George Jackson (born 31 July 1962) is a British professor of

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in the Department of Chemical Engineering at

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. He is noted for developing molecular models that describe the

thermodynamic Thermodynamics is a branch of physics that deals with heat, work, and temperature, and their relation to energy, entropy, and the physical properties of matter and radiation. The behavior of these quantities is governed by the four laws of th ...

properties of

complex fluids Complex fluids are mixtures that have a coexistence between two phases: solid–liquid ( suspensions or solutions of macromolecules such as polymers), solid–gas (granular), liquid–gas (foams) or liquid–liquid (emulsions). They exhibit unusu ...

; as one of the developers of

statistical associating fluid theory Statistical associating fluid theory (SAFT) is a chemical theory, based on perturbation theory, that uses statistical thermodynamics to explain how complex fluids and fluid mixtures form associations through hydrogen bonds. Widely used in industr ...

(SAFT); and for his work in molecular systems engineering. His theoretical work has found a wide range of practical applications in industries such as gas extraction and emerging fields like

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Early life and career

Jackson was born in Spain and grew up in Switzerland. He took a B.Sc. in chemistry at Chelsea College (1980-1983), followed by a D.Phil. in Physical Chemistry at Exeter College,

University of Oxford The University of Oxford is a collegiate university, collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the List of oldest un ...

(1983-1986). After postdoctoral work at

Cornell University Cornell University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson W ...

with Keith E. Gubbins (1986-1989), he became a lecturer and reader in physical chemistry at the

University of Sheffield The University of Sheffield (informally Sheffield University or TUOS) is a public university, public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Its history traces back to the foundation of Sheffield Medical School in 1828, Fir ...

(1989-1998), and has been professor of Chemical Physics at

since 2001.

Research interests

Jackson's research centres on developing simplified but realistic mathematical models of complex fluids, which are used in industries such as

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, gas extraction, and

carbon capture Carbon capture may refer to: * Carbon capture and storage Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a process by which carbon dioxide (CO2) from industrial installations is separated before it is released into the atmosphere, then transported to a l ...

. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he was one of the developers of the influential statistical associating fluid theory (SAFT), an

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that predicts the thermodynamic properties of complex fluid mixtures.

Awards

Jackson has won numerous honours and awards including a Research Excellence Award in 2009, a Guggenheim Medal awarded by the Institution of Chemical Engineers in 2014, and the Bakhuis Roozeboom Medal by the

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (, KNAW) is an organization dedicated to the advancement of science and literature in the Netherlands. The academy is housed in the Trippenhuis in Amsterdam. In addition to various advisory a ...

in 2019. He was elected a

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in 1995 and a

Fellow of the Royal Society Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the Fellows of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural science, natural knowledge, incl ...

in 2020.

Selected publications

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, George 1962 births Living people Academics of Imperial College London Academics of the University of Sheffield Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford British chemists Fellows of the Royal Society