Dr Richard Winpenny FRSC FLSW

Director & Chief Scientific Officer, Sci-Tron Limited
Professor of Inorganic Chemistry

Richard studied at the Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine between 1981 and 1988, graduating B.Sc. (Honours) First Class in 1985 followed by a Ph.D. in 1988.

A co-founder of Sci-Tron Limited, Richard is also Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Manchester, a position he has held since October 2000 with roles in this time including Director of the Photon Science Institute, Head of Inorganic Research Group, Director of Teaching (School of Chemistry) and Associate Dean for Research (Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences).

Richard’s major research interests include Synthesis and Studies of Nanoscale Polynuclear Metal Complexes; Molecular Magnets; Coordination Chemistry; and Nanolithography.

Over his career to date, Richard has had 380 research papers published, in press or accepted for publication, with a citation record of 17,953 career citations and a h-index of 71.

• Robert A. Welch Research Fellow, Texas A&M University, USA 1988 to 1989
• Lecturer, University of Edinburgh, January 1990 to October 1999.
• Reader, University of Edinburgh, October 1999 to September 2000.
• Visiting Professor, Université de Paris-Sud, April 1999.
• Visiting Professor, Université de Paris VI, March 2005.
• Visiting Scientist, Ames National Laboratory, USA, April 2005.
• Associate Dean for Research, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Manchester, September 2008 to May 2010.
• Director of Photon Science Institute, University of Manchester, October 2009 to June 2014.
• Head of School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, August 2014 to April 2018.

• Ludwig Mond Prize of the Royal Society of Chemistry 2016
• Royal Society of Chemistry Emerging Technologies Winner for Materials 2016 (for work with Sci-Tron Limited)
• Tilden Prize of the Royal Society of Chemistry 2011
• Royal Society Wolfson Merit Award 2009 – 2014
• Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales (elected 2016)
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (elected 2011)

• Membership of EPSRC Scientific Advisory Team for Physical Sciences (May 2015 to present)
• Member Steering Committee Heads of Chemistry UK (June 2016 to April 2019)
• Board of Directors, European Institute of Molecular Magnetism (2012 to present)