Christopher Kiely - Curriculum Vitae#

Harold B. Chambers Senior Professor of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering and Professor of Electron Microscopy and Catalysis, Cardiff Catalysis Institute, School of Chemistry, Cardiff University

Professional Preparation:

• Bristol University, Chemical Physics B.Sc (1st Class Honours) 1983
  
• Bristol University, Microstructural Physics PhD, 1986

Appointments:

• Professor of Catalysis and Electron Microscopy, Cardiff University, UK, Jan 2017 - date
  
• Full Professor, Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University, July 2002 - date
  
• Professor of Materials Chemistry, Personal Chair, Liverpool University, UK, 1999 - 2002
  
• Reader, Materials Science and Engineering, Liverpool University, UK, 1997 - 1999
  
• Senior Lecturer, Materials Science and Engineering, Liverpool University, UK, 1997 - 1994
  
• Lecturer, Materials Science and Engineering, Liverpool University, UK, 1989 - 1994
  
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, 1986 - 1989

Research Interests:

The application of advanced transmission and scanning electron microscopy techniques for the study of nanoscale features in particulate materials and interfaces. Specific areas of interest include catalyst materials, nanoparticle synthesis & self-assembly, carbonaceous materials, and heteroepitaxial interface structures. Current microscopy technique development interests include aberration corrected analytical electron microscopy (AC-AEM), STEM XEDS/EELS spectrum imaging, and electron diffraction.

Leadership Roles:

• Co-Director of the Cardiff Catalysis Institute, Cardiff University, UK
  
• Director of the Materials Characterisation Facility, Lehigh University
  
• Director of the Lehigh Microscopy Summer Schools
  
• Council Member and Physical Sciences Director of the Microscopy Society of America
  
• Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer of the Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group (EMAG) of the Institute of Physics (UK)
  
• Founding member and grantholder of the SuperSTEM project (Daresbury, UK).