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@jonathan_steed

Jonathan W. Steed B.Sc. (Hons) Ph.D. CChem FRSC SFHEA

Department of Chemistry, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK

Tel. +44 (0)191 334 2085, Fax. +44 (0)191 384 4737, e-mail [email protected].

Web: http://www.dur.ac.uk/jon.steed.

Personal Details

Date of Birth: July 1969. Nationality: British.

Education

1990-1993 – Ph.D. in Chemical Research, University College London. Major research topics included synthetic organometallic and coordination chemistry. Interest in metal mediated formation of new and existing organic species and the development of inorganic drugs. Supervisor: Dr. Derek A. Tocher. Awarded the Ramsay medal for best Ph.D. 1993 and winner of the Glaxo Travel Award for best second year presentation 1992. A total of 21 scientific publications have arisen from this work.

1987-1990 – B.Sc. in Chemistry, University College London. First class honors. Winner Nyholm prize 1990 for best undergraduate in inorganic chemistry. Undergraduate project in π-arene chemistry of ruthenium published: Polyhedron, 1991, 10, 1727.

Employment

2007 – ongoing Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, Durham University.

2004 – 2007 : Reader in Inorganic Chemistry, Durham University.

1999 – 2003: Reader in Inorganic and Structural Chemistry, King’s College London.

1995 – 1999: Lecturer in Inorganic and Structural Chemistry, King’s College London.

1993 – 1995: NATO Postdoctoral Fellow, Universities of Missouri-Columbia & Alabama–Tuscaloosa, USA. Advisor: Prof. Jerry L. Atwood. Supramolecular, organometallic and organic macrocyclic chemistry. Ten publications, including a chapter in the book Supramolecular Chemistry of Anions.

1990: Research Assistant, University College London. Reverse phase GLC analysis of candidate polysiloxane coatings for surface acoustic wave (SAW) microsensor devices. Supervisor: Dr. Michael H. Abraham. An interesting aspect of this work was later published: J. Chromatogr, 1991, 588, 361.

Research Profile

Professor Steed has extensive experience in research on crystalline molecular solids, X-ray and neutron crystallography and supramolecular chemistry. His research has led to significant international recognition over many years as evidenced by the Royal Society of Chemistry Meldola Medal 1998, the Bob Hay Lectureship 2008, the RSC Corday-Morgan Prize 2010, a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award 2018 and RSC the Tilden Prize 2021.  His research interests are focussed on soft materials and structural chemistry, particularly non-equilibrium self-assembly, crystallization and ‘smart’ supramolecular gels. His research encompasses novel pharmaceutical solid form crystallization strategies, the study of pharmaceutical hydrates and gel phase crystal growth methodologies. He has been funded by the UK EPSRC for work on metallogels, crystalline hydrates, gel phase crystallization, fibrous assembly and low symmetry crystal packing. He has undertaken projects with GSK and AstraZeneca on pharmaceutical solid form discovery, Ashland Speciality Ingredients on clathrate hydrate inhibition, Aerpio Therapeutics on pharmaceutical gel formation and with P&G on calcite crystal growth inhibition. He has been funded by the Leverhulme trust for work on H2 activation and storage and by BP and BNFL on aspects of molecular recognition. He also has an extensive network of international academic collaborations.

Publications and Presentations

Professor Steed has over 350 papers in respected refereed scientific journals and has co-authored two books (Supramolecular Chemistry,Wiley, 2000, 2nd ed. 2009 & 3rd ed. 2021, and Core Concepts in Supramolecular Chemistry and Nanochemistry, Wiley, 2007) as well as a number of book chapters on aspects of supramolecular chemistry. He has edited the Encyclopaedia of Supramolecular Chemistry (Dekker, 2004) and Organic Nanostructures (Wiley-VCH, 2008) and was Editor-in-Chief of Supramolecular Chemistry from Molecules to Nanomaterials (8 volumes, Wiley 2012).  He is the author of a number of reviews and popular articles in journals such as the Nature family and Science. He was associate editor of the RSC/CNRS journal New. J. Chem. from 2001–2009 and of Chemical Communications (2010–2019). He is currently Editor-in-Chief of the ACS journal Crystal Growth & Design (2019–2024) and Editor-in-Chief of the long-running Monographs in Supramolecular Chemistry (2010–). He is a member of a number of international editorial boards and advisory boards. He has given over 50 invited, plenary and keynote lectures at a large number of international conferences. Professor Steed’s work has been cited over 25,000 times, he has a citations H‑factor of 64 and has published over 1000 single crystal X-ray structure determinations.

Professional Activities

  • Editor-in-Chief Crystal Growth & Design (ACS, IF = 4.1) 2019 – 2024.
  • Associate Editor for Chemical Communications (RSC flagship journal) 2010 – 2019.
  • Associate Editor for New Journal of Chemistry (RSC/CNRS “all branches” journal) 2001 – 2009.
  • Editor-in-Chief (jointly with Prof. P. A. Gale) Monographs in Supramolecular Chemistry (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2010–2021).
  • Editorial Advisory Panel, Nature Communications, 2010–2016.
  • Member ISIS neutron crystallography Facility Access Panel 2003 – 2006 (powder and single crystal).
  • Expert international reviewer neutron powder diffraction access, Bragg Institute, ANSTO, Australia for ECHIDNA (high resolution) and WOMBAT (high intensity), 2007.
  • Stokes Professorship Review Panellist for Science Foundation Ireland, Dublin, 2007.
  • Member editorial board for Main Group Chemistry, 2005 – ongoing
  • Member editorial advisory board for Chemical Communications 2000 – 2010.
  • Member editorial advisory board for Journal of Supramolecular Chemistry 2001 – 2004.
  • Member editorial advisory board for CrystEngComm. 2002 – 2007.
  • Member editorial board for open access journal Molbank 2009 – 2020 (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/molbank/)
  • Visiting Professor, Monash University, Australia, 2000; University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, 2004 – 2005 and University of Palermo, Italy, 2019.
  • Member EPSRC Peer Review College 2000 – ongoing
  • National Organising Committee International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry (Brighton 2011 and Cambridge 2017); International Advisory Committee Organix‑2018.
  • Chairman Organising Committee RSC Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Group Meeting 2015
  • Australian Research Council ‘expert of international standing’ 2004
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (CChem FRSC), Member of the British Crystallographic Association (BCA). Member of the American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • Member BCA Chemical Crystallography Group Committee 1999 – 2002 and organizer BCA Autumn meeting 2002
  • Referee for Nature, Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie, most RSC journals (Chem. Commun., Dalton, NJC etc.),Inorganica Chimica Acta, Supramolecular Chemistry, J. Supramol. Chem., Mendeleev Commun. and others.
  • Ph.D. examiner nationally (Imperial College London, University College London, King’s College London, Durham, Queen Mary, Bath, Birmingham, Brighton (Pharmacy), Cardiff, Glasgow, Strathclyde, Surrey, Loughborough, Sheffield, Nottingham Trent, Edinburgh, Heriot Watt, Liverpool, Oxford) and internationally (Monash and UWA, Australia, Cape Town and Stellenbosch Universities, South Africa, National University of Singapore, University of Valencia, Spain and University of Jyväskylä, Finland, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, Tezpur University, India)
  • External M.Sc. Course Examiner, University College London, 2003 – 2006
  • External Undergraduate Examiner Nottingham Trent University 2010 – 2014
  • ISIS Target Station II LMX co-proposer and member of the Instrument Advisory Committee

Teaching

  • Lecture courses: Basic chemistry; Basic inorganic chemistry; Second year inorganic chemistry; Green chemistry; Instrumental and experimental techniques; Organometallic chemistry; Biological chemistry; X‑ray crystallography; “Small molecules”; Supramolecular Chemistry; Organic Chemistry.
  • Participated in Open University summer schools as a tutor. 
  • Coordinator for King’s highly successful laboratory methods course
  • Pioneered the teaching of Supramolecular Chemistry as an undergraduate topic
  • Supervision of over 100 postdoctoral researchers, PhD students and undergraduate projects/visitors.
  • Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
  • Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Doctoral Supervision, 2006.

Awards

  • Royal Society of Chemistry Tilden Prize, 2021.
  • Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), 2019
  • Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award, 2018
  • Royal Society of Chemistry Corday–Morgan Prize, 2010
  • Royal Society of Chemistry Bob Hay Lectureship, 2008
  • Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Doctoral Supervision, 2006
  • Fellowship of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), 2005
  • Royal Society of Chemistry Meldola Medal, 1998
  • Best Lecture Prize MICRA, 1996
  • American Institute of Chemists Best Postdoctoral Researcher Prize, University of Missouri, 1995.
  • NATO postdoctoral fellowship, 1993.
  • Ramsay Medal for best Ph.D. in chemistry, University College London, 1993.
  • Glaxo Travel Award for best lecture presentation, University College London, 1992.  This award enabled presentation of Ph.D. work at the XXIXth ICCC in Lausanne, Switzerland and a lecture at the XVth ICOMC in Warsaw, Poland.
  • Nyholm Prize for best undergraduate in inorganic chemistry, University College London, 1990.

Student Recruitment, Departmental Profile and Public Understanding of Science

  • “Chemistry Flashes and Bangs”, a light hearted demonstration lecture on the various forms of energy given annually 1997–2003 to audiences of ca. 300 students aged 16 – 18. Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) lectures (13–15 year old girls).
  • Five-year term as vice president of the South London Chemistry Teachers’ Centre, a body made up of school teachers, educationalists and chemists that organises events such as lectures, demos, visits and teachers’ update conferences for teachers and pupils throughout the South East of England.
  • Undergraduate recruitment – organisation of departmental recruitment days 1995 – 2003.
  • Director of Graduate Studies, Durham University, 2007 – 2010; 2012–2016.
  • Articles on aspects of chemical nanotechnology for The Times Higher, Nature, Science, Chemistry & Industry and the student journal Chemistry Review.
  • Podcasts for “Chemistry in its element”, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2009 – 2010.
  • Staff Development Course Trainer “Being a Principal Investigator”
  • Member of Science Faculty and University Education Committees.
  • Fronted Crystal Growth & Design Social Media campaign #StayHomeDesignCrystals with a range of posts and videos on publishing and crystal chemistry. 3100 personal Twitter followers. Grew @CGD_ACS following by 20 % in first 6 months.

Consultancy and Expert Witness

Professor Steed has acted as a consultant and expert witness in the UK, USA and Canada in the areas of pharmaceutical and pigment solid form (particularly X-ray diffraction and solid state characterisation techniques), in gel chemistry and in aspects of instrumental and inorganic chemistry.