The list was generated by visiting the Staff pages of each University Chemistry department that was included in the RAE 2008, as listed by the Guardian RAE rankings page.  Each webpage was looked at and the data manually extracted.  This means that typos, omissions and errors in categorisation are all down to human error (and are not deliberate).  They might also be down to improper or scant information on the departmental website itself.  The RAE list was chosen arbitrarily to restrict the total number of departments examined to a manageable list that could be quickly compiled, and is not meant to be a reflection on academics at other institutions.  If you wish to submit an extended list, please get in touch.

The first pass for data was: 17-18th April 2011.

Liverpool (accidentally omitted) was added 19th April 2011.

An attempt has been made to include all active lecturing-level research staff.  

Excluded (where possible) are: 

• Postdoctoral researchers, where these are included as academic staff on web-pages but are clearly designated as PDRAs (not always the case)
• Staff that appear to have a primary role in teaching, rather than significant research activity, eg teaching fellows.  
• Staff that are (senior) scientific officers or similar

Whilst these staff have valuable roles in academia and may well fit the remit aimed for, the aim of this compilation has been to provide a constrained list of people holding what is traditionally regarded as a full academic post, and that can be consulted for research expertise for academic lectures, committees and similar activities for which women are often overlooked.

Often the formal university name has not been used.  This has been to aid in sorting, and thus follows the more colloquial version whereby the Location/Main title is used, followed by 'University' ie 'X University' rather than 'The University of X'.  This is also for consistency as the format varies between universities.  It also made data entry faster ...