Chemistry

I obtained a BA from Oxford in 1980 and a PhD from Birmingham in 1983 under the supervision of Dr T A Hamor. Between 1983 and 1985  I was Post – doctoral Fellow working in the Dyson Perrins and Chemical Crystallography Laboratory Oxford, with Professors J E Baldwin and C K Prout this was followed with a Postdoctoral Fellowship  at Simon Fraser University in Canada (1985 – 1988) with Professor F W B Einstein. I was then a Warren Research Fellow of the Royal Society from 1989 to 1992 at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, working with Professors J M Thomas and C R A Catlow and was appointed Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry at Keele University in 1992.

Our main research involves the use of structural techniques to probe the properties of compounds, which are of importance in inorganic and materials chemistry. We mainly use diffraction based methods using both single crystal and powder methods. In order to obtain information on the properties of these materials we often use in-situ and or variable temperature measurements.  One class of materials, which are of particular interest, are the microporous aluminosilicate zeolites and aluminophosphate catalysts. Our interest here falls into the following area, the structure of novel microporous materials. To do this we often have to use either microcrystal or powder diffraction methods at synchrotron sources. We have also studied the location of moieties that are not part of the framework of the material. These may be may be either charge balancing ion or sorbed reactant molecules.

We have also recently initiated a collaboration with Dr Joe Hriljac of Birmingham and Bill Marshall of ISIS to study molecular ions under high pressure. 

The final area of research that I am involved in is the study of ceramic pigments.

• CHE-00025 – PGCE Physical and Inorganic Chemistry (Module Leader)
• CHE-00026 – Physical and Inorganic Chemistry for Health (Module Leader)
• CHE-00030 - Physical and Inorganic (Module Leader)
• CHE-10001 - Structure and Bonding (Module Leader)
• CHE-10014 - Inventions and Society (Module Leader)
• CHE-10017 - The Earth's Environment : Resources and Pollution
• CHE-10027 - Introductory Chemistry for the Environmental Sciences (Module Leader)
• CHE-10032 Inorganic Chemistry for Chemistry Enhancement (Module Leader)
• CHE-20003 - Organometallic Chemistry 
• CHE-30001 - Chemical Data Analysis (Module Leader)
• CHE-30002 - Chemistry Research Project
• CHE-30008 - Research Topics in Chemistry
• CHE-40006 - MChem Research Topics in Chemistry