Research
Research groups
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Research interests
- upconversion luminescence
- d-metals and lanthanides
- supramolecular chemistry
Accepting applications from PhD students.
Email: R.C.Knighton@soton.ac.uk
Tel: +44 23 8059 8163
Lecture series taught are Year 1 and Year 2 core modules and a Year 3 practical module as module coordinator.
CHEM1048: Structure and Bonding
CHEM2032: Solid-state and Organometallic Chemistry
CHEM3048: Advanced Practical Chemistry (module lead)
Richard studied at Cardiff University to obtain his undergraduate degree (2010), followed by a DPhil at the University of Oxford (2014).
This was followed by several appointments at the University of Warwick (Organometallic chemistry and catalysis), the Université de Bretagne Occidentale (PET and imaging), the Université de Strasbourg (Lanthanide upconversion) and Cardiff University (TTA upconversion). He was appointed as Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry in 2023.