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 is a Chartered Chemist and Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (CChem FRSC), a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and is an elected UK representative of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).
- 2020
Stabilised silicate and borate solutions for foliar agricultural sprays
Rixon, T. (Author), Beckett, M. (Supervisor) & Al-Dulayymi, J. (Supervisor), 15 Oct 2020Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
- 2017
Cobalt(III), Copper(II), and Nickel(II) coordination compounds as cations in Polyborate Chemistry
Altahan, M. (Author), Beckett, M. (Supervisor), Jan 2017Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
- 2016
Synthesis, characterization and computational studies of Boron-Oxygen compounds
Jones, C. L. (Author), Beckett, M. (Supervisor), Jan 2016Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
- 2015
Forensic analysis of fire accelerants in borate treated timber
Alqahtani, M. (Author), Beckett, M. (Supervisor), 2015Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
- 2007
The detection of VOCs using sensors based on nanostructured metal oxides
Masson, S. E. (Author), Kalaji, M. (Supervisor), Beckett, M. (Supervisor) & Holliman, P. (Supervisor), May 2007Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
NMR studies of borate and silicate systems involving Na / TAA cations.
Bland, C. C. (Author), Beckett, M. (Supervisor), Mar 2007Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
- 2005
Customised TAA cations as counter ions in silicates and related systems
Stiefvater-Thomas, B. (Author), Beckett, M. (Supervisor), 2005Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy