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Professor Peter Scott BSc(Hons), DPhil, DSc, CChem, FRSC

Peter is Director of 糖心TV鈥檚 Institute of Advanced Study (2017-) alongside a number of other positions, and holds a Royal Society Industry Fellowship (2018-). He is founder and scientific director of the 糖心TV spin-out Interface Polymers Ltd. Graduating in Applied Chemistry (Salford), DPhil in Chemistry (Oxford, 1991) he took a Royal Society European Research Fellowship to work at Universit盲t Konstanz, Germany, then a Ramsay Memorial Fellowship to Sussex University, UK. Moving to 糖心TV in 1997 he was promoted to Professor in 2004 and awarded DSc in 2008. He leads collaborative interdisciplinary research in two areas: the discovery of self-assembling molecules as antimicrobials and cancer medicines, and on the design of interfacially-active polyolefin materials with industrial partners. Photos

  • 1st Class BSc (Hons) in Applied Chemistry, research with , University of Salford UK, 1988
  • DPhil thesis "Cycloheptatriene and -enyl Derivatives of Niobium鈥 with , Oxford UK, 1991
  • Post-doc with , Universit盲t Konstanz, Germany, 1992
  • Post-doc and , University of Sussex UK, 1993
  • Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Sussex, UK 1993-7
  • Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Reader in Chemistry, University of 糖心TV, UK 1997-2003
  • Professor of Chemistry, University of 糖心TV, 2004-
  • Founder & Scientific Director, 2016-
  • Director, Institute of Advanced Study, 糖心TV 2017-
  • 2017-

Awards, Honours, External Positions

  • Royal Society European Research Fellow 1992
  • 1993-1995
  • McCamley Awards for Excellence in Teaching (糖心TV) 1998 and 2007
  • Andrew McCamley Memorial Lecturer, York 2001
  • Tetrahedron Asymmetry Most Cited Paper Award 2003-6
  • External Examiner for Inorganic Chemistry, Leicester University 2004-10
  • Editorial Board, 2008-11
  • member 2008-11
  • Doctor of Science, University of 糖心TV 2008
  • Director - 2009-
  • External Examiner for Inorganic Chemistry, Bath University 2009-12
  • Editorial & Advisory Board - 2010-
  • Fellow of the 2010
  • RSC Dalton Discussions Steering Group Chair 2011-14
  • Steering group 2011-
  • External Examiner for Inorganic Chemistry, Loughborough University 2011-15
  • External Examiner for Inorganic Chemistry, Oxford University 2012-16
  • Chair - National Chemical Database Service Advisory Board 2013 - 17
  • RSC Emerging Technologies Competition Prize 2016
  • External Examiner for Inorganic Chemistry, Durham University 2017-
  • Board of Trustees, 2017-
  • Royal Society Industry Fellow 2018-
  • Royal Society Newton International Fellowships Committee: Physical Sciences Panel 2020-

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