MA (Oxon), DPhil (Oxon), FHEA
Personal Chair
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- Email Address
- w.harrison@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 272897
- Office Address
- 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
A new hydrazone-hydrazide based silver(I) complex as a single-source solid state precursor for photo-catalytically active silver nanoparticles: structural study and antioxidant and electrochemical applications
Journal of Molecular Structure, vol. 1324, 140925Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPotential building blocks for porous organic materials
Journal of Chemical Research, vol. 48, no. 5, pp. 1-7Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMetal complexes of saccharin and thiosaccharin as potential anticancer and antimicrobial agents
European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry Reports, vol. 12, 100205Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSequential nucleophilic aromatic substitution reactions of activated halogens
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, vol. 25, no. 15, 8162Contributions to Journals: Articles11-Hydroxy-7-Methoxy-2,8-Dimethyltetracene-5,12-Dione
MolBank, vol. 2024, no. 2, M1822Contributions to Journals: Articles
- Research
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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
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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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(Nitrato-kappa O-2,O ')bis(triethanolamine-kappa N-4,O,O ',O)lanthanum(III) dinitrate
Acta Crystallographica Section C, Crystal Structure Communications, vol. C62, no. 6, pp. m232-m233Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S0108270106011826
1,4-Diazoniabicyclo-[2.2.2]octane tetraaquatetrachlorolanthanate(III) chloride
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. E62, no. 6, pp. m1255-m1257Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536806016898
Bis(homopiperazinium) diaquapentakis(nitrato-kappa O-2,O ')lanthanate(III) dinitrate
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. E62, no. 6, pp. m1301-m1303Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536806017235
Homopiperazinium bis-(dihydrogenarsenate)
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. E62, no. 6, pp. m1397-m1399Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536806018897
An orthorhombic polymorph of 10,11-dihydrocarbamazepine
Acta Crystallographica Section C, Crystal Structure Communications, vol. C62, no. 5, pp. o240-o242Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S0108270106008651
1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 62, no. 4, pp. 1647-1649Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536806010865
Control of open-framework structures through template⋯template interactions? Syntheses and structures of C2H7N4O⋅ZnCl(HPO4) and (C2H7N4O)2⋅Zn3(H2O)(HPO3)4
Solid State Sciences, vol. 8, no. 3-4, pp. 371-378Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2006.02.012
(2E)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-[4-(methylsulfanyl)-phenyl]prop-2-en-1-one
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 62, pp. o5290-o5292Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536806037330
(2E)-3-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-1-(4-bromophenyl)prop-2-en-1-one
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 62, pp. o5293-o5295Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536806041547
(3-Hydroxy-2-pyridylmethyl)dimethylammonium dihydrogen phosphate
Acta Crystallographica Section C, Crystal Structure Communications, vol. 62Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S0108270106005853