Director, Institute of Advanced Study, 2008-present
Professor of Chemistry, Durham University, 2005
Director of the Oxford Science Park, 1997-2003
Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, 1991-2005
University Lecturer in Physical Chemistry, Oxford University, 1991-2005
Fellow of Christ’s College, Cambridge, 1988-91
Royal Society Research Fellow, Cambridge University, 1988-91 (working with Dr. Paul Davies)
PhD in Physical Chemistry, Harvard University, 1989 (research advisor: Prof. George Whitesides) (thesis title: Self-Assembled Monolayer Films of Thiols on Gold)
B.A. (Hons) in Natural Science, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, 1983
Professional Activities
Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, American Chemical Society, Society of Applied Spectroscopy and European Molecular Liquids Group
Editorial Board of Langmuir, ChemPhysChem and Soft Matter
EPSRC College and Panel member
Investment Committee and Conferences Committee, Royal Society of Chemistry
Scientific Advisory Board, Oxford Capital Partners
Scientific Advisory Board, Max Planck Institute for Colloid and Interface Research
Honours, Awards & Fellowships
Tilden Lecturer 2008
Craig Lecturer 2008 (ANU, Canberra)
Lectureship Award (Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry), Chemical Society of Japan, 2005
McBain Lecturer, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India, 2005
Visiting Fellow, Indian Institute of Science, 2005
Visiting Scientist, Ian Wark Research Institute, Adelaide, Australia, 2005
RSC-RACI Exchange Medal, 2003
Corday-Morgan Medal of the Royal Society of Chemistry, 2000
Harrison Memorial Prize of the Royal Society of Chemistry, 1992
