Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Employment History
Postdoctoral research fellow, University of California at Berkeley, 1991-1993
Lecturer, University of York, 1993-1997
Senior Lecturer, University of York, 1998-1999
Professor, University of York, 1999-present (chair of department 2004-2010)
Research interests
Bioinorganic chemistry, spectroscopy and structure of metalloenzymes
Education/Academic qualification
PhD Chemistry, University of Nottingham
1 Oct 1987 → 1 Nov 1990
Award Date: 1 Nov 1990
External positions
Chair, Heads of Chemistry UK
2011 → 2013
Editor, Dalton Transactions, The Royal Society of Chemistry
2004 → 2008
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Recent external collaboration on country/territory level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots or
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Prediction of energies of spin states for first row transition metal complexes: DFT vs. ligand field theory
Mace, S., Grace, B. S., Goodfellow, A. S., Bates, M. A., Halcrow, M. A., Walton, P. H., Xu, Y. & Nguyen, B. N., 20 May 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Structural enzymology of a Fusarium graminearum aldehyde oxidase reveals a distinct active-site and reactivity versus its paralog galactose oxidase
Fong, J. K., Mazo, L., Nairn, A. K., Cordeiro, R. L., Mathieu, Y., Chen, Y. S., Rovira, C., Walton, P. H., Van Petegem, F. & Brumer, H., 26 Mar 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Biochemical journal. 483, 4, p. 493-509 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploring early transition metal coordination: a synthetic and computational study of tripodal ligand complexes
Moore, J., Vaught, B., Miller, T., NUNN, G., Elford, L., Gullett, K., WALTON, P. H. & Fout, A., 21 Nov 2025, In: Dalton Transactions. 54, 43, p. 16177–16182 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile
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Do enzymes ‘sense’ their environments?
WALTON, P. (Principal investigator)
1/12/24 → 1/12/28
Project: Research project (funded) › Research
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Berberine bridge enzyme-like proteins as key virulence factors in plant pathogens
SABBADIN, F. (Principal investigator), DAVIES, G. (Co-investigator), DENBY, K. (Co-investigator), O'TOOLE, P. (Co-investigator) & WALTON, P. (Co-investigator)
BBSRC (BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL)
1/04/24 → 31/03/27
Project: Research project (funded) › Research
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STRIPES: Social Transformative Research Informing Processes of Environmental Science Co-production of knowledge in the Case of the Granbio Advanced Bio-refinery in Alagoas, Northeast Brazil
BROWN, E. (Principal investigator), BROOKS, S. (Researcher), DUNLOP, L. (Co-investigator), KIRSHNER, J. (Co-investigator), REDEKER, K. (Co-investigator), WALTON, P. (Co-investigator) & FRIEND, R. (Co-investigator)
Project: Research project (funded) › Research
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50th Congress of the Inorganic Chemistry Division of the Società Chimica Italiana
WALTON, P. H. (Keynote/plenary speaker)
9 Sept 2025 → 12 Sept 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Conference
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International Conference on Biological Inorganic Chemistry
WALTON, P. H. (Keynote/plenary speaker)
25 Jul 2025 → 1 Aug 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Conference
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GRC Carbohydrate-Active Enzymes for Glycan Conversions - Andover, NH
WALTON, P. H. (Chair)
20 Jul 2025 → 25 Jul 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Conference
Datasets
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AFM and XPS data for "On the non-catalytic role of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases in boosting the action of PETases on PET polymers"
Ribeiro Correa, T. L. (Creator) & Walton, P. H. (Creator), University of York, 12 Nov 2024
DOI: 10.15124/71c0a07a-74d0-4dee-aac9-0ef2f05756af
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Characterisation of LPMO AA16 family
Ciano, L. (Creator) & Walton, P. H. (Supervisor), University of York, 2018
DOI: 10.15124/a034974e-2782-415e-8b02-2b6e4098760e
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Characterisation of new LPMO AA15 family
Ciano, L. (Creator), Walton, P. H. (Supervisor) & Davies, G. J. (Supervisor), University of York, 2017
DOI: 10.15124/bd09e86b-9d92-4802-9337-18b138e7abb7
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Prizes
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WISE Man of the Year Award (shortlisted)
Walton, P. H. (Recipient), 10 Nov 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Chalmers University Jubilee Professorship
Walton, P. H. (Recipient), 2020
Prize: National/international honour