Professor Michael Beckett
Emeritus Professor

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- https://www.bangor.ac.uk/chemistry/mab/index.php?text=true
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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).
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
Customised TAA cations as counter ions in silicates and related systems
Stiefvater-Thomas, B. (Author), Beckett, M. (Supervisor), 2005Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Forensic analysis of fire accelerants in borate treated timber
Alqahtani, M. (Author), Beckett, M. (Supervisor), 2015Student 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
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
Synthesis, characterization and computational studies of Boron-Oxygen compounds
Jones, C. L. (Author), Beckett, M. (Supervisor), Jan 2016Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
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