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Frederic Blanc

Professor Frederic Blanc
MChem, MSci, PhD, FHEA

Research

Research interests

Development and application of NMR methods across inorganic/materials chemistry.

Research grants

Pushing the Limits of High-Field Solid-State NMR Technology: Enhancing Applications to Advanced Materials, the Life Sciences and Pharmaceuticals

ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

November 2024 - October 2027

UK Dynamic Nuclear Polarisation (DNP) Magic Angle Spinning (MAS) NMR Facility

ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

May 2022 - April 2027

NMR at 1.2 GHz: A World-Leading UK Facility to Deliver Advances in Biology, Chemistry, and Materials Science

ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

January 2023 - December 2027

Advancing the Understanding of Disorder and Dynamics in Oxides using 17O NMR

ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY (UK)

November 2022 - October 2023

Deciphering reaction mechanism(s) of biomass upgrading over zeolitic materials via advanced NMR

JOHNSON MATTHEY PLC (UK)

October 2022 - September 2026

Post-Consumer Resin - Understanding the quality-performance linkage for packaging

UK RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

November 2020 - June 2024

Dynamic Nuclear Polarisation enhanced NMR from Paramagnetic Metal Ions

LEVERHULME TRUST (UK)

February 2021 - June 2025

The UK High-Field Solid-State NMR National Research Facility

ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

January 2020 - July 2026

Connect NMR UK: A National NMR Network for the Physical and Life Sciences

ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

October 2019 - January 2025

Realising the potential of NMR to probe Li conduction pathways

THE FARADAY INSTITUTION (UK)

September 2018 - March 2020

Very-High Field NMR in the Physical and Life Sciences at the University of Liverpool

ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

May 2018 - March 2021

DTP Studentship - Industry Top-Up

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB PHARMACEUTICALS LTD (UK)

October 2017 - February 2022

EPSRC Institutional Sponsorship 2016

ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

July 2016 - March 2017

Leverhulme Research Centre for Functional Materials Design

LEVERHULME TRUST (UK)

October 2016 - March 2027

Spectroscopic structural investigation of La doped SrTiO3 anodes

ROYAL SOCIETY (CHARITABLE)

April 2016 - March 2019

Probing lithium conduction pathways in fast lithium ion electrolytes for all solid state Li batteries by high temperature 7Li pulsed-­‐field gradient NMR spectroscopy

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL

June 2015 - December 2015

Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Insensitive Nuclear Spins

ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

December 2014 - July 2017

Small items of Research Equipment at the University of Liverpool

ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

November 2012 - March 2013