{"id":347,"date":"2013-08-07T11:12:57","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T10:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/atomic-manipulation\/?page_id=347"},"modified":"2014-07-11T14:34:19","modified_gmt":"2014-07-11T14:34:19","slug":"short-biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/atomic-manipulation\/?page_id=347","title":{"rendered":"Short Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Academic Career<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>December 2010 \u00a0- present<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lecturer<\/li>\n<li>Department of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/physics\/\" target=\"_blank\">Physics<\/a><\/li>\n<li>University of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bath<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2006 - 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Research Officer<\/li>\n<li>Nanoscale Physics Research Laboratory (<a href=\"http:\/\/nprl.bham.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">NPRL<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>University of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birmingham.ac.uk\/index.aspx\">Birmingham<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2005-2006<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Post Doc<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.utoronto.ca\/jpolanyi\/\" target=\"_blank\">Polanyi<\/a> lab<\/li>\n<li>Department of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chem.utoronto.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chemistr<\/a>y<\/li>\n<li>University of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utoronto.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2004-2005<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Royal Society Research Fellow (international outgoing)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.utoronto.ca\/jpolanyi\/\" target=\"_blank\">Polanyi<\/a> lab<\/li>\n<li>Department of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chem.utoronto.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chemistry<\/a><\/li>\n<li>University of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utoronto.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2000 - 2004<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PhD Student<\/li>\n<li>Nanoscale Physics Research Laboratory (<a href=\"http:\/\/nprl.bham.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">NPRL<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>University of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birmingham.ac.uk\/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Birmingham<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1994 - 1999<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1st First Class Masters of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chem.ed.ac.uk\/studying\/undergraduate\/courses\/chemphys.html\" target=\"_blank\">Chemical Physics<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Department of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chem.ed.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chemistry<\/a><\/li>\n<li>University of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/home\" target=\"_blank\">Edinburgh<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/atomic-manipulation\/files\/\/www\/vhosts\/bathblogs\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1496\/files\/2013\/08\/NormanLucas.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Winner<\/a> of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/schools-departments\/student-funding\/current-students\/university-prizes-awards\/science-engineering\/chemistry\" target=\"_blank\">Normal Lucas Prize<\/a> for Chemical Physics 1998\/1999<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1988 - 1994<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kirkwall Grammar <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kgsorkney.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">School<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Exam <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/atomic-manipulation\/files\/\/www\/vhosts\/bathblogs\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1496\/files\/2013\/08\/KGS_ExamResults.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">results<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Merit <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/atomic-manipulation\/files\/\/www\/vhosts\/bathblogs\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1496\/files\/2013\/08\/KGS_merit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">awards<\/a> Thursday, July 1st, 1993<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/atomic-manipulation\/files\/\/www\/vhosts\/bathblogs\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1496\/files\/2013\/08\/KGS_merit_potot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"507\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/atomic-manipulation\/?attachment_id=507\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/atomic-manipulation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2013\/08\/KGS_merit_potot.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2685,1221\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;ps436&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1377091732&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"KGS_merit_potot\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/atomic-manipulation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2013\/08\/KGS_merit_potot-1024x465.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-507 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/atomic-manipulation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2013\/08\/KGS_merit_potot-300x136.jpg\" alt=\"KGS_merit_potot\" width=\"300\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/atomic-manipulation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2013\/08\/KGS_merit_potot-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/atomic-manipulation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2013\/08\/KGS_merit_potot-1024x465.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reports\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/atomic-manipulation\/files\/\/www\/vhosts\/bathblogs\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1496\/files\/2013\/08\/KGS_6.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Year 6<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/atomic-manipulation\/files\/\/www\/vhosts\/bathblogs\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1496\/files\/2013\/08\/KGS_5.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Year 5<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/atomic-manipulation\/files\/\/www\/vhosts\/bathblogs\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1496\/files\/2013\/08\/KGS_4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Year 4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/atomic-manipulation\/files\/\/www\/vhosts\/bathblogs\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1496\/files\/2013\/08\/KGS_3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Year 3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/atomic-manipulation\/files\/\/www\/vhosts\/bathblogs\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1496\/files\/2013\/08\/KGS_2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Year 2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/atomic-manipulation\/files\/\/www\/vhosts\/bathblogs\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1496\/files\/2013\/08\/KGS_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Year 1<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1982\u00a0 - 1988<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Papdale Primary <a href=\"http:\/\/www.papdale.orkney.sch.uk\/Papdale\/Welcome.html\" target=\"_blank\">School<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/atomic-manipulation\/files\/\/www\/vhosts\/bathblogs\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1496\/files\/2013\/08\/SloanPapdale.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Reports<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Violin <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/atomic-manipulation\/files\/\/www\/vhosts\/bathblogs\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1496\/files\/2013\/08\/Papdale_violin.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">grade 1<\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Background<\/h2>\n<p>I grew up in <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.co.uk\/maps?q=bignold+park+road+kirkwall+orkney&amp;ll=58.976737,-2.954528&amp;spn=0.009455,0.033023&amp;hnear=Bignold+Park+Rd,+Kirkwall+KW15+1PT,+United+Kingdom&amp;gl=uk&amp;t=m&amp;z=16&amp;layer=c&amp;cbll=58.976825,-2.954591&amp;panoid=hzwEuM4ITJhBDu6rkaoz4Q&amp;cbp=12,18.54,,0,7.66\" target=\"_blank\">Kirkwall<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitorkney.com\/kirkwall\/\" target=\"_blank\">Orkney<\/a> just off the top of the North of Scotland. You really should go there on holiday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitorkney.com\/index.asp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-360 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/atomic-manipulation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2013\/08\/bayoflopnesssanday-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"bayoflopness,sanday\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Academic Career December 2010 \u00a0- present Lecturer Department of Physics University of Bath 2006 - 2010 Research Officer Nanoscale Physics Research Laboratory (NPRL) University of Birmingham 2005-2006 Post Doc Polanyi lab Department of Chemistry University of Toronto 2004-2005 Royal Society...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":0,"parent":216,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-347","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/atomic-manipulation\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/atomic-manipulation\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/atomic-manipulation\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/atomic-manipulation\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/atomic-manipulation\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/atomic-manipulation\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/347\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/atomic-manipulation\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/atomic-manipulation\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}