Professor in Inorganic and Materials Chemistry
Professor Peter Nockemann FRSC, Professor in Inorganic and Materials Chemistry, began his academic journey at the University of Cologne, where he graduated with a degree in Chemistry in 2000 and earned his PhD in Inorganic Chemistry in 2002. His exceptional thesis on the ‘Affinity of Mercury to Nitrogen Donor Ligands’ earned him the prestigious Klaus-Liebrecht-Award.
Following his PhD, Prof. Nockemann joined the teams of Prof. Koen Binnemans and Prof. Christiane Görller-Walrand at K.U. Leuven, Belgium, working on a European project focused on ‘Optical Amplification in Polymer Based Materials and Devices’. He further expanded his expertise in ionic liquids through his collaboration with Prof. Binnemans until 2008.
In 2008, Prof. Nockemann joined QUB as a Lecturer on a RCUK fellowship and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in Inorganic and Materials Chemistry in 2016. That same year, he took on the role of the School’s Director of Internationalisation. Between 2018 – 2022, he has been leading the School’s research efforts as the Director of Research, and in 2019, he was appointed full Professor (Chair in Inorganic and Materials Chemistry).
Prof. Nockemann’s entrepreneurial spirit is evident in his co-founding and directorship of QUB spin-out company Green Lizard Technologies Ltd., which is dedicated to delivering technological solutions in the sustainable and clean energy sector. He also co-founded and directs Ionic Technologies Ltd. (former Seren Technologies Ltd.), where he is instrumental in transferring new technology for recycling rare-earth metals. Prof. Nockemann is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, a testament to his contributions to the field.
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Academic education
2000 Diploma thesis in Chemistry on the subject “Reactions of Mercury, Mercury Halides and Amalgames with Ammonium Halides” in the group of Prof. Dr. Gerd Meyer (University of Cologne, Germany).
PhD
2002 PhD thesis: “Affinity of Mercury to Nitrogen Donor Ligands” in structural inorganic chemistry with Prof. Dr. Gerd Meyer (“summa cum laude”) at the University of Cologne, Germany
Career Summary
2019 – present Professor for Inorganic and Materials Chemistry
2018 – 2022 Director of Research
2016 – 2018 Director of Internationalisation
2016 – 2019 Senior Lecturer for Inorganic & Materials Chemistry at Queen’s University Belfast, UK
2016 – present Co-founder and Director of Seren Technologies Ltd.
2015 – present Co-founder and Director of spin-out company Green Lizard Technologies Ltd.
2013 – 2015 Visiting Professor at Ghent University, Belgium
2008 – 2016 Lecturer for Inorganic & Materials Chemistry at Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom
2005 – 2008 Postdoctoral research fellow in the group of Prof. Dr. Koen Binnemans and Prof. Dr. Christiane Görller-Walrand
2002 – 2005 Postdoctoral research fellow in the group of Prof. Dr. Koen Binnemans and Prof. Dr. Christiane Görller-Walrand; research in the European project „Optical Amplification in Polymer Based Materials and Devices“ (OPAMD, 2002-2005).
2000 – 2002 Research associate in the group of Prof. Dr. Gerd Meyer at the University of Cologne (Germany).
Awards
2018 IChemE Award in the category “Start-Up Business of the Year” with Green Lizard Technologies Ltd.
2017 Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)
2016 IChemE Award in the category Food & Drink with Green Lizard Technologies Ltd.
2015 Mercator Fellowship from German DFG, with a research stay hosted at TU Dresden
2014 Don Nicklin medal and the RSC Teamwork in Innovation award with the QUILL Research Centre
2013 3 IChemE Awards for Innovation and Excellence (2013) with the QUILL Research Centre for the first generation ionic liquid systems applied to gas scrubbing, shared with Petronas (Malaysia)
2003 Klaus-Liebrecht-Award from the faculty of science at the University of Cologne – ‘best PhD thesis in 2002’
Current Teaching
Inorganic Chemistry Level 1 – Introduction to Solid-State Chemistry, Structural Chemistry – Crystallography (module co-ordinator), Inorganic Chemistry 3 – Materials Chemistry, Advanced Inorganic Chemistry – Lanthanide and Actinide Chemistry, MSc in Pharmaceutical Analysis – Solid State Methods (programme director).