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Dr. David Urch

Basic education:- Tollington Grammar School London N10 - State & Drapers'Co. scholar at Queen Mary College, London University, B.Sc (1st)-1954, Ph.D 1957. Academic posts:-Yale University ( Fulbright Travel scholarship) Post-doctoral research fellowship 1957-59. Lecturer Birmingham Univ., 1960, Lecturer (1961 - 72) Reader (1972-1998), physical chemistry Queen Mary College-London University, Snr.Lecturer (physical chem.) Brunel University (1998-2000), Lecturer (organic chemistry) New York Univ. (London) (2000- present). Other appointments:- Internation Atomic Energy Agency "expert" Buenos Aires (1954) Athens (1967 & 1972). Associate Prof - Univ. of Hawai'i (1978). Research interests:- Radiochemistry, Electronic structure of molecules, X-ray spectroscopy. Book 'Orbitals & Symmetry' 1970 , reprint 1979. Over 210 articles in the scientific literature (+conference reports, book reviews etc). Research grants received from EPSRC, Royal Society, Univ. of London, European Commission (DG XII).