Presentations

Invited Talks


Investigating Disorder in the Solid State: Multinuclear NMR Spectroscopy and First-Principles Calculations,

Lancaster University, 2019


Exploring the Hydration of the Inner Earth: Multinuclear NMR Spectroscopy and First-Principles Calculations,

School of Earth and Environmental Science, St Andrews 2019


Investigating Disorder in the Solid State: Multinuclear NMR Spectroscopy and First-Principles Calculations,

MMM Hub Conference, London 2019


Exploiting Isotopic Enrichment in NMR Spectroscopy of Microporous Materials,

Gordon Research Conference on Nanoporous Materials and Their Applications, Andover NH, USA 2019


Exploiting Isotopic Enrichment in NMR Spectroscopy of Microporous Materials,

British Zeolite Conference, Birmingham 2019


Disorder in Inorganic Solids: Exploiting Multinuclear NMR Spectroscopy and DFT Calculations,

University of Manchester, 2019


Investigating Disorder in the Solid State: Exploiting Multinuclear NMR Spectroscopy and First-Principles Calculations,

CASTEP Users Conference, Birmingham 2019


Disorder in Inorganic Solids: Exploiting Multinuclear NMR Spectroscopy and DFT Calculations,

Opening of Scottish High-Field NMR Facility, Edinburgh, 2019


Improving Sensitivity in Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy of Quadrupolar Nuclei,

BRSG Christmas Meeting, London, 2018


Exploring the Hydration of the Inner Earth: Multinuclear NMR Spectroscopy and Ab Initio Random Structure Searching,

SMARTER 6, Ljubliana, Slovenia, 2018


Investigating Local Structure and Disorder in the Solid State: Multinuclear NMR Spectroscopy and First-Principles Calculations,

ScotCHEM Computational Chemistry Meeting, St Andrews, 2018


Investigating Local Structure and Disorder Using Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy,

CUCAM Meeting with Charles University, Prague, St Andrews, 2018


Investigating Disorder in A2B2O7 Ceramics Using NMR Spectroscopy and First-Principles Calculations,

Euromar, Nantes, France, 2018


Exploring the Hydration of the Inner Earth: Multinuclear NMR Spectroscopy and Ab Initio Random Structure Searching,

ENC Orlando, Florida, USA, 2018


Disorder in Inorganic Solids: Exploiting Multinuclear NMR Spectroscopy and DFT Calculations,

Sheffield University, 2018


Disorder in Inorganic Solids: Exploiting Multinuclear NMR Spectroscopy and DFT Calculations,

UEA, 2018


Disorder in Inorganic Solids: Exploiting Multinuclear NMR Spectroscopy and DFT Calculations,

Edinburgh University, 2018


Disorder in Inorganic Solids: Exploiting Multinuclear NMR Spectroscopy and DFT Calculations,

Durham University, 2017


Exploiting Isotopic Enrichment in NMR Spectroscopy of Microporous Materials,

10th Alpine Conference on Solid-State NMR, Chamonix, France, 2017


Investigating Local Structure and Disorder Using Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy,

QEMM, Edinburgh, 2017


Investigating Disorder in Solids using NMR Spectroscopy,

BCA Spring Meeting, Lancaster, 2017


Studying Disorder in Inorganic Solids: Exploiting Multinuclear NMR Spectroscopy and DFT Calculations,

Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, 2017


Spins and Spinning: Understanding Materials using Solid-State NMR,

Open Association, St Andrews 2017


Investigating Structure Using Solid-State NMR: Principles, State-of-the-Art and Challenges,

Future of Chemical Physics, Oxford 2016


High-Resolution NMR of Inorganic Solids: Metal-Organic Frameworks,

Bruker User’s Meeting, Rocky Mountains Conference on Magnetic Resonance, Breckenridge, Colorado, 2016


Investigating Composition, Structure and Disorder in  Ceramics for Waste Encapsulation

Euromar, Aarhus, Denmark, 2016


Exploiting DFT Calculations to Investigate Disorder in Inorganic Solids,

Zing Conference, Varna, Bulgaria, 2016


High-Resolution NMR of Inorganic Solids: Metal-Organic Frameworks,

Joint Bonn/St Andrews Meeting on Chemistry at Spin Centres, St Andrews, 2016


Studying Disorder in Inorganic Solids: Exploiting Multinuclear NMR Spectroscopy and DFT Calculations,

Department of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, 2016

RSC Corday-Morgan Award Lecture


Studying Disorder in Inorganic Solids: Exploiting Multinuclear NMR Spectroscopy and DFT Calculations,

Department of Chemistry, University of Reading, Reading, 2016

RSC Corday-Morgan Award Lecture


Studying Disorder in Inorganic Solids: Exploiting Multinuclear NMR Spectroscopy and DFT Calculations,

Department of Chemistry, Keele University, Keele, 2016

RSC Corday-Morgan Award Lecture


Studying Disorder in Inorganic Solids: Exploiting Multinuclear NMR Spectroscopy and DFT Calculations,

Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, 2016

RSC Corday-Morgan Award Lecture


Local Structure and Disorder in Solids: Combining Experiment and Calculation,

Scotland HPC Meeting, St Andrews 2016


Using NMR Spectroscopy to Investigate Disorder in Inorganic Solids,

RSC Solid-State Group Christmas Meeting, Canterbury 2015


Spins and Spinning: Understanding Materials using Solid-State NMR,

Inaugural lecture, St Andrews 2015


Royal Society Fellowships: A Personal View,

Royal Society Networking Event, St Andrews 2015


Investigating Phase Composition, Structure and Disorder in Pyrochlore-Based Ceramics,

ISMAR, Shanghai China, 2015


Using NMR Spectroscopy to Investigate Disorder in Inorganic Solids,

RSC NMR in Industry Meeting, Manchester 2015


Multinuclear NMR Spectroscopy and First-Principles Calculations for the Study of Microporous Phosphate Frameworks,

UK-Japan Royal Society meeting on Microporous Framework Materials, Chichley Hall, UK 2015


Probing Disorder in Solids: NMR Spectroscopy and First-Principles Calculations,

GIDRM, Bari, Italy 2014


Probing Disorder in Solids: NMR Spectroscopy and First-Principles Calculations,

ICAMM, Nantes, France 2014


Solid-State NMR in EaStCHEM,

Core Capability Opening Ceremony, Edinburgh, UK 2014


Probing Disorder in Solids: NMR Spectroscopy and First-Principles Calculations,

iMR CDT Meeting, Dundee, UK 2014


Structure, Disorder and Dynamics in Solids, Multinuclear NMR and First-Principles Calculations,

School of Physics, University of St Andrews, UK 2013


Structure, Disorder and Dynamics in Solids, Multinuclear NMR and First-Principles Calculations,

RSC Dalton Transaction Invited Lecture Tour, Xi’an and Beijing, China 2013


Structure, Disorder and Dynamics in Solids, Multinuclear NMR and First-Principles Calculations,

Fudan University, China, 2013


Structure, Disorder and Dynamics in Solids,

CASTEP Workshop, Oxford UK 2013


Structure, Disorder and Dynamics in Silicates: Multinuclear NMR and First-Principles Calculations,

NMRDG Postgraduate Meeting, UK 2013


Hunting for Hydrogen in Wadsleyite: Multinuclear NMR and First-Principles Calculations,

18th ISMAR Conference, Brazil 2013


Hunting for Hydrogen in Wadsleyite: Multinuclear NMR and First-Principles Calculations,

St Andrews CMR Meeting, UK 2013


Structure, Disorder and Dynamics in Silicates: Multinuclear NMR and First-Principles Calculations,

University of Cardiff, UK 2013


Structure, Disorder and Dynamics in Solids

CCP5-CCP-NC Meeting on Disorder, Abingdon UK 2012


Structure, Disorder and Dynamics in Silicates: Multinuclear NMR and First-Principles Calculations,

University of Oxford, UK 2012


Structure, Disorder and Dynamics in Solids: Multinuclear NMR and First-Principles Calculations,

University of York, UK 2012

RSC Marlow Award Lecture


Structure, Disorder and Dynamics in Solids: Multinuclear NMR and First-Principles Calculations,

University of Warwick, UK 2012


Structure, Disorder and Dynamics in Solids: Multinuclear NMR and First-Principles Calculations,

University of Cambridge, UK 2012

RSC Marlow Award Lecture


Structure, Disorder and Dynamics in Solids: Multinuclear NMR and First-Principles Calculations,

Transforming Materials Meeting, St Andrews, UK 2012


Structure, Disorder and Dynamics in Solids: Multinuclear NMR and First-Principles Calculations,

RSC Faraday Award Symposium, Imperial College, London, UK 2011

RSC Marlow Award Lecture


Investigating Disorder and Dynamics in Solids: Multinuclear Solid-State NMR and First-Principles Calculations,

Winter School, CEA Saclay, France 2011


Investigating Structure, Disorder and Dynamics in Solids: Multinuclear NMR and First-Principles Calculations,

Department of Materials Engineering, Sheffield, UK 2010


Investigating Disorder in Ceramics: Multinuclear Solid-State NMR and First-Principles Calculations,

Bruker Users Meeting, Rocky Mountains Conference, Colorado, US 2010


Investigating Disorder in Ceramics: Multinuclear Solid-State NMR and First-Principles Calculations,

Euromar 2010 and 17th ISMAR Conference, Florence, Italy 2010


Investigating Structure, Order and Dynamics in Solids: Multinuclear NMR and First-Principles Calculations,

ScotCHEM Computational Chemistry Symposium, Glasgow UK April 2010


Multinuclear NMR Studies of Microporous Materials,

BRSG Christmas Meeting, IOP London, UK Dec 2009

BRSG/NMRDG Early Career Prize for Magnetic Resonance Prize Talk


Fast MAS NMR: Investigating Structure, Order and Dynamics in Solids,

Bruker Users Meeting, Coventry, UK Nov 2009


Investigating Structure, Order and Dynamics in the Solid State using Multinuclear NMR and First-Principles Calculations,

6th Alpine Conference on Solid-State NMR, Chamonix, France Sept 2009


The Power of NMR

Applications of NMR Calculations,

CASTEP workshop (DFT Methods for Experimental Spectroscopists), Oxford, UK Aug 2009


Investigating Structure, Order and Dynamics in the Solid State using Multinuclear NMR and First-Principles Calculations,

92nd Canadian Chemistry Conference, Hamilton, Canada May 2009


Solid-State NMR and First-Principles Calculations: Structure, Order and Dynamics,

University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK Nov 2008


Solid-State NMR and First-Principles Calculations: Structure, Order and Dynamics,

University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK Nov 2008


Investigating Local Structure and Disorder by MAS NMR,

British Crystallographic Association Meeting, York, UK April 2008


1. Introduction to Quadrupolar NMR

2. Advanced Quadrupolar NMR

3. Calculations of NMR Parameters

4. NMR Studies of Molecular Motion in Solids

5. NMR Studies of Microporous Materials

6. NMR in Mineralogy

SACI/RSC Workshop on Solid-State NMR, Stellenbosch, South Africa Feb 2008


Probing Structure and Dynamics in Silicates Using Solid-State NMR,

British Radiofrequency Spectroscopy Group Christmas Meeting, London, UK Dec 2006


Research Funding and Fellowships; A Personal View,

GRADskills, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK Nov 2006


Multinuclear Solid-State NMR: Methods and Applications,

Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK Nov 2006


Theory and Applications of Solid-State NMR of Quadrupolar Nuclei,

RSC Meeting for Recently Appointed Academics in Physical Chemistry, Nottingham, UK Sept 2006


High-Resolution NMR in Solids,

Departmental Seminar, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK Jun 2006


Sensitivity and Resolution in Solid-State NMR of Quadrupolar Nuclei,

RSC Christmas Meeting, London, UK Dec 2005

RSC Harrison Prize Talk


89Y MAS NMR of Pyrochlores,

Solid-State NMR of Nuclear Related Materials (ACTINET), Cambridge, UK Sept 2005


Exploiting Quadrupolar Satellite Transitions,

47th Rocky Mountain Conference on Analytical Chemistry, Denver, USA Jul 2005


High-Resolution Solid-State NMR,

University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK Jan 2005


17O Solid-State NMR of High-Pressure Silicate Phases,

British Radiofrequency Spectroscopy Group Christmas Meeting, London, UK Dec 2004

IOP Founder’s Prize Talk


Solid-State 17O NMR,

University of Lille, Lille, France Mar 2004


Practical Implementation of the Satellite-Transition (ST) MAS NMR Experiment,

Varian Users Meeting, Colarado, USA Jul 2003


Satellite-Transition MAS (STMAS) NMR of Quadrupolar Nuclei,

Gordon Research Conference in Magnetic Resonance, Rhode Island, USA Jun 2003



Contributed Talks


Hunting for Hydrogen in Wadsleyite: Multinuclear Solid-State NMR and First-Principles Calculations

SMARTER 4, Durham, UK 2014


Hunting for Hydrogen in Wadsleyite: Multinuclear Solid-State NMR and First-Principles Calculations

54th Rocky Mountain Conference on Analytical Chemistry, Copper, USA 2012


Solid-State NMR of an Ionothermally-Prepared 17O-Enriched Aluminophosphate

7th Alpine NMR Conference on Solid-State NMR, Chamonix, France 2011


Disorder and Dynamics in Hydroxy Silicates Studied by Solid-State NMR and First-Principles Calculations

SMARTER 2, Aveiro, Portugal 2011


Investigating Structure, Order and Dynamics in Silicates using Multinuclear NMR and First-Principles Calculations,

Magnetic Resonance Centre Seminar Series, St Andrews 2009


Investigating Disorder in MAS NMR using First-Principles Calculations,

Frontiers in Magnetic Resonance BRSG Meeting, Warwick 2008


Investigating Disorder and Dynamics in MAS NMR using First-Principles Calculations,

50th Rocky Mountain Conference on Analytical Chemistry, Colorado, USA July 2008


Exploiting First-Principles Calculations and High-Resolution NMR for Structural Studies of High-Pressure Silicates,

5th Alpine Conference on Solid-State NMR, Chamonix, France 2007


Exploiting First-Principles Calculations and High-Resolution NMR for Structural Studies of High-Pressure Silicates,

Frontiers in Mineral Sciences, Cambridge, UK 2007


Study of High-Pressure Silicates using  High-Resolution NMR and First-Principles Calculations,

Euromar, York, UK 2006


Exploiting First-Principles Calculations and High-Resolution NMR for Structural Studies of High-Pressure Silicates,

45th ENC, Asilomar, California, USA  2006


Ceramic Phases for the Encapsulation of Nuclear Waste,

Department of Physics, Warwick, UK  2005


Solid-State NMR of Quadrupolar Nuclei,

Darwin College, Cambridge, UK 2005


17O Solid-State NMR of Mantle Silicate Phases: The Humite Minerals,

Mineral Physics Seminar, Cambridge, UK 2004


17O Solid-State NMR of Mantle Silicate Phases,

University of Exeter, Exeter, UK 2004


17O Solid-State NMR of Dense Silicate Phases from the Deep Earth,

A Symposium to mark the Retirement  of Ray Dupree, Warwick University, UK 2004


17O Solid-State NMR of High-Pressure Silicate Phases,

Mineral Physics Day, Cambridge, UK 2004


Natural Abundance 17O NMR,

16th International Meeting on NMR Spectroscopy, Cambridge, UK 2003


Satellite-Transition MAS (STMAS) NMR,

Department of Chemistry, University of Durham, Durham, UK 2003


Satellite-Transition MAS (STMAS) NMR,

School of Chemistry, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK 2002


High-Resolution Solid-State NMR of Half-Integer Quadrupolar Nuclei,

Department of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK 2001


Spin-Locking of Half-Integer Quadrupolar Nuclei: Creation and Evolution of Coherences,

2nd Alpine Conference on Solid-State NMR, Chamonix, France 2001