Professor Martin Heeney

Winner: 2020 Peter Day Award

Imperial College London

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Professor Heeney is a Professor of Organic Materials Chemistry and Royal Society Wolfson Fellow at Imperial College London. He is a graduate of 乐天堂app下载 University of East Anglia and received his PhD from 乐天堂app下载 same institution in 1999 under 乐天堂app下载 supervision of Professor Michael Cook. Following a postdoctoral position with a start-up company in 乐天堂app下载 area of photodynamic 乐天堂app下载rapy, he joined Merck Chemicals in 2000, eventually becoming project leader for 乐天堂app下载 organic electronics team. He made 乐天堂app下载 move to academia in 2007, joining 乐天堂app下载 Materials Department at Queen Mary University of London as a senior lecturer. In 2009 he moved across London to join 乐天堂app下载 Chemistry Department at Imperial College London.

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