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Meet the Boss
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Ian was born in London, England in 1961 and, after
completing his Ph.D., moved first to Germany and
then the USA for postdoctoral work. He then joined
the Chemistry Department at the University of
Toronto in 1990. After 15 enjoyable years in Canada,
he moved back to his Alma Mater (University of
Bristol, England) in 2006. Ian’s research interests
focus on the development of new synthetic approaches
involving catalysis and self-assembly and their
applications in molecular chemistry, polymer and
materials science, and nanoscience. His
outside interests include music (especially that of
Dvorak, Rachmaninov and Mahler), nature (especially
birds, trees, butterflies and wild flowers), hiking,
global politics, history, travel, cricket, the
Simpsons, the Royle Family, German and local beer,
and excellent pubs and restaurants. Ian lives with
his wife, Deborah, in a 200 year old cottage near
Tintern in the beautiful Wye Valley in South Wales.
They have two children, Hayley and Chris, and a
Grandson, Rhys.
Qualifications and Experience:
Faculty
- 1990 - Assistant Professor (Tenure Track)
Department of Chemistry, University of
Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
- 1994 - Associate Professor (Tenured)
Department of Chemistry, University of
Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
- 1995 - Full Professor Department of
Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto,
Canada.
- 2001 - Canada Research Chair, University of
Toronto, Canada
- 2006 - Professor and Chair of Inorganic,
Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry, and
Marie Curie Chair, School of Chemistry,
University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Postdoctoral
- Research Associate 1988-1990, Department of
Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Advisor;
Prof. H. R. Allcock. Area of Research :
polymer chemistry (polyphosphazenes)
- Postdoctoral 1986-87, Department of
Inorganic Chemistry, University of Aachen,
Aachen, West Germany. Advisor; Prof. P.
Paetzold. Area of Research: main group
chemistry (iminoboranes)
Predoctoral
- Ph.D. Chemistry, 1982-85, University of
Bristol, Bristol, England. Advisor; Prof. N.G.
Connelly. Area of Research : organometallic
chemistry (organotransition metal radicals)
- B.Sc. Chemistry, First Class Honors,
1979-1982, University of Bristol, England.
Selected Research and Teaching Awards,
Honours, Fellowships, and Lectureships:
- Center for Self-Assembled Chemical Structures (CSACS) Lecturer (Concordia Univ., McGill Univ., and Univ. of Montreal) (2013)
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) (2012)
- RSC Peter Day Award (for Soft Matter Materials Chemistry) (2012)
- Visiting Scientist at the University of
Bayreuth (2011)
- Gordon Stone Lecturer at the University of
Bristol (2011)
- Elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of
London (FRS) (British National Academy of
Science) (2011)
- Alexander von Humboldt Research Award (2011)
- Siedle Lecturer, University of Indiana, USA
(2011)
- Spinks Lecturer, University of Saskatchewan,
Canada (2011)
- Macrogroup UK Medal (2010)
- Humphrey Memorial Symposium Lecturer,
University of Vermont, USA (2010)
- Kilpatrick Lecture Series 2010, Illinois
Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA, (2010)
- European Research Council Advanced
Investigator Grant (2010 - 2014)
- Ralph Milkovich Memorial Lecturer, The
University of Akron, Ohio, USA (2009)
- 2009 Distinguished Lecturer, Hong Kong
Baptist University (2009)
- Frontiers in Chemical Research Lecturer,
Texas A&M University, USA (2008)
- 2008 Bayer Distinguished Lecturer,
Washington University in St. Louis, USA (2008)
- Wiberg Lecturer: Ludwig-Maximilians
University of Munich, Germany (2008)
- George W. and Pauline Watt Centennial
Lectureship, University of Texas at Austin
(2007)
- Tilden Lectureship, Royal Society of
Chemistry (2007)
- Royal Society of Chemistry Award in Main
Group Chemistry (2005)
- Royal Society Wolfson Merit Award (2005)
- European Union Marie Curie Chair (2005)
- Reed Lecturer at Rennselaer Polytechnic
Institute Troy, NY, US (2003)
- 2002 Fall Lecture, Georgia Institute of
Technology, US (2002)
- Karasek Lectureship, University of Waterloo,
Canada (2002)
- Macromolecular Science and Engineering
Award, Canadian Institute of Chemistry (2002)
- Canadian Institute of Advanced Research
Young Investigator Award (Canada's "top 20
under 40" in Science and Engineering) (2002)
- Steacie Prize (2000) (top award in Canada in
all areas of science and engineering given to
one person per year aged 40 or under)
- Elected as Fellow to the Royal Society of
Canada (FRSC) (Canadian National Academy of
Science) (2001).
- Tier I (Senior) Canada Research Chair
(2001).
- Visiting Professor at University of Bochum,
Germany (2001)
- Visiting Professor at University of Rennes,
France (2000)
- Premier’s Research Excellence Award (1999).
- Alcan Lecture Award, Canadian Society of
Chemistry (1999)
- Royal Society Corday-Morgan Medal 1997
(Royal Society, UK).
- NSERC E. W.R. Steacie Fellow (1997-99).
- Canadian Society of Chemistry Award in Pure
or Applied Inorganic Chemistry (1997).
- University of Toronto, McLean Award (1997).
- Fellow of the Chemical Institute of Canada
(1997).
- Rutherford Memorial Medal in Chemistry
(1996).
- Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship (1994-98) (Sloan
Foundation, USA)
- Faculty of Arts & Science Outstanding
Teaching Award (1993-94).
- University of Toronto Senior Alumni Award
for Distinctive Contributions to Teaching
(1993).
- Canadian Society of Chemistry IUPAC Travel
Award (1993).
- Royal Society of Chemistry (England)
European Fellowship (1986-87) for Postdoctoral
Work at Aachen
Editorships and Memberships of Editorial and
Editorial Advisory Boards of Journals:
- Chem. Soc. Rev. (2011 - )
- Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (2010 - )
- Polymer Chemistry (2010 - )
- New Monomers and Polymers (2001 - )
- Macromolecules (1997-2000)
- Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic
Polymers (2000-)
- New Journal of Chemistry (1998-2001)
- Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics (2000 -
2008)
- Macromolecular Rapid Communications (2000 -
2008)
- Organometallics (2001 - 2004)
- J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans (2001 - 2008)
- Advances in Polymer Science (2003 - 2008)
- Polyhedron (2006 -2009 )
- Journal of Organometallic Chemistry
(Associate Editor)
- Dalton Trans. (Editorial Advisory Board)
Publications and Invited Lectures:
Over 560 papers in scientific journals, 11
patents and 4 books.
Over 410 invited, keynote, and plenary lectures
nationally and internationally.
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