Tony James

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Research interests

Tony D James is a Professor at the University of Bath and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, who currently holds a prestigious Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award. (2017-2022). He has developed a broad interdisciplinary approach to research, with an underpinning focus on the development of modular sensors where he has pioneered a range of reporting regimes.

His research interests include many aspects of Supramolecular chemistry, including:

molecular recognition
fluorescent sensor design
fluorescence imaging
theranostic systems
chiral recognition
saccharide recognition
anion recognition
sensors for reactive oxygen species (ROS)
probes for redox imbalance

He received his BSc from the University of East Anglia (1986), PhD from the University of Victoria (1991), and was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Japan with Seiji Shinkai (1991-95). He was awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship at the University of Birmingham (1995-2000) before moving to the University of Bath in 2001.

He has been a visiting professor at Tsukuba, Osaka, Kyushu and Sophia Universities, an AMADEus invited professor at the University of Bordeaux and is a guest Professor at East China University of Science and Technology, Xiamen University, Shandong Normal University, Nanjing University, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Changzhou University, Zhejiang University, Qufu Normal University, Ewha Womans University and is a Hai-Tian (Sea-Sky) Scholar at Dalian University of Technology.

He has published over 305 publications, including two books, 9 book chapters and 294 papers in international peer reviewed journals. He is also the named inventor on 25 international patents. He has delivered 240 invited lectures within the UK and internationally. Citation statistics indicate that one of his publications has been cited over 700 times, two over 500, five over 300, seventeen over 200 times, thirty-three over 100, and 82 over 50, with a total of >15.228 citations at a frequency of >50 citations per article. He has an h-index of 64 (October 2019 ORCID 0000-0002-4095-2191).

He received the Daiwa-Adrian Prize for developing scientific networks with Japan in 2013, the inaugural CASE Prize for establishing scientific networks with China in 2015, and the MSMLG Czarnik Award in 2018.

Education/Academic qualification

Doctor of Science, University of Victoria

Bachelor of Science, University of East Anglia

External positions

Adjunct Professor, Ewha Womans University

1 Jan 2020 → …

Guest Ptofessor, Qufu Normal University, Qufu Normal Uviversity

2019 → …

Visiting Professor, Sophia University

Apr 2018 → Jul 2018

Guest Professor, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang University

2018 → …

Guest Professor, Changzhou University

2017 → …

Guest Professor, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology

2016 → …

AMADEus Invited Professor, University of Bordeaux

May 2015 → Jun 2015

Concurrent Professor, Nanjing University

2013 → …

Guest Professor, Shandong Normal University

2011 → …

Hai-Tian Scholar, Dalian University of Technology

2010 → …

Guest Professor, East China University of Science and Technology

2010 → …

Guest Professor, Xiamen University

2010 → …

Visiting Professor (JSPS), Kyushu University

Jan 2008 → Mar 2008

Visiting Professor (21st Century COE Program: Creation of Integrated Eco Chemistry), Osaka University

Jul 2005

Visiting Professor, University of Tsukuba

Jan 2005 → Feb 2005

Keywords

Materials
Supramolecular Chemistry
Fluorescence Sensors
Boronic Acids
Synthetic Organic Chemistry

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Projects

1 Not started
1 Active
41 Finished

Wolfson Merit Award

James, T.

The Royal Society

1/05/17 → 30/04/22

Project: Research council

Rapid on-site colourimetric determination of drinking water safety in the developing world.

Lewis, S., Wenk, J., James, T. & Lopez, C.

Project: UK charity

A Modular Platform for Colourimetric Sensing of Drinking Water Contaminants

James, T. & Lewis, S.

The Royal Society

4/12/17 → 3/12/19

Project: Research council

CSCT MRes Student Project: Labeled Peptides For Parkinson’s Diagnostics

Mason, J. & James, T.

16/10/17 → 31/05/18

Project: Research-related funding

Molecular Sensors and Molecular Logic Gates (MSMLG)

James, T.

The British Council

24/07/16 → 30/04/18

Project: Central government, health and local authorities

Research Output

291 Article
17 Review article
10 Chapter
7 Poster
15 More

In vivo and in situ tracking cancer chemotherapy by highly photostable NIR fluorescent theranostic prodrug

Wu, X., Sun, X., Guo, Z., Tang, J., Shen, Y., James, T. D., Tian, H. & Zhu, W., 5 Mar 2014, In : Journal of the American Chemical Society. 136, 9, p. 3579-3588 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

306 Citations (Scopus)

“Integrated” and “insulated” boronate-based fluorescent probes for the detection of hydrogen peroxide

Sun, X., Xu, S., Flower, S. E., Fossey, J. S., Qian, X. & James, T. D., 28 Sep 2013, In : Chemical Communications. 49, 75, p. 8311-8313 3 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

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37 Citations (Scopus)

121 Downloads (Pure)

A Colorimetric Chemosensor Based on a Nozoe Azulene That Detects Fluoride in Aqueous/Alcoholic Media

Murfin, L. C., Chiang, K., Williams, G. T., Lyall, C. L., Jenkins, A. T. A., Wenk, J., James, T. D. & Lewis, S. E., 29 Jan 2020, In : Frontiers in Chemistry. 8, 10.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

File

2 Downloads (Pure)

Activity-Based Sensing: Achieving Chemical Selectivity through Chemical Reactivity

Chang, C. J., James, T. D., New, E. J. & Tang, B. Z., 21 Jan 2020, In : Accounts of Chemical Research. 53, 1, p. 1 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

A fluorogenic probe for tracking GSH flux in developing neurons

Zong, H., Peng, J., Li, X. R., Liu, M., Hu, Y., Li, J., Zang, Y., Li, X. & James, T. D., 7 Jan 2020, In : Chemical communications (Cambridge, England). 56, 4, p. 515-518 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

1 Citation (Scopus)