Dr J. Scott McIndoe

Dr McIndoe started his research career in 1995 studying for a DPhil under the supervision of Prof. BK Nicholson at the University of Waikato working on two projects: the synthesis of organosilicon transition-metal complexes [1] and the development of new strategies for the analysis of metal complexes by electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry [2]. Upon completion of his doctorate, he won a New Zealand Foundation for Research, Science & Technology Postdoctoral Fellowship to work at the University of Cambridge with Prof. BFG Johnson on a project entitled "Laser Synthesis of Supraclusters" [3]. During this time, he extended his synthetic experience to the preparation of transition metal clusters [4], gained expertise in the operation of a wide range of mass spectrometers [5] and developed a novel approach to the viewing of fragmentation data in a two-dimensional format, "energy-dependent electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry" (EDESI-MS) [6]. The project is jointly conducted with Dr. Paul Dyson at the University of York and Dr. Pat Langridge-Smith at the University of Edinburgh. Upon completing his fellowship in September, Dr. McIndoe takes up a position as Lecturer in Chemistry at Newnham & Trinity Colleges, Cambridge.

[1] JS McIndoe, BK Nicholson, J. Organomet. Chem. 1999, 577, 181.
[2] W Henderson, JS McIndoe, BK Nicholson, PJ Dyson, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 1998, 519.
[3] G Critchley, PJ Dyson, BFG Johnson, JS McIndoe, RK O'Reilly, PRR Langridge-Smith, Organometallics 1999, 18, 4090.
[4] PJ Dyson, BFG Johnson, JS McIndoe, PRR Langridge-Smith, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 2000, 1813.
[5] PJ Dyson, BFG Johnson, JS McIndoe, PRR Langridge-Smith, Inorg. Chem. 2000, 39, 2430.
[6] PJ Dyson, BFG Johnson, JS McIndoe, PRR Langridge-Smith, Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 2000, 14, 311.