Mimi Hii

Education:

• 1988–91 University of Leeds, England. B.Sc.(First Class Hons.) in Chemistry.
• 1991–94 University of Leeds, England. Ph.D. in Chemistry (Supervisor: Professor B. L. Shaw, FRS).

Career:

• 1994–97 Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Oxford University (Supervisor: Dr. J. M. Brown, FRS).
• 1995–97 Keeley Junior Research Fellow, Wadham College, Oxford.
• 1997–98 Ramsay Memorial Research Fellow (University of Leeds).
• 1998–2003 Lecturer in Organic Chemistry, King’s College London.
• 2003–9 Senior Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry, Imperial College London.
• 2009–2016 Reader in Catalysis, Imperial College London.
• 2016-present Professor of Catalysis, Imperial College London.
• 2018-present Director of the Imperial Centre of Excellence for Rapid Online Analysis of Reactions (ROAR).
• From 2019 Director of the EPSRC Centre of Doctoral Training in Next-Generation Synthesis & Reaction Technology.

Honours/Awards:

• 1991–94 Tetley and Lupton Scholarship, University of Leeds.
  Edward Boyle Memorial Scholarship, University of Leeds.
  Overseas Research Studentship (ORS) Award, Committee of Vice–Chancellors and Principals (C.V.C.P.)
  
• 1995 M.A.(Oxon)
• 1995–97 Keeley Junior Research Fellowship, Wadham College, Oxford
• 1997–98 Sir William Ramsay Memorial Fellowship, Ramsay Memorial Trust
• 2013 ‘Asian Rising Star’, awarded by the Federation of Asian Chemical Societies
• 2013 Elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)
• 2019 Shortlisted Asian Women of Achievement Award 2019 (Professions)