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The Peter Timms Lecture

We thank the and Symposium School of Bristol Centre for Functional Nanomaterials Wednesday 9th May 2018, LT3 for generous sponsorship Welcome to the Peter Timms Lecture and Symposium 2018 SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY

eter Timms (1937-2005) graduated from Oxford PROGRAMME University in 1959 and then worked for Borax Consolidated where he developed an interest in high P temperature chemistry. This theme shaped his DPhil research at Oxford (with CSG Phillips), his postdoctoral 2:00 - 2:05pm 3:55 - 4.15pm research at Rice University (with JL Margrave), and his research as Assistant Professor at Berkeley. He returned from the USA Professor Robin B. Bedford Tea and Coffee Break as a Ramsay Fellow at Bristol, later becoming Lecturer and University of Bristol Reader in Inorganic Chemistry. He was awarded a Corday– Introductory Comments 4:15 - 4:35pm Morgan Medal for work on synthetic reactions of boron, silicon and transition-metal high-temperature species. He formally Chair: Professor Ian Manners 2:05 - 2:50pm retired in 2002 but continued to work with Edwards on Mrs Maha Alotaibi chemistry relevant to the electronics industry, on silica films Chair: Professor Charl FJ Faul University of Bristol and on the destruction of toxic waste gases. The Peter Timms Symposium is held Keynote Lecture Towards Tunable Nanostructures Using in recognition of his pioneering work in inorganic and materials chemistry and his Professor Rachel K. O’Reilly Electroactive Bolaamphiphiles many contributions to the School of Chemistry. University of Birmingham Advances in precision self- rofessor is a professor at the 4:35 - 5:30pm assembly Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School Professors Paul Pringle and Ian Manners of Engineering at the , Tokyo, 2:50 - 3:10pm Japan. He received his PhD degree in Polymer Introductory Comments PChemistry in 1984 at the University of Tokyo and became Dr Xuhui Jin Assistant Professor in the same year. He was promoted to full professor in 1996, and joined the Japan Science & Technology University of Bristol The Peter Timms Lecture Functional pi-Conjugated Nanoparticales Agency’s PRESTO project as researcher. In 2000 Professor Professor Takuzo Aida Aida became Director of the ERATO Nanospace Project for by “Living” Crystallisation-Driven Self- five years and proceeded to become Director of the EARTO- Assembly Tokyo University SORST project on Electronic Nanospace (2005 – 2010), both Smart Soft Materials Fabricated Under from the Japan Science & Technology Agency. In addition to Nonequiliberated Conditions these projects, Professor Aida was Director of the RIKEN 3:10 - 3:55pm Advanced Science Institute (2008 – 2012). He joined the Keynote Lecture Board of Reviewing Editors for Science during this period, and 5:30pm the Advisory Board for the Journal of the American Chemical Society in 2014. Professor Nicolas Giuseppone Closing Remarks and Wine Reception Recent awards include the Japan Academy Award (2018), Medal (2017), University of Strasbourg Dean Award, University Tokyo (2016) and the Leo Esaki Prize (2015). Professor (The Coffee Lounge) Triarylamine-based supramolecular Aida’s broad research interests include the development of smart molecules and : structures, dynamics, func- materials capable of addressing issues of fundamental and social importance in the tions areas of energy and health.