Previous Seminars and Meetings
- Gordon Stone Lectures
- Research Seminars 2008-9
- Research Seminars - Spring 2008
- Research Seminars - Autumn 2007
- Research Seminars - Spring 2007
- Research Seminars - Autumn 2006
- Main Group Chemistry Symposium - Summer 2006
- Research Seminars - Spring/Summer 2006
- Research Seminars - Autumn 2005
- 2005 Gordon Stone Lecture and Symposium
- Research Seminars - Spring 2005
- Research Seminars - Autumn 2004
Gordon Stone Lecturers
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Seminars - Autumn 2008/Spring 2009
Monday 3rd November 3.00pm, LT3 |
Dr Philip Dyer,
University of Durham P-N Compounds: Old Reagents, New Reactions |
Monday 17th November 3.00pm, LT3 |
Professor John McGrady,
University of Glasgow Using computational chemistry to shed light on biological water oxidation |
Monday 12th January 3.00pm, LT3 |
Professor Andy Cooper,
University of Liverpool Microporous Polymers: "Order" from Chaos |
Monday 2nd February 3.00pm, LT3 |
Dr Polly Arnold,
University of Edinburgh Controlled redox and activation reactions in organometallic f-block complexes |
Friday 27th February 2.00pm, LT4 |
Professor Manfred Scheer,
University of Regensburg Complexed Main Group-Congeners of Hydrocarbons in molecular and supramolecular environments |
Monday 16th March 3.00pm, LT3 |
Professor Joseph Schmidt,
University of Toledo Unexpected Activity Trends in Catalytic Coupling Reactions using Hemilabile Phosphino-Imine Chelated Palladium Complexes |
Monday 20th April 3.00pm, LT3 |
Dr Oren Scherman,
University of Cambridge Cucurbiturils in Dynamic Functional Materials |
Monday 27th April 3.00pm, LT3 |
Dr Paul Rousell,
AWE Adventures with Element 94 |
Friday 8th May time and venue to be confirmed |
The RSC Ludwig Mond Lecture Professor Robert Crabtree, Yale University Recent Developments in Oxidation Catalysis: Molecular Recognition-Induced Selectivity |
Monday 11th May 3.00pm, LT3 |
Dr Mark Murrie,
University of Glasgow A Chemical Approach to Nanoscale Magnets |
Stone Lecture and Symposium 2008
The 2008 Gordon Stone lecture, held on 29th October 2008, formed part of a short one-day symposium in celebration of Transition Metal Chemistry.
Professor Guy Lloyd-Jones University of Bristol Engaging and decoupling catalytic sub-cycles in transition metal catalysed reactions |
Dr Chris Adams University of Bristol Towards molecular bits - molecules that can represent binary information |
Professor Andrew Weller University of Oxford Putting vacant sites to work: Low-coordinate rhodium phosphine organometallics |
The Gordon Stone Lecture Professor Robert Grubbs Caltech Ruthenium Complexes for the Olefin Metathesis Reaction |
Research Seminars - Spring/Summer 2008
Monday 11th February 3.00pm, LT3 |
Dr George Britovsek,
Imperial College London Tuning the Reactivity of Non-Heme Iron Catalysts for the Oxidation of Alkanes |
Monday 3rd March 3.00pm, LT3 |
Dr Mark Lowe,
University of Leicester New Contrast Agents for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Applications |
Tuesday 11th March 3.00pm, LT1 |
Professor Bruno Chaudret,
CNRS, Toulouse Organometallic Nanoparticles |
Monday 21st April 3.00pm, LT3 |
Professor Julius Vancso,
University of Twente Intelligent poly(ferrocenylsilanes): From molecular motors to controlled release |
Monday 28th April 3.00pm, LT3 |
Professor Ingo Krossing, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg From Superweak Anions to Lewis Super Acids |
Wednesday 7th May 3.00pm, LT3 |
Professor Paul Pregosin, ETH, Zurich NMR Spectroscopy, Ion Pairing and Homogeneous Catalysis |
Monday 12th May 3.00pm, LT3 |
Professor Todd Marder,
University of Durham Diethynylrhodacyclopentadienes: A new class of luminescent organometallics |
Wednesday 14th May 4.15pm, LT1 |
RSC Centenary Lecture Professor Don Tilley, Berkeley, USA New Bond Activations at Transition Metal Centers: Fundamental Studies and Applications to Catalysis |
Research Seminars - Autumn 2007
Monday 29th October 3.00pm, LT3 |
Dr Natalie Fey,
University of Bristol Exploring Ligand Effects - Mechanisms, Maps and Models |
Monday 19th November 3.00pm, LT3 |
Dr Paul Barker,
University of Cambridge Haem proteins as components of self-assembling, electronic materials |
Monday 26th November 3.00pm, LT3 |
Dr Janet Scott,
Unilever Modulation of material properties by intermolecular interactions; "poor" ionic liquids and responsive crystalline materials |
Tuesday 4th December 4.15pm, LT3 |
Professor Kalman Szabo,
University of Stockholm One-Pot Transformations Involving Catalytic Generation of Allyl Boronates |
Wednesday 5 th December 4.30pm, LT4 |
Professor Francois P Gabbai, Texas A&M Cationic boranes. Synthesis, reduction chemistry and anion complexation |
Research Seminars - Spring/Summer 2007
Monday 29th January 3.00pm, LT4 |
Dr Lee Brammer,
The University of Sheffield Halogen-mediated supramolecular chemistry in the solid state: interactions and reactions |
Monday 5th February 3.00pm, LT4 |
Professor Walter Leitner,
Aachen University Green Solvents for Catalysis: From Molecular Understanding to Process Design |
Monday 12th February 3.00pm, LT4 |
The Tilden Lecture Professor Matt Rosseinsky, Liverpool New Chemistry of Multifunctional Oxides and Nanoporous Materials |
Monday 12th March 3.00pm, LT4 |
Professor David Haddleton,
Warwick Title to be announced |
Monday 30 th April 2.15pm, LT4 |
Professor Markus Antonietti,
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam Controlled Synthesis of Crystalline Nanoparticles and their Controlled Assembly |
Monday 14th May 3.00pm, LT4 |
Professor Steve Nolan,
ICIQ Tarragona Recent Developments in the use of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Homogeneous catalysis |
Wednesday 16th May TBA |
Professor Manfred Scheer,
University of Regensburg Main-Group-Element Ligands in Oligomeric and Polymeric Environments |
Research Seminars - Autumn 2006
Monday 23rd October 3.00pm, LT4 |
Professor Chris Reed,
University of California, Riverside Carborane Acids: Strong yet Gentle Acids for Organic and Inorganic Chemistry |
Monday 6th November 3.00pm, LT4 |
Professor Geoff Cloke,
University of Sussex f-Element Pentalene and Cyclooctatetraene Complexes: Sandwich Complexes, Bimetallics, and Small Molecule Activation |
Monday 20th November 3.00pm, LT2 |
The Sir Edward Frankland Lecture Professor Odile Eisenstein, Université de Montpellier II Simple Ideas for d0 Olefin Metathesis Catalyst Design from a DFT Perspective (Held jointly with the Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Section) |
Monday 4th December 3.00pm, LT4 |
Dr Michael Hill,
Imperial College London New Paradigms in Heavier s- and p-Block Chemistry |
Monday 11th December 3.00pm, LT4 |
Professor Michael Bruce,
Adelaide University Carbon Rich Complexes - Some Recent Results |
Main Group Chemistry Symposium - July 2006
To launch the new Bristol Centre for Main Group Chemistry, a one-day symposium was held on 28th July 2006 with contributions from leading international experts in Main Group Chemistry. A list of speakers and talks is given below.
Professor Guy Bertrand,
UCR-CNRS Joint Research Laboratory, University of California, Riverside, USA Chemistry With and Without Main Group Elements: What a Difference? |
Professor Tristram Chivers,
University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada New Aspects of the Chemistry of Heavy Chalcogens |
Professor Neil Burford,
Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada Homoatomic P-P Coordination Complexes: A New Direction in the Chemistry of Phosphorus |
Professor Derek Gates,
University of British Columbia, Canada Putting P into Polymers: Synthetic Approaches to Functional Organophosphorus Macromolecules |
Professor Charles MacDonald,
University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada Low Oxidation State Main Group Compounds: Vresatile New Reagents and Unique Chemistry |
Professor Cameron Jones,
Cardiff University Group 13 Metal(I) Heterocycles: Metal Donor Lewis Bases and N-heterocyclic Carbene Analogues |
Dr Simon Aldridge,
Cardiff University Transition Metal - Group 13 Element Multiple Bonds |
Professor Paul Ragogna,
University of Western Ontario, Canada The Synthesis and Chemistry of Substituted Se-N Ring Systems and the Development of Phosphonium Ionic Liquids Containing Ferrocene |
Research Seminars - Spring/Summer 2006
16th January 2006 3.00pm, LT4 |
Professor Ian Hamley,
University of Leeds Hierarchical order in polypeptide-containing block copolymers |
27th January 2006 2.30pm, LT2 |
Professor Geoffery Ozin,
University of Toronto Air Crystals A lecture on photonic band-gap materials. |
30th January 2006 3.00pm, LT4 |
Dr Helma Wennemers,
University of Basel Peptides - from molecular recognition to asymmetric catalysis |
6th February 2006 3.00pm, LT4 |
RSC Easterfield Lecture Dr Kathryn McGrath, University of Wellington, New Zealand Calcium carbonate crystallisation: the roles of chemical functionality, kinetics and soft templation |
20th February 2006 3.00pm, LT4 |
Professor Brian Mann,
University of Sheffield Carbon monoxide may save your life |
6th March 2006 3.00pm, LT4 |
RSC Geoffrey Wilkinson Lecture Professor David Cole-Hamilton, University of St Andrews Tiny but perfectly formed - the magic world of nanoparticles |
6th March 2006 4.15pm, LT4 |
Professor Gridnev,
Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan Chiral tetraphosphine and chiral three-hindered quadrant diphosphine as ligands in Rh-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation: mechanistic revelations |
20th March 2006 3.00pm, LT4 |
Professor Julian Vincent,
University of Bath Nanofibrous composites from biology: versatility, intelligence and biomimetics |
22nd March 2006 1.45pm, LT4 |
Professor Paul Dyson,
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Development of biphasic ionic liquid catalysis |
29th June 2006 4.15pm, LT4 |
Penny Brothers,
The University of Auckland, New Zealand Boron porphyrins - unusual structures and unexpected redox chemistry for both boron and the porphyrin. |
7th July 2006 3.00pm, LT4 |
Professor Richard Spontak,
North Carolina State University New Opportunities for Block Copolymers: From Homologous Designer Molecules to Dynamic Multicomponent Systems |
Research Seminars - Autumn 2005
11th October 2005 3.00pm, LT3 |
Dr Helmut Cölfen,
Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces Non classical crystallization |
31st October 2005 3.00pm, LT4 |
Dr Nico Sommerdijk,
Eindhoven University of Technology Self-Assembled Templates for the Nucleation of CaCO3: The Importance of Adaptability and Time Resolved Electron Microscopy |
7th November 2005 3.00pm, LT4 |
Professor Duncan Bruce,
University of York Adventures with Liquid Crystals - from the Non-covalent to the Solid State |
24th November 2005 1.45pm, LT3 |
Professor Holger Braunschweig,
University of Würzburg Boron in the coordination sphere of transition metals: borametallocenophanes and borylene complexes |
Gordon Stone Lecture and Symposium 2005
The 2005 Gordon Stone lecture formed part of a short one-day symposium that celebrated the new shape of Inorganic Chemistry in Bristol. Click on the images below for larger versions.
The programme of talks is given below.
The Marie Curie Lecture Professor Ian Manners, University of Bristol Functional and Supramolecular Metallopolymers. |
Dr Charl Faul,
University of Bristol Conductivity, Recognition and Chirality - (Old) Functions in New Materials? |
Dr Robin Bedford,
University of Bristol Ironing out the Wrinkles in Secondary Alkyl Coupling. |
Dr Duncan Wass,
University of Bristol Metallopolymers Metal Phosphine Complexes for Alkene Polymerisation and Oligomerisation Catalysis. |
The Gordon Stone Lecture Professor John Bercaw, California Institute of Technology Towards a Homogeneous Catalyst for Selective Oxidation of Alkanes Using Dioxygen. |
Research Seminars - Spring 2005
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