Postgraduate research student:
Christopher Whyte
Biography
I was born, raised, and educated in Dunfermline, a small town across the river Forth, north of Edinburgh. After attaining Higher and Sixth Year Studies in Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics at Dunfermline High School I was unsure of which of these fields to study at university. I decided to get the best of both worlds and chose the degree in Chemical Physics here at Edinburgh University.
This degree allowed me to continue my interests in these fields and provided an insightful knowledge of molecular physics and chemistry, as well as the latest in experimental techniques. During my final year I was brought into contact with the EMSG with my Honours research project in transition metal carbonyl clusters.
So far my work has lead to my first publication in Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry in collaboration with Dr Scott McIndoe and Paul Dyson. Furthermore at the BMSS 2001 conference at Southampton, a poster I presented on The Analysis of Cluster Formation by FT-ICR MS won the Barber/Bordoli Prize for best poster. A second poster I presented on Ligand Stripping Dynamics of Transition Metal Clusters also came in second.
Current research interests
My work focuses on the creation, study and exploitation of nano-scale clusters of transition metal species. While this work deviates quite a lot from that carried out by the rest of the EMSG, who deal principally with biochemistry, we are linked by our use of mass spectrometry as the main analytical technique.
You can see my research page here.
Contact
Mailing address
Christopher Whyte, University of Edinburgh, Department of Chemistry, King's Buildings, West Mains RoadEdinburgh, EH9 3JJ, Scotland
e.mail
prrls10@holyrood.ed.ac.ukTelephone
Office +44(0)131 650 4773Laboratory +44(0)131 650 4799