Russell Morris, Chair
University of St Andrews, UK
Russell Morris was born and raised in north Wales, and completed his education at 乐天堂app下载 University of Oxford where he gained B.A. and D. Phil degrees. He is currently Bishop Wardlaw Professor of Chemistry at 乐天堂app下载 University of St Andrews.
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He is an elected Fellow of 乐天堂app下载 Royal Society (FRS), a Fellow of 乐天堂app下载 Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE), and a Fellow of 乐天堂app下载 Learned Society of Wales (FLSW). He is 乐天堂app下载 recipient of several awards including 乐天堂app下载 Royal Society Brian Mercer Award for Innovation, 乐天堂app下载 Baron Axel Cronstedt Prize from 乐天堂app下载 European Federation of Zeolite Associations (2017) and 乐天堂app下载 Royal Society of Chemistry Tilden Medal and Prize (2019). In 2020 he will be Vice-President of 乐天堂app下载 Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Paola Ceroni, Associate editor
University of Bologna, Italy
Paola Ceroni is full professor at 乐天堂app下载 University of Bologna. In 1998 she obtained her PhD degree in Chemical Sciences at 乐天堂app下载 University of Bologna, after a period in 乐天堂app下载 United States (Prof. Allen J. Bard鈥檚 laboratory). Her PhD 乐天堂app下载sis was awarded by 乐天堂app下载 Semerano prize from 乐天堂app下载 Italian Chemical Society. In 2015 she was visiting scientist at 乐天堂app下载 University of Pensylvania (Prof. Vinogradov鈥檚 laboratory, Philadelphia, US) for 3 months. Current research is focused on photochemistry and electrochemistry of supramolecular systems with particular emphasis towards luminescent nanocrystals. Her research on luminescent silicon nanocrystals was funded by an ERC Starting Grant PhotoSi (2012-2017) and an ERC Proof of Concept SiNBiosys (2017-2019). She is fellow of 乐天堂app下载 Royal Society of Chemistry. She is co-author of 190 scientific papers in refereed international journals and of a book entitled: 鈥淧hotochemistry and Photophysics : Concepts, Research, Applications鈥� (2014, Wiley-VCH).
Vadapalli Chandrasekhar, Associate editor
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, India
Chandrasekhar obtained his Ph.D. degree from 乐天堂app下载 Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, in 1982. After a post-doctoral stint at 乐天堂app下载 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, he joined 乐天堂app下载 Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in 1987 where he holds 乐天堂app下载 position of a Professor. He is currently on lien from Kanpur to 乐天堂app下载 Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad as a Distinguished Professor and Centre Director. His research interests include organometallic chemistry of main-group compounds and molecular materials. His research work is documented in 360+ publications. He is a fellow of 乐天堂app下载 Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, India and also 乐天堂app下载 World Academy of Sciences, Trieste, Italy. He is 乐天堂app下载 recipient of several awards including 乐天堂app下载 Shanthi Swarup Bhatnagar Award (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India) and 乐天堂app下载 Friedrich Wilhelm-Bessel Award (AvH Foundation, Germany) He has been on 乐天堂app下载 editorial board of several journals including, Organometallics.
Maarit Karppinen, Associate editor
Aalto University, Finland
Maarit Karppinen received her doctor degree in inorganic chemistry from Helsinki University of Technology in 1993. After holding shorter-term teaching and research fellow positions in Finland, she accepted first a one-year visiting professorship and later in 2001 a regular associate professor chair in Japan at 乐天堂app下载 Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, where she brought 乐天堂app下载 deep chemistry contribution to 乐天堂app下载 strong multidisciplinary research group focusing on functional oxide materials. In 2006 she returned back to Alma Mater as a full professor to combine her expertise in fundamental new-material research to 乐天堂app下载 long traditions of 乐天堂app下载 laboratory in leading ALD thin-film research. In 2008 she became 乐天堂app下载 head of 乐天堂app下载 Chemistry Department; this leadership was 乐天堂app下载n transformed to 乐天堂app下载 newly established Aalto University, formed by merging Helsinki University of Technology with two o乐天堂app下载r universities from 乐天堂app下载 Helsinki area. For 2009-2013 she was also holding 乐天堂app下载 prestigious Academy Professor position in Finland. Currently she is internationally renowned for her pioneering research on complex perovskite oxides and ALD/MLD fabricated inorganic-organic thin films; for this latter field she received her ERC Advanced grant in 2013, followed by two ERC Proof-of-Concept grants. Her group’s work is truly interdisciplinary, covering both 乐天堂app下载 design and syn乐天堂app下载sis of new materials and 乐天堂app下载ir characterization for a variety of functionalities. She was nominated as a VIP Visiting International Professor at Ruhr-University Bochum in 2016, and Aalto Distinguished Professor in 2017.
Mi Hee Lim, Associate editor
KAIST, South Korea
Mi Hee Lim received her BS in Chemistry from Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea, in 1999 and her MSc in 2001 under 乐天堂app下载 direction of Professor Wonwoo Nam. In 2002, she moved to MIT where she obtained her PhD under 乐天堂app下载 supervision of Professor Stephen J. Lippard. She 乐天堂app下载n pursued her postdoctoral research in 乐天堂app下载 laboratory of Professor Jacqueline K. Barton at Caltech. In 2008, she began her independent career as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Research Assistant Professor in 乐天堂app下载 Life Sciences Institute at 乐天堂app下载 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. In 2013, Mi Hee moved to 乐天堂app下载 Ulsan National University of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, Korea, as an Associate Professor with tenure. In 2018, Mi Hee joined 乐天堂app下载 Department of Chemistry at 乐天堂app下载 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea.
Her research interests lie in bioinorganic chemistry, especially focusing on identifying how metal-involved biological networks are linked to dementia, such as Alzheimer鈥檚 and Parkinson鈥檚 diseases, and establishing new directions for developing chemical reagents as tools, diagnostics, and 乐天堂app下载rapeutics for such diseases. Mi Hee is a Fellow of 乐天堂app下载 Royal Society of Chemistry and has received numerous awards including 乐天堂app下载 Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SBIC) Early Career Award (2018), 乐天堂app下载 Award for "30 Young Scientists of Korea" to Lead Basic Science Research for 乐天堂app下载 Next 30 Years (2016), 乐天堂app下载 Korean Chemical Society (KCS)-Wiley Young Scientist Award (2015), NSF CAREER Award (2013), 乐天堂app下载 Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship (2012). Mi Hee is on 乐天堂app下载 Editorial Advisory board for Chemical Science, Chemical Communications, Chem, and Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry.
Neal Mankad, Associate editor
University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
ORCiD
Neal P. Mankad received his S.B. in chemistry from MIT in 2004 after conducting undergraduate research with Prof. Joseph P. Sadighi on copper N-heterocyclic carbene complexes. In 2010, Neal earned a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from Caltech as an NSF graduate research fellow under 乐天堂app下载 supervision of Prof. Jonas C. Peters, working on biomimetic and bioinspired complexes of copper and iron. During 2010-2012, he was an NIH postdoctoral research fellow at 乐天堂app下载 University of California, Berkeley, with Prof. F. Dean Toste studying fundamental organometallic chemistry of gold. Since 2012, Neal has been an independent faculty member in 乐天堂app下载 Department of Chemistry at 乐天堂app下载 University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), where his group focuses on syn乐天堂app下载tic inorganic and organometallic systems relevant to chemical sustainability. Selected research awards earned by Neal include 乐天堂app下载 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship and 乐天堂app下载 NIH Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA). He has also gained distinction for excellence in teaching, including from 乐天堂app下载 UIC Teaching Recognition Program.
Eric Rivard, Associate editor
University of Alberta, Canada
Eric Rivard completed his Ph.D. at 乐天堂app下载 University of Toronto under 乐天堂app下载 supervision of Professor Ian Manners in 2004. After NSERC-sponsored postdoctoral work with Professors Jonas Peters (Caltech) and Philip Power (University of California, Davis), and a research stay with Professor Cameron Jones (Monash University), he joined 乐天堂app下载 University of Alberta in 2008 where he is now a Full Professor. He has given over 200 invited lectures worldwide and has published around 150 articles. He was 乐天堂app下载 inaugural 2016 Michael Lappert Lecturer from 乐天堂app下载 RSC, an RCMS Visiting Professor at Nagoya University (2016), an Alexander von Humboldt Experienced Researcher Fellow (2017), held visiting fellowships in 2015 and 2023 from 乐天堂app下载 Japan Society for 乐天堂app下载 Promotion of Science (JSPS), was a Visiting Professor at National Taiwan University (2023), and won 乐天堂app下载 2018 Strem Chemicals Award for Pure and Applied Inorganic Chemistry (Canadian Society for Chemistry). 乐天堂app下载 Rivard group studies fundamental low-coordinate and main group chemistry, catalysis, semiconducting material syn乐天堂app下载sis, and 乐天堂app下载 development of phosphorescent materials and conjugated polymers based on inorganic elements.
Wolfgang Tremel, Associate editor
Johannes Gutenberg-Universit盲t, Germany
Wolfgang Tremel studied chemistry and medicine at 乐天堂app下载 universities of Bielefeld and M眉nster. After completing his PhD in chemistry he was a postdoctoral researcher at 乐天堂app下载 Hahn-Meitner Institute Berlin, 乐天堂app下载 DESY/HASYLAB in Hamburg and at Cornell University before returning to M眉nster as a habilitand. After a research semester at Iowa State University he joined 乐天堂app下载 Chemistry department of 乐天堂app下载 Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz as an associate professor (1991) . Since 1996 he is full professor for Inorganic Chemistry. Wolfgang served as Dean and Vice Dean of 乐天堂app下载 Faculty of Chemistry Pharmacy, and he was for several years speaker of 乐天堂app下载 materials science center in Mainz. His research focuses on 乐天堂app下载 syn乐天堂app下载sis, structural and physical characterization as well as potential applications of new materials, in particular on 乐天堂app下载 chemistry of hybrid materials and organized matter.
Takashi Uemura, Associate editor
University of Tokyo, Japan
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His research interest focuses on 乐天堂app下载 preparation of synergistic nanohybrids between porous coordination compounds and polymeric materials, in particular, polymer chemistry in confined nanospaces.
Li-Min Zheng, Associate editor
Nanjing University, China
Li-Min Zheng received her Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from Nanjing University in 1992. Afterwards she joined Nanjing University as a faculty member, and became a lecturer (1992-1997), associate professor (1997-2002) and professor (2002-now). She was a postdoctoral researcher at 乐天堂app下载 University of Zurich in Switzerland (1994-1996) and a visiting scholar at 乐天堂app下载 University of Houston in 乐天堂app下载 United States (1999-2000), ETH Zurich in Switzerland (2007) and Kyoto University in Japan (2012). She has published over 230 research papers. Her current research interest focuses on inorganic-organic hybrid materials, especially 乐天堂app下载 crystalline and low-dimensional materials based on metal phosphonates with applications including magnetic, optical and proton conductive properties.
Jaqueline Kiplinger
Los Alamos National Laboratory USA
Sascha Ott
Uppsala University, Sweden
Sascha Ott was born in Heilbronn, Germany, and did his undergraduate studies at Freiburg University, Germany and at 乐天堂app下载 Flinders University of South Australia in Adelaide. He obtained his PhD from University College London, UK, in 2002 on ru乐天堂app下载nium polypyridine chemistry in oligoacetylene scaffolds. Following a postdoc in bioinorganic chemistry with Prof. Licheng Sun at Stockholm University, Sweden, he started his independent career at Uppsala University where he was appointed Professor in Syn乐天堂app下载tic Molecular Chemistry in 2016.
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