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Professor Graham SANDFORD

Date of Birth: 13th October, 1966 Age: 50

Place of Birth: Oldham, UK.

Further/Higher Education

1985-88: B.Sc. in Chemistry (Class 2.i) from the University of Durham, U.K.

1988-91: Ph. D in Organofluorine Chemistry, under the supervision of Prof. R.D. Chambers, University of Durham. Thesis entitled "Some Amine Hydrofluorides and Amines in Organofluorine Chemistry".

Qualifications and membership of Professional bodies

MRSC CChem. Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry

Member of the American Chemical Society

Previous employers and appointments

1985: Research Assistant at ICI Corporate Colloid Science Group, Runcorn, Cheshire, U.K. (10 months)

1986: Research Assistant at ICI Corporate Colloid Science Group (Summer Vacation).

1992: Post Doctoral Research Associate with Prof. G.A. Olah (1994 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry), Loker Hydrocarbon Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, U.S.A.

1993: British Nuclear Fuels Fluorochemicals Ltd. Research Fellow with Prof. R.D. Chambers, University of Durham, U.K.

1996: Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of Durham, U.K.

2001: Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Durham, U.K.

2004: Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Durham, U.K.

2008: Professor of Chemistry, University of Durham, U.K.

Research Activity

Professor Graham SANDFORD's research interests lie in the broad field of organofluorine chemistry and, in particular, include:-(1) Elemental Fluorine as a Reagent for Organic Synthesis; (2) Perfluoro-heterocyclic Chemistry; (3) Free Radical chemistry of Unsaturated Fluorocarbons; (4) Carbanion chemistry. Currently, my research group consists of 5 Postgraduate Students, 2 Master’s students and 1 PDRA, funded from industry from both the UK and overseas [Asahi Glass Co. (Japan), GlaxoSmithKline (UK), the SONY Corporation (MSL, Germany), International Paint, Pfizer and the European Union.

He published over 130 papers and applied 14 patents.