Martin Schröder (chemist)
Martin Schröder FRSE FRSC MAE is a British inorganic chemist.[1] He is Vice President and Dean for the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences and Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Manchester since June 2015.[3] Previously served as executive dean of the Faculty of Science from 2011 to 2015 and Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Nottingham from 1995 to 2015.
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| Born | 1954 (age 65–66) |
| Education | Slough Grammar School |
| Alma mater | University of Sheffield (BSc) Imperial College London (PhD) |
| Awards | Corday–Morgan Prize (1989) Tilden Prize (2001) Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award (2005) |
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| Fields | Inorganic chemistry[1] |
| Institutions | University of Manchester University of Nottingham University of Cambridge ETH Zurich University of Edinburgh |
| Thesis | Reactions of oxo complexes of osmium and ruthenium (1978) |
| Doctoral advisor | William P. Griffith[2] |
| Influences | Jack Lewis |
| Website | www |
Early life and education
Schröder was born of Estonian parents in Buckinghamshire in 1954,[4] and educated at the local Slough Grammar School. He was awarded a Bachelor of Science degre in Chemistry from the University of Sheffield in 1975 followed by a PhD from Imperial College London in 1978 where his research was supervised by William P. Griffith.[2]
Career and research
During Schröder's career he has held the following appointments:
- Postdoctoral fellowships at ETH Zurich and the University of Cambridge, supervised by Jack Lewis
- Appointed a senior demonstrator in 1988 at the University of Edinburgh, promoted to Lecturer (1983), Reader (1991) and Professor (1994)
- In 1995 he moved to the University of Nottingham as Head and Professor of Inorganic Chemistry. He served as head of the school of chemistry at Nottingham from 1999-2005[5]
Schröder moved to the University of Manchester in 2015 as Vice President and Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences and Professor of Chemistry.[1]
Awards and honours
Schröder was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) and Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE). His awards include the Corday-Morgan Medal and Prize of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 1991, a Royal Society of Edinburgh Support research fellowship in 1991-2, Tilden Prize in 2001, the Royal Society of Chemistry award for the chemistry of transition metals in 2003, a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award in 2005.
References
- Martin Schröder publications from Europe PubMed Central
- Schröder, Martin (1978). Reactions of oxo complexes of osmium and ruthenium. london.ac.uk (PhD thesis). Imperial College London (University of London). hdl:10044/1/8148. OCLC 500557068. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.471806.
- Anon (2015). "New Vice-President and Dean for EPS faculty". manchester.ac.uk.
- GRO Register of Births: JUN 1954 6a 541 ETON - Martin Schröder, mmn = Kruus'na
- Anon (2013). "Martin Schroder at the University of Nottingham". nottingham.ac.uk. University of Nottingham. Archived from the original on 16 July 2013.
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