About & Committee

MASC: The Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry Interest Group

MASC is an interest group within the UK’s Royal Society of Chemistry, which serves the Supramolecular Chemistry community, both nationally and internationally. We run a number of events (annual research conference, annual early career research conference, vMASC online seminar series), and administer prizes for outstanding researchers.

MASC is run by a committee of volunteers. Our current committee is composed of:

  • Prof. Jen Hiscock (Chair, University of Kent)
  • Dr Ben Pilgrim (Secretary, University of Nottingham)
  • Dr Andrew Surman (Treasurer, Kings College London)
  • Dr Toufic Mrad (Social Media Lead, University of Manchester)
  • Prof. Dave Adams (University of Glasgow)
  • Dr Alyssa-Jennifer Avestro (University of York)
  • Dr Tim Barendt (University of Birmingham)
  • Dr Stephen Butler (Loughborough University)
  • Prof. Claudia Caltagirone (Università degli Studi di Cagliari)
  • Dr Mandeep Kaur Chahal (University of Kent)
  • Prof. Peter Crowley (University of Galway)
  • Dr Laura Cunningham (University of Galway)
  • Prof. Guillaume De Bo (University of Manchester)
  • Prof Emily Draper (University of Glasgow)
  • Dr Tim Easun (University of Birmingham)
  • Prof. Philip Gale (University of Technology, Sydney)
  • Prof Matthew Langton (University of Oxford)
  • Dr James Lewis (University of Birmingham)
  • Prof Paul McGonigal (University of York)
  • Dr Charlie McTernan (The Crick Institute)
  • Dr Daniel Payne (The Open University)
  • Dr Sarah Pike (University of Birmingham)
  • Prof. Anna Slater (University of Liverpool)
  • Prof. Peter Tasker (University of Edinburgh)

Our secretary Dr Ben Pilgrim can be contacted at: ben.pilgrim@nottingham.ac.uk