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MA (Oxon), DPhil (Oxon), FHEA
Personal Chair
- About
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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
Sequential nucleophilic aromatic substitution reactions of activated halogens
International Journal of Molecular SciencesContributions to Journals: Articles11-Hydroxy-7-Methoxy-2,8-Dimethyltetracene-5,12-Dione
MolBank, vol. 2024, no. 2, M1822Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPoly[3-methylpyridinium [(μ2-dihydrogen phosphito)bis(μ3-hydrogen phosphito)dizinc]]
IUCrData, vol. 9, no. 4, x240345Contributions to Journals: ArticlesExpected and unexpected products from reacting Sanger’s reagent with p-phenylenediamine
Journal of Chemical Research, vol. 47, no. 6Contributions to Journals: ArticlesNew Functionalized Phenoxazines and Phenothiazines
ACS Omega, vol. 8, no. 46, pp. 44163–44171Contributions 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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Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online: Editorial
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 66, no. 1Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536809051757
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Structural diversity in non-layered hybrid perovskites of the RMCl3 family
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol. 49, no. 42, pp. 7684-7687Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201003541
Tetrahydrothiophene-1-oxide, TMSO, complexes of tin(IV) halides: crystal structures of SnCl4(TMSO)2[two polymorphs], SnBr4(TMSO)2 and Ph2SnCl2(TMSO)n (n=1 and 2)
Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, vol. 225, no. 10, pp. 448-455Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1524/zkri.2010.1290
Two binuclear complexes containing the enrofloxacinate anion: Cd2(C19H21N3O3F)4(H2O)2 · 4H2O and Pb2(C19H21N3O3F)4 · 4H2O
Journal of Coordination Chemistry, vol. 63, no. 22, pp. 3871-3879Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00958972.2010.524699
5-Phenyl-2-(benzalhydrazonyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazoles, potential trypanocidal agents: consistent dimer formation via N-H center dot center dot center dot N intermolecular hydrogen bonds
Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, vol. 224, no. 12, pp. 598-606Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1524/zkri.2009.1203
2-Bromo-1,3-bis(4-chlorophenyl)prop-2en-1-one
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. E65, no. 11, o2648Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S160053680903815X
Structures of three (2R,3S)-4-(arylmethyl)-1-(4-pheny1-3-amino-2-hydroxy- butyl)-piperazine derivatives, potential anti-malarial agents
Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie, vol. 224, no. 9, pp. 461-470Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1524/zkri.2009.1161
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(2E)-3-(3-Bromo-phen-yl)-1-(4-chloro-phen-yl)prop-2-en-1-one: A non-merohedral twin
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 65, no. 8, o1915Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536809027615
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2-Bromo-N′-[(Z)-2-bromo-benzyl-idene]-5-methoxy-benzohydrazide
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 65, no. 8, o1750Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536809024921
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Bioactive Diterpene Derivatives from the Marine Sponge Spongionella sp.
Journal of Natural Products, vol. 72, no. 8, pp. 1471-1476Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/np900233c