Education
He attended the grammar school Sullivan Upper School in Holywood, County Down.
He attended the grammar school Sullivan Upper School in Holywood, County Down.
He went to Gilnahirk Primary School in east Belfast. Originally reading Philosophy at Trinity College, Cambridge he quickly changed to the Natural Science Tripos, gaining a Bachelor in 1978, and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1982 in Theoretical Chemistry. From 1982-1986 he was a Junior Research Fellow at Christ"s College, Cambridge.
University of Oxford
From 1986 he worked at the University of Oxford.
From 1996-2005 he was a Professor of Chemistry. From 1986-2005 he was Waters Fellow at Balliol College, Oxford.
In 1996 he spent time at the Theory Division of the Institut Laue–Langevin in Grenoble. He is based in the Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory on South Parks Road in Oxford.
He is responsible for the Theoretical Chemistry Group.
