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John Simons (chemist)

February 27, 2024

John Philip Simons FRS FRSC (born 20 April 1934)[1] is a British physical chemist known for his research in photochemistry and photophysics, molecular reaction dynamics and the spectroscopy of biological molecules.[2][3] He was professor of physical chemistry at the University of Nottingham (1981–93) and Dr. Lee's Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford (1993–99).

Education edit

Simons studied at the University of Cambridge, graduating in 1955.[citation needed] His PhD is from Cambridge, under the supervision of Ronald George Wreyford Norrish.[4]

Career edit

Simons first worked at the University of Birmingham, successively holding positions as an ICI Fellow (1960), lecturer (1961–67),[5] reader (from 1975) and professor of photochemistry from 1979.[citation needed] In 1981 he became professor of physical chemistry at the University of Nottingham. In 1993 he was appointed Dr. Lee's Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford and fellow of Exeter College.[4][5] He retired in 1999.[5]

Research edit

Simons' initial research at the University of Birmingham investigated the dynamics of molecular photodisassociation.[2] The development of a high-speed rotor by Philip Burton Moon at Birmingham allowed Simons to apply this apparatus with crossed molecular beams at supersonic speed to examining the dynamics of photochemical reactions and bimolecular collisions.[2][3] At Nottingham, he started to use tuneable lasers to investigate reaction dynamics.[2] He was a pioneer of the use of Doppler-resolved, polarised laser spectroscopy to generate three-dimensional images of molecules colliding (stereodynamics),[3] and is regarded as "one of the founding fathers in the field of 'stereodynamics'".[2]

His later research at Oxford used infrared and ultraviolet laser spectroscopy and quantum chemical calculations to investigate the three-dimensional structure and interactions of carbohydrates, peptides, neurotransmitters and other small biomolecules in the absence of environmental noise.[2][3]

Awards and honours edit

Simons was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 1979,[citation needed] and served as honorary secretary and president of the society's Faraday Division[3] (1993–95). He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1989,[3] and served on the society's Council[3] (1999–2000). He gave the Royal Society's Humphry Davy Lecture[3] (2001) and received the society's Davy Medal in 2007.[3][6] Other awards include the Royal Society of Chemistry's Tilden Prize (1982–3),[3][7] Chemical Dynamics Award[3] (1993), Polanyi Medal (1996),[3][8] Spiers Memorial Award (1999)[3][9] and Liversidge Award (2007).[3][10] He held a visiting Miller Professorship at the University of California, Berkeley.[3]

In 2002 he received an honorary doctorate (DSc) from the University of Birmingham.[11] In 2005, a special edition of the journal Molecular Physics was published to honour Simons' seventieth birthday, the previous year.[2]

Publications edit

  • Photochemistry and Spectroscopy (Wiley-Interscience; 1971) (ISBN 9780471792024)

References edit

  1. ^ "Simons, John Philip". Library of Congress. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Tim Softley; Brian Howard (2005). "Editorial". Molecular Physics. 103 (11–12): 1465. Bibcode:2005MolPh.103.1465.. doi:10.1080/00268970500137139. S2CID 220377324.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "John Simons | Royal Society". royalsociety.org.
  4. ^ a b D. Field; J. P. Simons; Charles Cockell (16 September 2020). "Sydney Leach. 11 April 1924—24 December 2019". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 69: 313–332. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2020.0018. S2CID 221714840.
  5. ^ a b c "Professor John Simons, MA Oxf, FRS". Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Award winners: Davy Medal". Royal Society. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Tilden Prizes: Previous winners". Royal Society of Chemistry. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Gas Kinetics Awards: The Polanyi Medal". Royal Society of Chemistry. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  9. ^ "Spiers Memorial Award". Royal Society of Chemistry. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  10. ^ . Royal Society of Chemistry. Archived from the original on 2020-07-26. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  11. ^ "Honorary Graduates of the University of Birmingham since 2000" (PDF). University of Birmingham. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

External links edit

  • John Simons | Royal Society
  • Chemistry Tree

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