Alan Kenwright

Biography

Alan Kenwright got his BSc (1980) from the University of Nottingham, before obtaining an MSc (1981) and PhD (1986) in solid-state NMR at the University of East Anglia under Professor Robin Harris and Professor Ken Packer. He did post-doctoral research with Professor Lucian Monnerie at the Ecole Superieure de Physique at Chimie Industrielles, Paris, before taking a position (1987) in the University of Durham Industrial Research Laboratories (UDIRL) doing contract research for industry and forming part of the EPSRC solid-state NMR service. In 1989 he joined the newly-formed Interdisciplinary Research Centre (IRC) in Polymer Science and Technology at Durham University under Professor Jim Feast as a Research Fellow. During this time he set up the IRC's solution-state NMR facility while maintaining an active interest in solid-state NMR. Between 1995 and 2008 he was employed as the solution-state NMR manager in the Chemistry Department at Durham University and in 2008 he was promoted to Reader in recognition of his contributions to research and teaching in the department. He has published over 100 research articles and is active in a range of research areas.

Research Interest

Research Interests are NMR Methods, Lanthanide Complexes, Polymer Characterisation.