Queen’s College, Oxford (Oct 1988 – Oct 1995)
BA Chemistry followed by D. Phil. (Supervisor: Peter Hore)
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]
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 (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