Douglas Philp

University Education

University of Aberdeen — October 1985–June 1989

First Class Honours degree in Chemistry

Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield and

School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham — October 1989–January 1993

PhD studies under Professor Sir Fraser Stoddart FRS

PhD awarded for thesis entitled Self-Assembly in Chemical Systems

 

Career summary

ETH Zürich, Switzerland — March 1993–June 1994

Royal Society European Exchange Fellowship in the laboratory of Prof. Dr. François Diederich

School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, UK — June 1994–August 2000

Lecturer, promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1997 and Reader in 2000

School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, UK — September 2000–Present

Reader, promoted to Professor in 2007

Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA — April 2018–January 2021

Research Professor and Visiting Professor

 

Other roles                             

April 2014–August 2017 and May 2020–Present

Head of Organic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews

September 2017–June 2018

Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of St Andrews

 

Professional Recognition    

December 2011                      Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)

March 2021                             Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSE)

Prizes and Awards              

2005                                        Scottish Science Award from the Saltire Society

2009                                        Bader Award of the Royal Society of Chemistry)