Qualifications
BA (Cantab.); PhD (Cantab.): MA (Cantab.) MA (Oxon.) DSc (Hon., Ciudad Real) FRSC
Academic Background
1972–2004: Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Photochemistry (now Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology)
1973–2006: Dr Lee's Reader in Chemistry, Christ Church, Oxford
1978–1979: Secretary of the sub-Faculty of Chemistry, University of Oxford
1986–1988: Chairman of the sub-Faculty of Chemistry, University of Oxford
1988–1990: Director of Graduate Studies, Physical Sciences, University of Oxford
1988–1992: Tutor for Graduates, Christ Church, Oxford
1990–1992: Chairman, Faculty Board of Physical Sciences, University of Oxford
Research Interests
Physical chemistry, with special reference to gas-phase reaction kinetics, reaction mechanisms and pathways, and spectroscopy. Atmospheric chemistry, and the application of laboratory studies to the interpretation of atmospheric behaviour and chemical transformations.
Publications include:
Books:
Photochemistry (Butterworths, 1970)
Chemistry of Atmospheres (OUP, 1985; 2nd edn, 1991;3rd edn, 2000)
Principles and Applications of Photochemistry (OUP, 1988)
The Nitrate Radical: Physics, Chemistry and the Atmosphere
Senior Executive Editor (Commission of the European Communities, Brussels, 1991).
Chemical Instrumentation (OUP, 1994)
Halogen Oxides: Radicals, Sources and Reservoirs in the Laboratory and in the Atmosphere
Senior Executive Editor (Commission of the European Communities, Brussels, 1995).
Photochemistry (with C.E. Wayne; OUP 1996)
Atmospheric Chemistry (with A.M. Holloway: RSC Publications, 2010)
Papers:
Over 275 research papers, reviews, and chapters in books in the fields of reaction kinetics, photochemistry, and atmospheric chemistry.
A full list may be found here: http://rpw.chem.ox.ac.uk/pubindex.html
Hobbies
Photography; electronics.