David A. Leigh

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David Alan Leigh (born May 31, 1963 ) is a British chemist and pioneer in nanosciences .

Life

Leigh earned a bachelor's degree in 1984 and a Ph.D. from Fraser Stoddart at the University of Sheffield in 1987. in chemistry . As a postdoctoral fellow , he worked at the National Research Council of Canada in Ottawa . In 1989 he became a lecturer in organic chemistry at the University of Manchester . In 1998 he was appointed Professor of Synthetic Chemistry at the University of Warwick , before being appointed Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh in 2001 . Since 2012 he has been Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Manchester.

Leigh has a daughter.

Act

Leigh's group is concerned with the design and synthesis of structures at the molecular level, including catenanes , rotaxanes and molecular knots , as well as very strong hydrogen bonds that can be used to influence the function and properties of synthetic molecular machines - including Brownian motors , nanomotors , the be driven with Brownian motion .

Awards (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ biographical data, publications and Academic pedigree of David Leigh at academictree.org, accessed on February 25 2018th
  2. ↑ 2007 Foresight Institute Feynman Prize at foresight.org; accessed on October 31, 2013
  3. ↑ Descartes Prize 2007 on Youtube (youtube.com); accessed on October 31, 2013
  4. ^ Fellows of the Royal Society (royalsociety.org); accessed on October 31, 2013
  5. ↑ Making the tiniest machines at the Royal Society (royalsociety.org); accessed on October 31, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Leigh, David A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Leigh, David; Leigh, David Alan (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British chemist and nanoscience pioneer
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1963