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Professor Andrew L Hector is a Professor of Inorganic Chemistry within the Electrochemistry group in the School of Chemistry at the University of Southampton.
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CHEM1051 Introduction to Practical Chemistry I: demonstrator
CHEM1048 Structure and Bonding and CHEM1053 Main Group and Transition Metal Chemistry: tutor
CHEM6146 X-Ray Crystallographic Techniques, Advanced Main Group Chemistry and Applications: lecturer
CHEM6152 Battery Materials and Characterisation: module coordinator and lecturer
CHEM6153 X-Ray Diffraction as a Characterisation Method: lecturer
Electrochemistry Summer School: lecturer and experiment lead
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Biography
Andrew Hector came to Southampton as a postdoctoral research fellow first in complex fluorides and oxyfluorides, then in lithium battery cathode materials. He took up a Royal Society University Research Fellowship to study precursor routes to new metal nitride compositions and processing methods before joining the academic staff. Andrew is a member of the Electrochemistry research grouping, with interests linking materials synthesis and characterisation with electrochemical applications.
Externally Andrew is a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a member the International Society of Electrochemistry. He currently serves on the RSC Electrochemistry interest group committee as treasurer. He is an EPSRC College member and serves on the Royal Society Research Grants panel and the IRC Government of Ireland PG scholarships panel.
BSc, Chemistry, Imperial College, 1992
PhD, University College London, 1996
Professor, University of Southampton, since 2015
Senior lecturer, University of Southampton, 2011-2015
Lecturer, University of Southampton, 2008-2011
Royal Society URF, University of Southampton, 2000-2008
Research Fellow, University of Southampton, 1995-2000
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