DUŠAN UHRÍN
Prof. Dušan Uhrín, Chair of NMR Spectroscopy and the Head of the NMR facility at the School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh.
Career
2017 Chair of NMR Spectroscopy, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh
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2007 Reader in NMR spectroscopy, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh
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2005 Head of the NMR Facility, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh
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2000 Lecturer, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh
1995 PDRA, Head of the BioNMR unit, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh
1992–95 Research associate, Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
1990–92 Research officer, Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia. Head of the Department of Physical and Analytical Chemistry, Head of NMR Laboratory
1991 Soros/FCO Scholar, Department of Biochemistry, Glycobiology Institute, Oxford University, UK
1986–90 PhD, Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
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1983–85 Research assistant, Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
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1976–82 MSc (HonS) Class I, Physical and Analytical Chemistry, Slovak Technical University, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Research Interests
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NMR methodology development
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Structure and conformation of carbohydrates
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Protein-carbohydrate interactions
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Complex mixtures
Professional positions
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Chairman of the Challenges in analysis of complex natural mixtures 2019 Faraday Discussion Conference
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Impact Champion, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh
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Head of Scottish NMR Users Group (SNUG)
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Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Hobbies
Dušan is a keen hill-walker, skier and photographer.
