Dr. Sean Parkin
Director, X-Ray Laboratory Adjunct Professor of Physical Chemistry Co-Editor: Acta crystallographica, section E. Office: 146 Chemistry-Physics Building Phone: (859) 323-8984 FAX: (859) 323-1069 Email: spark2@uky.edu

1987 B.Sc. (Hons) University of Kent at Canterbury, Kent, UK
1989 M.Sc. University of British Columbia, B.C., Canada
1993 Ph.D. University of California at Davis, CA, USA

Here is a recent copy of my CV.
Here is a fairly recent publication list.

Work Related Stuff.

I am in the enviable position of actually enjoying my job. In addition to running the X-ray laboratory, I have many crystallographic interests. Some of these are outlined here.

I teach a regularly scheduled course in crystallography for graduate and advanced undergraduate students, and am currently teaching the Physical Chemistry laboratory (Fall 2007).

From 2000 to 2006 I helped out at the RapiData annual workshops held at the National Synchrotron Light Source at Brookhaven National Laboratory. These were devoted to rapid data collection and structure solution for biological macromolecules.

Maybe no so relevant anymore, but in March 1997, while working in the Biology and Biotechnology Division at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, I was the coverdude for the Vision Systems Design trade magazine.

My Erdös number is 4 (needless to say, it takes a particular kind of geek to be impressed by this sort of thing).

Non Work Related Stuff.

General interest stuff:

     Panoramic tripod head and further improvements
     Homemade gimbal head
     A few panoramas
     Home theatre
     Subwoofer

World Champion and King of Punch Buggy

House renovations (probably of little interest to most):

     New deck
     Interior prior to demolition
     Interior demolition
     Windows and skylights
     Interior work
     Exterior brick
     Kitchen
     Living Room