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Matthew J. Langton is a Professor of Chemistry and a Royal Society University Research Fellow at the Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford. He tutors in Inorganic Chemistry at Balliol College, where he leads a research group focused on supramolecular, coordination, and biological chemistry. Langton began his independent research group in 2018 after being awarded the Royal Society University Research Fellowship. He was appointed as an Associate Professor of Inorganic Chemistry in 2020 and will become a full Professor of Chemistry in 2025. Before this, he held an Oppenheimer Early Career Research Fellowship at the University of Cambridge from 2015 to 2018 under the supervision of Professor Chris Hunter FRS. He studied Chemistry at Lincoln College, University of Oxford, where he carried out Part II research in the group of Harry Anderson FRS, focusing on mechanically interlocked porphyrin nanorings. Langton completed his DPhil in Inorganic Chemistry in 2018, supervised by Professor Paul Beer, with research on rotaxanes and catenanes for anion recognition and sensing in aqueous media. His work has been recognized with several awards, including the Royal Society University Research Fellowship (2018), Oppenheimer Fellowship (2015), and an ERC Consolidator grant (2024).
University of Oxford • Oxford, England
Professor of Chemistry focusing on supramolecular and coordination chemistry.
University of Oxford • Oxford, England
Associate Professor of Inorganic Chemistry tutoring and leading research.
University of Cambridge • Cambridge, England
Research fellow under Professor Chris Hunter.
Department of Politics and International Relations - Higher Level English requirement.