Professor Michael Beckett
Emeritus Professor
Affiliations
Links
- https://www.bangor.ac.uk/chemistry/mab/index.php?text=true
Bangor staff Web page
Contact info
email: m.a.beckett@bangor.ac.uk
telephone: 01248 382378
Professor Mike Beckett is Emeritus Professor of Inorganic Chemistry within the School of Environmental and Natural Sciences and he is a specialist in the chemistry of boron. He has published more than 150 articles (h = 28) and has co-written a text book ('Periodic Table at a Glance', Wiley, 2006). His research papers on Lewis acidity measurement are internationally recognised and often cited as the 'Gutmann-Beckett method'. Mike Beckett has been an elected Titular/Associate Member of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) since 2012, a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (CChem FRSC) and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
- Editorial activity
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Inorganics (Journal)
Michael Beckett (Editorial board member)
2020 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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Molecules (Journal)
Michael Beckett (Editorial board member)
31 Oct 2022 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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Molecules (Journal)
Mike Beckett (Guest editor)
31 May 2019Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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Molecules (Journal)
Michael Beckett (Guest editor) & Igor Sivaev (Guest editor)
1 Jan 2023 → 31 Aug 2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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Molecules (Journal)
Michael Beckett (Editorial board member)
2020 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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Solids (Journal)
Michael Beckett (Editorial board member)
2020 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
- Participation in Academic conference
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8th European meeting on boron chemistry (Montpellier)
Mike Beckett (Speaker)
24 Jun 2019 → 27 Jun 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in Academic conference
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9th European Conference on Boron Chemistry
Michael Beckett (Speaker)
3 Jul 2022 → 7 Jul 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in Academic conference
- Invited talk
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7th National Inorganic Chemistry Congress of Turkey (International participants) (Corum)
Mike Beckett (Keynote speaker)
19 Jun 2019 → 22 Jun 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
- Oral presentation
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16th Boron Chemistry Meeting in the Americas (Boram XV1) (Boston)
Mike Beckett (Speaker)
26 Jun 2018 → 30 Jun 2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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2nd International Conference of P, B, Si Chemistry (Barcelona)
Mike Beckett (Speaker)
10 Dec 2018 → 12 Dec 2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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3rd International Conference on P, B, Si chemistry (Rome)
Mike Beckett (Speaker)
2 Dec 2019 → 4 Dec 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
- Visiting an external academic institution
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Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia
Mike Beckett (Visiting researcher)
13 Mar 2018Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution
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Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kampar, Malaysia
Mike Beckett (Visiting researcher)
15 Mar 2018Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution
- Examination
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External Examiner (Chemistry Programme), UTAR, Malaysia.
Michael Beckett (Examiner)
1 Nov 2020 → 31 Oct 2024Activity: Examination
- Types of External academic engagement - Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups
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IUPAC Division VIII meeting 2019 (Paris)
Mike Beckett (Contributor)
3 Jul 2019 → 8 Jul 2019Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups
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IUPAC Division VIII meeting 2020 (Virtual)
Michael Beckett (Contributor)
19 Sept 2020Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups
- Types of External academic engagement - Membership of external research organisation
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IUPAC Division VIII meeting 2018 (Basel)
Mike Beckett (Contributor)
12 Aug 2018 → 15 Aug 2018Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of external research organisation