Chemistry staff
Academic

Professor Mike Watkinson
Head of School
- Lennard-Jones: 0.15A
- +44 (0)1782 732824
- m.watkinson@keele.ac.uk
Dr Aleksandar Radu
Lecturer in Chemistry
- Lennard-Jones : 1.06
- +44 (0)1782 733392
- a.radu@keele.ac.uk

Chloe Howe
Chemical Sciences Lecturer
- Lennard-Jones 1.35
- +44 (0)1782 733584
- c.howe@keele.ac.uk

Dr Chris Hawes
Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry
- Lennard-Jones: 1.37
- +44 (0)1782 732820
- c.s.hawes@keele.ac.uk

Dr Chrystelle C. Egger, MBA
Lecturer in Chemistry and& Forensic Science
- Lennard-Jones: 1.12
- +44 (0)1782 733337
- c.c.egger@keele.ac.uk

Dr Daniela Plana
Lecturer
- Lennard-Jones: 1.46
- +44 (0)1782 734998
- d.plana@keele.ac.uk

Dr David J. McGarvey
Lecturer
- Lennard-Jones: 1.05
- +44 (0)1782 734142
- d.j.mcgarvey@keele.ac.uk

Dr David Thompson
Lecturer in Forensic and Analytical Chemistry
- Lennard-Jones: 1.49
- +44 (0)1782 734954
- d.f.thompson@keele.ac.uk

Professor Gavin J. Miller
Professor in Biological Chemistry
- Lennard-Jones: 1.08
- +44 (0)1782 734442
- g.j.miller@keele.ac.uk

Dr Falko Drijfhout
Senior Lecturer in Analytical Chemistry
- Lennard-Jones: 1.36
- +44 (0)1782 733043
- f.drijfhout@keele.ac.uk

Dr Graeme R. Jones
Part Time Senior Lecturer in Organic Chemistry
- Lennard-Jones: 1.34
- +44 (0)1782 734173
- g.r.jones@keele.ac.uk

Dr John Staniforth
Research Associate
- Lennard-Jones : LJ 0.04A
- +44 (0)1782 734276
- j.staniforth@keele.ac.uk

Dr Katherine J. Haxton
Senior Lecturer in Chemistry
- Lennard-Jones: 1.43
- +44 (0)1782 734209
- k.j.haxton@keele.ac.uk

Dr Laura Hancock
Lecturer in Chemistry
- Lennard-Jones: 1.10
- +44 (0)1782 733320
- l.m.hancock@keele.ac.uk

Professor Mark Ormerod
Professor of Inorganic Materials Chemistry
- Lennard Jones: 0.16A
- +44 (0)1782 733475
- r.m.ormerod@keele.ac.uk

Dr Martin Hollamby
Lecturer
- Lennard-Jones: 1.14
- +44 (0)1782 733532
- m.hollamby@keele.ac.uk

Dr Matthew O'Brien
Senior Lecturer in Organic Chemistry
- Lennard-Jones: 1.44
- +44 (0)1782 734371
- m.obrien@keele.ac.uk

Dr Mike Edwards
Programme Director for Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry
- Lennard-Jones: 1.03
- +44 (0)1782 733252
- m.g.edwards@keele.ac.uk

Dr Natalie Capel
Lecturer in Chemical Sciences, First Year Tutor
- Lennard-Jones: 1.35
- +44 (0)1782 733584
- n.j.capel@keele.ac.uk

Dr Peter Matthews
Research Fellow in Energy and Sustainability
- Lennard Jones: 0.19
- +44 (0)1782 733188
- p.d.matthews@keele.ac.uk

Dr Richard H. Jones
Lecturer
- Lennard-Jones: 1.02
- +44 (0)1782 733039
- r.h.jones@keele.ac.uk

Dr Richard J. Darton
Senior Lecturer in Physical Chemistry
- Lennard-Jones: 1.10
- +44 (0) 1782 733345
- r.j.darton@keele.ac.uk

Dr Rob Jackson
Reader in Computational Solid State Chemistry
- Lennard-Jones: 1.16
- +44 (0)1782 733042
- r.a.jackson@keele.ac.uk

Dr Sebastian Cosgrove
Lecturer in Organic Chemistry
- Lennard-Jones: 1.27
- +44 (0)1782 734215
- s.cosgrove@keele.ac.uk

Dr Tess Phillips
Lecturer
- Lennard-Jones: 1.46
- +44 (0)1782 733038
- t.r.phillips@keele.ac.uk

Dr Vladimir L. Zholobenko
Senior Lecturer in Chemistry and Forensic Science
- Lennard-Jones: 0.07
- +44 (0)1782 734352
- v.l.zholobenko@keele.ac.uk
Emeritus

Professor Christopher A. Ramsden
Emeritus Professor of Organic Chemistry
- Lennard-Jones: 1.03
- +44 (0)1782 733045
- c.a.ramsden@keele.ac.uk

Dr Peter Borrell
Emeritus

Professor Colin Mortimer
Professor Emeritus

Professor David Morgan
Emeritus Professor
- Lennard-Jones
- +44 (0)1782 680712
- e.d.morgan@keele.ac.uk

Professor T George Truscott
Emeritus Professor
- Lennard-Jones: 1.08
- +44 (0)1782 733098
- t.g.truscott@keele.ac.uk

Professor Jim Howell
Emeritus Professor of Organometallic Chemistry
- Lennard-Jones: 1.14
- +44 (0)1782 733041
- j.a.s.howell@keele.ac.uk
Support

John Clews
Final year Chemistry project lab supervisor; organic synthetic research lab supervisor; analytical instrumentation; external commercial, synthetic and analytical work; technical drawings
- Lennard-Jones: 1.38
- +44 (0)1782 734213
- j.clews@keele.ac.uk

David Evans
IT and Electronics Technician; support in undergraduate labs; DUS and science workshop demonstrator; XRD / XTec demonstrator
- Lennard-Jones: 1.40
- +44 (0)1782 734210
- d.l.evans@keele.ac.uk

Matthew Goodwin
Chemical and Physical Sciences Technician
- Lennard-Jones: 1.09
- +44 (0)1782 734972
- m.goodwin1@keele.ac.uk

Monica Heaney
Chemistry Administrator, First Aider
- Lennard-Jones: 0.16
- +44 (0)1782 733033
- m.f.heaney@keele.ac.uk
Neil Fairbrother
Chemical and Physical Sciences Technician
- Lennard-Jones 1.40
- +44(0)1782 733853
- n.s.fairbrother@keele.ac.uk

Sian Woodfine
Chemical Sciences Technician
- Lennard-Jones: 1.60B
- +44 (0)1782 733187
- s.e.woodfine@keele.ac.uk
School address
Lennard-Jones School of Chemical and Physical Sciences
Lennard-Jones Building
Keele University
Staffordshire
ST5 5BG, UK
Phone: +44 (0)1782 734921 (School Office)
Email: chemistry@keele.ac.uk, forensics@keele.ac.uk, physics@keele.ac.uk
Programme directors
Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry
Dr Matthew O'Brien
Tel : +44 (0)1782 734371
Email : m.obrien@keele.ac.uk
Forensic Science
Dr Richard Darton
Tel : +44 (0)1782 733345
Email : r.j.darton@keele.ac.uk
Physics and Astrophysics
Dr Arumugam Mahendrasingam
Tel : +44 (0)1782 733312
Email : a.mahendrasingam@keele.ac.uk
Admission tutors
Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry
Dr Natalie Capel
Tel : +44 (0)1782 733584
Email : n.j.capel@keele.ac.uk
Forensic Science
Victoria Cartwright
Tel : +44 (0)1782 733584
Email : v.cartwright@keele.ac.uk
Physics and Astrophysics
Dr Patrick Connell
Tel : +44 (0)1782 733892
Email : physics@keele.ac.uk or p.j.connell@keele.ac.uk