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John George Hardy (born May 16, 1980 in Orsett (Essex, England)) CChem, FIMMM, FNAI, SFHEA, is a British scholar and inventor. He is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Materials Chemistry at Lancaster University in the UK. He engages in research at the interface of various disciplines (chemistry, materials science, biomedical engineering and pharmacy) to develop smart/sustainable materials for a variety of technical and medical applications.

Education & Career

He grew up in Bishops Stortford (Hertfordshire, England), he attended Thorley Hill Primary School in Bishops Stortford, followed by Leventhorpe School in Sawbridgeworth (Hertfordshire, England). He read chemistry at the University of Bristol (England), carrying out research in polymers and colloids in the laboratory of Professor Brian Vincent, and was awarded a M.Sci. (Hons) degree in chemistry in 2002. His doctoral studies on the supramolecular chemistry of dendrimers were carried out at the University of York (England) in the laboratory of Professor David K. Smith, and he was awarded a Ph.D. in Chemistry in 2007. He was an Entente Cordiale Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Strasbourg (France) in the laboratory of the Nobel Laureate Professor Jean-Marie Lehn (2006-2007); then an Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Bayreuth (Germany) in the laboratory of Professor Thomas R. Scheibel (2007-2010). Thereafter he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Florida in the USA in the laboratory of Professor Christine E. Schmidt (2010-2014); and finally at Queen's University Belfast in the laboratory of Professor Colin P. McCoy (2014-2015). His independent career began upon his appointment as a 50th Anniversary Lecturer at Lancaster University in August 2015.

Awards & Honours

He has received awards from the Royal Society of Chemistry including the Exemplarchem Prize in 2000, Clarivate for service to peer review, and the International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM) in 2020. He was elected a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) in 2018, Chartered Chemist in 2019, Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in 2021, Full Member of Sigma Xi and Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2023.

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