People

Management and Delivery Team

Supervisors

Name Supervision areas

Professor Varinder Aggarwal FRS

  • acyclic stereocontrol
  • organoboron chemistry
  • organometallic chemistry
  • catalytic asymmetric synthesis
  • synthesis of natural products

Professor Robin Bedford

  • new catalysts
  • novel organic reactions
  • organic chemistry
  • inorganic chemistry
  • catalyst development
  • organic reactions

Dr Wuge Briscoe

  • soft matter
  • nanotoxicity
  • biolubrication

Professor Craig Butts

  • NMR of complex chemical structures
  • reaction dynamics, kinetics and reactivity
  • computational modelling

Professor Jonathan Clayden

  • new synthetic methods
  • organolithium chemistry
  • stereochemistry and conformational control
  • synthesis of biomimetic structures

Professor Matthew Crump

  • medicinal chemistry and biologics
  • structural biology using NMR and X-ray crystallography
  • application of chemical probes in biological systems

Professor Tony Davis

  • supramolecular chemistry
  • carbohydrate recognition
  • anion recognition and transport
  • crystal engineering
  • computer-aided molecular design

Professor Charl Faul

  • soft functional materials
  • self-assembly
  • conductive organic supramolecular materials
  • aniline-based conjugated materials

Dr Natalie Fey

  • transition metal complexes
  • organometallic chemistry
  • catalytic reactions
  • catalysis

Professor Carmen Galan

  • oligosaccharide and glycoconjugate synthesis 
  • catalysis in carbohydrate chemistry
  • stereoselective glycosylation methods
  • nano-materials for glycobiology

Professor Simon Hall

  • superconductors
  • nanoparticles
  • crystal growth
  • x-ray diffraction
  • electron microscopy
  • organic crystals
  • semiconductors
  • biomimetics
  • biomineralization

Dr Beatrice Le Fanu Collins

  • design and synthesis of artificial molecular machines
  • transition metal reactivity for autonomous directional motion

Dr Alastair Lennox

  • development of green synthetic processes
  • organic electrochemistry (synthetic and analytical)
  • physical organic chemistry and mechanistic studies
  • homogenous organometallic catalysis

Dr Adam Noble

  • Synthetic organic chemistry with visible light
  • New synthetic methods
  • Photoredox catalysis
  • Free radical reactions

Dr Tom Oliver

  • DNA photo protection
  • nanomaterials
  • photochemistry
  • photosynthesis
  • protein interactions

Professor Andrew Orr-Ewing

  • photochemical and reaction mechanisms of organic molecules in solution, on a range of timescales from femtosecond upwards
  • controlled use of photochemistry for synthesis

Dr Mike Price

  • Design of new molecules for organic optoelectronics: photovoltaics, light emitting devices and lasers
  • Ultrafast spectroscopy of novel semiconductors and organic molecules
  • Photophysics and photochemistry of semiconductors/molecules for hydrogen photocatalysis or carbon dioxide capture
  • Device engineering of new photovoltaic and laser designs

Dr Sebastien Rochat

  • Photo- and electrocatalytic polymers
  • Energy harvesting and conversion
  • Hydrogen storage
  • Composite materials engineering
  • Stimuli-responsive materials

Dr Chris Russell

  • coinage metal catalysis
  • main group elements as transition metals
  • phosphorus as a carbon copy

Dr Harry Sansom

  • Experimental materials discovery of novel organic/inorganic metal halides
  • Crystal growth, powder synthesis, thin film processing
  • Structure determination via crystallography
  • Property characterisation of energy conversion materials for net zero applications – photovoltaics, ferroelectrics, thermoelectrics

Professor Chris Willis

  • new methods for the synthesis of natural products and molecules of biological interest
  • biotransformations
  • reaction mechanisms
  • isotopic labelling

Professor Dek Woolfson

  • protein sequence and 3-D structure
  • design and synthesis of non-natural peptides and proteins
  • peptide-based biosensors and materials for synthetic biology
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