Dr Rianne M. Lord


UKRI Future Leaders Fellow and Associate Professor in Inorganic Chemistry
School of Chemistry | 1.24 CAP | University of East Anglia | Norwich Research Park | Norwich NR4 7TJ
Twitter: @DrRianneLord | Email: r.lord@uea.ac.uk 
UEA website: https://research-portal.uea.ac.uk/en/persons/rianne-lord

2022 – present – Associate Professor in Inorganic Chemistry, UEA, UK

2022-2022 – TUM Global visiting Professor, TUM, Germany (host: Prof. Angela Casini)

2021-present – UKRI Future Leaders Fellow (£980k) = “Chemical and biological investigations of new vanadium compounds: determining their potential in the treatment of cancer”

2019-2021 – Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry, UEA, UK

2018-2019 – August-Wilhelm Scheer visiting Professor, TUM, Germany (host: Prof. Fritz Kühn)

2016-2019 – Lecturer in Bioinorganic Chemistry, University of Bradford, UK

2015-2016 – Research Associate, University of Leeds, UK

2014-2015 – Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Edinburgh, UK

2010-2014 – PhD, University of Leeds, UK

2006-2010 – MChem, University of Leeds, UK

Funding:

  • January 2023 – RSC Enablement Grant on Determining the cellular distribution and antifungal mechanism of fluorescent cobalt-picolinamide complexes
  • October 2021 – PhD studentship from the Saudi Arabia Government
  • February 2021 – UKRI Future Leaders Fellow on Chemical and biological investigations of new vanadium compounds: determining their potential in the treatment of cancer
  • October 2020 – UEA SCI faculty funded PhD studentship

Academic Responsibilities:

  • ACS Organometallic Advisory Board
  • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry Early Career Advisory Board
  • Deputy Director of Admissions, UEA
  • RSC Departmental Representative, UEA
  • RSC East Anglia Committee Member
  • Reviewer for several journals and funding bodies
  • External examiner

Teaching Responsibilities:

  • CHE-4301Y: Bonding, Structure and Periodicity
  • CHE-5301B: Inorganic Chemistry
  • CHE-6005B: Advanced Laboratory
  • CHE-6001Y: BSc Research Projects
  • CHE-7001Y: MChem Research Projects
  • CHE-7301Y: Advanced Topics in Inorganic Chemistry
  • BIO-7041Y and BIO-7042X: MSc courses for Molecular Medicine