Dr James Richard MChem MRSC

ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1410-1980 E-mail Address: [email protected]

Education and research experience

01/2017 – 06/2017 Visiting researcher – University of California, Berkeley / Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Supervisor: Professor John Arnold Funding: ScotCHEM International Graduate School Scholarship

Synthesis of electronically-coupled UIVUIV complexes, U-Si bonded complexes, and implementation of new electrochemical instrumentation to study coordination complexes of Np and Pu.

09/2013 – 11/2017 PhD – University of Edinburgh, UK Supervisor: Professor Jason B. Love PhD examiner: Professor Dr Christian Limberg, HU Berlin, Germany Funding: Principal’s Career Development PhD Scholarship PhD thesis: “Complexes of Schiff-base macrocycles and donor-expanded dipyrrins for catalysis and uranyl reduction.”

Synthesis of bi- and tetra-metallic macrocyclic transition metal complexes for: CO2/epoxide copolymerisation; electro-catalytic reduction of CO2; and hydrocarbon oxidation catalysis. Implementation of a redox-active ligand for uranyl reduction via a novel mechanism. Electrochemical characterisation of a variety of complexes with complicated electronic structures (collaborations with Prof. Polly Arnold, Prof. Guy Lloyd-Jones, Prof. Neil McKeown and Dr Alex Pöthig).

09/2009 – 06/2013 MChem (First Class with Honours) – University of Sussex, UK Supervisor: Dr John F.C. Turner Masters thesis: “Synthesis and reactivity of uranium(IV) siloxide complexes.”

Undergraduate courses include: Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, Advanced Physical Chemistry, Chemical Kinetics, Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms, Organometallic Chemistry (I and II).

09/2007 – 06/2009 UK GCE Advanced Level Mathematics (A), Further Mathematics (B), Chemistry (B), World History (A, AS Level).

09/2005 – 06/2007 UK GCSE 12 GCSEs (A*–A) including Double Science (A*A*), English Language (A*), English Literature (A*) and Mathematics (A).

Skills

Specialist research skills: Quantitative reaction monitoring using in situ NMR spectroscopy, making use of Bruker Topspin and MestreNova macros for efficient handling of large data volumes to determine rate constants, reaction orders and thermodynamic parameters for catalysed reactions. Competent with the theory and practice of a range of electrochemical techniques: voltammetry, including pulse methods; rotating ring-disk methods; and bulk electrolysis coupled with amperometry/coulometry.

Core research skills: Confident in the synthesis and handling of air- and moisture-sensitive compounds, using Schlenk and glove-box techniques. Trained in the handling of toxic and radioactive materials. Competent using a range of spectroscopic techniques for the characterisation of structure and bonding, complemented by knowledge and application of DFT calculations (Gaussian09). Some experience with mounting crystals and collecting single-crystal X-ray data (Rigaku Oxford Diffraction), including the solution and refining of crystal structure data using Olex2 software. Confident public speaker. Familiar with all aspects of the academic writing process and have some experience with writing grant proposals.

Courses taken: Radiation worker training (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 03/2017); Advanced EPR workshop (University of , 01/2015); Olex2 crystallography workshop (University of Edinburgh, 04/2015); Dalton summer school on electronic structure methods in inorganic chemistry (University of Edinburgh, 06/2014).

Teaching experience: I have taught undergraduate chemistry and biology students in multiple workshop courses and have given private 1-on-1 tuition. I am an experienced undergraduate laboratory demonstrator and have been involved with the development of new practical teaching experiments and course material. I have supervised the training of four chemistry Master’s students in a research laboratory.

Grants and Awards

October 2016: ScotCHEM International Graduate School Scholarship from the University of Edinburgh, to fund an additional year of PhD study, including a six month visit abroad.

October 2015: RSC travel grant of £1500 to attend the “Simposio Latinoamericano de Quimica de Coordinacion y Organometalica” (SILQCOM) conference as part of the RSC Dalton delegation, Brazil 2015.

September 2013: Principal’s Career Development PhD Scholarship from the University of Edinburgh, to fund three years of PhD study.

June 2013: RSC Downland Prize for best MChem project on graduation from the University of Sussex.

June 2012: Joint recipient of the 2012 Murrell Prize for best physical chemistry performance in the penultimate year.

June 2011: Junior Research Associate Bursary from the University of Sussex, to fund an 8-week research placement in Dr Qiao Chen’s group (nanomaterials and SEM imaging).

Publications

11. J.R. Pankhurst, M. Curcio, S. Sproules, G.C. Lloyd-Jones and J.B. Love, “Earth-abundant mixed-metal catalysts for hydrocarbon oxidation”, in preparation, 2017;

10. J.R. Pankhurst, S. Paul, C.K. Williams and J.B. Love, “Tetranuclear Zn(II) macrocycles as catalysts for the copolymerisation of CO2 and cyclohexene oxide”, in preparation, 2017;

9. B.F. Parker, S. Hohloch, J.R. Pankhurst, Z. Zhang, J.B. Love, J. Arnold and L. Rao, “Interactions of vanadium(IV) with amidoxime ligands: redox reactivity”, submitted, 2017;

8. S. Hohloch†, J.R. Pankhurst†, E.E. Jaekel, B.F. Parker, D.J. Lussier, M.R. Garner, C.H. Booth, J.B. Love and J. Arnold, “Benzoquinonoid-bridged dinuclear actinide complexes”, Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 11615-11625;

7. C. Jandl, J.R. Pankhurst, J.B. Love and A. Pöthig, “Rational synthesis and electronic structure of functionalized trinuclear Pd-metal sheet sandwich complexes”, Organometallics, 2017, 36, 2772-2783;

6. M. Curcio, J.R. Pankhurst, S. Sproules, D. Mignard and J.B. Love, “Triggering redox activity in a thiophene compound: radical stabilization and coordination chemistry”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 7939-7943;

5. J.A. Hlina, J.A.L. Wells, J.R. Pankhurst, J.B. Love and P.L. Arnold, “Uranium rhodium bonding in heterometallic complexes”, Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 5540-5545;

4. J.R. Pankhurst, N.L. Bell, M. Zegke, L.N. Platts, C.A. Lamfsus, L. Maron, L.S. Natrajan, S. Sproules, P.L. Arnold and J.B. Love, “Inner-sphere vs outer-sphere reduction of uranyl supported by a redox-active, donor-expanded dipyrrin”, Chem. Sci., 2017, 8, 108-116;

3. J.A. Hlina, J.R. Pankhurst, N. Kaltsoyannis and P.L. Arnold, “Metal-metal bonding in uranium- group 10 complexes”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 3333-3345;

2. T. Cadenbach, J.R. Pankhurst, T.A. Hofmann, M. Curcio, P.L. Arnold and J.B. Love, “Macrocyclic platforms for the construction of tetranuclear oxo and hydroxo zinc clusters”, Organometallics, 2015, 34, 2608-2613;

1. J.R. Pankhurst, T. Cadenbach, D. Betz, C. Finn and J.B. Love, “Towards dipyrrins: oxidation and metalation of acyclic and macrocyclic Schiff-base dipyrromethanes”, Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 2066-2070.

Conference Presentations

09/2017 RSC Dalton Younger Member’s Event (University of Bath, UK) Oral presentation: “A mixed-metal adduct of Cu(II)/Fe(III) as a hydrocarbon oxygenation catalyst.”

09/2017 RSC Joliot Curie Career’s Meeting (University of Bath, UK) Poster presentation: “A mixed-metal adduct of Cu(II)/Fe(III) as a hydrocarbon oxygenation catalyst.”

08/2016 Universities of Scotland Inorganic Chemistry Conference (Strathclyde University, UK) Poster presentation: “Inner-sphere vs outer-sphere reduction of uranyl supported by a redox active, donor-expanded dipyrrin.”

04/2016 Dalton Meeting 2016 (University of Warwick, UK) Oral presentation: “Earth-abundant mixed-metal systems for hydrocarbon oxidation catalysis.”

10/2015 SILQCOM 2015 (Angra dos Reis, Brazil) Oral presentation: “Macrocyclic transition metal complexes for carbon dioxide reduction.”

09/2015 Coordination and Organometallic Chemistry Discussion Group Meeting (University of Oxford, UK) Poster presentation: “Schiff-base macrocycles as platforms for multinuclear complexes targeting carbon dioxide reduction.”

07/2015 Universities of Scotland Inorganic Chemistry Conference (Heriot-Watt University, UK) Oral presentation: “Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide by macrocyclic transition metal complexes.”

03/2015 RSC Dalton Division Poster Symposium (Burlington House, , UK) Invited poster presentation: “Schiff-base macrocycles as platforms for multinuclear complexes targeting small molecule activation.”

09/2014 Universities of Scotland Inorganic Chemistry Conference (University of Glasgow, UK) Poster presentation: “Synthesis and electronic structure of dipyrrin complexes.”