James Durrant

Education Durrant was educated at Gresham's School in Norfolk, the University of Cambridge and Imperial College London, where he was awarded a PhD in 1991 for research on photosystem II using spectroscopy supervised by George Porter and Jim Barber.

Career and research Durrant's research focuses on a range of photochemical applications including solar cells, solar fuel production and photocatalysis, nanomaterials and plastic electronics. Durrant has authored over 400 publications, focusing on the charge carrier kinetics which determine materials and device function.

Durrant teaches physical chemistry at Imperial College London and is involved in the SPECIFIC Innovation and Knowledge Centre (IKC) at Swansea University.

Honours and awards Durrant was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to photochemistry and solar energy research.

2018: Awarded Hughes Medal by the Royal Society 2017: Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) and solar to fuel in artificial photosynthesis. 2016: Elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales 2016: Awarded president's award for excellence in research supervision. 2012: Awarded the Tilden Prize by the Royal Society of Chemistry 1994: Awarded the Meldola Medal and Prize by the Royal Society of Chemistry