Trevor W. Hayton

Professor
Email: 
hayton@chem.ucsb.edu
Phone: 
(805) 893-3392
Office: 
3225 Chem
Website: 
Chemistry Faculty Profile

Education

  • Ph.D., University of British Columbia, 2003

Awards & Honors

  • Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award
  • 2018 AAAS Fellow
  • Sloan Fellowship
  • Regents’ Junior Faculty Fellowship
  • Seaborg Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • NSERC PGSB Scholarship

Biography

Dr. Hayton started his graduate studies in 1998 under the direction of Peter Legzdins at the University of British Columbia. After completing his Ph. D. in 2003, he began a postdoctoral position at Los Alamos National Laboratory with James Boncella. He joined the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UCSB in 2006. In 2010 he was awarded a Sloan Fellowship, in 2018 he was elected a fellow of the AAAS, and in 2019 he was awarded a Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award.

Research Area

Our research involves the synthesis and characterization of new inorganic and organometallic complexes and materials. One goal of this work is to improve our understanding of the structure and bonding in transition metal, lanthanide, and actinide systems, as well as nanoclusters. We are also trying to discover new organic transformations mediated by metal centers.

Selected Publications

Research Areas