Professor James Keeler

Professor of Chemistry

What I do...

I started my role as Head of the Department of Chemistry on 1 October 2018. My aim is to continue the work of Professor John Pyle and his predecessors in fostering the success and ambition of the Department, and in ensuring that it remains an excellent place to work and study.

Teaching

Prior to becoming Head of Department, I was for many years our Director of Teaching with overall responsibility for the delivery of the undergraduate chemistry course. My own teaching is in the area of introductory physical and theoretical chemistry e.g. thermodynamics, high-resolution spectroscopy and elementary group theory.

Research

My research interests have been in the area of high-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, particularly in the development and application of new techniques. Some of our publications and associated software, as well as older lecture notes from various NMR summer schools, are available on the group web server.

Please note that, at present, I am not recruiting any postdoctoral researchers, PhD students or summer visitors.

Textbooks

I am a co-author of the eleventh edition of Atkins’ Physical Chemistry, I have written two books with my colleague Dr Pete Wothers on general chemistry, and I have written a specialist textbook on NMR. You can find out more about these books below.