Group Leader – Professor James Wilton-Ely

James received his BSc in Chemistry with a Year in Europe from Imperial College London, spending his year abroad in Florence, Italy. He remained at Imperial College for his PhD studies with Prof. Tony Hill. Following a position as a Fixed-Term Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry at the same institution, he was awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship to work with Prof. Hubert Schmidbaur at the Technical University Munich. He returned to the UK to work with Prof. David Cole-Hamilton at the University of St. Andrews. This was followed by an independent Ramsay Fellowship at University College London (2003-5) before moving in 2005 to Oxford University as Fitzjames Fellow (Merton College). In 2009 he returned to Imperial College London, where is currently Professor of Inorganic Chemistry. James is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and received their 2021 Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Award.

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Past group members

We have enjoyed working with many talented and enthusiastic students over the years. Past members of the group have been drawn from more than ten countries around the world.

Group photos

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