RSC Publishing is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Chris Orvig as Dalton Transactions Editorial Board Chair.

Chris' research activities include the study of the roles of metal ions in the etiology, diagnosis, and therapy of disease. These projects encompass a variety of metal ions as well as numerous ligand systems and a panoply of techniques and collaborations. His research also includes the synthesis of organic ligands and inorganic complexes as well as physical (potentiometric and spectrophotometric titrations, magnetochemistry, electrochemistry etc.) and biological studies. Specific areas of interest include: vanadium compounds as insulin enhancing pharmaceuticals, glycosylated pro-drugs for metal passivation in neurodegenerative diseases, carbohydrate conjugates in nuclear medicine, ferrocenyl-carbohydrate conjugates in malaria, and lanthanide compounds for bone resorption disorders.

After graduating from McGill University in 1976, Chris was then an NSERC of Canada Postgraduate Scholar at MIT where he completed his PhD with Prof. Alan Davison, FRS. After spending three years as a post-doc at the University of California, Berkeley and at McMaster University, he moved to the University of British Columbia, where he has been a professor ever since.