Dr. Rian Dewhurst

Senior Scientist (Akademischer Rat) in the group of Holger Braunschweig
at the Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, Universität Würzburg, Germany

Freelance Editor, Science Writer and Grant Consultant
Founder and Director, PlainSpoken Communication

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Previous Positions

Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow (2007-2009)
Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany (with Prof. Holger Braunschweig)

Postdoctoral Fellow (2006-2007)
University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA (with Prof. Guy Bertrand)

Ph.D. Student (2002-2005)
Australian National University, Canberra, Australia (with Prof. Anthony F. Hill)

B.Sc. (Hons) Student (1999-2001)
University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand


Awards and Distinctions

DAAD-DST Germany-India Exchange Fellowship (2016)

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Grant for Principal Investigators (2010)

Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship of the Australian Research Council (2009, declined)

Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship (2007)

The Crawford Medal (best Ph.D. thesis in Science, Engineering and Medicine)
​of the Australian National University  (2006)

Contact Details

Institut für Anorganische Chemie
Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland
97074 Würzburg, Germany

ph: +49-931-3188104
email: r.dewhurst@uni-wuerzburg.de 
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