!!Paul Francis McMillan 

[Obituary|https://www.nature.com/articles/s41563-022-01243-z], Andrea Sella & Alexandra Navrotsky, Nature Materials\\
[Obituary|https://www.ucl.ac.uk/chemistry/news/2022/feb/paul-francis-mcmillan-1956-2022], Chemistry Department at UCL\\
[Obituary|https://www.nature.com/articles/s41563-022-01243-z.pdf?origin=ppub], Nature
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!Curriculum Vitae
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__Education__
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*PhD Chemistry (Geochemistry): Arizona State University (1981)\\
*BSc Chemistry: Edinburgh University (Scotland)
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__Academic__ \\
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Sir William Ramsay Professor of Chemistry, University College, London (2008-present); Professor of Solid State Chemistry, University College London and Royal Institution of Great Britain (2000-8 ); Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University (2000-present); Presidential Professor of the Sciences, ASU (1997-2000); Asst, Assoc, Full Professor, Dept. of Chemistry/Biochemistry, ASU (1983-2000)\\
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Director, Center for Solid State Science, ASU(1997-2000); Director, Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, ASU (1996-9)\\
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Other: Physical Sciences and Engineering Advisory Panel, STFC, UK (2012-17); Coordinator, Centre for Materials Research, UCL (2010-present); Champion/Spokesperson for establishment of (a) Partnership for Extreme Conditions Science, ESRF/ILL (2007-9); eXess/eXeed beamline at TS-2, ISIS (2007-9); Extreme conditions beamline (I15) at Diamond Light Source (2001-2).\\
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__Visiting__\\
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Dept of Physics, Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, France (2008-9); Earth Sciences, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Lyon, France (2004-6); also 1995, 1997-8; Consultant, Technodes, Groupe Italcementi-Ciments Français (1992-3); Université de Rennes, France (1992); Directeur de Recherches, CNRS: Institut des Matériaux, Université de Nantes, France (1990; 1991)\\
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__Honours/awards; major conferences chaired__\\
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Fellow Royal Society of Chemistry (2003-present); Mineralogical Society America (1996-2001); Gordon Research Conference "Advances in High Pressure Research" (2002); Erice Crystallography Course (also NATO Advanced Research Workshop/European Summer School)  "High Pressure Crystallography" (2003); Royal Society/Novartis Discussion "Configurational energy landscapes and structural transitions in clusters, fluids and biomolecules" (2004); MC-8 "Functional Materials by Chemical Design": Royal Society of Chemistry, London (2007).\\
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__Plenary, Named, Schools/Public Lectures__\\
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"From Vulcan's forge to Hadès kingdom", Physics Olympiad finalists, Royal Society, London; Inst Physics (Canterbury) (2015); "Chemistry and biology under extreme conditions", UCL Science Centre for Schools (2014); "Des forges de Vulcain au royaume d'Hadès", Conférence de la Ville de Lyon (2014); "Diamond: From the Deep Earth to the Synchrotron", Royal Institution Friday Evening Discourse (2001); RI Asprey's Lecture (2005); Cardiff Scientific Society (2002); Christmas Lecture, Darwin Schools Scientific Festival, Wales (2004); "Chemistry under Extreme Conditions", Humphry Davy Lecture, RI (2004); Rutherford Lecture, Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory (2004)\\ \\