Supramolecular Chemistry Award 2010 Winner

Neil Champness
University of Nottingham

For his work on the applications of supramolecular chemistry to the development of materials with specific nanostructure and function.

About the winner

Neil Champness graduated from the University of Southampton with a B.Sc. in Chemistry in 1989 and continued his studies with both an M.Phil, in 1990, and Ph.D. in 1993, under the supervision of Bill Levason. Following postdoctoral studies in Southampton with Gill Reid, he moved to the University of Nottingham in 1995 as a Teaching Fellow in Inorganic Chemistry. He took up a Lectureship in Inorganic Chemistry in 1998 and was promoted to Reader in Chemistry in 2003. He was appointed to the Chair of Chemical Nanoscience in 2004. 

His research concerns all aspects of molecular organization, including surface supramolecular assembly and organization in the solid-state via crystal engineering. Particular targets of his work are guest molecular entrapment, whether in the solid-state or on surfaces, and nanostructure fabrication for applications in hydrogen storage, information storage and single molecule recognition.

Neil is currently chair of the editorial board of CrystEngComm having served on the editorial board since 2003. He is a Senior Advisor to the British Council on matters relating to Science and Engineering as well as being an Honorary Member of the British Council. His research achievements have been recognised by the award of the Royal Society of Chemistry Corday-Morgan medal in 2006 and the Bob Hay lectureship by the RSC UK Macrocycles and Supramolecular Chemistry Group in 2005.