Places

Queen’s College, Oxford (Oct 1988 – Oct 1995)

BA Chemistry followed by D. Phil. (Supervisor: Peter Hore)

Graduation
Graduation (June 1993): The parents (looking particularly smart) with the then Dean of Degrees (Prof. Prawer)

Berkeley (Nov 1995 – Nov 1996)

I spent one year on a NATO/Royal Society Fellowship with Prof. Alex Pines’ group at UC Berkeley (California) [37 52 34N 122 15 37W]

Pines Group 1996
The Pines Group in 1996 (Alex himself is right at the back, near centre)

Lyon (Nov 1996 – Nov 1998)

I spent two years with Lyndon Emsley’s group at the Ecole Normale Superieure, Lyon [45 43 45N 4 49 34 E] (apologies for the lack of accents – it’s the keyboard).

Lyon Group, Sep 2005
Lyon group (and hangers on!) at Alpine Meeting 2005 L-R: Frederic Blanc, Guido Pintacuda, Benedicte Elena, Nicolas Giraud, Jim Emsley, Lyndon Emsley, Valerie Fromentez, Gael De Paepe

  • November 20th, 2005
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