Neil Champness
Neil Champness | |
|---|---|
| Education | University of Southampton |
| Scientific career | |
| Workplaces | University of Birmingham University of Nottingham |
| Thesis | Studies in ruthenium and osmium coordination chemistry (1993) |
| Bill Levason | |
Doctoral students | Anna Slater Andrei Khlobystov |
| Website | neilchampnessgroup |
Neil Champness is a British chemist currently serving as head of the School of Chemistry and Norman Haworth Professor of Chemistry at the University of Birmingham.[1] His research focuses on supramolecular assembly and metal-organic frameworks.[2][3]
Education
[edit]Champness received a BSc in chemistry from the University of Southampton in 1989 and a PhD in 1993.[1][2]
Academic career
[edit]Following his PhD, Champness remained at Southampton to continue postdoctoral studies with Gill Reid.[4] In 1995, Champness became a teaching fellow in inorganic chemistry at the University of Nottingham, becoming a reader in 2003 and gaining the Chair of Chemical Nanoscience in 2004.[1] Champness moved to the University of Birmingham in 2021.[5]
In 2019, Champness was appointed to the advisory board of the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre.[6] Champness served as the Chairman of the Editorial Board of the Royal Society of Chemistry journal CrystEngComm from 2007-2010, having previously served as a member of the journal's Editorial Board from 2003-2006.[7] He has been a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry Publishing Board since 2023.[8] In 2020, Champness was appointed editor-in-chief of the organic crystalline materials section of Crystals, a journal of the Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute.[2]
Throughout his career Champness has given many public lectures including a Friday Discourse[9] at the Royal Institution in 2015.[10]
Recognition
[edit]In 2013, Champness was elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales,[11] and in 2020 he was elected to Academia Europaea.[12] In 2011 Champness was named as one of the top 100 most cited chemists of the previous decade.[13] In 2026 Champness was appointed a Royal Commissioner to the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851.[14][15]
Champness has received the following awards:
- RSC Surfaces and Interfaces Award (2016)[4]
- Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award (2011)[16]
- RSC Supramolecular Chemistry Award (2010)[17]
- Corday-Morgan Prize (2006)[18]
Personal life
[edit]Champness is a supporter of Southampton FC.[7]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Professor Neil Champness". University of Birmingham. Retrieved 2026-03-15.
- 1 2 3 "Professor Neil Champness Appointed Section Editor-in-Chief of Crystals". MDPI. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ↑ "Interview with Neil Champness, University of Nottingham". www.thenakedscientists.com. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- 1 2 "Neil Champness - University of Nottingham". University of Nottingham. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019.
- ↑ "New Haworth Chair appointed". University of Birmingham. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ↑ "CCDC announces the formation of a new Scientific Advisory Board | CCDC". CCDC. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- 1 2 Sheahan, Holly (21 May 2009). "Interview with Neil Champness – CrystEngComm Blog". Royal Society of Chemistry. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ↑ "RSC Publishing Board |". RSC. 29 May 2026.
- ↑ "The history of the Friday Evening Discourse | Royal Institution". www.rigb.org. 2023-07-07. Retrieved 2026-04-28.
- ↑ "Nanoscale Machines: Building the Future with Molecules - with Neil Champness". The Royal Institution on YouTube. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
- ↑ "Neil Champness". The Learned Society of Wales. Retrieved 2026-03-15.
- ↑ "Academy of Europe: Champness Neil". www.ae-info.org. Retrieved 2026-04-18.
- ↑ "Nottingham Chemist makes world top 100 - The University of Nottingham". www.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 2026-04-28.
- ↑ "professor-neil-champness-appointed-royal-commissioner-to-the-1851-royal-commission".
- ↑ "Royal Commission 1851".
- ↑ "Royal Society Wolfson Merit Award". University of Birmingham. Retrieved 2026-03-29.
- ↑ "Supramolecular Chemistry Award". Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry (MASC) Group. 2024-04-29. Retrieved 2026-03-15.
- ↑ "Corday-Morgan Prize Previous Winners". rsc.org. Archived from the original on 15 July 2018.
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