Conrad
Conrad undertook his undergraduate studies at The University of Manchester (2009–2013), finding a passion for inorganic chemistry in his final year of studies while working with Dr Michael J. Ingleson on the synthesis of boronium cations. The challenge of isolating these ferrociously air/moisture sensitive boron compounds inspired him to chase after targets that others thought "had no right to exist" – be that low coordination numbers, unusual oxidation states, or simply by using highly radioactive elements on tiny scales.
After successfully completing a Ph.D under Dr David P. Mills (2013–2017), Conrad's interest in f-elements was solidified. Following a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Los Alamos National Laboratory (2018–2021), Conrad has taken up a Royal Society University Research Fellowship at The University of Manchester (2021–2026). This project aims to further develop U.K. expertise in transuranium sciences with a particular focus on unusual bonding and oxidation states.
Increasingly no longer found at the face of a fume cupboard, Conrad is now to be found reading obscure journal articles and pondering new and wilder ligands to stick to f-elements, seeking to make them less comfortable, to tease out new chemistry or physics from this fascinating area of the periodic table.
- See here for a CV (Sept. 2024).
- Google Scholar: 0000-0002-4320-2548
- OrcID: 0000-0002-4320-2548
- ResearcherID: I-6094-2016
- ResearchGate
| 2025–2030 | ERC Starting Grant – MAX-FOX: Maximising f-element oxidation states ERC/STG/101166026 |
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| 2024–2027 | EPSRC New Investigator Award - Structure-control of valence electron isomerism in the f-block EP/Y006534/1 |
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| 2021–2026 | Royal Society University Fellowship URF\R1\211271 |
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| 2024 | "Rising Star in Coordination Chemistry" at ICCC 46 | 2021–2026 | Royal Society University Fellowship |
| 2021 | RSC Dalton Division Horizon Prize - Molecular Magnetism Group |
| 2019 | Los Alamos Distinguished Postdoctoral Performance Award |
| 2018 | University of Manchester Outstanding Achievement Award |
| 2018 | RSC Dalton Emerging Researcher Award |
| 2018–2021 | J. Robert Oppenheimer Fellowship |
| 2017–2018 | EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowship |
| 2015 | RSC Researcher Mobility Fellowship |
| 2021–2026 | Royal Society University Fellowship – The University of Manchester |
| 2018–2021 | J. Robert Oppenheimer Fellowship – Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| 2017–2018 | EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowship – The University of Manchester |
| 2013–2017 | PhD with Dr David Mills – The University of Manchester |
| 2009–2013 | Undergraduate Honours Student (1st class) – The University of Manchester |