Dr Nicola L Bell

Nicola is an expert synthetic inorganic chemist with a background in f-block chemistry and catalysis. Nicola completed her PhD at the University of Edinburgh before postdoc positions with Profs. Polly Arnold and Jason Love. Nicola then crossed into catalysis from an organic chemistry perspective working in the Watson group in St Andrews. In 2019 Nicola moved to Glasgow as Research group coordinator for the Cronin group and Senior Researcher in the Digital Chemistry section and in 2022 Nicola was awarded an EPSRC Open Fellowship to start the Bell Group.

Outside of the lab Nicola has a passion for supporting women and minorities in STEM and in engaging with politicians to ensure the use of evidence in policy making.

Funding & Awards


DIGINERT

Open Fellowship - PI

EPSRC

Reinvigorating Research - Co-I

University of Glasgow

FUNSense


EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowship - PI

University of Edinburgh

Thorium imido complexes


SciFinder Future Leader

American Chemical Society

Now CAS Future Leadership Scheme


Education & Experience

Group Coordinator & Senior Researcher

2019 - 2022


University of Glasgow

Research Fellow

2018 - 2019

University of St Andrews


EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellow

2013 - 2017

University of Edinburgh


University of Edinburgh

2012

PhD with Teaching in Higher Education


Heriot-Watt University

2008

MChem Chemistry



University of Glasgow

2023 - Present

EPSRC Open Fellow

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