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Dr William Myers serves as Scientific Applications Manager in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Oxford, managing the Centre for Advanced ESR (CAESR) since joining in June 2013. Based in the Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, he provides Electron Paramagnetic Resonance expertise to academic collaborators and UK industry while leading facility operations and research initiatives.
His educational path began with Chemistry studies at Carleton College, followed by 15 months of research at Los Alamos National Laboratory (2001-2002). He earned his PhD in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of New Mexico under Professor DL Tierney, then completed postdoctoral work with Professor Charles P Scholes at the University of Albany and Professor R David Britt at UC Davis.
Research focuses on four interconnected domains:
- Bioinorganic Mechanisms: Catalytic modeling of dinitrogen fixation, hydrogen production, and water oxidation using metalloenzymes like nitrogenases and hydrogenases
- Immunological Structures: Targeting protein domain motions in cytokines (e.g., TNF-alpha) for conformational drug design via DEER spectroscopy
- Transient ESR of Molecular Materials: Characterizing organic TADF emitters for OLED efficiency through spin-orbit coupling analysis
- ESR Spectroscopy Advancement: Innovating pulse sequences, resonator designs, and optical/spin-dependent detection methods
Scientific Awards: No specific honors or fellowships were documented in the source material.
Advising and Grants: Dr Myers supervises visiting researchers but formal student mentorship isn't detailed. Grant funding specifics weren't disclosed, though industrial collaborations are noted.
Labs and Teams: The Centre for Advanced ESR (CAESR) forms the operational nucleus, housing specialized instrumentation for bioinorganic, materials, and structural studies with computational modeling capabilities.
