Dudley Edmund Shallcross OBE[1] is a professor of chemistry at the University of Bristol, best known for his research in atmospheric chemistry and innovations in the remote teaching of science in schools. He was awarded an OBE in the King's Birthday Honours of 2024.[2]
Dudley Shallcross | |
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| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Awards | Nyholm Prize for Education, 2017 George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education, 2021 OBE, 2024. |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Bristol |
| Thesis | Laboratory studies of radical reactions in the stratosphere (1994) |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard P. Wayne |
Education
editShallcross went to Whitgift School from 1977 to 1984.[3] Shallcross subsequently studied chemistry at the University of Southampton and, later, completed his doctoral research in atmospheric chemistry at the University of Oxford.
Career
editShallcross was appointed to a lectureship in the department of chemistry at the University of Bristol in 1999. He was later promoted to Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry. In 2004, he was recognised as a National Teaching Fellow by Advance HE, a British educational charity. He was appointed director of the Primary Science Teaching Trust in 2010.[4]
Awards
editShallcross was awarded the Nyholm Prize for Education in 2017 by the Royal Society of Chemistry,[5] and the George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education by the American Chemical Society in 2021.[6] In 2024, Shallcross was awarded the OBE in the King's Birthday honours, for his outstanding contribution to science education in the UK and overseas.[7]
References
edit- ^ Bristol, University of. "June: kings-birthday-honours | News and features | University of Bristol". bristol.ac.uk.
- ^ Hobbs, Phoebe (June 14, 2024). "Somerset heroes named in the King's Birthday Honours list". Somerset Live.
- ^ "Old Whitgiftian News 2010" (PDF). p. 7. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ "Professor Dudley Shallcross | Advance HE". www.advance-he.ac.uk.
- ^ "Prizes and awards 2017". Royal Society of Chemistry. May 9, 2017.
- ^ "Past Recipients". American Chemical Society.
- ^ "Bristol couple 'speechless' to receive MBEs in King's birthday honours". BBC News. June 15, 2024.
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