Gillian Reid

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Gillian Reid
Alma mater University of Edinburgh
Scientific career
Institutions University of Southampton
Thesis Studies on transition metal macrocyclic complexes.  (1989)

Gillian Reid FRSC (born 1964) is a British chemist who is Professor of Inorganic Chemistry and former Head of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Southampton. Her research considers coordination chemistry, inorganic semiconductors and metal fluoride scaffolds. In 2020, she was appointed the President-elect of the Royal Society of Chemistry, becoming President in 2022.

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Early life and education

Reid became interested in chemistry whilst at high school. She eventually studied chemistry at the University of Edinburgh, where she earned her bachelor's degree in 1986. She remained there for her doctoral research, where she studied macrocyclic complexes. [1] After earning her degree in 1989, and a 2 year postdoctoral research position in Edinburgh, Reid moved to a lectureship in the University of Southampton.[ citation needed ]

Research and career

In 1991, Reid joined the University of Southampton as a lecturer. She was promoted to Professor in 2006. [2] Under her leadership, Southampton joined the Knowledge Centre for Materials Chemistry. [3] Reid leads molecular assembly and structure at the University of Southampton. [4]

Her research considers inorganic coordination chemistry, with a particular focus on the design of macrocyclic ligands that involve chalcogen donor atoms. [5] She makes use of non-aqueous electrodeposition to grow inorganic semiconductor alloys. [6] Electrodeposition allows for bottom-up growth without the need for an ultra-high vacuum environment. [6] Reid has created molecular reagents that allow the synthesis of compounds for use in non-volatile memory, thermoelectric generators and two-dimensional materials. The reagents were used to deposit a wide variety of thin films including highly pure germanium telluride, molybdenum disulphide and tungsten disulphide. [7] [8] [9] [10]

In 2002, Reid co-founded the Southampton Science and Engineering Day, which has since evolved into the Southampton Science and Engineering Festival. [2] The event was founded to coincide with British Science Week, which occurs annually in March. [2] In 2010, Reid was made the Head of the Department of Chemistry Outreach Programme. In 2015, she co-led the Royal Society Summer Science exhibit Taking Technology Smaller, which introduced the public to electrochemistry as a means to build nanoscale electronic devices. [11]

Awards and honours

Selected publications

Personal life

Reid has two children.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ Reid, Gillian; University of Edinburgh (1989). Studies on transition metal macrocyclic complexes. hdl:1842/12853. OCLC   1064872347.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Prof Gill Reid | Chemistry | University of Southampton". www.southampton.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  3. ↑ "Chemistry Partnership Opens New Opportunities for Innovation". Life Science Integrates. 2017-04-10. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  4. ↑ "SCFED Project". www.scfed.net. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  5. ↑ Chang, Yao-Pang; Levason, William; Reid, Gillian (2016-11-22). "Developments in the chemistry of the hard early metals (Groups 1–6) with thioether, selenoether and telluroether ligands". Dalton Transactions. 45 (46): 18393–18416. doi:10.1039/C6DT03409H. ISSN   1477-9234. PMID   27808297.
  6. 1 2 N Bartlett, Philip; L Benjamin, Sophie; Groot, CH (Kees) de; L Hector, Andrew; Huang, Ruomeng; Jolleys, Andrew; P Kissling, Gabriela; Levason, William; J Pearce, Stuart; Reid, Gillian; Wang, Yudong (2015). "Non-aqueous electrodeposition of functional semiconducting metal chalcogenides Ge2 Sb2 Te5 phase change memory". Materials Horizons. 2 (4): 420–426. doi: 10.1039/C5MH00030K .
  7. ↑ "Novel thin film approach for memory and energy harvesting devices". Printed Electronics World. 2019-01-25. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  8. ↑ Noori, Y J; Thomas, S; Ramadan, S; Greenacre, V K; Abdelazim, N M; Han, Y; Zhang, J; Beanland, R; Hector, A L; Klein, N; Reid, G; Bartlett, P N; de Groot, C H (2022-01-01). "Electrodeposited WS 2 monolayers on patterned graphene". 2D Materials. 9 (1): 015025. arXiv: 2109.00083 . Bibcode:2022TDM.....9a5025N. doi:10.1088/2053-1583/ac3dd6. ISSN   2053-1583. S2CID   244693600.
  9. ↑ Noori, Yasir J.; Thomas, Shibin; Ramadan, Sami; Smith, Danielle E.; Greenacre, Vicki K.; Abdelazim, Nema; Han, Yisong; Beanland, Richard; Hector, Andrew L.; Klein, Norbert; Reid, Gillian; Bartlett, Philip N.; Kees de Groot, C. H. (2020-11-04). "Large-Area Electrodeposition of Few-Layer MoS 2 on Graphene for 2D Material Heterostructures". ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12 (44): 49786–49794. arXiv: 2005.08616 . doi:10.1021/acsami.0c14777. ISSN   1944-8244. PMID   33079533. S2CID   224828493.
  10. ↑ Abdelazim, Nema M.; Noori, Yasir J.; Thomas, Shibin; Greenacre, Victoria K.; Han, Yisong; Smith, Danielle E.; Piana, Giacomo; Zhelev, Nikolay; Hector, Andrew L.; Beanland, Richard; Reid, Gillian; Bartlett, Philip N.; Groot, Cornelis H. (September 2021). "Lateral Growth of MoS 2 2D Material Semiconductors Over an Insulator Via Electrodeposition". Advanced Electronic Materials. 7 (9): 2100419. doi: 10.1002/aelm.202100419 . ISSN   2199-160X. S2CID   232478824.
  11. ↑ "Royal Society invitation for scientists at Southampton who are Taking Technology Smaller | Chemistry | University of Southampton". www.southampton.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  12. ↑ "Professor Gill Reid | Chemistry | University of Southampton". www.southampton.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  13. ↑ "Gill Reid wins presidential election". Royal Society of Chemistry. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  14. ↑ "Gill Reid elected to become president of the Royal Society of Chemistry | University of Southampton". www.southampton.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  15. ↑ Thomas, James (2022-03-22). "Academic and artistic minds honoured as RSE Fellows". Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
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