Dr Jonathan Charmant
Senior Researcher Fellow
Chemistry
Chemical Computing Group
Romania
Biography
I was born in Amersham and spent the early part of my life near there before moving to Leicestershire and finishing my secondary education at Beauchamp College in Oadby. I graduated with a BSc from Bristol University in 1990 and then did a PhD working with Professor Selby Knox on the organometallic chemistry of benzyne on metal clusters. In 1994 I moved to Sheffield and worked as a BP Research Associate in Professor Peter Maitlis's laboratory for about 18 months on one aspect of what is now know as the Cativa process for converting methanol into acetic.
Research Interest
My role as Progress and Admissions Officer for the School of Chemistry means that I'm no longer heavilly involved in research. Previously my research has involved single crystal and powder X-ray diffraction experiments.
