The final structure of the week talk will be given by Dr Jon (Charlie) Charmant, University of Bristol, titled: “Structure of the (not so) weak: grinding away hydrogen bonds to form transition metal coordination complexes.”
After completing a PhD in Selby Knox’s group here at Bristol on the organometallic chemistry of benzyne in 1994, I spent nearly 2 years at the University of Sheffield as the BP Chemicals research associate working on what is now known as the Cativa process for manufacturing acetic acid and acetic anhydride. I was offered a position back here, initially as a Junior Fellow and have been here ever since, initially working on organometallic chemistry with Professor Knox before taking up a position as a Research fellow in X-ray Crystallography where I was fortunate enough to get to know Chris Adams as a colleague and friend. Since then, I’ve taken on a number of roles with a teaching focus, including Senior Tutor and Admissions Tutor, and I’ve recently taken up a newly created role as Director of Student Experience.