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| name = Polly Arnold
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| image = Polly Arnold Royal Society.jpg
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| caption = Polly Arnold at the [[Royal Society]] admissions day in London, July 2018
| caption = Arnold in 2018
| education = [[Notting Hill and Ealing High School]]<br>[[Westminster School]]
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| fields = [[Chemistry]]<ref name=gs/>
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| workplaces = [[University of Nottingham]]<br>[[University of Edinburgh]]<br> [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]
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| awards = {{Plainlist|
* [[Suffrage Science award]] (2015)
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* [[Fulbright scholar]]
* [[Rosalind Franklin Award]] (2012)
* [[Rosalind Franklin Award]] (2012)
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* [[Corday-Morgan Prize]] (2012)
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'''Polly Louise Arnold''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE|FRS|FRSE|FRSC}}<ref name=frs>{{cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/people/polly-arnold-13795/|website=royalsociety.org|publisher=[[Royal Society]]|author=Anon|year=2018|location=London|title=Professor Polly Arnold OBE FRS}} One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where: {{quote|“All text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is available under [[Creative Commons license|Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License]].” --{{Webarchive|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20161111170346/https://royalsociety.org/about-us/terms-conditions-policies/|title=Royal Society Terms, conditions and policies|date=2016-11-11}}}}</ref> is a Professor of Chemistry at the [[University of Edinburgh]]<ref name="Dept">{{cite web|title=Professor Polly L Arnold|url=http://www.chem.ed.ac.uk/staff/academic/arnold.html|publisher=University of Edinburgh|accessdate=3 December 2013}}</ref> where she holds the [[Crum Brown]] Chair of [[Chemistry]] and an [[Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council]] (EPSRC) career [[fellow]]ship.<ref name=epsrc>https://epsrc.ukri.org/about/people/pollyarnold/</ref><ref name=gs>{{Google scholar id}}</ref><ref name=whoswho>{{Who's Who | author=Anon| surname = Arnold | othernames = Prof. Polly Louise | id = U289559 | year = 2019 | doi = | edition = online [[Oxford University Press]]|location=Oxford}} {{subscription required}}</ref>
'''Polly Louise Arnold''' (born 24 July 1972) is a British chemist who is director of the chemical sciences division at [[Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory]] and professor of chemistry at the [[University of California, Berkeley]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/polly-arnolds-diversity-of-interests/4010778.article|title=Polly Arnold's diversity of interests|last=Chapman|first=Kit|date=13 January 2020|website=Chemistry World|language=en|access-date=2020-04-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chemistry.berkeley.edu/faculty/chem/polly-arnold|title=Polly L. Arnold {{!}} College of Chemistry|website=chemistry.berkeley.edu|access-date=2020-04-25}}</ref> She previously held the [[Crum Brown]] chair in the [[School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh]] from 2007 to 2019 and an [[Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council]] (EPSRC) career [[fellow]]ship.<ref name="Dept">{{cite web|title=Professor Polly L Arnold|url=http://www.chem.ed.ac.uk/staff/academic/arnold.html|publisher=University of Edinburgh|access-date=3 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207230512/http://www.chem.ed.ac.uk/staff/academic/arnold.html|archive-date=7 December 2013}}</ref><ref name=epsrc>{{cite web|url=https://epsrc.ukri.org/about/people/pollyarnold/|title=Polly Arnold - EPSRC website|website=epsrc.ukri.org}}</ref><ref name=gs>{{Google scholar id}}</ref><ref name="whoswho">{{Who's Who | author=Anon| title=Arnold, Prof. Polly Louise | id = U289559 |doi = 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U289559| year = 2019 | edition = online [[Oxford University Press]]|location=Oxford}}</ref><ref name=orcid>Polly Arnold's {{ORCID}}</ref><ref name=epmc>{{EuropePMC}}</ref>


==Education==
==Education==
Arnold was educated at [[Notting Hill and Ealing High School]] and [[Westminster School]].<ref name=whoswho/> She studied chemistry at [[Brasenose College, Oxford]] (BA) and worked with Dermot O’Hare and [[Matthew Rosseinsky]].<ref name=epsrc/> She moved to the [[University of Sussex]] for postgraduate research where her [[Doctor of Philosophy]] degree was supervised by [[Geoffrey Cloke]].<ref name=pphd>{{cite thesis|degree=PhD|publisher=University of Sussex|url=https://copac.jisc.ac.uk/id/42697012?style=html|title=Low valent and low co-ordinate complexes of transition metals and lanthanides|first= Polly Louise|last=Arnold|date=1997|id={{EThOS|uk.bl.ethos.388646}}|website=jisc.ac.uk|oclc=53644787}}</ref><ref name=epsrc/>
Arnold was educated at [[Notting Hill and Ealing High School]] and [[Westminster School]].<ref name=whoswho/> She studied chemistry at [[Brasenose College, Oxford]] (BA) and worked with {{ill|Dermot O'Hare|WD=Q56256682|reasonator=1}} and [[Matthew Rosseinsky]].<ref name=epsrc/> She moved to the [[University of Sussex]] for postgraduate research where her [[Doctor of Philosophy]] degree was supervised by [[Geoffrey Cloke]].<ref name=pphd>{{cite thesis|degree=PhD|publisher=University of Sussex|url=https://copac.jisc.ac.uk/id/42697012?style=html|title=Low valent and low co-ordinate complexes of transition metals and lanthanides|first=Polly Louise|last=Arnold|date=1997|id={{EThOS|uk.bl.ethos.388646}}|website=jisc.ac.uk|oclc=53644787|access-date=9 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180603/https://copac.jisc.ac.uk/id/42697012?style=html|archive-date=9 February 2019}}</ref><ref name=epsrc/>


== Research and career==
== Research and career==
Arnold's research focuses on exploratory synthetic chemistry, particularly in making complexes that exhibit unusual structure-bonding in early transition metal, and [[lanthanide]] and [[Actinide|actinide chemistry]]. Such knowledge underpins the discovery of catalysts and our understanding of the behaviour of [[nuclear waste]].<ref name="FurnoMorley2004">{{cite journal|last1=Furno|first1=Franck|last2=Morley|first2=Kelly S.|last3=Wong|first3=Ben|last4=Sharp|first4=Barry L.|last5=Arnold|first5=Polly L.|last6=Howdle|first6=Steven M.|last7=Bayston|first7=Roger|last8=Brown|first8=Paul D.|last9=Winship|first9=Peter D.|last10=Reid|first10=Helen J.|title=Silver nanoparticles and polymeric medical devices: a new approach to prevention of infection?|journal=Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy|volume=54|issue=6|year=2004|pages=1019–1024|issn=1460-2091|doi=10.1093/jac/dkh478}} {{free access}}</ref><ref name=Dept />
Arnold's research focuses on exploratory synthetic chemistry, particularly in making complexes that exhibit unusual structure-bonding in early transition metal, and [[lanthanide]] and [[Actinide|actinide chemistry]]. Such knowledge underpins the discovery of catalysts and our understanding of the behaviour of [[nuclear waste]].<ref name="FurnoMorley2004">{{cite journal|last1=Furno|first1=Franck|last2=Morley|first2=Kelly S.|last3=Wong|first3=Ben|last4=Sharp|first4=Barry L.|last5=Arnold|first5=Polly L.|last6=Howdle|first6=Steven M.|last7=Bayston|first7=Roger|last8=Brown|first8=Paul D.|last9=Winship|first9=Peter D.|last10=Reid|first10=Helen J.|title=Silver nanoparticles and polymeric medical devices: a new approach to prevention of infection?|journal=Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy|volume=54|issue=6|year=2004|pages=1019–1024|issn=1460-2091|doi=10.1093/jac/dkh478|pmid=15537697|doi-access=free}} {{free access}}</ref><ref name=Dept />
[[File:DEHHEF.png|thumb|right|Structure of C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>6</sub>[U(Ntms<sub>2</sub>)<sub>2</sub>]<sub>2</sub> from Arnold's lab.<ref>{{cite journal|authors=P. L. Arnold, S.M. Mansell, L. Maron, D. McKay|title=Spontaneous reduction and C–H borylation of arenes mediated by uranium(III) disproportionation|journal=Nature Chemistry|year=2012|volume=4|page=668|doi=10.1038/nchem.1392}} {{closed access}}</ref>.]]
[[File:DEHHEF.png|thumb|right|Structure of C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>6</sub>[U(Ntms<sub>2</sub>)<sub>2</sub>]<sub>2</sub> from Arnold's lab<ref>{{cite journal|author=P. L. Arnold |author2=S.M. Mansell |author3=L. Maron |author4=D. McKay |title=Spontaneous reduction and C–H borylation of arenes mediated by uranium(III) disproportionation|journal=Nature Chemistry|year=2012|volume=4|issue=8|pages=668–74|doi=10.1038/nchem.1392|pmid=22824900|bibcode=2012NatCh...4..668A|hdl=20.500.11820/387cd4f7-3c63-466b-b017-f87f6a345ee1|url=https://www.pure.ed.ac.uk/ws/files/11451508/Spontaneous_reduction_and_C_H_borylation_of_arenes_mediated_by_uranium_III_disproportionation.docx|hdl-access=free}} {{closed access}}</ref>]]


Arnold was a [[Fulbright Program]] [[postdoctoral]] fellow at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT) where she worked with [[Christopher C. Cummins]] before returning to the UK to a lectureship in 1999.<ref name=frs/> Her research is focused on the design and synthesis of highly reactive f-block complexes that can activate inert small molecules such as [[carbon oxide]]s, [[dinitrogen]], and [[hydrocarbon]]s, and that can provide fundamental information on structure and bonding at the bottom of the [[periodic table]].<ref name=frs/>
Arnold was a [[Fulbright Program]] [[postdoctoral]] fellow at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT) where she worked with [[Christopher C. Cummins]] before returning to the UK to a lectureship in 1999.<ref name="frs">{{cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/people/polly-arnold-13795/|website=royalsociety.org|publisher=[[Royal Society]]|author=Anon|year=2018|location=London|title=Professor Polly Arnold OBE FRS}} One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where: {{blockquote|"All text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is available under [[Creative Commons license|Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License]]." --{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111170346/https://royalsociety.org/about-us/terms-conditions-policies/|title=Royal Society Terms, conditions and policies|date=2016-11-11}}}}</ref> Her research is focused on the design and synthesis of highly reactive f-block complexes that can activate inert small molecules such as [[carbon oxide]]s, [[dinitrogen]], and [[hydrocarbon]]s, and that can provide fundamental information on structure and bonding at the bottom of the [[periodic table]].<ref name=frs/><ref name="ArnoldPearson2007">{{cite journal|last1=Arnold|first1=Polly L.|last2=Pearson|first2=Stephen|title=Abnormal N-heterocyclic carbenes|journal=Coordination Chemistry Reviews|volume=251|issue=5–6|year=2007|pages=596–609|issn=0010-8545|doi=10.1016/j.ccr.2006.08.006}} {{closed access}}</ref><ref name="ArnoldCasely2009">{{cite journal|last1=Arnold|first1=Polly L.|last2=Casely|first2=Ian J.|title=F-Block N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes|journal=Chemical Reviews|volume=109|issue=8|year=2009|pages=3599–3611|issn=0009-2665|doi=10.1021/cr8005203|pmid=19358527}} {{closed access}}</ref><ref name="LiddleEdworthy2007">{{cite journal|last1=Liddle|first1=Stephen T.|last2=Edworthy|first2=Ian S.|last3=Arnold|first3=Polly L.|title=Anionic tethered N-heterocyclic carbene chemistry|journal=Chemical Society Reviews|volume=36|issue=11|year=2007|pages=1732–44|issn=0306-0012|doi=10.1039/b611548a|pmid=18213982}} {{closed access}}</ref>


Arnold has given lectures around the world, advised the government and industry, and appears regularly on [[mainstream media]] and [[social media]]<ref name=twitter>{{Twitter}}</ref> to discuss the importance and benefits of diversity in the [[Science, technology, engineering and mathematics|science, technology, engineering, and mathematics]] (STEM) workforce.<ref name=frs/>
Arnold has given lectures around the world, advised the government and industry, and appears regularly on [[mainstream media]] and [[social media]]<ref name=twitter>{{Twitter}}</ref> to discuss the importance and benefits of diversity in the [[Science, technology, engineering and mathematics|science, technology, engineering, and mathematics]] (STEM) workforce.<ref name=frs/>
=== Awards and honours ===
=== Awards and honours ===
Arnold was awarded [[Rosalind Franklin Award]] in 2012 for her scientific achievements, and her suitability as a role model and proposal to promote women in STEM.<ref name=balance>{{cite web|title=A Chemical Imbalance|first=Polly|last=Arnold|year=2012|website=chemicalimbalance.ed.ac.uk|url=http://chemicalimbalance.co.uk/prof-polly-arnold/|publisher=RSE/University of Edinburgh|accessdate=3 December 2013}}</ref> This award was used to fund the creation of the documentary film ''A Chemical Imbalance,'' where she is the executive producer.<ref name=balance/> That same year, she was also awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry's [[Corday-Morgan Prize]] for her "outstanding contributions to the application of organometallic uranium chemistry to small molecule activation".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rsc.org/ScienceAndTechnology/Awards/CordayMorganPrizes/2012-Winner-Arnold.asp|title=Corday-Morgan Prize 2012 Winner|website=rsc.org|access-date=2018-12-16}}</ref> In 2012 she was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh]] (FRSE).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rse.org.uk/fellow/polly-arnold/|title=Professor Polly Louise Arnold OBE, FRSE|publisher=[[Royal Society of Edinburgh]]|website=rse.org.uk|access-date=2018-06-15|language=en-GB}}</ref>
Arnold was awarded the [[Rosalind Franklin Award]] in 2012 for her scientific achievements, and her suitability as a role model and proposal to promote women in [[science, technology, engineering, and mathematics]] (STEM).<ref name=balance>{{cite web|title=A Chemical Imbalance|first=Polly|last=Arnold|year=2012|website=chemicalimbalance.ed.ac.uk|url=http://chemicalimbalance.co.uk/prof-polly-arnold/|publisher=RSE/University of Edinburgh|access-date=3 December 2013}}</ref> This award was used to fund the creation of the documentary film ''A Chemical Imbalance,'' where she is the executive producer.<ref name=balance/> That same year, she was also awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry's [[Corday-Morgan Prize]] for her "outstanding contributions to the application of organometallic uranium chemistry to small molecule activation",<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rsc.org/ScienceAndTechnology/Awards/CordayMorganPrizes/2012-Winner-Arnold.asp|title=Corday-Morgan Prize 2012 Winner|website=rsc.org|access-date=2018-12-16}}</ref> and elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh]] (FRSE).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rse.org.uk/fellow/polly-arnold/|title=Professor Polly Louise Arnold OBE, FRSE|publisher=[[Royal Society of Edinburgh]]|website=rse.org.uk|access-date=2018-06-15|language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2015, Arnold was awarded an Engineering and Physical Sciences [[Suffrage Science award]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-03-12|title=Suffrage Science 2015: Is the world of science pale, male and stale?|url=https://lms.mrc.ac.uk/suffrage-science-2015-world-science-pale-male-stale/|access-date=2021-05-13|website=LMS London Institute of Medical Sciences|language=en}}</ref>


She was appointed [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the [[2017 Birthday Honours]] for services to chemistry and women in STEM.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=61962|supp=y|page=B10|date=17 June 2017}}</ref>
She was appointed [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the [[2017 Birthday Honours]] for services to chemistry and women in STEM.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=61962|supp=y|page=B10|date=17 June 2017}}</ref>


In 2018, she was awarded the [[Royal Society of Chemistry]] (RSC) Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson award for her work on transuranic organometallic chemistry, and is so far, the only woman to have been awarded this award since its inception in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rsc.org/ScienceAndTechnology/Awards/SirGeoffreyWilkinsonAward/2018-Winner.asp|title=RSC Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Award 2018 Winner|website=rsc.org|language=en|access-date=2018-05-13}}</ref> She was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] (FRS) in 2018.<ref name=frs/>
In 2018, she was awarded the [[Royal Society of Chemistry]] (RSC) Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson award for her work on transuranic organometallic chemistry, and is so far, the only woman to have been awarded this award since its inception in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rsc.org/ScienceAndTechnology/Awards/SirGeoffreyWilkinsonAward/2018-Winner.asp|title=RSC Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Award 2018 Winner|website=rsc.org|language=en|access-date=2018-05-13}}</ref> She was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] (FRS) in 2018 for substantial contributions to the improvement of [[natural science|natural knowledge]].<ref name=frs/>


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Latest revision as of 08:50, 11 November 2024

Polly Arnold
OBE FRS FRSE FRSC
Arnold in 2018
Born
Polly Louise Arnold

(1972-07-24) 24 July 1972 (age 52)[3]
EducationNotting Hill and Ealing High School
Westminster School
Alma materUniversity of Oxford (BA)
University of Sussex (DPhil)
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry[1]
Institutions
ThesisLow valent and low co-ordinate complexes of transition metals and lanthanides (1997)
Doctoral advisorGeoffrey Cloke[2]
Websitechemistry.berkeley.edu/faculty/chem/polly-arnold Edit this at Wikidata

Polly Louise Arnold (born 24 July 1972) is a British chemist who is director of the chemical sciences division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and professor of chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley.[4][5] She previously held the Crum Brown chair in the School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh from 2007 to 2019 and an Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) career fellowship.[6][7][1][3][8][9]

Education

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Arnold was educated at Notting Hill and Ealing High School and Westminster School.[3] She studied chemistry at Brasenose College, Oxford (BA) and worked with Dermot O'Hare [Wikidata] and Matthew Rosseinsky.[7] She moved to the University of Sussex for postgraduate research where her Doctor of Philosophy degree was supervised by Geoffrey Cloke.[2][7]

Research and career

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Arnold's research focuses on exploratory synthetic chemistry, particularly in making complexes that exhibit unusual structure-bonding in early transition metal, and lanthanide and actinide chemistry. Such knowledge underpins the discovery of catalysts and our understanding of the behaviour of nuclear waste.[10][6]

Structure of C6H6[U(Ntms2)2]2 from Arnold's lab[11]

Arnold was a Fulbright Program postdoctoral fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where she worked with Christopher C. Cummins before returning to the UK to a lectureship in 1999.[12] Her research is focused on the design and synthesis of highly reactive f-block complexes that can activate inert small molecules such as carbon oxides, dinitrogen, and hydrocarbons, and that can provide fundamental information on structure and bonding at the bottom of the periodic table.[12][13][14][15]

Arnold has given lectures around the world, advised the government and industry, and appears regularly on mainstream media and social media[16] to discuss the importance and benefits of diversity in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce.[12]

Awards and honours

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Arnold was awarded the Rosalind Franklin Award in 2012 for her scientific achievements, and her suitability as a role model and proposal to promote women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).[17] This award was used to fund the creation of the documentary film A Chemical Imbalance, where she is the executive producer.[17] That same year, she was also awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry's Corday-Morgan Prize for her "outstanding contributions to the application of organometallic uranium chemistry to small molecule activation",[18] and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE).[19] In 2015, Arnold was awarded an Engineering and Physical Sciences Suffrage Science award.[20]

She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to chemistry and women in STEM.[21]

In 2018, she was awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson award for her work on transuranic organometallic chemistry, and is so far, the only woman to have been awarded this award since its inception in 1999.[22] She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2018 for substantial contributions to the improvement of natural knowledge.[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b Polly Arnold publications indexed by Google Scholar Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b Arnold, Polly Louise (1997). Low valent and low co-ordinate complexes of transition metals and lanthanides. jisc.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Sussex. OCLC 53644787. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.388646. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  3. ^ a b c Anon (2019). "Arnold, Prof. Polly Louise". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U289559. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. ^ Chapman, Kit (13 January 2020). "Polly Arnold's diversity of interests". Chemistry World. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Polly L. Arnold | College of Chemistry". chemistry.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Professor Polly L Arnold". University of Edinburgh. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  7. ^ a b c "Polly Arnold - EPSRC website". epsrc.ukri.org.
  8. ^ Polly Arnold's ORCID 0000-0001-6410-5838
  9. ^ Polly Arnold publications from Europe PubMed Central
  10. ^ Furno, Franck; Morley, Kelly S.; Wong, Ben; Sharp, Barry L.; Arnold, Polly L.; Howdle, Steven M.; Bayston, Roger; Brown, Paul D.; Winship, Peter D.; Reid, Helen J. (2004). "Silver nanoparticles and polymeric medical devices: a new approach to prevention of infection?". Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 54 (6): 1019–1024. doi:10.1093/jac/dkh478. ISSN 1460-2091. PMID 15537697. Free access icon
  11. ^ P. L. Arnold; S.M. Mansell; L. Maron; D. McKay (2012). "Spontaneous reduction and C–H borylation of arenes mediated by uranium(III) disproportionation". Nature Chemistry. 4 (8): 668–74. Bibcode:2012NatCh...4..668A. doi:10.1038/nchem.1392. hdl:20.500.11820/387cd4f7-3c63-466b-b017-f87f6a345ee1. PMID 22824900. Closed access icon
  12. ^ a b c d Anon (2018). "Professor Polly Arnold OBE FRS". royalsociety.org. London: Royal Society. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where:

    "All text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License." --Royal Society Terms, conditions and policies at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-11-11)
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