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Robin Hicks

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Professor and Dean, Faculty of Graduate StudiesChemistryUniversity of Victoria

Robin Hicks

Professor and Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies

Chemistry

University of Victoria

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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No publications since 2014.
Principal investigator on 15 research grants (15 NSERC), most recently in 2019.

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Research

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Coordination chemistry redox-active ligands stable radicals functional dyes

Latest papers

Synthesis and photophysics of thioindigo diimines and related compounds.
The Journal of organic chemistry · 2014 · senior author

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Discovery-based dye chemistry: synthesis and properties of new functional molecules, ligands, and coordination complexes
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$174,000
An ion mobility spectrometry-high resolution tandem mass spectrometer
NSERC · 2018 · Co-investigator
$146,678
UBC Chemistry X-ray Diffractometer Upgrade
NSERC · 2015 · Co-investigator
$150,000

All 34 grants and awards

Discovery-based dye chemistry: synthesis and properties of new functional molecules, ligands, and coordination complexes

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Hicks, Robin

Keywords: coordination compounds; dye chemistry; ligand design; pi conjugated molecules; redox active ligands

$174,000

An ion mobility spectrometry-high resolution tandem mass spectrometer

Co-investigatorNSERC2018Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: McIndoe, Jason

$146,678

UBC Chemistry X-ray Diffractometer Upgrade

Co-investigatorNSERC2015Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Fryzuk, Michael

$150,000

A High Resolution Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer for Accurate Mass Determination

Co-investigatorNSERC2015Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Wulff, Jeremy

$150,000

A high resolution, supersonically cooled 'Cold-EI' mass spectrometer

Co-investigatorNSERC2014Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: McIndoe, Scott

$150,000

Redox-active ligands and their coordination complexes

Principal investigatorNSERC2014Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Hicks, Robin

$270,000

Steady-state fluorimeter with NIR

Co-investigatorNSERC2013Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Fyles, Thomas

$65,865

A liquid injection field desorption ionization source for the mass spectrometric analysis of non-polar, air-sensitive compounds

Co-investigatorNSERC2010Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: McIndoe, Scott

$69,815

UV-vis spectrometer replacement

Co-investigatorNSERC2010Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Bohne, Cornelia

$48,231

Redox-active ligands and their metal complexes

Principal investigatorNSERC2009Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Hicks, Robin

$300,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Robin Hicks

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Synthesis and photophysics of thioindigo diimines and related compounds.

Discovery-based dye chemistry: synthesis and properties of new functional molecules, ligands, and coordination complexes

An ion mobility spectrometry-high resolution tandem mass spectrometer

UBC Chemistry X-ray Diffractometer Upgrade

A High Resolution Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer for Accurate Mass Determination

A high resolution, supersonically cooled 'Cold-EI' mass spectrometer

Redox-active ligands and their coordination complexes

Steady-state fluorimeter with NIR

A liquid injection field desorption ionization source for the mass spectrometric analysis of non-polar, air-sensitive compounds

UV-vis spectrometer replacement

Redox-active ligands and their metal complexes

Frequent collaborators

Cornelia Bohne