Paul Walton
University of York
Biography
Professor Paul Walton FRSC obtained his PhD in 1990 (University of Nottingham, UK), followed by two years as a NATO/SERC postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. He joined the Department of Chemistry at York as a faculty member in 1993. Between 2004 and 2010 he was Chair of department.
His main research area is bioinorganic chemistry, in which he has made contributions to the understanding of copper oxidases, including the discovery of the histidine brace. His awards include: Teaching: RSC Higher Education Teaching Award (2000). Research: RSC Joseph Chatt Award (2016), IChemE Global Energy Award (2016), RSC's Rita and John Cornforth Award (2020). Equality: Royal Society's inaugural Athena Prize (2016, runner-up).
Paul has also been Editor of Dalton Transactions (2004-2008), chair of Heads of Chemistry UK, chair of the Royal Society of Chemistry's Diversity Committee, was named as a 'Person of Influence' by the University of Toronto's Women in Chemistry Group and is one of the RSC's 175 Faces of Chemistry. He is an internationally-known advocate of gender equality in sciences and lectures widely on the subject.