Gary Hix

Biography

Studied BSc and PhD in Chemistry at the University of Exeter. Postdoctoral fellowships at Université Montpellier II (France), Birmingham and St. Andrews Universities. Appointed as Lecturer in Inorganic chemistry at De Montfort University in 1999. Joined Nottingham Trent as SL in Chemistry in 2005. Promoted to PL in Physical Chemistry in 2011, assuming the roles of UG courses manager and deputy head of department, later becoming the Head of Chemistry and Forensics. 

Research Interest

Solid state and materials chemistry. Synthesis of inorganic-organic hybrid materials, mixed metal oxides and porous materials and the relationship between structure and physical and chemical properties. The study of luminescent materials is a central theme across all material types and includes luminescent processes arising from lanthanide ions, TM and main group ions and organic moieties forming part of phosphonate anions. More recent work has begun to look at the use of metal phosphonates as anti-bacterial agents.