Prof John Nixon, FRS

Career: ICI research fell Cambridge 1962-64, lectr in chemistry Univ of St Andrews 1964-66; Univ of Sussex: lectr in chemistry 1966, reader 1975, prof 1986-2002, dean Sch of Chemistry 1989-92, research prof 2002-11, emeritus prof 2011-; Royal Soc Leverhulme sr research fell 1993-94, visiting fell Research Sch of Chemistry ANU Canberra 2004; visiting prof: Victoria Univ Canada 1971, Simon Fraser Univ Canada 1976, Indian Inst of Sci Bangalore 2001-02 and 2004-05; titular memb Inorganic Nomenclature Cmmn IUPAC 1986-88; memb: Inorganic Chemistry Panel SERC 1986-89, Editorial Bd Phosphorus, Sulphur, Silicon Jl 1989-2006, Dalton Cncl 1994-97, Scientific Advsy Bd Internet Jl of Chemistry 1997-2000, EPSRC 2001-, Bd of Dirs Main Gp Chemistry Ctee, Int Bd of Phosphorus Chemistry; FRS 1994; Awards Royal Soc of Chemistry: Corday-Morgan medal and prize 1973, Main Gp Element prize and medal 1985, Tilden lectureship and prize 1992, Alexander von Humboldt prize 2001-02 and 2009-11, Ludwig Mond lectr and medal winner RSC 2002-03, Geza Zemplen medal Budapest Inst of Technol 2003

Books and Publications: Phosphorus: The Carbon Copy (jly, 1998); over 390 contribs to a variety of chemistry jls