ProfessorGeorge Jackson, FRS

Professor of Chemical Physics

Department of Chemical Engineering - Faculty of Engineering

  • Professor of Chemical Physics
    Department of Chemical Engineering - Faculty of Engineering
  • 020 7594 5640 (Work)
  • RODH 605, Roderic Hill Building, South Kensington Campus, United Kingdom

BIO

2001–date
Professor of Chemical Physics, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London.

 

2026–2027
Visiting Fellow, Exeter College, University of Oxford.

 

2026–2027
Royal Society Yusuf Hamied Visiting Fellowship, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar.

 

1999 

Profesor Visitante, Departamento de Fisica, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain.

 

1998–2001 
Reader in Chemical Physics, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London.

1994–1998
Reader in Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield.

1994–1998 & 2013–date
Editor and Chair (2016–date) of Molecular Physics, Taylor and Francis Group.

1993
Profesor Visitante, Departamento de Fisica, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain.

1989–1994
Lecturer in Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield.

1986–1989
Postdoctoral Research Associate with Keith E. Gubbins, School of Chemical Engineering, Cornell University, USA.

1983–1986
DPhil in Physical Chemistry, Exeter College, Physical Chemistry Laboratory (PCL), University of Oxford. Thesis title: "Phase separation in solutions of large spherical particles"; with Sir John S. Rowlinson FRS.

1980–1983
BSc in Chemistry, First Class Honours, Chelsea College, Department of Chemistry, University of London.


Prizes, Awards & Honours
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2025
Lennard-Jones Lectureship, Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics Group (SMTG), Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC).

2023
Rossini Award, International Association of Chemical Thermodynamics (IACT).

2020
Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS).

2019
Bakhuis Roozeboom Medal for Significant Contribution to Phase Theory, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).

2016
President's Medal for Outstanding Research Team, Imperial College London.

2014
First Guggenheim Medal for Excellence in Thermodynamics, Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE).

2009
Research Excellence Award to Molecular Systems Engineering (MSE) Group, Imperial College London.

2003
Founders' Award, SAFT2003, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona.

2001
Fellow of the Mexican Academy of Molecular Engineering.

1995
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), Chartered Chemist (CChem).

1983
Chelsea College, Final Year Prize, University of London.

1982
McGhie Prize for Organic Chemistry, University of London.

1981
Nicolet Instruments Prize, University of London.

FACULTY

  • Faculty of Engineering

POSITION NAME

  • Professor of Chemical Physics

FIELDS OF RESEARCH