Professor William Harrison

Professor William Harrison
Professor William Harrison
Professor William Harrison

MA (Oxon), DPhil (Oxon), FHEA

Personal Chair

About
Email Address
w.harrison@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 272897
Office Address
G30 Meston Building
Old Aberdeen Campus
Meston Walk
AB24 3UE

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School/Department
School of Natural and Computing Sciences

Biography

Bill Harrison grew up in southern England and was the first in his family to enter higher education.  He graduated with first-class Honours in Chemistry from University College, Oxford in 1982.  He stayed in Oxford to study for his DPhil (PhD) under the supervision of Prof Tony Cheetham, FRS, investigating the magnetic behaviour of transition-metal oxides. He then worked as assistant instrument scientist on the high resolution powder diffractometer (HRPD) at the ISIS spallation neutron source and a highlight of that time was the determination of the crystal structure of the high-temperature superconductor YBa2Cu3O7–δ, which featured on the cover of Nature.  Following that, in 1988 he headed for sunnier climes for a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, Santa Barbara (supervisor Galen Stucky) where he studied advanced materials by state-of-the-art diffraction techniques. A second postdoc followed at the University of Houston (Texas), where a highlight was the study of layered hybrid perovskites as potential solar cell materials (Nature cover).  His first ‘real’ academic position in 1995 was a lecturer at the University of Western Australia, where he discovered his previously unsuspected enthusiasm for teaching.  He was appointed as lecturer in chemistry at the University of Aberdeen in 1998, promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2000 and to Personal Chair in 2018. He currently serves as Director of Education in the School of Natural and Computing Science and sits on a number of University committees.  He teaches at all levels of the Chemistry programme and his University awards for teaching include ‘most accessible lecturer’ (2015), ‘best lecturer’ (2017) and ‘most supportive lecturer’ (2020).   His independent research in synthetic and structural chemistry focuses on undergraduate research projects.  His interests outside the University include photography, walking the dog, objecting to planning applications, and family activities.

Internal Memberships

School Director of Education; personal tutor; member of the retention task group; positive outcomes task group; student survey working group...  

Latest Publications

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Research

Research Overview

Synthetic and structural inorganic chemistry: 632 publications, 11733 citations, Hirsch h-index 52 (data retrieved from Web of Science, 8 March 2024).

 

Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

Bill Harrison is Course Coordinator for Level 1 Chemistry (CM1020, CM1021, CM1512 and CM1513) and teaches on the following courses: 

  • CM1020 Chemistry for the Life Sciences 1
  • CM1021 Chemistry for the Physical Sciences 1
  • CM1022 Elements of Chemistry 1
  • CM1512 Chemistry for the Life Sciences 2   
  • CM1513 Chemistry for the Physical Sciences 2
  • CM1522 Elements of Chemistry 2   
  • CM2519 Inorganic Chemistry
  • CM3037 Inorganic and Solid-State Chemistry 
  • CM4037 Advanced Inorganic and Physical Chemistry
  • CM4028/CM4036/CM4535 project supervision
  • CM5003 MChem Chemistry Applications
Publications

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  • Ethylenediammonium bis(dihydrogenarsenate): R-4(3)(14) loops built up from O-H center dot center dot center dot O hydrogen bonds

    Wilkinson, H. S., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 63, no. 6, pp. m1610-m1612
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • N,N '-Di-1-naphthylurea revisited

    Slawin, A. M. Z., Lawson, J., Storey, J. M. D., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 63, no. 6, pp. o2925-o2927
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • N-(2-bromo-3-pyridyl)-3-methylbut-2-enamide

    Walji, D. V., Storey, J. M. D., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 63, no. 6, pp. o2815-o2816
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Benzyl N-(2-formylphenyl)carbamate

    Walji, D. V., Storey, J. M. D., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 63, no. 5, pp. o2120-2121
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • N-(5-Bromo-2-iodophenyl)-N-methylcyclo-hexanecarboxamide

    Slawin, A. M. Z., Nicoll, S. L., Storey, J. M. D., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 63, no. 5, pp. o2117-o2119
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Octamethyl-1 kappa C-2,2 kappa C-2,3 kappa C-2,4 kappa C-2-bis(mu(2)-2-methylpyrazine-5-carboxylato)-1 : 2 kappa O-2 : O;3 : 4 kappa O-2 : O-bis(2-methylpyrazine-5-carboxylato)-1 kappa O,4 kappa O-di-mu(3)-oxido-1 : 2 : 3 kappa O-3 : O : O;2 : 3 : 4 kappa O-3 : O : O-tetratin(IV) hexa-hydrate

    Li, J., Harrison, W. T. A., Li, T.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 63, no. 5, pp. m1246-m1248
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Tris(propane-1,2-diamine-kappa N-2,N ')zinc(II)dichloride dihydrate

    Fowkes, A., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 63, no. 5, pp. m1249-m1251
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • 4,6-Dibromobenzene-1,3-diol monohydrate

    Kirsop, P. J., Storey, J. M. D., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 63, no. 4, pp. o1577-o1578
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • 4-Aza-1-azoniabicyclo[2.2.2]octane dihydrogenarsenate monohydrate

    Todd, M. J., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 63, no. 4, pp. m945-m947
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Benzyl N-benzyl-N-(2-formylphenyl)carbamate-benzyl N-benzyl-N-(2-carboxyphenyl)carbamate [0.332(4)/0.668 (4)]

    Walji, D. V., Storey, J. M. D., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 63, no. 4, pp. o1575-o1576
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • LiMn3(SeO3)(2)(HSeO3)(6)

    Johnston, M. G., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section C, Crystal Structure Communications, vol. 63, no. 4, pp. i28-i30
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • N-(2-Bromophenyl)-N-methylnicotinamide

    Percival, D. A., Storey, J. M. D., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 63, no. 4, pp. o1853-o1854
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • N-(2-bromophenyl)pyridine-3-carboxamide

    Percival, D. A., Storey, J. M. D., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 63, no. 4, pp. o1851-o1852
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • N-(5-bromopyrimidin-4-yl)cyclopropanecarboxamide

    Walji, D. V., Storey, J. M. D., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 63, no. 4, pp. o1761-o1762
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • catena-poly[[[(propane-1,2-diamine-kappa N-2,N ')cobalt(II)]-mu-oxalato-kappa O-2(1),O-2 : kappa O-2(1)',O-2 ']monohydrate]

    Lee, C., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 63, no. 4, pp. m985-m987
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Cationic cobaltammine as anion receptor: Synthesis, characterization, single crystal X-ray structure and packing analysis of hexaamminecobalt(III)) chloride (R,R)-tartrate monohydrate

    Bala, R., Sharma, R. P., Venugopalan, P., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Journal of Molecular Structure, vol. 830, no. 1-3, pp. 813
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • 1-(4-iodobutyl)pyrimidin-1-ium iodide

    Walji, D. V., Storey, J. M. D., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 63, no. 3, pp. o1222-o1223
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • 2-Methylpiperazinium bis(dihydrogenarsenate)

    Wilkinson, H. S., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 63, no. 3, pp. m900-m901
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • 4-Bromo-3,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid monohydrate

    Kirsop, P. J., Storey, J. M. D., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 63, no. 3, pp. o1441-o1443
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Ethyl (E)-4-(2-acetylphenoxy)but-2-enoate

    Williamson, C., Storey, J. M. D., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 63, no. 3, pp. o1428-o1429
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Ethyl 2-(2-formylphenoxy)ethanoate-ethyl 2-(2-carboxyphenoxy)ethanoate [0.682(7)/0.318(7)]

    Williamson, C., Storey, J. M. D., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 63, no. 3, pp. o1426-o1427
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Hexane-1,6-diammonium bis(dihydrogenarsenate): infinite anionic layers containing R-6(6)(24) loops

    Wilkinson, H. S., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 63, no. 3, pp. m902-m904
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Piperazinium hydrogenarsenate monohydrate

    Wilkinson, H. S., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 63, no. 3, pp. m905-m907
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • 4,5-Dibromophthalimide forms two centrosymmetric dimers, one linked by C-H center dot center dot center dot O hydrogen bonds and one by N-H center dot center dot center dot O hydrogen bonds

    Williamson, C., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section C, Crystal Structure Communications, vol. 63, no. 3, pp. o185-o186
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Cationic cobaltammines as anion receptors: Synthesis, characterization and X-ray structure of bis-(hexaamminecobalt(III)) tris-(hydrogenarsenate) tetrahydrate

    Bala, R., Sharma, R. P., Sharma, R., Salas, J. M., Quiros, M., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Journal of Molecular Structure, vol. 828, no. 1-3, pp. 174-180
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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