EaStCHEM | University of Edinburgh Research Staff

Research Staff

Staff at The University of Edinburgh

Name	Research Groups	Keywords
Dr Andrew J Alexander	Chemical Physics	crystallization, reaction dynamics, photochemistry, photodissociation, spectroscopy, polarization
Prof. Polly L Arnold	Materials, Synthesis	d- and f-block organometallic chemistry, small molecule activation chemistry, homogeneous catalysis
Prof. J Paul Attfield	Materials	magnetism, superconductivity, high pressure synthesis, materials chemistry
Dr Philip J Bailey	Synthesis	ligand design, asymmetric catalysis, alkene polymerisation catalysis
Prof. Paul N Barlow	Chemistry/Biology Interface	protein structure, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, immunology, complement system
Dr Perdita E Barran	Chemistry/Biology Interface	biological mass Spectrometry; instrument and technique development; protein structure and interactions; HDX; proteomics; molecular modelling.
Dr Helen Baxter	Chemistry/Biology Interface	protein detection, microscopy, spectroscopy and immunology
Prof. Robert L Baxter	Chemistry/Biology Interface	enzyme mechanisms, protein detection and spectroscopy, natural product chemistry and biosynthesis
Prof. Mark Bradley	Chemistry/Biology Interface, Materials, Synthesis	microarrays (cells, enzymatic assays, small molecules, and polymers), cellular delivery (DNA, proteins, peptides), high-throughput chemistry
Prof. Euan Brechin	Chemical Physics, Materials, Synthesis	synthetic coordination chemistry, solvothermal & microwave synthesis, molecule-based magnetism, single-molecule magnetism
Dr Philip J Camp	Chemical Physics, Materials	structure, dynamics, and phase equilibria in complex fluids; computer simulations and statistical mechanics
Dr Colin Campbell	Chemistry/Biology Interface	biosensor research, electrochemistry, fluorescence, nanotechnology
Prof. Eleanor Campbell	Chemical Physics, Materials	gas phase studies of fullerenes and atomic clusters; growth mechanisms, properties and applications of carbon nanotubes
Dr Dominic Campopiano	Chemistry/Biology Interface, Synthesis	natural product biosynthesis, enzymology, protein structure, antibiotics, defensins, antimicrobial resistance, iron uptake, innate immunity
Dr Scott L. Cockroft	Chemistry/Biology Interface, Synthesis	physical organic chemistry, molecular recognition, non-covalent interactions, supramolecular chemistry, single-molecule biophysics, molecular machines
Dr Simon N Daff	Chemistry/Biology Interface	NO synthase, biological electron transfer, bioelectrochemistry, enzyme mechanisms
Prof. Robert J Donovan	Chemical Physics	photochemistry, excited states, spectroscopy, ionic states, laser analysis, atmospheric chemistry and free-electron lasers
Dr David TF Dryden	Chemistry/Biology Interface	protein-DNA interactions, bio-molecular machines, protein mimics of DNA structure, fluorescence spectroscopy, single-molecule imaging, prokaryotic DNA restriction and modification systems
Prof. Andrew Harrison	Materials	magnetic materials, nanostructures, neutron scattering, microwave chemistry
Dr Mathew R Heal	Chemistry/Biology Interface, Chemical Physics	field and laboratory measurements of atmospheric trace species concentrations and fluxes, urban air quality and the impact on health
Dr Alison N Hulme	Chemistry/Biology Interface, Synthesis	natural product synthesis, asymmetric synthetic methodology, Chemistry/Biology Interface, tagging and imaging in biological systems, historical dyestuffs
Dr Anita C Jones	Chemistry/Biology Interface, Materials	photophysics and photochemistry, time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy, fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy, DNA conformation and interactions, microfluidics
Dr Adam Kirrander	Chemical Physics	Quantum dynamics of atoms and molecules, theoretical spectroscopy, impact of new light-sources on chemistry (ultrafast dynamics, coherent control, time-resolved x-ray diffraction)
Dr Hon Wai Lam	Synthesis	organic synthesis, new reaction methodology, asymmetric catalysis, natural product synthesis
Dr Patrick RR Langridge-Smith	Chemical Physics
Dr Jason Love	Materials, Synthesis	Synthesis of multimetallic compounds, small molecule chemistry (N₂, O₂, H₂, CO₂, CH₄), ligand and macrocycle design, supramolecular catalysis
Dr Janet Lovett	Chemistry/Biology Interface	Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, protein structure, protein docking
Dr Paul Lusby	Synthesis	synthetic coordination chemistry, metal template synthesis, metal driven molecular events and their application to nanoscale machines and motors, catalysis
Dr Julien Michel	Chemistry/Biology Interface, Chemical Physics	Computer-aided drug design, chemical biology, biomolecular interactions, computer simulations and statistical mechanics
Dr Stephen Moggach	Synthesis	heterocyclic chemistry, flash vacuum pyrolysis (FVP), reactive intermediates, green chemistry, dyestuffs and other novel p-systems.
Dr Carole A Morrison	Chemical Physics, Materials	computational chemistry, density functional theory, molecular dynamics, molecular crystals, hydrogen bonding (proton migration and transport)
Dr Andrew R Mount	Chemistry/Biology Interface, Materials	electrochemistry, modified electrodes, biosensors, microelectrode arrays, electrochemical machining, electrochemical synthesis, molten salts
Dr Chris Mowat	Chemistry/Biology Interface	redox proteins, protein crystallography, enzyme mechanisms, bacterial respiration.
Prof. Simon Parsons	Synthesis	high pressure crystallography, structural chemistry, X-ray and neutron diffraction, structure of materials, single crystal and powder diffraction, twinning
Prof. Colin R Pulham	Materials, Synthesis	studies of pharmaceuticals, explosives, and propellants at high pressure, polymorphism, crystal engineering, electrochemical metal nitriding
Dr Trevor Ridley	Chemical Physics	Spectroscopy, kinetics, photochemistry, excited states, ionization and fluorescence
Dr Neil Robertson	Materials, Synthesis	molecular materials, dye-sensitised solar cells, luminescent materials, conducting/magnetic materials
Dr Uwe Schneider	Chemistry/Biology Interface, Synthesis	'Green' Chemistry; Asymmetric Catalysis; Elements in their Unusually Low-Oxidation & Low-Valence States; Underexplored or Unrecognized LEWIS Base & Acid & Ambiphilic Catalysts; Ambiphilic Strong-Bond Activation in Small Molecules
Dr Michael Shaver	Synthesis	Polymer synthesis, ligand and catalyst design, controlled ring-opening polymerization, controlled radical polymerization
Dr Stephen P Thomas	Chemistry/Biology Interface	Catalysis, organometallic chemistry of 1st row transition metals, mechanism, small molecule activation, reductive functionalisation of alkenes
Prof. Peter A Tasker	Synthesis	greener processes based on coordination chemistry; ligand design for surface engineering and metal recovery
Dr Dusan Uhrin	Chemistry/Biology Interface	NMR spectroscopy, molecular structure and dynamics, protein-carbohydrate complexes, pulse sequence development
Prof. Dieter Vogt	Chemistry/Biology Interface, Synthesis	Homogeneous Catalysis, Catalyst Recycling, Mechanistic Studies, Ligand Design, Sustainable Chemistry
Dr Derek Wann	Chemical Physics	Gas electron diffraction; structural chemistry; ultrafast chemical processes; computational chemistry
Prof. Lesley J Yellowlees	Synthesis	inorganic electrochemistry, spectroelectrochemistry, electron transfer reactions, EPR spectroscopy

Honorary Fellows

Dr K. P. Lawley
Prof. D. C. McKean
Prof. J. Monaghan
Dr M. H. Palmer
Dr R.M. Paton
Prof. D. W. H. Rankin
Dr I. H. Sadler
Prof. P. A. Tasker
Dr G. Tennant