Polly Arnold - Curriculum Vitae#
Fundamental studies of f-block bonding through exploratory synthetic chemistry. Resulting contributions to catalysis and the science underpinning critical element and nuclear waste management.
EMPLOYMENT
- 2013 Crum Brown Chair of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh
- 2009 - 2014 EPSRC Leadership Research Fellow and Personal Chair, Edinburgh
- 2007 - 2009 EaStCHEM Reader, Edinburgh
- 1999 - 2007 Lecturer, University of Nottingham
- 1997 - 1998 Fulbright PDRA Scholar, MIT, Cambridge, USA
FELLOWSHIPS
- FRS 2018, Fellowship of the Royal Society
- OBE 2017, for services to chemistry and women in STEM, the Queens’s birthday honours
- ERC Advanced Research Grant, 2017 - 2021
- FRSE 2012, Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh
- FRSC 2012, Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry
- Hans Fischer Senior Fellowship, 2012. Institute of Advanced Scholars, TU Munich, Germany
- EPSRC Leadership Fellowship, 2009 - 2014
- EPSRC Advanced Fellowship, 2000 - 2005
PANEL WORK
- Board member, Edinburgh Science Festival
- Board Chair, Inclusion and Diversity Committee, RSC. Council Trustee, Royal Society of Chemistry
- Equality and Diversity leadership through http://www.chemicalimbalance.ed.ac.uk
. Work with EPSRC, IoP, and societies in France, Germany, Canada, US
- Editorial Boards: Inorganic Syntheses (Wiley); Royal Society Phil. Trans. A.
- Review panels: EPSRC College (6 x panel chair/member), Royal Society (DH fellowships), ERC (Consolidator), US and French National Labs (LANL, Berkeley, Saclay, Marcoule)
PhD ADVISOR 25 PhD graduates, 8 current.
PDRA 13 PDRAs, 5 current.
MENTORSHIP 3 UK, 1 German lecturers.
PLENARY LECTURES
- ISNSC 10, Germany ‘18
- Girona Seminar, Italy ‘18
- ISySyCat, Portugal ’17
- ICFE 8, Italy ’12
- ICCC, Australia ’10
- VHM09, France ‘09
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS (146 total, h-index 48)
- 1 Nature (+ 2 commentary articles)
- 4 Nature Chem. (+ 3 commentaries)
- 14 J. Am. Chem. Soc.
- 9 Angew. Chem.
- 5 Chem. Sci.
- 3 Chem. Rev.
