Stuart Taylor - Curriculum Vitae#

Education:

• PhD Heterogeneous Catalysis, University of Liverpool 1994

Institutional responsibilities:

• Managing Director Cardiff Catalysis Institute 2024
  
• Director of Research 2017-2023
  
• Leader Catalysis & Interfacial Science Section 2015-2021
  
• Director of Communications 2015-2017
  
• Director of Innovation & Engagement 2013-2015

Publications:

• Over 360 publications, H-index 72 and >16500 citations
  
• Inventor on 14 patents

Research funding:

• 54 research grants as Principal Investigator, total value £3.77M, from EPSRC, EU, HEFC, HEFCW, Welsh Government, and industry
  
• As collaborative co-investigator, 71 awards totalling £15.55M

Indicators of esteem:

• In Stanford University top 2% of researchers 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 World Ranking of Scientists
  
• External Advisory Board member 2024, CSIC Instituto di CarboQuimica, Spain
  
• Journal special issue Guest Editor, e.g. Archive of Organic Chemistry, Catalysts, Topics in Catalysis
  
• Editorial Board Member, Frontiers in Catalysis and Catalysts
  
• Evaluator for international funders, e.g. National Italian PRN scheme, Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation, Academy of Finland Research Council for Natural Science & Engineering, Portuguese Foundation for Science & Technology, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, Romanian National Council for Research & Development
  
• Diamond Peer Review Panel BC07, B18, and i20 high resolution and time resolved Energy dispersive EXAFS 2017-2022
  
• International expert evaluator for Italian Ministry of Science VQR 2004-10 and 2011-14
  
• Member of many international conference organising/technical committees, e.g. 9th World Congress on Oxidation Catalysis, UK 2022, World Chemistry Congress, Malaysia 2019
  
• Evaluator for FP7 University of Liege 2016 Marie Curie COFUND postdoctoral researchers
  
• Member of Professorial Promotion Panels, e.g. Technical University of Cyprus 2015-2016

Selected presentations:

• More than 40 invited plenary and keynote presentations, examples:
  
• Royal Society of Chemistry award lecture tour 2024
  
• Sir John Meurig Thomas Catalysis Medal award lecture, UK Catalysis Hub 2022
  
• Keynote World Chemistry Congress, Malaysia 2019
  
• Plenary 3rd International Conference & Exposition on Green Chemistry & Engineering, USA 2019
  
• Plenary 6th International Conference for Young Chemists, Malaysia 2017
  
• Keynote 16th International Congress on Catalysis pre-meeting, Sapporo 2016

Teaching and training:

• Supervised >80 PhD students as primary and joint/co-supervisor
  
• Examined >75 PhD students in the UK, Europe, Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, India, South Africa
  
• 27 years of high-quality teaching on BSc, MChem, MSc and MRes courses
  
• Taught at international summer schools, EU PIONEER ICB-CSIC, Spain 2020, and Hokkaido University, Japan 2016

Outreach:

Organising Royal Society Summer Science Exhibitions: Zoom for Improvement 2017, The Gold Rush 2014, Does Size Matter? 2008, Harwell Public Open Day 2015

Media appearances, BBC Wales News, Made in Cardiff News , BBC Wales Science Café, BBC Wales Drive Time