Neil McKeown

{{Short description|British materials scientist}}

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| fields = Chemistry

| workplaces = University of Edinburgh
Cardiff University
University of Manchester

| alma_mater = University of East Anglia

| thesis_title = The design, synthesis and assessment of novel phthalocyanines for application in molecular electronics

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| thesis_year = 1987

| doctoral_advisor = Mike Cook{{cite web|title=Beilby Medal and Prize 2008 Winner|url=http://www.rsc.org/ScienceAndTechnology/Awards/Beilby/2008Winner.asp|website=Royal Society of Chemistry|access-date=17 February 2018}}

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| awards = Beilby Medal and Prize (2008)
Tilden Prize (2017)

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Neil Bruce McKeown FRSE is a chemist who is currently Crawford Professor of Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh.{{cite web|title=Professor Neil B McKeown|url=http://www.chem.ed.ac.uk/staff/academic-staff/professor-neil-b-mckeown|website=University of Edinburgh|access-date=18 September 2016}}

Education

He was educated at the University of East Anglia (BSc, 1984; PhD, 1987).{{cite web|title=Keynote Speakers - Neil B. McKeown|url=http://www.euromembrane2012.com/bio-mckeown.html|website=Imperial College London|access-date=18 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160802230706/http://euromembrane2012.com/bio-mckeown.html|archive-date=2 August 2016|url-status=dead}}

Honours

McKeown was awarded the Beilby Medal and Prize in 2008, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2017.{{Cite press release|title=RSE Welcomes 60 New Fellows|date=15 February 2017|publisher=Royal Society of Edinburgh|url=https://www.rse.org.uk/rse-welcomes-60-new-fellows/|access-date=28 March 2017}} He was awarded the Tilden Prize in 2017.

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