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Neil McKeown
Alma mater	University of East Anglia
Awards	Beilby Medal and Prize (2008) Tilden Prize (2017)
Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry
Institutions	University of Edinburgh Cardiff University University of Manchester
Thesis	The design, synthesis and assessment of novel phthalocyanines for application in molecular electronics (1987)
Doctoral advisor	Mike Cook

Neil Bruce McKeown FRSE is a chemist who is currently Crawford Professor of Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh.

Education

He was educated at the University of East Anglia (BSc, 1984; PhD, 1987).

Career

After obtaining his PhD from the University of East Anglia, McKeown served as a postdoctoral fellow at York University, Ontario, from 1987 to 1989. He was then a research associate at Toronto General Hospital, affiliated with the University of Toronto, from 1989 to 1991. This was followed by lecturing positions at Manchester (1991-2003), Cardiff (2004-2013) and finally Edinburgh (2014-present).

Honours

McKeown was awarded the Beilby Medal and Prize in 2008, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2017. He was awarded the Tilden Prize in 2017.