Biography

Stokes Lecturer, Inorganic Chemistry (September 2008-Present). University College of Dublin, Belfield, Ireland. SFI funded position for five year term. Visiting Professor, Bioinorganic Chemistry (January 2011-Feburary 2011). Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Vienna, Wien, Austria. Fonctionnaire scientifique (January 2006-July 2008). Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland. European Commission Marie Curie Fellowship with Professor Paul J. Dyson. European Commission Funded Post-doctoral Fellowship (May 2003-September 2005). Istituto di Chimica dei Composti Organo Metallici (ICCOM) at Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy; (Drs. C. Bianchini, C. Mealli and M. Peruzzini). Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain; (Dr. A. Lledós). Short term scientific exchange. Laboratoire de Chemie de Coordination at Centre National de La Recherche Scientifque (CNRS) Toulouse, France; (Drs. R. Poli and J.-C. Daran) Short term scientific exchange. Post-doctorial Fellowship (February 2001-April 2003). University of California, Davis, California, United States; (Professors P. P. Power and M. Olmstead). Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry (July 1996-January 2001). Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; (Professor Neil Burford). Honours Bachelor in Science (September 1992-June 1996). University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; (Professors David H. Farrar and John Powell).

Expertise

- X-ray Diffraction
- Synthesis
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
- Catalyst
- Inorganic Synthesis
- Organometallics

Publications