Richard Compton
Richard Guy Compton (born March 10, 1955 in Scunthorpe , United Kingdom ) is a British chemistry professor and Aldrichian Praelector at the University of Oxford . He is also a tutorial fellow at St John's College and has a research group based at the Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory at Oxford University.
Life
Richard Compton is studying chemistry at University College Oxford after previously being rejected for mathematics . After completing his studies, he began a doctorate in John Albery's group , which he completed in 1980. After a stay at Queen's College in Oxford, he got a lectureship at the University of Liverpool in 1981 . In 1985 he returned to Oxford to teach and research at St John's College.
Richard Compton was also a CAS visiting professor at the Institute of Physical Sciences in Hefei and is an honorary professor at Sichuan University . He also holds honorary doctorates from the Estonian Agricultural University and the National W. N. Karasin University of Kharkiv and is a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry , the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and the International Society of Electrochemistry
He is also a member of Academia Europaea and founding and managing editor of at Elsevier laid Electrochemistry Communications ( impact factor = 4.8).
In a profile in applied chemistry , he names Mikhail Bulgakov as his favorite author, Sichuan Hot Pot as his favorite food, and the music of Queen as his favorite music.
Research areas
Compton works in a vast area of research that encompasses both basic and applied electrochemistry and analytics, including nanochemical aspects.
Publications and patents
In the course of his career Richard Compton published more than 1,500 scientific papers ( h -index = 96), which, minus his own citations, were cited more than 37,000 times. He is co-inventor of patents on 25 different topics such as pH value measurements , gas detection or the starch of garlic and chilli in food . Richard Compton is also the author of the following academic books:
- “ Electrode Potentials, ” Oxford University Press, 1996, reissued in 1998 and 2002, with GHW Sanders.
- " Foundations of Physical Chemistry, " Oxford University Press, reprinted in 1996, 1999 and 2005 with A. Rodger and C. Lawrence. The Japanese translation was published in 1997, the Spanish translation in 2001.
- " Foundations of Physical Chemistry: Worked Examples, " Oxford University Press, 1999, with NS Lawrence and JD Wadhawan.
- “ Understanding Voltammetry ”, World Scientific, 1st Edition, 2007, co-authorship with CE Banks. 2nd edition, published in January 2011. The Russian translation was published in 2015. 3rd edition published in 2018.
- “ AG Stromberg: First Class Scientist, Second Class Citizen. Letters from the GULAG and a History of Electroanalysis in the USSR ”with AS Kabakaev, MJ Stawpert, GG Wildgoose and EA Zakharova, Imperial College Press, published March 2011.
- “ Understanding Voltammetry: Problems and Solutions, ” with C. Batchelor-McAuley and EJF Dickinson, Imperial College Press, published February 2012.
- “ Understanding Voltammetry: Simulation of Electrode Processes ”, with E. Laborda and KR Ward, Imperial College Press, published January 2014.
Awards and prizes (selection)
- 2004: Volta Medal of the European Section of the Royal Society of Chemistry
- 2011: Sir George Stokes Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry
- 2018: Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Science from the Royal Society of Chemistry
Web links
- Homepage of the working group
- Profile of Richard Compton in Electroanalysis
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Compton Group - news 2015. Accessed January 1, 2020 .
- ^ Joseph Wang, Neil V. Rees: Professor Richard Compton's 60th Birthday . In: Electroanalysis . tape 27 , no. 4 , April 2015, p. 844-845 , doi : 10.1002 / elan.201580033 ( wiley.com [accessed January 5, 2020]).
- ^ Electrochemistry Communications . ( elsevier.com [accessed January 5, 2020]).
- ↑ Richard G. Compton . In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition . tape 54 , no. 46 , November 9, 2015, p. 13498-13499 , doi : 10.1002 / anie.201505530 ( wiley.com [accessed January 5, 2020]).
- ↑ a b RSC Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Science 2018 Winner. Retrieved January 5, 2020 .
- ↑ Alessandro Volta Medal. In: ECS. Retrieved January 5, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ Sir George Stokes Award 2011 Winner. Retrieved January 5, 2020 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Compton, Richard |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Compton, Richard Guy |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British chemist |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1955 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Scunthorpe , UK |