PhD University of Glasgow (1992, B. Peacock, synthesis and spectroscopy of metal complexes of chiral macrocyclic ligands). Post-doctoral Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh (1992-5, M. Schröder and D. W. Bruce, selective synthesis of azamacrocyclic ligands; synthesis of platinum group metal containing liquid crystals). Appointed lecturer, Cardiff, in 1995

Synthesis and coordination chemistry of macrocyclic ligands and polydentate Lewis acids. Systematic syntheses of multi-metal redox active systems and assembly. Immuno-histochemical imaging and applications in clinical pathology. Fundamental studies on chiral discrimination in solids and in solution. Synthesis and properties of surfactants and chiral liquid crystals

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