I am currently a Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Oxford (U.K.) where I have been since I was appointed in late 2006. To date, my research has resulted in over 120 publications in leading journals (Nature, J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem., Chem. Commun. etc.). Several of these scientific papers have been the subject of highlights by publications such as Science, Chemical and Engineering News, Chemistry and Industry, and Angewandte Chemie. My research has also been included in chemistry textbooks (see for example, Ribas, J. R. Coordination Chemistry, 1st ed.; Wiley-VCH: Weinheim, 2008). I have presented this work at numerous seminars and conferences in the U.K., Europe, North and South America and Asia.
My research has been recognised with a number of awards including the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award (2020), the RSC Main Group Chemistry Award (2018) and an ACS Organometallics Young Investigator Fellowship (2014). I have secured over £2.1 million in research grant income as a principal investigator and an additional £6.9 million as a co-investigator. I currently serve as one of the Associate Directors of the OxICFM CDT (http://www.oxicfm.ox.ac.uk/). My research group and I have an interest in the chemistry of highly reactive molecules of the main-group and transition-metal elements, with a particular focus on using such systems for the activation of small molecules such as H2, CO2, NH3 and H2O.
