Professor Michael Beckett

Emeritus Professor

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/National Representative 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).

  1. Doctor of Philosophy
  2. Cobalt(III), Copper(II), and Nickel(II) coordination compounds as cations in Polyborate Chemistry

    Altahan, M. (Author), Beckett, M. (Supervisor), Jan 2017

    Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

  3. Customised TAA cations as counter ions in silicates and related systems

    Stiefvater-Thomas, B. (Author), Beckett, M. (Supervisor), 2005

    Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

  4. NMR studies of borate and silicate systems involving Na / TAA cations.

    Bland, C. C. (Author), Beckett, M. (Supervisor), Mar 2007

    Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

  5. Stabilised silicate and borate solutions for foliar agricultural sprays

    Rixon, T. (Author), Beckett, M. (Supervisor) & Al-Dulayymi, J. (Supervisor), 15 Oct 2020

    Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

  6. Synthesis, characterization and computational studies of Boron-Oxygen compounds

    Jones, C. L. (Author), Beckett, M. (Supervisor), Jan 2016

    Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

  7. 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 2007

    Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy