My role is primarily focused toward teaching practical chemistry techniques/skills to undergradute students of all levels. I am regularly involved in developing new chemistry laboratory courses/experiments. In addition to teaching within the school of chemistry, I have a variety of roles in connection with the School of Chemistry and RSC outreach activities.

SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS

1. Synthesis of novel amidoxime-linked pseudodisaccharides; I. A. Smellie, S. A. Moggach and R. M. Paton, Tetrahedron. Lett., 2011, 52, 95-97
2. Synthesis and structure of 2-pyranosylperimidines; I. A. Smellie, A. Fromm, S. A. Moggach, and R. M. Paton, Carbohydr. Res., 2011, 346, 43-49
3. Synthesis of 2-pyranosyl benzothiazoles, benzimidazoles and benzoxazoles via nucleophilic addition reactions of pyranosyl nitrile oxides; I. A. Smellie, A. Fromm, F. Fabiani, I. D. H. Oswald, F. J. White and R. M. Paton,Tetrahedron, 2010, 66, 7155-7160
4. A new route to 2-substituted perimidines based on nitrile oxide chemistry; I. A. Smellie, A. Fromm and R. M. Paton,Tetrahedron. Lett., 2010, 51, 4104-4106
5. Synthesis of a thermochromic copper complex; Tetraiodotin(IV) and its triphenylphosphine complex; Synthesis of triphenylphosphine oxide and triphenylphosphine sulfide ; Preparation of K[ICl4] Inorganic Experiments 3rd Edition. Ed J.D.Woollins, 2009, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim. ISBN-10: 3-527-32472-0 ISBN-13: 978-3-527-32472-9
6. Stereoselective synthesis of β-arabino glycosyl sulfones as potential inhibitors of mycobacterial cell wall biosynthesis; B. Ayers, H. Long, E. Sim, I. A. Smellie, B. L. Wilkinson and A. J. Fairbanks, Carbohydr. Res., 2008, 344, 739-746
7. Synthesis of putative chain terminators of mycobacterial arabinan biosynthesis; I. A. Smellie, S. Bhakta, E. Sim and A. J. Fairbanks. Org. Biomol. Chem., 2007, 5, 2257-2266
8. Synthesis of pyranosyl amidoximes by addition of amines to pyranosyl nitrile oxides; K. W. J. Baker, K. S. Horner, S. A. Moggach R. M. Paton and I. A. Smellie,Tetrahedron. Lett., 2004, 45, 8913-8916