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'''Philip P. Power''' FRS, is Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the [[University of California, Davis]].
==Education==
Philip Power obtained a B.A. from University of Dublin in 1974 and a Ph.D. from [[University of Sussex]] in 1977 (under M.F. Lappert). He gained a Postdoctoral Fellowship at [[Stanford University]] (1978-1980) (under [[Richard H. Holm|R.H. Holm]]). In 1981 he was appointed to the faculty of UC Davis. As of 2007 he remains at UC Davis.
==Awards==
[[Alexander von Humboldt]] Award, 1992 <br />
Faculty Research Lecturer, University of Iowa, 1993 <br />
Distinguished Visiting Professor, [[University of Auckland]], New Zealand, 1993 <br />
Reilly Lectureship, [[University of Notre Dame]], 1995 <br />
Werner Lectureship, [[Trinity College Dublin]], 1996 <br />
Membership of Editorial Advisory Board of 14 journals including Organometallics, Inorganic Chemistry, Dalton Transactions, Canadian Journal of Chemistry, Heteroatom Chemistry, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, Polyhedron, Chemistry <br />
[[Mond Medal]] [[Royal Society of Chemistry]], 2004 <br />
Associate Editor Inorganic Chemistry, 2004 <br />
Sloan Foundation Fellow, 1985-1989 <br />
F. A. Cotton Award in Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 2005 <br />
Elected Fellow of the [[Royal Society]], 2005 <br />
==Research Interests==
The synthesis, structure, and physical and chemical properties of inorganic and [[organometallic]] compounds.
Low coordinate main group and transition metal complexes and multiply bonded compounds of the heavier main group and [[transition metal]] elements. Stable Free Radicals and stable Bi-radicaloids. The synthesis of clusters of [[silicon]], [[germanium]], and [[tin]]. The development of new sterically crowded [[ligand]]s to stabilize unusual geometry and bonding.
==External links==
* [http://www-chem.ucdavis.edu/people/power.shtml UC Davis page]
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