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Name Professor Tim Gallagher
Job title Professor of Organic Chemistry
Department School of Chemistry University of Bristol
Personal web page http://www.bristol.ac.uk/chemistry/people/tim-c-gallagher/overview.html
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Qualifications B.Sc.(Wales), Ph.D.(Liv.), C.Chem., F.R.S.C.
Professional details
Keywords heterocyclic chemistry
synthetic methodology
natural product synthesis
neurotransmission
carbohydrate chemistry
carbohydrate based interactions
Areas of expertise The stereocontrolled synthesis of functionalised N- and O-containing heterocycles is a central theme which has involved development of a wide range of novel synthetic methodologies and mechanistic studies, as well as asymmetric and total synthesis. Active industrial and academic collaborations relate to the chemistry of neurotoxins, including
nicotinic agonists, and carbohydrates (C-linked glycosides and oligosaccharides).