Dr Terry Threlfall, University of Southampton, UK

Terry Threlfall obtained his Chemistry Degrees and Law degree at London University.

He has a synthetic organic chemistry background (post doctoral studies with Professor Eschenmoser in Zurich) and 30 years in the pharmaceutical industry (May & Baker Ltd.) successively as Section Head Spectroscopy, then Pigment Research, Head of Department Physical Chemistry, Process Research Manager, Principal Scientist with responsibility for patent maintenance world-wide against infringement.

He became Industrial Liaison Executive in the Chemistry Department at the University of York in 1991 where he subsequently was a Research Fellow.

He is currently at University of Southampton. His current research interests are in relating molecular structure to crystal structure through structural systematics, and in the application of Raman spectroscopy to crystallisation and to solid-solid transition processes.