We are delighted to share that Professor Tony James (University of Bath, UK) has joined the Chemical Science Editorial Board as an Associate Editor.
Tony James is a Professor at the University of Bath, United Kingdom. Professor James’s expertise and interests cover a broad range of topics, particularly sensing, supramolecular chemistry and imaging, with his recent research being focused on the development of new fluorescent chemical probes.
| “I am delighted to be joining Chemical Science as an Editor. The journal’s commitment to excellence, openness, and scientific breadth strongly resonates with me, and I look forward to working with authors and reviewers to advance the chemical sciences. I am particularly excited to see—and support—innovative advances in sensor research.” |  |
Tony’s research interests span supramolecular chemistry, molecular recognition, fluorescent sensor design, fluorescence imaging, and theranostic systems. He is particularly known for pioneering work on fluorescent probes, including the development of the first glucose-selective fluorescent sensor in 1994. More recent work from his group focuses on fluorescent probes for imaging reactive oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur species, as well as long-wavelength probes for studying cellular metabolism, with emerging applications in cancer diagnostics.
Discover the areas that Professor James will be considering in our Most Popular Analytical Chemistry and Chemcial Biology & Medicinal Chemistry collections, and read his latest publications in Chemical Science:
Deep excitation afterglow luminescent probes for biomedical applications
Yuxia Liu, Xi Liu, Pu Chen, Jonathan L. Sessler, Bo Tang, Tony D. James and Guang Chen et al.
Chem. Sci., 2026,17, 6805-6834
Protein-encapsulated fluorogenic probes for the selective detection of endogenous O-GlcNAcase (OGA)
Tony D. James, Jia Li and Xiao‑Peng He et al.
Chem. Sci., 2026,17, 7178-7184
Reactive fluorescent probe for covalent membrane-anchoring: enabling real-time imaging of protein aggregation dynamics in live cells
Hui Zhang, Tony D. James and Xiaolong Sun et al.
Chem. Sci., 2026,17, 5201-5212
We look forward to receiving submissions of your best work in the area of sensors, probes and analytical chemistry!
