Kenneth R. Seddon is a professor in the School of Chemistry at the Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland, since 1993. Professor Seddon is Chair of Inorganic Chemistry since 1993 and director of QUILL (Queen's University Ionic Liquid Laboratories) since 1999. Professor Seddon's Research Interests include green chemistry, crystal engineering, ionic liquids for clean technology, phosgene, coordination chemistry and conservation of pre-tenth Century Chinese paper.?He holds a B.Sc. (1970) and Ph.D. (1973) in Chemistry from the University of Liverpool, UK and MA (1974) from the University of Oxford, UK.