Andrew Ian Cooper FRS is

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of Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at the

University of Liverpool , mottoeng = These days of peace foster learning , established = 1881 – University College Liverpool1884 – affiliated to the federal Victoria Universityhttp://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/2004/4 University of Manchester Act 200 ...

Education

Cooper was educated at the

University of Nottingham , mottoeng = A city is built on wisdom , established = 1798 – teacher training college1881 – University College Nottingham1948 – university status , type = Public , chancellor ...

where he was awarded a PhD for research supervised by

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Career

After his PhD, Cooper held a number of

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positions. He is an

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and a Royal Society

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ship at the

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where he worked with Joseph DeSimone. He then held a Ramsay Memorial Research Fellowship at the Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis at the

University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209 and granted a royal charter by Henry III in 1231, Cambridge is the world's third oldest surviving university and one of its most pr ...

, working with Andrew Bruce Holmes. He moved to the University of Liverpool in 1999 where he has worked ever since.

Awards and honours

Cooper was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2015. His nomination reads: *2019 Awarded the

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of the Royal Society.

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* Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Date of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) British chemists Fellows of the Royal Society {{Improve categories, date=October 2021