Selby Knox - Non Executive Director
Professor Selby Knox begain his four-year term of office on 1
February 2008 as a Non Executive Director of UHBristol.
Professor Knox retired in August 2008 from the position of
Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bristol. He was
a member of the University's senior management team and chair of
the budget and capital prioritisation committees. He was also
a member of the University Council and of the finance, estates
and audit committees.
He obtained a BSc in 1966 and a PhD in 1969, both from the
University of Bristol. He returned there as Lecturer in 1972
after post-doctoral research at the University of California, Los
Angeles.
He was promoted to Reader in 1983 and to Professor in 1990 and
from 1992 to 2001 was Head of the School of Chemistry. From
1996 to 2004, Professor Knox held the Alfred Capper Pass Chair of
Chemistry, which he relinquished on being appointed Pro
Vice-Chancellor.
Professor Knox's research in organometallic chemistry has
attracted several awards from the Royal Society of Chemistry and
lectureships visiting professorships in North America and
Europe.
