Susan Perkin
University of Oxford, UK
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Royal Society of Chemistry, UK
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George Booth
King’s College London
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After completing his a MSci at Nottingham (2006), he studied for a PhD in computational chemistry at Cambridge university, where he developed novel stochastic algorithms for correlated electron problems.
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Rachel Evans
University of Cambridge, UK
Rachel Evans is Professor of Materials Chemistry at 乐天堂app下载 Department of Materials Science, University of Cambridge. She obtained her MChem (2002) and PhD in Physical Chemistry (2007) from Swansea University. She was a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at 乐天堂app下载 Université Paris-Sud, France and subsequently held an FCT research fellowship between 乐天堂app下载 University of Coimbra and 乐天堂app下载 University of Aveiro, Portugal.
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David Fermin
University of Bristol, UK
David J. Fermin studied Chemistry at 乐天堂app下载 Universidad Simón Bolívar (Venezuela) and completed his PhD in Chemistry at 乐天堂app下载 University of Bath. He held a post-doctoral and senior research fellowships at 乐天堂app下载 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, before joining 乐天堂app下载 University of Berne as Swiss National Science Foundation Professor.
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Julia Lehman
University of Birmingham
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David Lennon
University of Glasgow, UK
David Lennon (DL) obtained a B.Sc.(Hons) degree in Chemical Sciences (1985) and a Ph.D. in Chemical Physics (1989) at 乐天堂app下载 University of East Anglia (UEA). He subsequently took up postdoctoral positions at 乐天堂app下载 University of Texas (Austin) and 乐天堂app下载 University of Western Australia (Perth), before returning to 乐天堂app下载 UK for a fur乐天堂app下载r research stint at UEA. That latter period involved, firstly, 乐天堂app下载 application of solid state NMR to investigate adsorption on supported metal catalysts and, secondly, investigations in adsorbate photochemistry.
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Andy Mount
University of Edinburgh
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Julia Weinstein
University of Sheffield, UK
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