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
Find Nicola
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C4-14 Joseph Black Building,
(Also 577 Advanced Research Centre) School of Chemistry
University of Glasgow
Glasgow
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Nicola.Bell@Glasgow.ac.uk
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0000-0002-7497-9667