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Professor
2021-present - Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester
Reader
2019-2021 - Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester
Senior Lecturer
2017-2019 - School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester
Lecturer
2012-2017 - School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester
Postdoc
2008-2012 - PDRA (EPSRC / ERC), investigating lanthanide alkylidenes and actinide carbenes - School of Chemistry, The University of Nottingham. Supervisor: Prof. Stephen Liddle
Postgrad
2004-2008 - PhD - School of Chemistry, Cardiff University - "Reactivity of a Gallium(I) N-Heterocyclic Carbene Analogue". Supervisor: Prof. Cameron Jones
Undergrad
2000-2004 - MChem (Hons) - School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, final year project with Prof. Cameron Jones
Professor
2021-present - Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester
Reader
2019-2021 - Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester
Senior Lecturer
2017-2019 - School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester
Lecturer
2012-2017 - School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester
Postdoc
2008-2012 - PDRA (EPSRC / ERC), investigating lanthanide alkylidenes and actinide carbenes - School of Chemistry, The University of Nottingham. Supervisor: Prof. Stephen Liddle
Postgrad
2004-2008 - PhD - School of Chemistry, Cardiff University - "Reactivity of a Gallium(I) N-Heterocyclic Carbene Analogue". Supervisor: Prof. Cameron Jones
Undergrad
2000-2004 - MChem (Hons) - School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, final year project with Prof. Cameron Jones
About Dave
David "El Daverino" Mills hails from Llanbradach and Caerphilly in the South Wales valleys. Dave used to have many hobbies including watching live bands and playing snooker and table football before chemistry took over. Dave spends most of his days flitting between his office and the lab, drinking lots of coffee and spinning plates. His major research interests are in organometallic synthesis, especially trying to make things that have no right to exist. Dave can often be found incessantly quoting lines from films and comedy series and getting exasperated when no one recognises them. |
Contact Details
Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL. Email: [email protected] Tel: (+44)(0)161 2754606 
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Prizes and Awards
- 2024 David Craig Visiting Professor at Australian National University.
- Article selected for the 2023 ChemComm Pioneering Investigators Collection.
- Accredited as a Recognised Research Supervisor by the UK Council for Graduate Education in 2023.
- Recognised as an outstanding reviewer for Chemical Science in 2023, selected by the editorial team for significant contribution to the journal’s peer review in 2022/23.
- The University of Manchester Student’s Union Award winner for Exceptional Feedback in 2022.
- Selected for a Reviewer Spotlight by Chemical Science for exceptional peer reviews in 2021/22.
- The University of Manchester Faculty of Science and Engineering Students Awards 2021: Hero of the Year Award winner.
- The University of Manchester Faculty of Science and Engineering Students Awards 2021: Student’s Voice Award to all Department of Chemistry Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee Staff Members.
- The University of Manchester Faculty of Science and Engineering Students Awards 2021: Commended Award for Lecturer of the Year: School of Natural Sciences.
- The University of Manchester Faculty of Science and Engineering Students Awards 2021: 2nd Runner Up Award to all lecturers on the year 3 PLU module for Most Outstandingly Developed Learning Module of the Year.
- Nominated for Outstanding Academic Advising and Lecturer of the Year: School of Natural Sciences at The University of Manchester Faculty of Science and Engineering Students Awards 2021.
- Highly Commended in the Teaching Excellence Awards 2021 from the University of Manchester Institute for Teaching and Learning.
- RSC Dalton Division Horizon Prize 2021 Team Member of the Molecular Magnetism Group.
- Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the United Kingdom Finalist in Chemistry in 2021.
- Selected as an Outstanding Reviewer for Dalton Transactions by the Editorial Board for peer reviews in 2020.
- Selected as a Top Reviewer for Inorganic Chemistry by the Editorial Board for peer reviews in 2019/20.
- The University of Manchester Department of Chemistry ChemStudent’s Exceptional Feedback Award 2020.
- The University of Manchester Student’s Union Award for Best Academic Advising 2020.
- Royal Society of Chemistry Radiochemistry Group Bill Newton Award winner in 2019.
- Selected to represent thulium on the Periodic Table of Younger Chemists, in celebration of the International Year of the Periodic Table and the IUPAC Centenary in 2019.
- Royal Society of Chemistry Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize winner in 2018.
Professional Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry 2024-present.
- Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry 2008-2024.
- Member of the American Chemical Society 2015-2020 and 2024-present.
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy since 2015.
Academic / Professional Activities
- Organiser and Chair of the inaugural UoM Chemistry Social Mobility Symposium in 2024, to recognise and celebrate the social mobility of current staff and students on Social Mobility Day.
- STEM Ambassador since 2024, joining the Dalton Nuclear Institute Outreach STEM Ambassador Team to deliver STEM activities at local schools.
- Member of the RSC Dalton Community Prize Committee 2022-2023, selecting winners of five RSC prizes and awards in Inorganic Chemistry.
- Co-Editor of the textbook The Lanthanides and Actinides by World Scientific Publishing Europe Ltd in 2022.
- Internationalisation Lead for the Department of Chemistry 2020-present.
- REF2021 Output Champion for the School of Chemistry 2017-2019.
- Centre for Radiochemistry Research representative for Dalton Nuclear Institute 2017-2019.
- Member of the School of Chemistry Research Committee 2016-2019.
- Co-organiser of RSC Dalton Northern 2015, Dial-a-Molecule Conference 2015 and RSC Northwest Organic and Dalton Division Awards Symposium 2013.
- Member of the Faculty of Science and Engineering Research Peer Review College since 2015.
- School of Chemistry Seminar Committee member, organising internal (2013-2017) and external (2014-2018) inorganic colloquia.
- RSC Manchester and District Local Section Science Secretary and The University of Manchester RSC representative (2013-2017).
- Nuclear Materials Control Officer for the Centre for Radiochemical Research 2014-2019.
- UCAS interviewer for the School of Chemistry since 2013.
Major grants awarded as PI
5. March 2023 - Defining the Electronic Structures of (Hetero)Metallocene Anions. Leverhulme Trust, £314k.
4. November 2018 - F-ELEMENT ARCHITECT - Building Precise Molecular Architectures to Unlock Remarkable f-Element Properties. ERC Consolidator Grant, CoG-816268, €1.99M.
3. February 2018 - Targeting Molecular Magnetic Hysteresis at Liquid Nitrogen Temperatures. EPSRC Standard Grant, EP/R002605X/1, £438k.
2. July 2016 - Designing Highly Axial Lanthanide Single Molecule Magnets. EPSRC Standard Grant, EP/P002560/1, £706k.
1. October 2013 - From Low to High Oxidation States - New Oxidative Routes to Lanthanide Multiple Bonds. EPSRC First Grant, EP/L014416/1, £101k.
5. March 2023 - Defining the Electronic Structures of (Hetero)Metallocene Anions. Leverhulme Trust, £314k.
4. November 2018 - F-ELEMENT ARCHITECT - Building Precise Molecular Architectures to Unlock Remarkable f-Element Properties. ERC Consolidator Grant, CoG-816268, €1.99M.
3. February 2018 - Targeting Molecular Magnetic Hysteresis at Liquid Nitrogen Temperatures. EPSRC Standard Grant, EP/R002605X/1, £438k.
2. July 2016 - Designing Highly Axial Lanthanide Single Molecule Magnets. EPSRC Standard Grant, EP/P002560/1, £706k.
1. October 2013 - From Low to High Oxidation States - New Oxidative Routes to Lanthanide Multiple Bonds. EPSRC First Grant, EP/L014416/1, £101k.
Conference talks and invited seminars
84. Towards Linear Lanthanide Single-Molecule Magnets, Invited seminar, Trinity College Dublin, November 2024, Dublin, Ireland.
83. Towards Linear Lanthanide Single-Molecule Magnets, Invited seminar, University of Melbourne, October 2024, Melbourne, Australia.
82. Towards Linear Lanthanide Single-Molecule Magnets, Invited seminar, Monash University, October 2024, Melbourne, Australia.
81. Towards Linear Lanthanide Single-Molecule Magnets, Invited seminar, University of Sydney, October 2024, Sydney, Australia.
80. Towards Linear Lanthanide Single-Molecule Magnets, David Craig Visiting Professorship Invited seminar, Australian National University, October 2024, Canberra, Australia.
79. Towards Linear Lanthanide Single-Molecule Magnets, Contributed talk, Terae Rarae 2024, October 2024, Stuttgart, Germany.
78. Towards Linear Lanthanide Single-Molecule Magnets, Invited talk, 9th European Conference on Molecular Magnetism (ECMM2024), July 2024, Krakow, Poland.
77. Towards Linear Lanthanide Single-Molecule Magnets, Invited seminar, Faculty talk, Mar 2024, XJTU, Xi’an, China.
76. Synthesis and characterisation of lanthanide silylphosphide complexes, Invited seminar, Departmental talk, Mar 2024, XJTU, Xi’an, China.
75. Dysprosium single-molecule magnets with N-donor ligands, Invited talk, Nov 2023, Angular Momentum Online Seminar Series.
74. Building Axial Lanthanide Single-Molecule Magnets, Invited seminar, Oct 2023, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.
73. Building Axial Lanthanide Single-Molecule Magnets, Invited seminar, Sept 2023, University of Bourgogne, Dijon, France.
72. Building Axial Lanthanide Single-Molecule Magnets, Invited seminar, Sept 2023, ICGM, CNRS, University of Montpellier, France.
71. Thermally Stable Terbium(II) and Dysprosium(II) Bis-Amidinate Single-Molecule Magnets, Invited talk, International Conference on f-Elements (ICfE11), August 2023, University of Strasbourg, France.
70. Recent adventures in f-block silicon chemistry, Contributed talk, Dalton 2023, Apr 2023, Coventry, UK.
69. Building Axial Lanthanide Single-Molecule Magnets, Invited talk, Modern Trends in Molecular Magnetism (MTMM3), Dec 2022, IIT Kharagpur, India.
68. Building Axial Lanthanide Single-Molecule Magnets, Invited seminar, Dec 2022, IIT Madras, India.
67. Building Axial Lanthanide Single-Molecule Magnets, Invited seminar, Nov 2022, Cardiff University, UK.
66. Recent adventures in f-block silicon chemistry, Plenary lecture, XXXI Terrae Rarae, Sept 2022, Leipzig, Germany.
65. Recent adventures in f-block silicon chemistry, Contributed talk, Actinides Revisited Conference, Sept 2022, Dresden, Germany.
64. Ten years of f-block chemistry: A retrospective, Plenary lecture, Meeting for Inorganic Chemists Recently Appointed (MICRA), Sept 2022, Durham University, UK.
63. Using molecular chemistry to quantify lanthanide and actinide covalency, Plenary lecture, 14th International Symposium on Nuclear and Environmental Radiochemical Analysis: ERA14, Sept 2022, York, UK.
62. Recent adventures in f-block silicon chemistry, Invited talk, 29th Rare Earth Research Conference, June 2022, Philadelphia, USA.
61. Building Axial Lanthanide Single-Molecule Magnets, Plenary lecture, Stratingh Institute Day, June 2022, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
60. Building precise molecular architectures to engineer f-element properties, Plenary lecture, Chemical Sciences Symposium, May 2022, Keele University, UK.
59. Building precise molecular architectures to engineer f-element properties, Invited talk, May 2022, Eddleman Quantum Institute Gathering on Quantum Science, Chateau Balleroy, France.
58. Building Axial Lanthanide Single-Molecule Magnets, Plenary lecture, Danish Chemical Society Inorganic Graduate Student Seminar, April 2022, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
57. Recent Adventures in Non-aqueous f-Element Solution Chemistry, Invited seminar, April 2022, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark.
56. Building precise molecular architectures to engineer f-element properties, Invited seminar, March 2022, Heriot-Watt University, UK.
55. Building High Temperature Single-Molecule Magnets, Blavatnik Family Foundation and New York Academy of Sciences Symposium on Innovating for a Better Future: 9 Young Scientists Transforming Our World, October 2021, Banqueting House, London, UK.
54. Building precise molecular architectures to engineer f-element properties, Invited talk, Research Needs for Critical Minerals and Materials Workshop, 2021 User Meeting, August 2021, Advanced Light Source, Berkeley, USA.
53. Isolating a ferrocene anion, Manchester ChemSoc Guest Lecture Series, February 2021, The University of Manchester, UK.
52. Building precise molecular architectures to engineer f-element properties, Invited seminar, October 2020, Newcastle University, UK.
51. Single-molecule magnets for high density data storage devices, Online Seminar for University of Manchester ChemSoc and PASS – Meet the Academics, July 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh-a7QuOfDU.
50. Building precise molecular architectures to engineer f-element properties, Invited seminar, January 2020, Imperial College London, UK.
49. Building precise molecular architectures to engineer f-element properties, Invited talk, RSC Awards Symposium, January 2020, University of Manchester, UK.
48. Building precise molecular architectures to engineer f-element properties, Invited seminar, December 2019, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.
47. Highly axial lanthanide complexes for optimised magnetic properties, Invited talk, 2nd Modern Trends in Molecular Magnetism (MTMM2019), November 2019, IISER Bhopal, India.
46. Highly axial lanthanide complexes for optimised magnetic properties, Invited talk, Recent Advances in Molecular Magnetism (RAMM2019), November 2019, IIT Kharagpur, India.
45. Building precise molecular architectures to engineer f-element properties, Invited seminar, October 2019, University of St Andrews, UK.
44. Highly axial lanthanide complexes for optimised magnetic properties, Contributed talk, 7th European Conference on Molecular Magnetism (ECMM2019), September 2019, Florence, Italy.
43. Building precise molecular architectures to maximise f-element properties, Invited Seminar, September 2019, Paul Pascal Centre for Research, Bordeaux, France.
42. Introducing the +1 oxidation state for derivatized 3d metallocene monoanions, 258th ACS National Meeting, August 2019, San Diego, USA.
41. Electronic structures of bent, formally two-coordinate lanthanide(III) cations, 258th ACS National Meeting, August 2019, San Diego, USA.
40. Building precise molecular architectures to unlock remarkable f-element properties, Invited Seminar, August 2019, University of Southern California, USA.
39. Building precise molecular architectures to unlock remarkable f-element properties, Invited Seminar, August 2019, University of California Irvine, USA.
38. Building precise molecular architectures to unlock remarkable f-element properties, Invited Seminar, August 2019, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA.
37. Highly Axial Lanthanide Complexes for Optimised Magnetic Properties, Invited talk at the 4th BOOK-D Conference, June 2019, Bordeaux, France.
36. Electronic structures of bent, formally two-coordinate lanthanide(III) cations, XXIX Terrae Rarae, May 2019, Stockholm, Sweden.
35. Building precise molecular architectures to unlock remarkable f-element properties, RSC Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize Talk, February 2019, University of Bristol, UK.
34. Building precise molecular architectures to unlock remarkable f-element properties, RSC Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize Talk, January 2019, University of Warwick, UK.
33. Building precise molecular architectures to unlock remarkable f-element properties, RSC Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize Talk, December 2018, University of Strathclyde, UK.
32. Building precise molecular architectures to unlock remarkable f-element properties, Invited Seminar for ChemSoc, October 2018, University of Manchester, UK.
31. Building precise molecular architectures to unlock remarkable f-element properties, Meeting for Inorganic Chemists Recently Appointed (MICRA), September 2018, Cardiff University, UK.
30. Highly axial lanthanide complexes for optimised magnetic properties, Invited talk in Session 2: Coordination Chemistry, International Conference on f-Elements (ICfE10), September 2018, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland.
29. High temperature magnetic hysteresis in lanthanide metallocenium cations. Invited talk in Session 44: Molecule-based magnetism: state of the art in multi-stable magnetic compounds, 43rd ICCC 2018, August 2018, Sendai, Japan.
28. Dysprosocenium: molecular magnetic hysteresis at 60 K (and our journey to it), Plenary Lecture, RSC Dalton Northern Meeting, June 2018, University of Leeds, UK.
27. Building precise molecular architectures to unlock remarkable f-element properties, Invited talk, RSC Prize and Award Symposium, April 2018, University of Manchester, UK.
26. Molecular magnetic hysteresis at 60 K in dysprosocenium, Dalton 2018, April 2018, University of Warwick, UK.
25. Stabilizing unusual coordination geometries and oxidation states in f-block chemistry, XXVIII Terrae Rarae, October 2017, Tübingen, Germany.
24. Thorium redox chemistry and a new way to measure actinide covalency by pulsed EPR spectroscopy, Selected presentation, Organised by session chair Prof. Alfred Sattelberger, Gordon Organometallics, July 2017, Rhode Island, USA.
23. f-Element Silylamide Complexes With Remarkable Bonding Motifs, Invited talk at the Rare Earth Research Conference 2017, 28th RERC, June 2017, Ames, USA.
22. Stabilising unusual coordination geometries and oxidation states in f-block chemistry, Invited Seminar, University of Kent, May 2017, Kent, UK.
21. Stabilising unusual coordination geometries and oxidation states in f-block chemistry, Invited Seminar, University of Oxford, May 2017, Oxford, UK.
20. Thorium redox chemistry and a new way to measure actinide covalency by pulsed EPR spectroscopy, Invited talk at the Glenn T. Seaborg Award for Nuclear Chemistry: Symposium in honour of David L. Clark, organised by Prof. Bruce Bursten, Prof. William Evans and Prof. Alfred Sattelberger, 253rd ACS National Meeting, April 2017, San Francisco, USA.
19. Stabilising unusual coordination geometries and oxidation states in f-block chemistry, Invited Seminar, University of York, March 2017, York, UK.
18. Stabilising unusual coordination geometries and oxidation states in f-block chemistry, Invited Seminar, University of Central Lancashire, January 2017, Preston, UK.
17. Stabilising unusual coordination geometries and oxidation states in f-block chemistry, Invited Seminar for ChemSoc, University of Manchester, October 2016, Manchester, UK.
16. Stabilising unusual coordination geometries and oxidation states in f-block chemistry, Invited Seminar, Nottingham Trent University, November 2016, Nottingham, UK.
15. Thorium redox chemistry and a new way to measure actinide covalency by pulsed EPR spectroscopy, Invited Seminar, September 2016, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Germany.
14. f-Element Silylamide Complexes With Remarkable Bonding Motifs, MICRA 2016, September 2016, University of Bath, UK.
13. Thorium(III) Small Molecule Activation Chemistry, ICOMC 2016, July 2016, Melbourne, Australia.
12. Thorium(III) Small Molecule Activation Chemistry, Dalton 2016, March 2016, University of Warwick, UK.
11. Stabilising Unusual Oxidation States and Coordination Numbers in f-Block Chemistry, Invited Seminar, University of Bath, November 2015, Bath, UK.
10. Unprecedented f-Element Geometries Using Super-Bulky Ligands, International Conference on f-Elements (ICfE9), September 2015, Oxford, UK.
9. Stabilising Unusual Bonding Modes and Oxidation States in f-Block Chemistry, 4th European f-Element Network Conference (EUFEN4), April 2015, Lisbon, Portugal.
8. Directing Ligand Design to Stabilise Low-Coordinate f-Element Complexes, Meeting for Inorganic Chemists Recently Appointed (MICRA), September 2014, University of Huddersfield, UK.
7. Low Oxidation State f-Element Chemistry: True Chemical Frontiers, XVII Brazilian Meeting on Inorganic Chemistry (BMIC), August 2014, Araxà, Brazil.
6. Directing Ligand Design to Stabilise Unusual Oxidation States in f-Block Chemistry, Dial-a-Molecule Annual Meeting, July 2014, University of Birmingham, UK.
5. A Comparison of Lanthanide and Actinide Carbenes, Meeting for Inorganic Chemists Recently Appointed (MICRA), September 2012, University of Leeds, UK.
4. A Comparison of Lanthanide and Actinide Carbenes, Dalton Transactions Younger Researchers Symposium, September 2011, University of Warwick, UK.
3. Synthesis and Reactivity of Phosphorus-Stabilised Lanthanide Carbene Complexes, RSC CCDG, June 2010, University of Bath, UK.
2. Synthesis and Reactivity of Phosphorus-Stabilised Lanthanide Carbene Complexes, RSC/SACI Meeting, September 2009, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, SA.
1. Novel Complexes Derived from an Anionic Gallium(I) N-Heterocyclic Carbene Analogue, RSC Main Group Meeting, June 2006, UCL, UK.
84. Towards Linear Lanthanide Single-Molecule Magnets, Invited seminar, Trinity College Dublin, November 2024, Dublin, Ireland.
83. Towards Linear Lanthanide Single-Molecule Magnets, Invited seminar, University of Melbourne, October 2024, Melbourne, Australia.
82. Towards Linear Lanthanide Single-Molecule Magnets, Invited seminar, Monash University, October 2024, Melbourne, Australia.
81. Towards Linear Lanthanide Single-Molecule Magnets, Invited seminar, University of Sydney, October 2024, Sydney, Australia.
80. Towards Linear Lanthanide Single-Molecule Magnets, David Craig Visiting Professorship Invited seminar, Australian National University, October 2024, Canberra, Australia.
79. Towards Linear Lanthanide Single-Molecule Magnets, Contributed talk, Terae Rarae 2024, October 2024, Stuttgart, Germany.
78. Towards Linear Lanthanide Single-Molecule Magnets, Invited talk, 9th European Conference on Molecular Magnetism (ECMM2024), July 2024, Krakow, Poland.
77. Towards Linear Lanthanide Single-Molecule Magnets, Invited seminar, Faculty talk, Mar 2024, XJTU, Xi’an, China.
76. Synthesis and characterisation of lanthanide silylphosphide complexes, Invited seminar, Departmental talk, Mar 2024, XJTU, Xi’an, China.
75. Dysprosium single-molecule magnets with N-donor ligands, Invited talk, Nov 2023, Angular Momentum Online Seminar Series.
74. Building Axial Lanthanide Single-Molecule Magnets, Invited seminar, Oct 2023, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.
73. Building Axial Lanthanide Single-Molecule Magnets, Invited seminar, Sept 2023, University of Bourgogne, Dijon, France.
72. Building Axial Lanthanide Single-Molecule Magnets, Invited seminar, Sept 2023, ICGM, CNRS, University of Montpellier, France.
71. Thermally Stable Terbium(II) and Dysprosium(II) Bis-Amidinate Single-Molecule Magnets, Invited talk, International Conference on f-Elements (ICfE11), August 2023, University of Strasbourg, France.
70. Recent adventures in f-block silicon chemistry, Contributed talk, Dalton 2023, Apr 2023, Coventry, UK.
69. Building Axial Lanthanide Single-Molecule Magnets, Invited talk, Modern Trends in Molecular Magnetism (MTMM3), Dec 2022, IIT Kharagpur, India.
68. Building Axial Lanthanide Single-Molecule Magnets, Invited seminar, Dec 2022, IIT Madras, India.
67. Building Axial Lanthanide Single-Molecule Magnets, Invited seminar, Nov 2022, Cardiff University, UK.
66. Recent adventures in f-block silicon chemistry, Plenary lecture, XXXI Terrae Rarae, Sept 2022, Leipzig, Germany.
65. Recent adventures in f-block silicon chemistry, Contributed talk, Actinides Revisited Conference, Sept 2022, Dresden, Germany.
64. Ten years of f-block chemistry: A retrospective, Plenary lecture, Meeting for Inorganic Chemists Recently Appointed (MICRA), Sept 2022, Durham University, UK.
63. Using molecular chemistry to quantify lanthanide and actinide covalency, Plenary lecture, 14th International Symposium on Nuclear and Environmental Radiochemical Analysis: ERA14, Sept 2022, York, UK.
62. Recent adventures in f-block silicon chemistry, Invited talk, 29th Rare Earth Research Conference, June 2022, Philadelphia, USA.
61. Building Axial Lanthanide Single-Molecule Magnets, Plenary lecture, Stratingh Institute Day, June 2022, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
60. Building precise molecular architectures to engineer f-element properties, Plenary lecture, Chemical Sciences Symposium, May 2022, Keele University, UK.
59. Building precise molecular architectures to engineer f-element properties, Invited talk, May 2022, Eddleman Quantum Institute Gathering on Quantum Science, Chateau Balleroy, France.
58. Building Axial Lanthanide Single-Molecule Magnets, Plenary lecture, Danish Chemical Society Inorganic Graduate Student Seminar, April 2022, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
57. Recent Adventures in Non-aqueous f-Element Solution Chemistry, Invited seminar, April 2022, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark.
56. Building precise molecular architectures to engineer f-element properties, Invited seminar, March 2022, Heriot-Watt University, UK.
55. Building High Temperature Single-Molecule Magnets, Blavatnik Family Foundation and New York Academy of Sciences Symposium on Innovating for a Better Future: 9 Young Scientists Transforming Our World, October 2021, Banqueting House, London, UK.
54. Building precise molecular architectures to engineer f-element properties, Invited talk, Research Needs for Critical Minerals and Materials Workshop, 2021 User Meeting, August 2021, Advanced Light Source, Berkeley, USA.
53. Isolating a ferrocene anion, Manchester ChemSoc Guest Lecture Series, February 2021, The University of Manchester, UK.
52. Building precise molecular architectures to engineer f-element properties, Invited seminar, October 2020, Newcastle University, UK.
51. Single-molecule magnets for high density data storage devices, Online Seminar for University of Manchester ChemSoc and PASS – Meet the Academics, July 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh-a7QuOfDU.
50. Building precise molecular architectures to engineer f-element properties, Invited seminar, January 2020, Imperial College London, UK.
49. Building precise molecular architectures to engineer f-element properties, Invited talk, RSC Awards Symposium, January 2020, University of Manchester, UK.
48. Building precise molecular architectures to engineer f-element properties, Invited seminar, December 2019, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.
47. Highly axial lanthanide complexes for optimised magnetic properties, Invited talk, 2nd Modern Trends in Molecular Magnetism (MTMM2019), November 2019, IISER Bhopal, India.
46. Highly axial lanthanide complexes for optimised magnetic properties, Invited talk, Recent Advances in Molecular Magnetism (RAMM2019), November 2019, IIT Kharagpur, India.
45. Building precise molecular architectures to engineer f-element properties, Invited seminar, October 2019, University of St Andrews, UK.
44. Highly axial lanthanide complexes for optimised magnetic properties, Contributed talk, 7th European Conference on Molecular Magnetism (ECMM2019), September 2019, Florence, Italy.
43. Building precise molecular architectures to maximise f-element properties, Invited Seminar, September 2019, Paul Pascal Centre for Research, Bordeaux, France.
42. Introducing the +1 oxidation state for derivatized 3d metallocene monoanions, 258th ACS National Meeting, August 2019, San Diego, USA.
41. Electronic structures of bent, formally two-coordinate lanthanide(III) cations, 258th ACS National Meeting, August 2019, San Diego, USA.
40. Building precise molecular architectures to unlock remarkable f-element properties, Invited Seminar, August 2019, University of Southern California, USA.
39. Building precise molecular architectures to unlock remarkable f-element properties, Invited Seminar, August 2019, University of California Irvine, USA.
38. Building precise molecular architectures to unlock remarkable f-element properties, Invited Seminar, August 2019, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA.
37. Highly Axial Lanthanide Complexes for Optimised Magnetic Properties, Invited talk at the 4th BOOK-D Conference, June 2019, Bordeaux, France.
36. Electronic structures of bent, formally two-coordinate lanthanide(III) cations, XXIX Terrae Rarae, May 2019, Stockholm, Sweden.
35. Building precise molecular architectures to unlock remarkable f-element properties, RSC Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize Talk, February 2019, University of Bristol, UK.
34. Building precise molecular architectures to unlock remarkable f-element properties, RSC Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize Talk, January 2019, University of Warwick, UK.
33. Building precise molecular architectures to unlock remarkable f-element properties, RSC Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize Talk, December 2018, University of Strathclyde, UK.
32. Building precise molecular architectures to unlock remarkable f-element properties, Invited Seminar for ChemSoc, October 2018, University of Manchester, UK.
31. Building precise molecular architectures to unlock remarkable f-element properties, Meeting for Inorganic Chemists Recently Appointed (MICRA), September 2018, Cardiff University, UK.
30. Highly axial lanthanide complexes for optimised magnetic properties, Invited talk in Session 2: Coordination Chemistry, International Conference on f-Elements (ICfE10), September 2018, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland.
29. High temperature magnetic hysteresis in lanthanide metallocenium cations. Invited talk in Session 44: Molecule-based magnetism: state of the art in multi-stable magnetic compounds, 43rd ICCC 2018, August 2018, Sendai, Japan.
28. Dysprosocenium: molecular magnetic hysteresis at 60 K (and our journey to it), Plenary Lecture, RSC Dalton Northern Meeting, June 2018, University of Leeds, UK.
27. Building precise molecular architectures to unlock remarkable f-element properties, Invited talk, RSC Prize and Award Symposium, April 2018, University of Manchester, UK.
26. Molecular magnetic hysteresis at 60 K in dysprosocenium, Dalton 2018, April 2018, University of Warwick, UK.
25. Stabilizing unusual coordination geometries and oxidation states in f-block chemistry, XXVIII Terrae Rarae, October 2017, Tübingen, Germany.
24. Thorium redox chemistry and a new way to measure actinide covalency by pulsed EPR spectroscopy, Selected presentation, Organised by session chair Prof. Alfred Sattelberger, Gordon Organometallics, July 2017, Rhode Island, USA.
23. f-Element Silylamide Complexes With Remarkable Bonding Motifs, Invited talk at the Rare Earth Research Conference 2017, 28th RERC, June 2017, Ames, USA.
22. Stabilising unusual coordination geometries and oxidation states in f-block chemistry, Invited Seminar, University of Kent, May 2017, Kent, UK.
21. Stabilising unusual coordination geometries and oxidation states in f-block chemistry, Invited Seminar, University of Oxford, May 2017, Oxford, UK.
20. Thorium redox chemistry and a new way to measure actinide covalency by pulsed EPR spectroscopy, Invited talk at the Glenn T. Seaborg Award for Nuclear Chemistry: Symposium in honour of David L. Clark, organised by Prof. Bruce Bursten, Prof. William Evans and Prof. Alfred Sattelberger, 253rd ACS National Meeting, April 2017, San Francisco, USA.
19. Stabilising unusual coordination geometries and oxidation states in f-block chemistry, Invited Seminar, University of York, March 2017, York, UK.
18. Stabilising unusual coordination geometries and oxidation states in f-block chemistry, Invited Seminar, University of Central Lancashire, January 2017, Preston, UK.
17. Stabilising unusual coordination geometries and oxidation states in f-block chemistry, Invited Seminar for ChemSoc, University of Manchester, October 2016, Manchester, UK.
16. Stabilising unusual coordination geometries and oxidation states in f-block chemistry, Invited Seminar, Nottingham Trent University, November 2016, Nottingham, UK.
15. Thorium redox chemistry and a new way to measure actinide covalency by pulsed EPR spectroscopy, Invited Seminar, September 2016, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Germany.
14. f-Element Silylamide Complexes With Remarkable Bonding Motifs, MICRA 2016, September 2016, University of Bath, UK.
13. Thorium(III) Small Molecule Activation Chemistry, ICOMC 2016, July 2016, Melbourne, Australia.
12. Thorium(III) Small Molecule Activation Chemistry, Dalton 2016, March 2016, University of Warwick, UK.
11. Stabilising Unusual Oxidation States and Coordination Numbers in f-Block Chemistry, Invited Seminar, University of Bath, November 2015, Bath, UK.
10. Unprecedented f-Element Geometries Using Super-Bulky Ligands, International Conference on f-Elements (ICfE9), September 2015, Oxford, UK.
9. Stabilising Unusual Bonding Modes and Oxidation States in f-Block Chemistry, 4th European f-Element Network Conference (EUFEN4), April 2015, Lisbon, Portugal.
8. Directing Ligand Design to Stabilise Low-Coordinate f-Element Complexes, Meeting for Inorganic Chemists Recently Appointed (MICRA), September 2014, University of Huddersfield, UK.
7. Low Oxidation State f-Element Chemistry: True Chemical Frontiers, XVII Brazilian Meeting on Inorganic Chemistry (BMIC), August 2014, Araxà, Brazil.
6. Directing Ligand Design to Stabilise Unusual Oxidation States in f-Block Chemistry, Dial-a-Molecule Annual Meeting, July 2014, University of Birmingham, UK.
5. A Comparison of Lanthanide and Actinide Carbenes, Meeting for Inorganic Chemists Recently Appointed (MICRA), September 2012, University of Leeds, UK.
4. A Comparison of Lanthanide and Actinide Carbenes, Dalton Transactions Younger Researchers Symposium, September 2011, University of Warwick, UK.
3. Synthesis and Reactivity of Phosphorus-Stabilised Lanthanide Carbene Complexes, RSC CCDG, June 2010, University of Bath, UK.
2. Synthesis and Reactivity of Phosphorus-Stabilised Lanthanide Carbene Complexes, RSC/SACI Meeting, September 2009, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, SA.
1. Novel Complexes Derived from an Anionic Gallium(I) N-Heterocyclic Carbene Analogue, RSC Main Group Meeting, June 2006, UCL, UK.
