Leroy Cronin

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Leroy "Lee" Cronin (born June 1, 1973 in Ipswich ) is an English chemist. Since 2013 he has been Regius Professor of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow .

Life

The son of Liam and Jill Cronin graduated from the University of York , where he received a Bachelor of Science in 1994 and a Ph.D. in 1997. graduated in chemistry . After graduating, Cronin spent two years as a Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh (1997-1999), before doing research at Bielefeld University as an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow.

From 2000 to 2002 Cronin lectured at Birmingham University and from 2002 to 2005 at the University of Glasgow. In 2005 he was appointed a reader and in 2006 a full professorship. In 2009, Cronin took over a prestigious chair with the Gardiner Chair of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow. In 2013 he was appointed Regius Professor of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow, where he has taught since then.

Research interests

Cronin's main interest is the understanding and control of self-assembling compounds and self-organization in chemistry. He would like to use this to produce functional systems on a molecular or nano level. Here, architectural elements are linked with functional ones. The aim is to produce inorganic materials and cells that enable complex behaviors. A sub-goal of this work is “ inorganic chemistry ”, i.e. the chemical process on which biology is based. The results of this work not only affect the explanation of the origin of life on earth, but also other areas of the universe. Building life from the underlying processes would also mean a number of new technologies.

Cronin and his research team work regularly with other departments in chemistry, but also with electrical engineers, physicists and medical professionals. The specialty of the working group is the cooperation of chemists, chemical engineers, reaction models, complex systems, evolution theory, synthetic biology, robotics and artificial intelligence.

In addition to these activities, Cronin is also developing new reaction formats for chemistry, such as catalysis, energy and coatings. These include things like river reactors, evolving chemical systems, 3D printing of reactive elements for the “democratization of chemistry”, for example for the manufacture of drugs for the Third World. In the Glasgow Solar Fuels program, Cronin and his colleagues are developing a solar-generated fuel.

Honors

In 2007, Cronin was awarded the Philip Leverhulme Prize in the engineering category. Cronin has been a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh since 2009 , which also supported him financially with funds from the Wolfson Merit Award. In 2011 he gave the opening lecture of the TED entitled " Inorganic Chemistry " . In the same year he gave the Bob Hay Lecture of the Royal Society of Chemistry. In 2012 he was awarded the Corday Morgan Prize .

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Article (selection)

  • Restraining symmetry in the formation of small polyoxomolybdates: Building blocks of unprecedented topology resulting from "shrink-wrapping" [H2Mo16O52] 10 - type clusters ; D.-L. Long, P. Kögerler, LJ Farrugia, L. Cronin; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 42: 4180-4183 (2003).
  • Unveiling the transient template in the self-assembly of a molecular oxide nanowheel ; HN Miras, GJT Cooper, D.-L. Long, H. Bögge, A. Müller, C. Streb, L. Cronin; Science 327: 72-74 (2010).
  • Decoupling hydrogen and oxygen evolution during electrolytic water splitting using an electron-coupled-proton buffer ; MD Symes, L. Cronin; Nature Chem. 5, 403-409 (2013).
  • A bio-inspired, small molecule electron-coupled-proton buffer for decoupling the half-reactions of electrolytic water splitting ; B. Rausch, MD Symes, L. Cronin; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135: 13656-13659 (2013).
  • Decoupled catalytic hydrogen evolution from a molecular metal oxide redox mediator in water splitting> ; B. Rausch, MD Symes, G. Chisholm, L. Cronin; Science 345: 1326-1330 (2014).
  • Design and fabrication of memory devices based on nanoscale polyoxometalate clusters ; C. Busche, L. Vila-Nadal, J. Yan, HN Miras, D.-L. Long, VP Georgiev, A. Asenov, RH Pedersen, N. Gadegaard, MM Mirza, DJ Paul, JM Poblet, L. Cronin; Nature 515: 545-549 (2014).
  • Integrated 3D-printed reactionware for chemical synthesis and analysis ; Symes MD, Kitson PJ, Yan J., Richmond CJ, Cooper GJT, Bowman RW, Vilbrandt T., Cronin L.; Nature Chem. 4, 349-354 (2012).
  • Combining 3D printing and liquid handling to produce user-friendly reactionware for chemical synthesis and purification ; Kitson PJ, Symes MD, Dragone V., Cronin L.; Chem. Sci. 4, 3099-3103 (2013).
  • 3D Printed High-Throughput Hydrothermal Reactionware for Discovery, Optimization, and Scale-Up ; Kitson PJ, Marshall RJ, Long D., Forgan RS, Cronin L.; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 53: 12723-12728 (2014).
  • Assembly of a Gigantic Polyoxometalate Cluster {W200Co8O660} in a Networked Reactor System ; AR de la Oliva, V. Sans, HN Miras, J. Yan, H. Zang, CJ Richmond, D.-L. Long, L. Cronin; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 51: 12759-12762 (2012).
  • A flow system array for the discovery and scale up of inorganic clusters ; CJ Richmond, HN Miras, AR de la Oliva, HY Zang, V. Sans, L. Paramonov, C. Makatsoris, R. Inglis, EK Brechin, D.-L. Long, L. Cronin; Nature Chem. 4, 1038-1044 (2012).
  • Discovery of gigantic molecular nanostructures using a flow reaction array as a search engine ; H.-Y. Zang, AR de la Oliva, HN Miras, D.-L. Long, RT McBurney, L. Cronin; Nat. Commun. 5, 3715 (2014).
  • Evolution of oil droplets in a chemorobotic platform ; Gutierrez JMP, Hinkley T., Taylor JW, Yanev K., Cronin L.; Nat. Commun. 5, 5571 (2014).
  • Confined electron transfer reactions within a molecular metal oxide "Trojan horse" ; D.-L. Long, H. Abbas, P. Kögerler, L. Cronin; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 44: 3415-3419 (2005).
  • Reversible electron transfer reactions within a nanoscale metal oxide cage mediated by metallic substrates ; C. Fleming, D.-L. Long, N. Mcmillan, J. Johnston, N. Bovet, V. Dhanak, N. Gadegaard, P. Kögerler, L. Cronin, M. Kadodwala; Nature Nanotech. 3: 229-233 (2008).
  • Probing the self-assembly of inorganic cluster architectures in solution with cryospray mass spectrometry: Growth of polyoxomolybdate clusters and polymers mediated by silver (I) ions ; EF Wilson, H. Abbas, BJ Duncombe, C. Streb, D.-L. Long, L. Cronin; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130: 13876-13884 (2008).
  • Observation of Fe (v) = O using variable temperature mass spectrometry and its enzyme-like CH and C = C oxidation reactions ; I. Prat, JS Mathieson, M. Güell, X. Ribas, JM Luis, L. Cronin, M. Costas; Nature Chem. 3, 788-793 (2011).
  • Spontaneous assembly and real-time growth of micrometre-scale tubular structures from polyoxometalate-based inorganic solids; C. Ritchie, GJT Cooper, Y.-F. Song, C. Streb, HB Yin, ADC Parenty, DA MacLaren, L. Cronin Nature Chem. 1.47-52 (2009).
  • Face-directed self-assembly of an electronically active Archimedean polyoxometalate architecture ; SG Mitchell, C. Streb, HN Miras, T. Boyd, D.-L. Long, L. Cronin; Nature Chem. 2,308-312 (2010).
  • A self-optimizing synthetic organic reactor system using real-time in-line NMR spectroscopy ; V. Sans, L. Porwol, V. Dragone, L. Cronin Chem. Sci. 2.1258-1264 (2014).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Leroy Cronin: Curriculum Vitae: Leroy (Lee) Cronin FRSE. (PDF) Regius Professor of Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK. In: University of Glasgow website. Retrieved October 11, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Corday-Morgan Prize 2012 Winner. Professor Lee Cronin. In: Royal Society of Chemistry website . Royal Society of Chemistry, Registered charity 207890, accessed May 8, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Cronin, Leroy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cronin, Lee (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English chemist
DATE OF BIRTH June 1, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Ipswich