IAM Sparkling Lecture VI: Prof. Anthony K. Cheetham from University of Cambridge Visited

Lecture Time: 14:30 on 1st November, 2016

Lecture Room: C501 of Science and Innovation Building

Lecture Title: Phase Transitions and Transformations in Metal-Organic Framework Materials

Anthony K. Cheetham

University of Cambridge

Biography

Education

1965-1969: St. Catherine's College, Oxford

Honorary Scholar (1968), B.A. (Class 1) in Chemistry (1969)

1969-1971: Wadham College, Oxford, Senior Scholar

Doctorate Research under Prof. Sir Brian Fender. M.A., D.Phil. (1972).

Academic Appointments

Lincoln College, University of Oxford

1971-1974: E.P. Abraham Cephalosporin Junior Research Fellow.

University of Oxford

1974-1990: University Lecturer in Chemical Crystallography

1990-1991: Reader in Inorganic Materials

1974-1991: Tutor in Inorganic Chemistry, Christ Church

1991-present: Emeritus Student (Fellow), Christ Church

Arizona State University

1977: Visiting Professor, Fulbright Scholar

University of California, Berkeley

1979: Visiting Associate Professor

Royal Institution, London

1986-2000: Visiting Professor of Solid State Chemistry.

University of California, Santa Barbara

1991-2007: Professor of Materials and Professor of Chemistry (Abovescale)

1992-2004: Director, Materials Research Laboratory

2004-2007: Director, International Center for Materials Research

2007-present: Emeritus Professor of Materials and Chemistry

University of Cambridge

2007-present: Goldsmiths’ Professor of Materials Science

2007-2014: Professorial Fellow, Trinity College

National University Singapore

2016-present: Distinguished Visiting Professor

Other Appointments

1983-1987: Director, General Funds Investment Trust plc

1996-2007: Senior Scientific Advisor, Catalytic Solutions Inc.

2000-2008: Science Advisor to the Board of Unilever

2001-2007: Co-Founder & Advisor, NGen Enabling Technologies Fund

2007-present: Science Advisor to H.H. Sheik Saud, Ruler of Ras al Khaimah, UAE

2009-2012: Science Advisor to Deutsche Bank Asset Management