship: Professor Ian Manners.
- 2007-2012 EPSRC Advanced Research Fellowship: Dr Natalie Fey.
- 2007-2008 RSC Ronald Nyholm Lectureship: Professor Guy Orpen.
- 2007-2008 RSC Joseph Chatt Lectureship: Professor Steve Mann.
- 2006 Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship : Dr Gareth Owen.
- 2006-2007 RSC Award for Main Group Chemistry: Professor Ian Manners.
- 2006-2007 RSC Sir Edward Frankland Fellowship: Dr Robin Bedford.
- 2004-2005 RSC Award for Structural Chemistry: Professor Guy Orpen.
- 2003-2004 RSC Award for Homogeneous Catalysis: Professor Paul Pringle.
- 2001-2002 RSC Nyholm Lectureship: Professor Jon McCleverty.
- 2001-2002 Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship: Professor Paul Pringle.
- 2000-2001 Royal Society Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship: Professor Guy Orpen.