Sarah Masters Explained

Sarah Masters
Birth Name:	Sarah Louise Hinchley
Fields:	Chemistry
Workplaces:	University of Canterbury
Alma Mater:	University of Edinburgh
Thesis1 Title:	Static and Dynamic Effects of Sterically Demanding Ligands
Thesis1 Url:	http://hdl.handle.net/1842/15028
Thesis1 Year:	2000
Doctoral Advisor:	David Rankin

Sarah Louise Masters is a New Zealand academic, and is a full professor at the University of Canterbury, specialising in researching structural information about transient species.

Academic career

Masters completed a PhD titled Static and Dynamic Effects of Sterically Demanding Ligands at the University of Edinburgh.^[1] Masters then moved to the School of Physical and Chemical Sciences at the University of Canterbury, rising to full professor in 2023.^{[2] [3]} She has also been President of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry. In 2019 she led events around the country to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Mendeleev's periodic table.^[4]

Honours and awards

Masters is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry.

Notes and References

1. Static and dynamic effects of sterically demanding ligands . Hinchley . Sarah L. . 2000 . PhD . Edinburgh Research Archive, University of Edinburgh .
2. Web site: UC appoints 17 new professors . 2023-10-24 . The University of Canterbury . en-nz.
3. Web site: Sarah Masters . 2023-10-24 . The University of Canterbury . en-nz.
4. Web site: 2019-01-19 . Sarah Masters: The curious history of the periodic table . 2023-10-24 . . en-nz.