Eric McInnes

Eric John Logan McInnes FRSE is a British chemist and a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at The University of Manchester.[4] His research in general is based on inorganic chemistry and magnetochemistry, specifically on molecular magnetism, EPR spectroscopy and coordination chemistry.[5]

Eric McInnes

FRSE
Born
Eric John Logan McInnes

1970 or 1971 (age 52–53)[1]
Scotland
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh (BSc, PhD)
Known forMolecular Magnetism
EPR spectroscopy
Coordination Chemistry
AwardsTilden Prize (2019) [2]
Scientific career
FieldsInorganic chemistry
Magnetochemistry
InstitutionsUniversity of Manchester
ThesisPhysico-chemical studies of co-ordination complexes of the platinum group metals (1995)
Doctoral advisorLesley Yellowlees
Doctoral studentsNicholas F. Chilton[3]

Education

McInnes completed his Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degree at University of Edinburgh in 1992 and 1995 respectively.[6] His PhD on Physico-chemical studies of co-ordination complexes of the platinum group metals was supervised by Lesley Yellowlees.[6]

Research and career

After graduating, McInnes completed his postdoctoral research with David Collison and F.E. Mabbs at University of Manchester from 1995 - 1998 before moving to University of East Anglia to take up a postdoctoral research with A.K. Powell and A.J. Thomson in 1999.[4] He then moved back to University of Manchester as a Lecturer and was promoted to Chair of inorganic chemistry in 2007.[1][4]

McInnes's research in general is based on inorganic chemistry and magnetochemistry, specifically on molecular magnetism, EPR spectroscopy and coordination chemistry.[5]

Apart from research and lecturing, McInnes was also the chair in the 50th, 51st and 52nd international meeting of the Royal Society of Chemistry ESR group.[7][8][9] He also was a discussant in the Keynote lecture's held at the Asian Pacific EPR Symposium and International Conference on Coordination Chemistry which was held in 2018.[10][11] McInnes also holds an author profile in Angewandte Chemie.[1] He is also part of the Molecular Magnetism Group at University of Manchester along with Nicholas F. Chilton, Richard Winpenny, David Collison, Grigore Timco and Floriana Tuna.[12]

Notable work

In 2016, McInnes confirmed the capability to use pulsed EPR spectroscopy to measure the covalency of actinide complexes in a research in collaboration with Floriana Tuna and David P. Mills at the University of Manchester.[13] Prior to this research, the extent of covalency in actinide complexes was less understood as this nature of bonding was not studied due to limited technology and methods of experimentation at the time. The use of pulsed EPR spectroscopy was able to determine the covalency of thorium(III) and Uranium(III) complexes for the first time and this paved the way to further research on the use of these complexes in the separation and recycling of nuclear waste.[14]

Awards and nominations

Major Publications

References
  1. Angewandte Chemie (16 April 2018). "Author Profile: Eric J. L. McInnes". 57 (17): 4458. doi:10.1002/anie.201711685. Retrieved 17 June 2020. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. Royal Society of Chemistry. "2019 Tilden Prize Winner". Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  3. Chilton, Nicholas Frederick (2015). Magnetic anisotropy of transition metal complexes. manchester.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Manchester. OCLC 1064594612. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.647392. icon of an open green padlock
  4. University of Manchester. "Prof. Eric Mcinnes". Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  5. "Eric Mcinnes (Publications)". Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  6. McInnes, Eric J.L. (1995). Physico-chemical studies of co-ordination complexes of the platinum group metals. ed.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Edinburgh. hdl:1842/12617. icon of an open green padlock
  7. Royal Society of Chemistry ESR improve group. "The 52nd Annual International Meeting of the ESR Spectroscopy Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry". Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  8. Royal Society of Chemistry ESR improve group. "The 51stAnnual International Meeting of the ESR Spectroscopy Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry". Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  9. Royal Society of Chemistry ESR improve group. "The 50th Annual International Meeting of the ESR Spectroscopy Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry". Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  10. Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Society. "The third joint conference of the Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Society and The International EPR (ESR) Society (IES) Speakers". Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  11. International Conference of Coordination Chemistry (2018). "43rd International Conference on Coordination Chemistry". Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  12. Molecular Magnetism Group at University of Manchester. "Personal in the Molecular Magnetism Group at The University of Manchester". Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  13. Formanuik, Alasdair; Ariciu, Ana-Maria; Ortu, Fabrizio; Beekmeyer, Reece; Kerridge, Andrew; Tuna, Floriana; McInnes, Eric J. L.; Mills, David P. (2017). "Actinide covalency measured by pulsed electro paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy" (PDF). Nature Chemistry. 9 (47): 578–583. Bibcode:2017NatCh...9..578F. doi:10.1038/nchem.2692. PMID 28537586.
  14. Dobson, Charlotte (28 December 2016). "Scientists at Manchester University where Rutherford first split the atom make another breakthrough". Manchester, United Kingdom. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  15. Royal Society of Edinburgh. "Royal Society of Edinburgh (Fellow)". Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  16. IEPRS (27 June 2019). "IEPRS Winners (Silver Medal)". Retrieved 17 June 2020.
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