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Personal statement

Position:

Associate Principal and Executive Dean of Science

Distinguished Professor, Pure and Applied Chemistry, Research Chair of Chemistry, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of º£½ÇÂÛ̳, Director of the Centre for Molecular Nanometrology. 

Biography

Professor Duncan Graham is based at the University of º£½ÇÂÛ̳, Glasgow and is currently Associate Principal and Executive Dean of the Faculty of Science.  He has a research group of around 15, and over 300 publications to date. Duncan Graham is also a co-founder of the  Centre for Molecular Nanometrology and was a co-founder and director of (formerly D3 Technologies) that was sold to Bruker in 2016.  He is editor in chief of the RSC journal and  chaired the scientific advisory board for served as Chair of the and was a (2020-2024).  He is currently a trustee for the  fund. He served as president of the  (2017-2020) and as a trustee of the (2017-2020). He serves on the advisory editorial board for , and , the editorial advisory board for the  and has served on various peer review panels. Previously he was the vice chair of the for CRUK and a member of their  (2015-2021) and served on the EPSRCs Strategic Advisory Team for Physical Sciences (2016-2021). 

Posts held (all at the University of º£½ÇÂÛ̳):

January 2022   Associate Principal & Executive Dean of Science

August 2016     Head of Department, Pure and Applied Chemistry

August 2013     Deputy Head of Department, Pure and Applied Chemistry

August 2012     Deputy Director WestCHEM

August 2010     Director, WestCHEM
August 2008     Deputy Director, WestCHEM
August 2008     Head of Research Pure and Applied Chemistry
June 2005         Co-Director, Centre for Molecular Nanometrology
March 2004       Professor, Pure and Applied Chemistry
April 2003         Senior Lecturer, Pure and Applied Chemistry
October 2002    RSC’s Analytical Grand Prix Five Year Fellowship
June 2002         Lecturer, Pure and Applied Chemistry
June 1997         BBSRC David Phillips Five-Year Fellow
Jan 1996           Postdoctoral Researcher

Awards and Fellowships:

2025                  RSC Interdisciplinary Prize

2017                  Charles Mann Award, FACSS.  

2016                  Theophilus Redwood Award, Royal Society of Chemistry

2012                  Fellows award from the Society for Applied Spectroscopy
2012                  Craver award of the Coblentz Society
2011                  Fellowship of the Society of Biology
2010                  Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award
2009                  Corday Morgan Prize of the Royal Society of Chemistry
2007                  Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
2005                  Nexxus Young Life Scientist of the Year
2004                  RSC’s SAC Silver Medal
2002                  RSC’s Analytical Grand Prix five year fellowship
1997                  BBSRC David Phillips five-year fellowship