Gillian Reid Explained

Gillian Reid
Alma Mater:University of Edinburgh
Workplaces:University of Southampton
Thesis Title:Studies on transition metal macrocyclic complexes.
Thesis Url:http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1064872347
Thesis Year:1989

Gillian Reid (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.

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.

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. 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. The event was founded to coincide with British Science Week, which occurs annually in March. 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.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Reid. Gillian. Studies on transition metal macrocyclic complexes.. University of Edinburgh. 1989. 1842/12853. en. 1064872347.
  2. Web site: Prof Gill Reid Chemistry University of Southampton. 2020-06-29. www.southampton.ac.uk.
  3. Web site: 2017-04-10. Chemistry Partnership Opens New Opportunities for Innovation. 2020-06-29. Life Science Integrates. en-GB. 2020-06-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20200629203356/https://www.lifescienceintegrates.com/chemistry-partnership-opens-new-opportunities-innovation/. dead.
  4. Web site: SCFED Project. 2020-06-29. www.scfed.net.
  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. en. 45. 46. 18393–18416. 10.1039/C6DT03409H. 27808297. 1477-9234.
  6. 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. en. 2. 4. 420–426. 10.1039/C5MH00030K. free.
  7. Web site: 2019-01-25. Novel thin film approach for memory and energy harvesting devices. 2020-06-29. Printed Electronics World. en.
  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 . 10.1088/2053-1583/ac3dd6 . 2109.00083 . 2022TDM.....9a5025N . 244693600 . 2053-1583.
  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 . en . 12 . 44 . 49786–49794 . 10.1021/acsami.0c14777 . 33079533 . 224828493 . 1944-8244. 2005.08616 .
  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 . en . 7 . 9 . 2100419 . 10.1002/aelm.202100419 . 232478824 . 2199-160X. free .
  11. Web site: Royal Society invitation for scientists at Southampton who are Taking Technology Smaller Chemistry University of Southampton. 2020-06-29. www.southampton.ac.uk.
  12. Web site: Professor Gill Reid Chemistry University of Southampton. 2020-06-29. www.southampton.ac.uk. en.
  13. Web site: Gill Reid wins presidential election. 2020-06-29. Royal Society of Chemistry. en-GB.
  14. Web site: Gill Reid elected to become president of the Royal Society of Chemistry University of Southampton. 2020-06-29. www.southampton.ac.uk.
  15. Web site: Thomas . James . 2022-03-22 . Academic and artistic minds honoured as RSE Fellows . 2022-12-15 . Royal Society of Edinburgh . en-GB.

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