Philip Power
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Philip P. Power FRS, is Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of California, Davis
.
in 1974 and a Ph.D. from University of Sussex
in 1977 (under M.F. Lappert). He gained a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Stanford University
(1978–1980) (under R.H. Holm
). In 1981 he was appointed to the faculty of UC Davis, where he remains currently as full professor.
Low coordinate main group and transition metal complexes and multiply bonded compounds of the heavier main group and transition metal
elements. Stable Free Radicals and stable Bi-radicaloids. The synthesis of clusters of silicon
, germanium
, and tin
. The development of new sterically crowded ligand
s to stabilize unusual geometry and bonding.
University of California, Davis
The University of California, Davis is a public teaching and research university established in 1905 and located in Davis, California, USA. Spanning over , the campus is the largest within the University of California system and third largest by enrollment...
.
Education
Philip Power obtained a B.A. from University of DublinUniversity of Dublin
The University of Dublin , corporately designated the Chancellor, Doctors and Masters of the University of Dublin , located in Dublin, Ireland, was effectively founded when in 1592 Queen Elizabeth I issued a charter for Trinity College, Dublin, as "the mother of a university" – this date making it...
in 1974 and a Ph.D. from University of Sussex
University of Sussex
The University of Sussex is an English public research university situated next to the East Sussex village of Falmer, within the city of Brighton and Hove. The University received its Royal Charter in August 1961....
in 1977 (under M.F. Lappert). He gained a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
(1978–1980) (under R.H. Holm
Richard H. Holm
Richard Hadley Holm , also known as R. H. Holm, is an American inorganic chemist.Professor Holm received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1959 under the direction of F. Albert Cotton. After the completion of his degree, he joined the chemistry faculty at Harvard University...
). In 1981 he was appointed to the faculty of UC Davis, where he remains currently as full professor.
Awards
- Alexander von HumboldtAlexander von HumboldtFriedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander Freiherr von Humboldt was a German naturalist and explorer, and the younger brother of the Prussian minister, philosopher and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt...
Award, 1992 - Faculty Research Lecturer, University of Iowa, 1993
- Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of AucklandUniversity of AucklandThe University of Auckland is a university located in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the largest university in the country and the highest ranked in the 2011 QS World University Rankings, having been ranked worldwide...
, New Zealand, 1993 - Reilly Lectureship, University of Notre DameUniversity of Notre DameThe University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...
, 1995 - Werner Lectureship, Trinity College Dublin, 1996
- Membership of Editorial Advisory Board of 14 journals including Organometallics, Inorganic Chemistry, Dalton Transactions, Canadian Journal of Chemistry, Heteroatom Chemistry, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, Polyhedron, Chemistry
- Mond Medal Royal Society of ChemistryRoyal Society of ChemistryThe Royal Society of Chemistry is a learned society in the United Kingdom with the goal of "advancing the chemical sciences." It was formed in 1980 from the merger of the Chemical Society, the Royal Institute of Chemistry, the Faraday Society and the Society for Analytical Chemistry with a new...
, 2004 - Associate Editor Inorganic Chemistry, 2004
- Sloan Foundation Fellow, 1985–1989
- F. A. Cotton Award in Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 2005
- Elected Fellow of the Royal SocietyRoyal SocietyThe Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is a learned society for science, and is possibly the oldest such society in existence. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a Royal Charter by King Charles II as the "Royal Society of London"...
, 2005
Research interests
The synthesis, structure, and physical and chemical properties of inorganic and organometallic compounds.Low coordinate main group and transition metal complexes and multiply bonded compounds of the heavier main group and transition metal
Transition metal
The term transition metal has two possible meanings:*The IUPAC definition states that a transition metal is "an element whose atom has an incomplete d sub-shell, or which can give rise to cations with an incomplete d sub-shell." Group 12 elements are not transition metals in this definition.*Some...
elements. Stable Free Radicals and stable Bi-radicaloids. The synthesis of clusters of silicon
Silicon
Silicon is a chemical element with the symbol Si and atomic number 14. A tetravalent metalloid, it is less reactive than its chemical analog carbon, the nonmetal directly above it in the periodic table, but more reactive than germanium, the metalloid directly below it in the table...
, germanium
Germanium
Germanium is a chemical element with the symbol Ge and atomic number 32. It is a lustrous, hard, grayish-white metalloid in the carbon group, chemically similar to its group neighbors tin and silicon. The isolated element is a semiconductor, with an appearance most similar to elemental silicon....
, and tin
Tin
Tin is a chemical element with the symbol Sn and atomic number 50. It is a main group metal in group 14 of the periodic table. Tin shows chemical similarity to both neighboring group 14 elements, germanium and lead and has two possible oxidation states, +2 and the slightly more stable +4...
. The development of new sterically crowded ligand
Ligand
In coordination chemistry, a ligand is an ion or molecule that binds to a central metal atom to form a coordination complex. The bonding between metal and ligand generally involves formal donation of one or more of the ligand's electron pairs. The nature of metal-ligand bonding can range from...
s to stabilize unusual geometry and bonding.