Prof Dermot Diamond receives award from the Royal Society of Chemistry
10 June 2002

On Wednesday 12 June 2002, Prof Dermot Diamond, School of Chemical Sciences, DCU, received the 2002 Chemical Sensors Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry, London. This award, in its first year, recognises Prof. Diamond's outstanding contribution to chemical sensor research.

Prof Diamond joined the School of Chemical Sciences in DCU, formally NIHE, in 1987. He is Associate Professor of Analytical Chemistry and Associate Director of the National Centre for Sensor Research (NCSR). The NCSR is a multidisciplinary sensor research centre focused on the science and applications of chemical and biosensors. There are currently 130 researchers and staff at the NCSR. The application focus of the NCSR research programme is on the areas of societal concern including medical diagnostics, food quality and environmental monitoring.

The Royal Society of Chemistry paid tribute to Prof Diamond's work in the field of potentiometric and optical sensors, specifically "the innovative nature of his fundamental work in areas such as molecular recognition chemistry, and his applied research in the field of clinical and biochemical measurements."

He has played a major role in establishing calixarenes as important molecular sensors; these sensors are now used in hospital labs world wide for biomedical testing. For example, the sodium calixarene is used in blood analysis systems world wide.

For further information
National Centre for Sensor Research
Royal Society of Chemistry