Paul Madden

This article is about the British chemist. For the British diplomat, see Paul Madden (diplomat).

Paul Anthony Madden is a British chemist and Provost of The Queen's College, Oxford.

From 1984 until 2005 he was Fellow in Chemistry at The Queen's College, Oxford and also Senior Tutor of the college and Chairman of the University Information Technology Committee. From 2004[1] until 2008 he was Professor of Physical Chemistry and Director of Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions at the University of Edinburgh.[2] He took up the office of Provost of The Queen's College on 2 August 2008.[3]

He was awarded the Mulliken Medal of the University of Chicago for his achievements in Theoretical and Physical Chemistry.[4] He has served as Miller Visiting Professor at the University of California, Berkeley.[5] He was elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society in 2001 and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

He was appointed a member of the ad hoc Board of Electors to the Professorship of Chemistry in the University of Cambridge on the nomination of the Faculty Board of Chemistry.[6]

References

  1. ↑ The Queen's College, Oxford: College News
  2. ↑ The Queen's College Chemistry Appeal
  3. ↑ "Pre-election of 51st Provost". Archived from the original on 2008-06-22. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
  4. ↑ Report of Dr. Lee's Professor of Chemistry for the Year Ended 31st July 2002
  5. ↑ Report of Dr. Lee's Professor of Chemistry for the Year Ended 31st July 2004
  6. ↑ Cambridge University Reporter 7 February 2007