Education | 1976-1981 | Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), with Prof. Dr. M.F. Hawthorne | | 1972-1976 | B.Sc. in Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), with Prof. Dr. A. Davison, FRS | | Employment | Since 2012 1997-2012 2000-2008 1999-2000 1998-2003 | Professor (Chair) of Inorganic Chemistry, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany Professor (Chair) of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Durham, UK Head, "Structure, Property and Function" Research Group Head, "Structure, Bonding, Spectroscopy and Theory" Research Group, Durham, UK Head, Inorganic Teaching Section, Durham, UK | | 1993-1997 1989-1993 1985-1989 | Full Professor, University of Waterloo Associate Professor (tenured), University of Waterloo Assistant Professor, University of Waterloo, Canada | | 1983-1985 | Visiting Research Scientist, E.I. DuPont DeNemours & Co. Inc., Central Research and Development Department, USA | | 1981-1983 | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Bristol, UK (with Professor F.G.A. Stone, CBE, FRS) |
Positions (visiting/honorary) | 2016 2014 2013-2019 2013-2015 Since 2012 2012-2017 | Visiting Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore David Craig Visiting Professor – Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University Guest Professor, Shandong University, China Jiangnan Distinguished Professor, Jiangnan Univ., China Visiting Professor, Northeast Normal University, China Honorary Professor of Chemistry, University of Durham, UK | | 2009 | Visiting Professor, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan | | 2007-2012 | Honorary Professor, Newcastle University (UK), North-East England Stem Cell Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences | | 2006-2018 | Adjunct Professor of Chemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong | | 2003 | Visiting Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong | | 1997-2000 | Adjunct Professor, University of Waterloo, Canada | | 1997 | Visiting Professor, University of Newcastle, UK | | 1996 | Faculty of Science Visiting Fellow, University of Bristol, UK | | 1993 | Professeur Invité, Université de Rennes I, France |
Research Topics | | Conjugated organometallic, organoboron and organic materials for linear and nonlinear optics and cell imaging | | | Metal-boryl complexes (Reactivity and synthesis of model catalytic intermediates) | | | Homogeneous catalysis (Borylations including C-H and C-X bond functionalization, borylations with Cu, Zn or metal-free, cross-couplings, oxidations) | | | Synthesis of small organic molecules which trigger stem cell differentiation (especially synthetic retinoids) | | | Crystal engineering using perfluoroarene-arene interactions |
Awards | Since 2015 2015 2012 2010 2010 2010 2008 | Member of the Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Bavarian Academy of Science) RSC Award in Organometallic Chemistry (UK) RSC Rita and John Cornforth Team Award (UK) Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Award Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award (UK) JSPS Invitation Fellowship (Japan) RSC Award in Main Group Element Chemistry (UK) | | 2003-2004 | Sir Derman Christopherson Foundation Fellowship (UK) | | 2003-2004 | Leverhulme Trust Study Abroad Fellowship (UK) | | Since 1997 | Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) | | 1995 | Rutherford Memorial Medal for Chemistry, The Royal
Society of Canada (Canada) | | 1976-1980 1972-1976 | University of California, Regents Intern Fellowship (USA) New York State Regents Fellowship – declined |
Organising Committees and Program Leadership (selected) | 2011 2011 2010 | Organiser, First Research Councils UK UK-China Workshop on “Metals in Organic Synthesis: Towards Cleaner, Greener Chemical Processes,” at Peking University, Beijing, China Durham Leader, Durham University – University of Rennes I, France CNRS LEA - European Associated Laboratory Chairman, Scientific Committee, RSC Dalton Discussion 12 Conference on “Catalytic C-H and C-X Bond Activation,”(UK) | | Since 2005 | Int’l Scientific Committee IMEBORON conference series | | Since 2004 | Int’l Scientific Committee EUROBORON conference series | | 2000-2003 1999 | Member of the Dalton Division Council, RSC (UK) Co-organiser, 10th International Conf. on Boron Chemistry | | | | | | | Reviewing and Program Examining | 2008-2009 | External Examiner for Department of Chemistry, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman | (selected) | 2007-2010 | External Examiner for Integrated Master’s, Master of Chemistry Programs, University of East Anglia, UK | | 2005-2011 | Member of the Industrial Advisory Board for Molecular Engineering, Newcastle University, UK | | Since 2003 1999-2002 | Member of the EPSRC (UK) Peer Review College External Examiner in Inorganic Chemistry for undergraduate programme, University of Edinburgh, UK |
Editorial Boards | present | Member of the Editorial Advisory Boards of Inorganica Chimica Acta, Applied Organometallic Chemistry, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, Chemistry Central Journal | | past | Member of the Editorial Advisory Boards of Organometallics, Inorganic Chemistry, Canadian Journal of Chemistry, Polyhedron, Crystal Engineering |
Most Important Recent Research Grants | 2015-2018 2015-2018 2015 2014-2017 2014-2018 2009-2012 | High Resolution Mass Spectrometer with ESI/HPLC-ESI/APCI/ASAP/LIFDI Ionization (DFG INST 93/834-1) Switching Between Fluorescence and Phosphorescence – Synthesis and Optical Properties of Metallacyclopentadienes (DFG MA4471/4-1) TWAS-DFG Visit of Prof. Helen Oluwatola Omoregie (DFG MA4471/3-1) Earth Abundant Metal Catalyzed Borylations (DFG (MA4471/1-1)
+ NSF-USA + NSF-China) COST participant – European Network on Smart Inorganic Polymers (SIPs) – (COST Action no. CM1302) Theoretical and Experimental Studies of Metal Catalysed Reactions
and Boron-Containing Optical Materials (EPSRC) | 2008-2013 | Synthesis of Retinoic Acid Derivatives for Stem Cell Differentiation
(HighForce Research/EPSRC Industrial CASE) | 2008-2012 | New Array Strategies Using C-H Borylation Chemistry (EPSRC) |
Patents issued (several pending) Stefan Przyborski, Andrew Whiting, Todd Marder, “Synthetic retinoids for control of cell differentiation”, US8293803 B2, PCT/GB2007/003237, Oct. 23, 2012, Issued Publications Summary Publications - 310; (of 298 listed on Web of Science: h-index 75; Citations 17,994 (non-self-citations 16,051), 52 papers with 100 or more citations each, 116 papers with 50 or more citations each). Edited 2 books on boron chemistry and 3 journal issues. Patents - 8 applied (1 granted thus far). 383 Invited lectures at conferences, universities, government and industry labs worldwide. For example: Plenary Lecture, XXV International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry (ICOMC), Lisbon, Portugal, Sept. 2012; Keynote Lecture, Symposium on “Cutting Edge Molecules for Biological Materials and Imaging Applications” Co-organized by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, April 2015; Plenary Lecture at the 18th IUPAC International Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry Directed Towards Organic Synthesis (OMCOS18), Sitges - Barcelona, Spain, June 2015; Plenary Lecture (RSC Organometallic Chemistry Award Lecture), Dalton 2016, Warwick, UK, April 2016; Invited Lecture, Boron in the Americas, Kingston, Canada, June 2016; Keynote Lecture, 2nd-International Caparica Conference on Chromogenic and Emissive Materials, Lisbon, September 2016. Plenary Lecture, PBSi 2017, Paris, France, July 2017. Recent Academic Lectures: October 2015: Peking University, Beijing, China; University of Science and Technology China, Hefei, China; Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC), Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai, China. December 2015: University of Heidelberg, Germany, (Lieseberg-Kolloquium). January 2016: University of Leeds, England (RSC Lecture); University of Bristol, England (RSC Lecture); University of Kassel, Germany, (GDCh Lecture). University of Stuttgart, Germany, January 2016 (GDCh Lecture). February 2016: 9th CaRLa Winter School on Homogeneous Catalysis, BASF/University of Heidelberg, (2 lectures); Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie des Nano-Objets, INSA, Toulouse, France; University of Edinburgh, Scotland (RSC Lecture); University of Durham, England (RSC Lecture). March 2016: Kings College, London, England; Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, England. October 2016: Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (4 lectures as Visiting Professor). |
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