DPhil University of Oxford (1983, J. C. Green, organometallic chemistry). Royal Society Postdoctoral Fellow, Universität Bielefeld (1983-4). Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim a. d. Ruhr (1984-6). Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry, Queen's University, Belfast (1986-1989). Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer, University of Wales Swansea (1990-2005). Appointed as Director of Undergraduate Studies, Cardiff School of Chemistry, in 2006.

My research is principally concerned with transition metal complexes of ligands containing selenium and/or tellurium. Current projects include the preparation and photochemistry of phosphorescent palladium and platinum complexes, and the development of ferrocene-based ligands for use in electrochemical sensors. In collaboration with colleagues in the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, we are also investigating the chemical basis and consequences of water repellency in soils.

Mainwaring, K.et al. 2013. The role of naturally occurring organic compounds in causing soil water repellency. European Journal of Soil Science 64(5), pp. 667-680. (10.1111/ejss.12078) Jing, S.et al. 2010. 1,5,9,13-Tetraselena[13]ferrocenophane: synthesis, complexation, crystallographic and electrochemical study. Dalton Transactions 39(37), pp. 8812-8819. (10.1039/c0dt00367k) Morley, C.et al. 2010. Synthesis, characterisation and photochemistry of platinum diselenolenes. Dalton Transactions 39(13), pp. 3177-3189. (10.1039/b916605j) Li, Z.et al. 2009. Complexation and electrochemical study of 1,5-diselena[5]ferrocenophane: X-ray crystal structures of 1,5-diselena[5]ferrocenophane, and silver, mercury complexes. Inorganic Chemistry Communications 12(5), pp. 440-443. (10.1016/j.inoche.2009.03.008) Rofe, K.et al. 2009. Palladium Diselenolenes: a New Group of near-Infrared Lumophores. Inorganic Chemistry 48(10), pp. 4549-4556. (10.1021/ic801694r) Jing, S.et al. 2008. Synthesis, Characterisation, Complexation and Electrochemistry of Linear Tridentate FcE(CH2)(3)E '(CH2)(3)EFc (E, E ' = Se or Te) Ligands: X-ray Crystal Structures of FcSe(CH2)(3)Se(CH2)(3)SeFc and [PtCl{FcSe(CH2)(3)Se(CH2)(3)SeFc}]PF6 {Fc = [Fe(eta(5)-C5H5)(eta(5)-C5H4)]}. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry (32), pp. 5067-5075. (10.1002/ejic.200800316) Jing, S.et al. 2008. Synthesis and characterisation of Group 6 metal carbonyl complexes of bis(ferrocenylchalcogeno) propanes: X-ray crystal structures of [Cr(CO)(4){FcTe(CH2)(3)TeFc}], [Mo(CO)(4){FcE(CH2)(3)E ' Fc}] (E=E '=Se; E=Se, E '=Te; E=E '=Te), and [W(CO)(4){FcTe(CH2)(3)TeFc}] (Fc=[Fe(eta(5)-C5H5)(eta(5)-C5H4)]). Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 693(13), pp. 2310-2316. (10.1016/j.jorganchem.2008.04.004)