Dr Timothy J Prior

Dr Tim Prior

Senior Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry

Faculty and Department

  • Faculty of Science and Engineering
  • School of Natural Sciences

Qualifications

  • PhD / DPhil (University of Oxford)

Summary

Tim read Chemistry at Oxford and undertook a DPhil in Materials Chemistry (Homochiral Coordination Polymers) under Professor Matt Rosseinsky.

He carried out postdoctoral work with Professor Peter Battle into anisotropic oxides and metal nitrides, discovering a facile route to filled β-manganese and η-carbide interstitial nitrides.

Before coming to Hull, Tim was Station Scientist (XRD) at the SRS, Daresbury.

He is currently engaged in structural analysis using single-crystal and powder diffraction for a huge range of different compounds: MOFs, coordination compounds, organometallics, pharmaceuticals.

Recent outputs

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Journal Article

A cucurbit[8]uril-based fluorescent probe for the selective detection of pymetrozine

Shan, P. H., Pan, D. W., Chen, L. X., Prior, T. J., Redshaw, C., Tao, Z., & Xiao, X. (2023). A cucurbit[8]uril-based fluorescent probe for the selective detection of pymetrozine. Journal of molecular structure, 1294(2), Article 136418. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2023.136418

Supramolecular Self-assemblies of inverted cucurbit[6]uril with 1,5-pentanediamine

Liu, Z. N., Hu, J. H., Xiong, Y., Zhang, J. Y., Hou, R. X., Li, C. R., …Xiao, X. (2023). Supramolecular Self-assemblies of inverted cucurbit[6]uril with 1,5-pentanediamine. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 556, Article 121632. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2023.121632

A Bridge too Far? Comparison of Transition Metal Complexes of Dibenzyltetraazamacrocycles with and without Ethylene Cross-Bridges: X-ray Crystal Structures, Kinetic Stability, and Electronic Properties

Walker, A. N., Ayala, M. A., Mondal, S., Bergagnini, M. C., Bui, P. J. D., Chidester, S. N., …Hubin, T. J. (2023). A Bridge too Far? Comparison of Transition Metal Complexes of Dibenzyltetraazamacrocycles with and without Ethylene Cross-Bridges: X-ray Crystal Structures, Kinetic Stability, and Electronic Properties. Molecules, 28(2), Article 895. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28020895

Empowering clean water whilst safeguarding water distribution pipeline integrity: Towards manganese- and iron-free lime hydrate for water treatment

Wadhawan, J. D., Kocsis, D., Meyer, C., Ward, R., Thompson, M., Prior, T. J., …Lawrence, N. (2023). Empowering clean water whilst safeguarding water distribution pipeline integrity: Towards manganese- and iron-free lime hydrate for water treatment. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, https://doi.org/10.1039/d2ew00109h

Supramolecular Self-assembly Formed from Cucurbit[8]uril and p-Hydroxybenzoic Acid

Wang, C., Yu, Z., Bai, Q., Pan, D., Prior, T. J., Tao, Z., …Xiao, X. (2023). Supramolecular Self-assembly Formed from Cucurbit[8]uril and p-Hydroxybenzoic Acid. Chemical Research in Chinese Universities, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40242-023-3119-9

Co-investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

Translational nanoconstructs for targeted tissue accumulation and guided surgery in cancer

Funder

EPSRC Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council

Grant

£572,613.00

Started

1 May 2023

Status

Ongoing

Postgraduate supervision

Tim welcomes PhD applications in any aspect of structural science involving structure determination and structure-property relationships. eg MOFs, co-crystals, crystal engineering, metal oxides and nitrides.

Completed PhDs

- Rebecca L. Kift, Intermetallic Compounds by Reductive Annealing (2010)

- Kreshnik Hoxha, DNA Based in Crystal Engineering (2014)

- Simon M Fellows, Synthesis of Novel Copper Coordination Compounds (2018)

- Ellis Marshall, 3D and 4D printing of metal-organic frameworks (2020)

Committee/Steering group role

Chair EPSRC Crystallography Service Strategy and Management Panel

2017 - 2021

Conference attendance

Invited member of British delegation at the Opening Ceremony to mark the International Year of Crystallography (2014) (UN, Paris)

2014

External examiner role

UCLan External Examiner Undergraduate Chemistry Programmes

2016 - 2020

Honorary position

Adjunct Professor University of Chiang Mai

2011

Journal editorial role

MDPI Solids

2020

Member of editorial board of Solids

Technical Reviewer (Crystallography) Transition Metal Chemistry

2014

Co-Editor Acta Crystallographica E

2012 - 2019

Membership/Fellowship of professional body

Royal Society of Chemistry

2011

British Crystallographic Association

2005

Research assessment service

Panel member for The Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS) Evaluation of the research

2020

Panel member for The Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS) Evaluation of the research

2015

EPRSC Peer Review College

2011

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