Neil Champness is a British chemist currently serving as head of the School of Chemistry and Norman Haworth Professor of Chemistry at the University of Birmingham. His research focuses on supramolecular assembly and metal-organic frameworks.
Champness received a BSc in chemistry from the University of Southampton in 1989 and a PhD in 1993.
Following his PhD, Champness remained at Southampton to continue postdoctoral studies with Gill Reid. In 1995, Champness became a teaching fellow in inorganic chemistry at the University of Nottingham, becoming a reader in 2003 and gaining the Chair of Chemical Nanoscience in 2004. In 2019, Champness was appointed to the advisory board of the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre. In 2020, Champness was appointed editor-in-chief of the organic crystalline materials section of Crystals, a journal of the Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute. Champness moved to the University of Birmingham in 2021.
Champness has received the following awards:
In 2013, Champness was elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.
Champness is a supporter of Southampton FC.