Martyn Poliakoff
Sir Martyn Poliakoff | |
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Poliakoff during the filming of a Periodic Videos video | |
| Born | 16 December 1947 London, England |
| Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge (BA, PhD) |
| Known for | Periodic Videos |
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Janet Frances Keene (m. 1969) |
| Children | 2 |
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| Thesis | The matrix isolation of large molecules. The photochemistry of transition metal carbonyls (1973) |
| Doctoral advisor | J. J. Turner |
| Doctoral students | Andrew Ian Cooper |
| Website | nottingham |
Sir Martyn Poliakoff (born 16 December 1947) is a British chemist known for his work on green chemistry and for being the main presenter on the popular YouTube channel Periodic Videos. The core subjects of his academic work are supercritical fluids, infrared spectroscopy and lasers. He is a research professor in chemistry at the University of Nottingham. As well as carrying out research at the University of Nottingham, he is a lecturer, teaching a number of modules including green chemistry.