Research
Research groups
Research interests
- Inorganic luminescence
- Homogeneous catalysis
- Upconversion spectroscopy
Accepting applications from PhD students.
Email: R.C.Knighton@soton.ac.uk
Tel: +44 23 8059 8163
Appointments
2023 – present Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry University of Southampton, UK
2021 – 2023 Triplet-triplet annhiliation upconversion (S. J. Pope) Cardiff University, UK
2019 – 2021 Lanthanide upconversion (L. Charbonnière) Université de Strasbourg, France
2018 – 2019 MRI and PET imaging agents (R. Tripier) Université de Bretagne Occidentale, France
2017 – 2018 Asymmetric catalysis (M. Wills) University of Warwick, UK
2014 – 2017 Supramolecular organometallic chemistry (A. B. Chaplin) University of Warwick, UK
Education
2010 – 2014 Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil), University of Oxford, UK. Templated Interlocked Host Structures for the Recognition and Sensing of Charged Substrates (P. D. Beer)
2006 – 2010 Master of Chemistry (MChem.) with Honours (First Class), Cardiff University, UK