Council Members

Mike Ashfold is Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Bristol.  He is a Fellow of the Royal Society.  His research interests include gas phase molecular photochemistry and reaction dynamics, and several areas of gas-surface science – including diamond growth by chemical vapour deposition methods, and the growth of nanostructures (e.g. of ZnO) by pulsed laser deposition.

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David Clary is President of Magdalen College, Oxford and is Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society. His research interests are in theoretical chemistry with emphasis on reaction dynamics and molecular structure predictions.

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George is Professor of Chemical Physics and Head of the Molecular Modelling and Thermodynamics (MMT) focus area in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London. His research involves the use of the latest developments in statistical mechanical theories and computer simulation to provide a reliable predictive platform for complex fluids and ordered materials at the molecular level. The focus is on the phase equilibria of systems which are of industrial relevance, e. g., mixtures containing hydrogen fluoride (production of refrigerants), aqueous solutions of surfactants (enhanced oil recovery), and liquid crystals (optical devices). The group has launched an activity in the area of MolecularSystems Engineering (MSE) as a core programme of the Centre for Process Systems Engineering (CPSE).

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Simon Biggs was appointed to the Royal Academy of Engineering/BNFL Chair in Particle Science and Engineering at the University of Leeds in September 2002. He took this chair after spending 8 years at The University of Newcastle (New South Wales, Australia). Prior to this, he developed his research career through post-doctoral positions at the Institut Charles Sadron (Strasbourg, France) and the University of Melbourne (Australia). His undergraduate and doctoral education was undertaken in the UK at the University of Bristol from where he has a PhD in Colloid Chemistry. The main research interests of Prof. Biggs’ group are in the field of colloid and interface engineering. He has a strong interest in the measurement, control, and manipulation of inter-particle forces to allow more efficient process engineering of particulate systems. He has pioneered the use of in-situ imaging with direct measurements of both adsorbed amounts and adsorption kinetics, using precision instrumentation such as light scattering, optical reflectometry and atomic force microscopy.

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Jim Anderson holds a 6th century Chair in Materials at the University of Aberdeen and runs a surface chemistry and catalysis group based in the department of chemistry of which he is currently head. His main activities involve characterisation and testing of solid acid and supported metal catalysts with application in environmental catalysis, and fuel and chemical processing including fine chemicals. He is on the editorial boards of Catalysis Letters, Topics in Catalysis and Catalysis Today and Research Letters in Physical Chemistry.

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Dwayne is Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry in the School of Chemistry at the University of Leeds. His research interests are in atmospheric chemistry, in particular laboratory studies of reaction kinetics and photochemistry, and measurements in the field of the concentrations of free-radicals in the atmosphere using laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy.

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