Hi. As you can probably guess from my literal username my name is Jeremy. I hold a 1st class BSc degree in chemistry and a PhD in synthetic organic chemistry (specifically organofluorine chemistry) from the University of Birmingham,UK. I have done academic research in Germany and New Zealand and also hold a Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) qualification as a teacher of science and chemistry for England.
My professional chemistry interests have shifted over the last few years from that of practical research to educational aspects, given the many problems facing the subject worldwide. I am currently an independent researcher and entrepreneur for secondary level chemistry education, principally relating to the UK, Australia and New Zealand education systems.
My other interest in chemistry has always been the history of the Periodic Table and the synthesis of translawrencium elements. I began a project a few years back to document the progress of the main groups in the field and occasionally write to them with questions and queries. Much easier than doing the research oneself!
My interest in Wikipedia started when I tried to find information to assist in the project. Basically, the information from sites like Apsidium and Webelements is rubbish and totally out of date, speculative and amateurish, as one might expect. In addition, the Wikipedia articles were also pretty poor and didn't provide any useful information. So, believing in the concept, I thought I might as well put what I know on the Web saving others the time and effort. It also encouraged to delve deeper to go back to the start of the history for these elements.
My aim is to put down everything there is to be known about the elements without going to extreme detail, which is the job of the journal references. When complete, I hope to write to the research groups involved to assess the content and to encourage them to use it as a resource.
My contributions to date mainly include complete revisions for the following articles:
nobelium, lawrencium, rutherfordium, dubnium, seaborgium, bohrium, hassium, meitnerium, darmstadtium, roentgenium, copernicium, ununtrium, flerovium, ununpentium, livermorium, ununseptium, ununennium, unbinilium, unbibium and unbihexium
I have also added to the ununoctium article which was the best article on these elements when I started.
I am currently working on complete revisions for lawrencium and nobelium.
I have also started an article on excitation functions. Further work is required on this.
If you have any comments or suggestions on the content of these articles please post them on my talk page. I'll do what I can to oblige.