Andrew Goodwin FRS

Currently:

2025- Royal Society Faraday Discovery Fellow
2024- Associate Head of Department (Research), Oxford
2024- Fellow, St John’s College, Oxford
2018- Professorial Research Fellow (RSIV), Oxford
2014- Professor of Materials Chemistry, Oxford

Previously:

2009-18 Tutorial Fellow in Chemistry, St Anne’s College, Oxford
2009-18 College Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry, Oriel College, Oxford
2009-14 University Lecturer / Associate Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, Oxford
2004-09 Junior Research Fellow (Title A), Trinity College, Cambridge

Degrees Held:

2010 MA, Oxford (By Resolution)
2006 PhD, Cambridge (Mineral Physics; Trinity College), supervised by Martin Dove
2004 PhD, Sydney (Inorganic Chemistry), supervised by Cameron Kepert
2002 BSc, Sydney (Chemistry and Pure Mathematics; 1st Class)

Awards and Distinctions:

2026 Mary Upson Visiting Professorship in Engineering, Cornell University, USA
2025 Membership of Academia Europaea
2023 Fellowship of the Royal Society, UK
2021 Peter Day Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK
2018 Inaugural Laureate in Chemistry, Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the UK
2017 Corday-Morgan Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK
2016 Fellowship of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK
2013 STS Future Leader Award, New York Academy of Sciences, USA
2013 Marlow Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK
2010 Harrison-Meldola Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK
2008 EPDIC Award for Young Scientists
2007 Visiting Fellowship, Australian National University, Australia
2006 Thesis Prize in Physical Crystallography, Institute of Physics, UK
2002 Fellowship of the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust, UK
2002 External Research Studentship, Trinity College, Cambridge, UK
2001 Faculty of Science Achievement Prize, University of Sydney, Australia
2001 University Medal in Chemistry, University of Sydney, Australia
1996 Gold Medal, 28th International Chemistry Olympiad, Moscow, Russia

Named Lectureships

2025 Xingda Lectureship, Peking University, China
2024 Wigner Lectureship, Wigner Centre for Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
2024 CNR Rao Lectureship, Chemical Research Society of India, India
2024 Zasshikai Lectureship, University of Tokyo, Japan
2023 Lions Lectureship, University of Sydney, Australia
2022 New Chemistry Unit Lectureship, JNCASR Banglore, India
2022 Lonsdale Lectureship, British Crystallographic Association, UK
2017 Dwyer Lectureship, University of New South Wales, Australia
2012 McCamley Lectureship, University of York, UK

Selected Professional Activities:

2024-26 Science Advisory Committee, ISIS Facility (Chair from 2025), UK
2024-25 Scientific Rapporteur for the Evaluation of Max Planck Institutes (CPTS RF3), Germany
2023-26 Sectional Committee 3, Royal Society, UK
2022 Founding Director, International School on Diffuse Scattering, Erice, Italy
2021 User Champion, Musrhoom Beamline, ISIS Facility, UK
2021 Awards Panel, Materials Chemistry Division, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK
2020- Advisory Panel, Leverhulme Trust, UK
2017 Instrument Review, D7 Beamline, Institut Laue–Langevin, Grenoble, France
2016-23 Management Board, Target Station 1 Project, ISIS Facility, UK
2016-17 Chair, Structural Condensed Matter Physics Group, Institute of Physics, UK
2015-19 Expert Advisory Panel (Chemistry), Nature Index
2014-15 Computing Advisory Panel, STFC, UK
2013-15 IUCr High Pressure Commission
2013 User Representative, International Review Committee, ISIS Facility, UK
2012 User Working Group, Chemical Database Service, EPSRC, UK
2012-18 European Powder Diffraction (EPDIC) Committee
2011-17 Steering Group, Oxford Solid Mechanics Network, Oxford, UK
2011-16 Chair, User Working Group, XPDF Beamline, Diamond Light Source, UK

Key Grants as PI

2025-35 £8M Royal Society Faraday Discovery Fellowship
2024-29 €2.5M ERC Advanced Grant “TRUMAT” (administered as UKRI EP/Z534031/1)
2018-24 €3.4M ERC Advanced Grant “COMPLEXORDER” 788144
2011-26 €1.7M ERC Starting Grant “NANOSTRUCTURE” 279705
2008-14 £720k EPSRC Career Acceleration Fellowship EP/G004528/1-2

Key Grants as CoI

2024-28 £1.3M EPSRC Research Grant EP/Z531303/1
2022-27 £6.8M EPSRC Programme Grant EP/W01709/1
2019-23 £11M FutureCat: The Faraday Institution Future Cathode Project
2015-18 €3.8M H2020 Marie Curie ITN “DEFNET” 641887
2015-18 £1.6M EPSRC Research Grant EP/N001982/1