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Professor William Harrison

Professor William Harrison
Professor William Harrison
Professor William Harrison

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
G30 Meston Building
Old Aberdeen Campus
Meston Walk
AB24 3UE

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School/Department
School of Natural and Computing Sciences
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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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  • Escitalopram oxalate: co-existence of oxalate dianions and oxalic acid molecules in the same crystal

    Harrison, W. T. A., Yathirajan, H. S., Bindya, S., Anilkumar, H. G., Devaraju, M.
    Acta Crystallographica Section C, Crystal Structure Communications, vol. 63, no. 2
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Ethyl 3,5-bis(allyloxy)-4-bromobenzoate

    Kirsop, P. J., Storey, J. M. D., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 63, no. 2, pp. o833-o835
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Iron(II) hydrazinium sulfate

    Srinivasan, K., Govindarajan, S., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 63, no. 2, pp. i41-i42
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • catena-Poly[[dichlorozinc(II)]-mu-cyanoguanidine]

    Ritche, L. K., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 63, no. 2, pp. m617-m618
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • New three-dimensional (3,4)-net zincophosphites templated by linear diammonium cations: H3N(CH2)(5)NH3 center dot Zn-3(HPO3)(4) and beta-H3N(CH2)(6)NH3 center dot Zn-3(HPO3)(4)

    Holtby, A. S., Harrison, W. T. A., Yilmaz, V. T., Buyukgungor, O.
    Solid State Sciences, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 149-154
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Diaquabis(ethylenediamine)copper(II) bis(4-nitrobenzoate)

    Harrison, W. T. A., Slawin, A. M. Z., Sharma, R. P., Sharma, B., Bhama, S.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 63, no. 1, pp. m178-m180
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Piperazinium bis(dihydrogenarsenate)

    Wilkinson, H. S., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 63, no. 1, pp. m26-m28
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Synthesis and crystal structure of In(OH)(SeO3)

    Paterson, B., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, vol. 633, no. 1, pp. 158-161
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Silver(I)-barbital based frameworks: Syntheses, crystal structures, spectroscopic, thermal and antimicrobial activity studies

    Yilmaz, V. T., Yilmaz, F., Karakaya, H., Bueyuekguengoer, O., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Polyhedron, vol. 25, no. 15, pp. 2829-2840
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • (2E)-1-(4-bromophenyl)-3-(4-nitrophenyl)-prop-2-en-1-one

    Harrison, W. T. A., Yathirajan, H. S., Narayana, B., Sreevidya, T. V., Sunil, K.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 62, no. 11, pp. O4829-O4831
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The first metal complex with the hydrazine dicarboxylate dianion: Na-2(O2CNHNHCO2)(H2O)(3)

    Srinivasan, K., Govindarajan, S., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Inorganic Chemistry Communications, vol. 9, no. 11, pp. 1117-1120
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • catena-Poly[[dihydrazinecadmium(II)]-di-mu-sulfato-kappa O-4 : O ']

    Srinivasan, K., Govindarajan, S., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 62, no. 11, pp. i219-i221
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 3-[4-(methylsulfanyl)phenyl]-1-(4-nitrophenyl)prop-2-en-1-one

    Harrison, W. T. A., Yathirajan, H. S., Mithun, A., Narayana, B., Sarojini, B. K.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 62, no. 10, pp. o4508-o4509
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Ethene-trans-1,2-bis(4-pyridinium) dihydrogenphosphite and dihydrogenphosphate compounds exhibiting cooperative and directed hydrogen bonds between cations and anions: H2bpe(H2PO3) 2 and H2bpe(H2PO4) 2·H2O

    Yilmaz, V. T., Demir, S., Harrison, W. T.
    Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section B Journal of Chemical Sciences, vol. 61, no. 9, pp. 1067-1071
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • (2E)-1-(3-bromo-2-thienyl)-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one

    Harrison, W. T. A., Yathirajan, H. S., Ashalatha, B. V., Bindya, S., Narayana, B.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 62, no. 9, pp. o4164-o4165
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Ethene-trans-1,2-bis(4-pyridinium) dihydrogenphosphite and dihydrogenphosphate compounds exhibiting cooperative and directed hydrogen bonds between cations and anions: H(2)bpe(H2PO3)(2) and H(2)bpe(H2PO4)(2)center dot H2O

    Yilmaz, V. T., Demir, S., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Zeitschrift für Naturforschung. B, Journal of Chemical Sciences, vol. 61, no. 9, pp. 1067-1071
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Ethyl 2-acetylamino-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1-benzothiophene-3-carboxylate

    Harrison, W. T. A., Yathirajan, H. S., Ashalatha, B. V., Raj, K. K. V., Narayana, B.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 62, no. 9, pp. o3732-o3734
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Methyl 5-fluoro-1H-indole-2-carboxylate

    Harrison, W. T. A., Yathirajan, H. S., Ashalatha, B. V., Raj, K. K. V., Narayana, B.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 62, no. 9, pp. O4050-O4051
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • poly[propane-1,3-diyldiammonium tetra-mu-selenito-trizinc dihydrate]

    Ritchie, L. K., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section C, Crystal Structure Communications, vol. 62, no. 9
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • (Nitrato-kappa O-2,O ')bis(triethanolamine-kappa N-4,O,O ',O)lanthanum(III) dinitrate

    Fowkes, A., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section C, Crystal Structure Communications, vol. C62, no. 6, pp. m232-m233
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 1,4-Diazoniabicyclo-[2.2.2]octane tetraaquatetrachlorolanthanate(III) chloride

    Ritchie, L. K., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. E62, no. 6, pp. m1255-m1257
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Bis(homopiperazinium) diaquapentakis(nitrato-kappa O-2,O ')lanthanate(III) dinitrate

    Fowkes, A., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. E62, no. 6, pp. m1301-m1303
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Homopiperazinium bis-(dihydrogenarsenate)

    Wilkinson, H. S., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. E62, no. 6, pp. m1397-m1399
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • An orthorhombic polymorph of 10,11-dihydrocarbamazepine

    Harrison, W. T. A., Yathirajan, H. S., Anilkumar, H. G.
    Acta Crystallographica Section C, Crystal Structure Communications, vol. C62, no. 5, pp. o240-o242
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one

    Harrison, W. T. A., Yathirajan, H. S., Sarojini, B. K., Narayana, B., Indira, J.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 62, no. 4, pp. 1647-1649
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Control of open-framework structures through template⋯template interactions? Syntheses and structures of C2H7N4O⋅ZnCl(HPO4) and (C2H7N4O)2⋅Zn3(H2O)(HPO3)4

    Harrison, W. T. A.
    Solid State Sciences, vol. 8, no. 3-4, pp. 371-378
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • (2E)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-[4-(methylsulfanyl)-phenyl]prop-2-en-1-one

    Harrison, W. T. A., Yathirajan, H. S., Narayana, B., Mithun, A., Sarojini, B. K.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 62, pp. o5290-o5292
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • (2E)-3-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-1-(4-bromophenyl)prop-2-en-1-one

    Harrison, W. T. A., Bindya, S., Yathirajan, H. S., Sarojini, B. K., Narayana, B.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 62, pp. o5293-o5295
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • (3-Hydroxy-2-pyridylmethyl)dimethylammonium dihydrogen phosphate

    Demir, S., Yilmaz, V. T., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section C, Crystal Structure Communications, vol. 62
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 1-(4-fluorophenyl)-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one

    Harrison, W. T. A., Yathirajan, H. S., Anilkumar, H. G., Sarojini, B. K., Narayana, B.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 62, pp. o3251-o3253
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 2-Bromo-1,3-bis(bromomethyl)-benzene, with Z ' = 1.5: whole-molecule disorder of one of the two independent molecules

    Kirsop, P., Storey, J. M. D., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section C, Crystal Structure Communications, vol. C62, no. 7, pp. o376-o378
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 2-Bromo-1-chlorophenyl-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one

    Harrison, W. T. A., Yathirajan, H. S., Sarojini, B. K., Narayana, B., Raj, K. K. V.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 62
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 5-Bromo-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-1,3-dihydro-isobenzofuran

    Harrison, W. T. A., Gaonkar, S. L., Anilkumar, H. G., Yathirajan, H. S.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 62
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 5-fluoro-1H-indole-2-carbohydrazide

    Harrison, W. T. A., Yathirajan, H. S., Ashalatha, B. V., Raj, K. K. V., Narayana, B.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 62, pp. o4986-o4988
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 5-hydroxy-6,7-dimethoxy-2-[(E)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)methylidene]-3,4-dihydro-2H-napthalen-1-one

    Turner, A. B., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 62
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A redetermination of 1,5-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)penta-1,4-dien-3-one at 120 (2) K

    Harrison, W. T. A., Sarojini, B. K., Raj, K. K. V., Yathirajan, H. S., Narayana, B.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 62
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Aqua(dipicolinato-kappa(3) O,N,O ')(1,10-phenanthroline-kappa(2) N,N ')zinc(II) monohydrate

    Harrison, W. T. A., Ramadevi, P., Kumaresan, S.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 62
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Ethylenediamine manganese (II) selenite, (H2NCH2CH2NH2)0.5MnSeO3: a new hybrid inorganic/organic network containing MnO5N octahedra and SeO3 pyramids

    Ritchie, L. K., McLaughlin, A., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Inorganic Chemistry Communications, vol. 9, pp. 785-787
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Poly[piperazinium(2+) [hexa-mu-hydrogen phosphito-mu-piperazine-pentazinc(II)]]

    Harrison, W. T. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section C, Crystal Structure Communications, vol. 62
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Synthesis, crystal structure and properties of trans-[Cu(sac)(2)(en)(2)] (sac = saccharinato and en = ethylenediamine)

    Guney, S., Yilmaz, V. T., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Journal of Coordination Chemistry, vol. 59, no. 10, pp. 1123-1130
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Thermodynamic and kinetic factors in the hydrothermal synthesis of hybrid frameworks: zinc 4-cyclohexene-1,2-dicarboxylates

    Lee, C., Mellot-Draznieks, C., Slater, B., Wu, G., Harrison, W. T. A., Rao, C. N. R., Cheetham, A. K.
    Chemical Communications, vol. 25, no. 31/05/2006, pp. 2687-2689
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Y(HSeO3)(SeO3)(H2O)]center dot H2O

    Harrison, W. T. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. E62, no. 7, pp. i152-i154
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Synthesis of chiral chelating N-heterocyclic carbene complexes of ruthenium

    Marshall, C., Ward, M. F., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, vol. 690, pp. 3970-3975
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 1-(2-Bromo-5-methoxyphenyl)-8-chloro-6-(2-fluorophenyl)4H-1,2,4-triazolo[4,3-a][1,4] benzodiazepine

    Harrison, W. T. A., Yathirajan, H. S., Anilkumar, H. G., Sarojini, B. K., Narayana, B., Lobo, K. G.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 61
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 3-Chloro-4-hydroxy-4 '-methylbenzophenone

    Harrison, W. T. A., Anilkumar, H. G., Yathirajan, H. S., Sadashivamurthy, B., Basavaraju, Y. B.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 61
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A 1 : 1 adduct of DL-threonine and arsenic acid

    Wilkinson, H. S., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section C, Crystal Structure Communications, vol. 61
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A chiral coordination polymer of silver(I) with saccharinate and pyridine: Synthesis, spectral, thermal, and structural characterization of [Ag(sac)(py)](n)

    Hamamci, S., Yilmaz, V. T., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Structural Chemistry, vol. 16, pp. 379-383
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A monoclinic polymorph of dichlorobis(cyanoguanidine) zinc(II)

    Fowkes, A., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 61
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A new one-dimensional coordination polymer of silver(I) with bridging 2-(2-aminoethyl)pyridine and nitrato ligands: [Ag-2(mu-NO3)(2)(mu-aepy)(2)](n)

    Senel, E., Yilmaz, V. T., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Zeitschrift für Naturforschung. B, Journal of Chemical Sciences, vol. 60, pp. 659-662
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A second polymorph of 2-aminopyridinium dihydrogenphosphate

    Demir, S., Yilmaz, V. T., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section C, Crystal Structure Communications, vol. 61
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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