Curriculum Vitae
Qualifications
| 1969 | B.Sc. (Chemistry), Imperial College, London |
| 1972 | Ph.D. (Chemistry), University of Cambridge |
Main Career
| 1972-73 | Research Associate in Pharmacology, Stanford University, U.S.A. |
| 1973-96 | Demonstrator, then Lecturer then Reader in Chemistry, Cambridge |
| 1996-2015 | Professor of Chemistry, University of Cambridge |
| 2000-06 | Head, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge |
| 2006-10 | Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Cambridge |
| 2009-11 | Head, School of Physical Sciences, University of Cambridge |
| 2011-2015 | Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Institutional Affairs) |
| 2015 | Emeritus Professor |
Other Appointments
| 1979-80 | Visiting Associate Professor and M.R.C. Fellow, University of British Columbia, Canada | |
| 1984-92 | Editorial Board, Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry | |
| 1988-93 | Editorial Board, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Transactions | |
| 1996-2002 | Editorial Advisory Board, Chemical Society Reviews | |
| 1998-2000 | Associate Editor, New Journal of Chemistry | |
| 1999-2008 | International Supervisory Board, National Research Consortium on Catalysis (Netherlands) | |
| 1999-2001 | Chemistry Panel, U.K. Research Assessment Exercise | |
| 2000-2002 | Chairman, Editorial Advisory Board, Chemical Society Reviews | |
| 2002-2013 | Scientific Board, Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia | |
| 2002-2007 | Scientific Advisory Board, Cresset BioMolecular Discovery Ltd | |
| 2004-2008 | Chair, Chemistry sub-panel, 2008 Research Assessment Exercise | |
| 2009-2011 | Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of the American Chemical Society | |
| 2010-2012 | International Advisory Board, Israel Journal of Chemistry | |
| 2011-2014 | Chemistry sub-panel, 2014 Research Excellence Framework | |
| 2015 | Chair, Chemistry Review Panel, University of York | |
| 2016 | Council, Imperial College | |
| 2016 | Editor-in-Chief, Royal Society Open Science | |
Prizes and Honours
| 1975 | Meldola Medal, Royal Institute of Chemistry | |
| 1981 | Hickinbottom Award, Royal Society of Chemistry | |
| 1984 | Pfizer Academic Award (for work on nuclear Overhauser effect) | |
| 1988 | Pfizer Academic Award (for work on in vivo NMR) | |
| 1994 | Josef Loschmidt Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry | |
| 1995 | Elected Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) | |
| 1996 | Pedler Medal and Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry | |
| 2002 | Visiting Fellow, Japan Society for Promotion of Science | |
| 2003 | Izatt-Christensen Award in Macrocyclic Chemistry (U.S.A.) | |
| 2009 | Davy Medal, The Royal Society | |
| 2010-11 | Vice-President (2010) then President (2011), "Bürgenstock" Conference, Switzerland | |
| 2014 | CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) | |
| 2014 | 175 Faces of Chemistry, Royal Society of Chemistry | |
Named Lectureships
| 1998 | Smith and Nephew Lecturer, York | |
| 2003 | AstraZeneca Lecturer, University of Alberta, Canada | |
| 2003 | Merck-Frosst Lecturer, Simon Fraser University, Canada | |
| 2003 | IAP Lecturer, Columbia University, New York | |
| 2005 | J. Clarence Karcher Lecturer, University of Oklahoma, U.S.A | |
| 2007 | Schulich Lecturer, Technion, Israel (cancelled due to illness) | |
| 2007 | Barré Lecturer, University of Montreal, Canada | |
| 2010 | Diamond Jubilee Foundation Day Lecture, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India | |
| 2011 | Prof. C. N. R. Rao Award Lecture, CRSI National Symposium, India | |
| 2011 | Cedric Hassall Lecture, ESBOC, Gregynog | |
| 2011 | Novartis Lecture, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA | |
| 2013 | Visiting Professor, Pole Balard Chimie, Montpellier, France | |
| 2013 | Myron L. & Muriel S. Bender Distinguished Lectures in Organic Chemistry, Northwestern University, USA | |
| 2016 | Wilson Baker Lecturer, University of Bristol | |
| 2017 | Swiss Chemical Society Lectureship | |
