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Molecular Synthetic Chemistry

Name Research Areas Institution Keywords
Dr R Alan Aitken Synthesis St Andrews synthetic chemistry, asymmetric synthesis, flash vacuum pyrolysis, heterocyclic chemistry, electronic materials, organophosphorus chemistry
Prof. Polly L Arnold Materials, Synthesis Edinburgh d- and f-block organometallic chemistry, small molecule activation chemistry, homogeneous catalysis
Dr Philip J Bailey Synthesis Edinburgh ligand design, asymmetric catalysis, alkene polymerisation catalysis
Dr Nigel P Botting Synthesis St Andrews cancer chemoprevention, phytoestrogens, lignans, isotopic labelling, glucosinolates, nitric oxide, enzyme immobilisation, tryptophan metabolism
Prof. Mark Bradley Chemistry/Biology Interface, Materials, Synthesis Edinburgh microarrays (cells, enzymatic assays, small molecules, and polymers), cellular delivery (DNA, proteins, peptides), high-throughput chemistry
Dr Euan K Brechin Chemical Physics, Materials, Synthesis Edinburgh synthetic coordination chemistry, solvothermal & microwave synthesis, molecule-based magnetism, single-molecule magnetism
Dr Dominic Campopiano Chemistry/Biology Interface, Synthesis Edinburgh natural product biosynthesis, enzymology, protein structure, antibiotics, defensins, antimicrobial resistance, iron uptake, innate immunity
Dr Catherine SJ Cazin Synthesis St Andrews Homogeneous catalysis, organometallic chemistry
Dr Matt L Clarke Synthesis St Andrews homogeneous catalysis, asymmetric synthesis, synthetic methodology, organometallic and co-ordination chemistry
Dr Scott L. Cockroft Chemistry/Biology Interface, Synthesis Edinburgh physical organic chemistry, molecular recognition, non-covalent interactions, supramolecular chemistry, single-molecule biophysics, molecular machines
Prof. David J Cole-Hamilton Synthesis St Andrews applications of organometallic compounds in homogeneous catalysis and materials science
Dr Joe A Crayston Synthesis St Andrews electrochemistry, modified electrodes, electrocatalysis, solar energy conversion, coordination compounds, conducting polymers, redox polymers
Dr Gordon Florence Chemistry/Biology Interface, Synthesis St Andrews organic synthesis; bioactive natural products and structural analogues; new methods and strategies for asymmetric stereocontrol
Dr Christopher Glidewell Synthesis St Andrews  
Dr Michael F Greaney Chemistry/Biology Interface, Synthesis Edinburgh synthetic organic chemistry, natural product synthesis, dynamic combinatorial chemistry
Dr Alison N Hulme Chemistry/Biology Interface, Synthesis Edinburgh natural product synthesis, asymmetric synthetic methodology, chemical biology, tagging and imaging in biological systems, historical dyestuffs
Prof. Paul Kamer Synthesis St Andrews homogeneous catalysis, organometallic chemistry, ligand design, phosphorus chemistry, transition metalloenzymes
Dr Petr Kilian Synthesis St Andrews synthesis, organo-phosphorus and organo-pnictide chemistry, sterically hindered molecules, heteroatom centred radicals and biradicaloids
Dr Hon Wai Lam Synthesis Edinburgh organic synthesis, new reaction methodology, asymmetric catalysis, natural product synthesis
Dr Tomas Lebl Synthesis St Andrews solution state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of small molecules
Prof. David A Leigh FRS Chemistry/Biology Interface, Synthesis Edinburgh synthetic organic chemistry, design and synthesis of functional molecules, supramolecules and macromolecules, artificial "molecular machines"
Dr Jason Love Materials, Synthesis Edinburgh synthesis of multimetallic compounds, small molecule chemistry (N2, O2, H2, CO2, CH4), ligand and macrocycle design, supramolecular catalysis
Dr Paul Lusby Synthesis Edinburgh synthetic coordination chemistry, metal template synthesis, metal driven molecular events and their application to nanoscale machines and motors, catalysis
Dr Juan Mareque-Rivas Chemistry/Biology Interface, Materials, Synthesis Edinburgh ligand design, molecular recognition, bio-inorganic chemistry, self-assembled monolayers, catalysis, nanomaterials and electrochemistry
Prof. Hamish McNab Synthesis Edinburgh heterocyclic chemistry, flash vacuum pyrolysis (FVP), reactive intermediates, green chemistry, dyestuffs and other novel p-systems.
Dr Stephen Moggach Synthesis Edinburgh high-pressure crystallography, porous peptides, metal organic frameworks (MOFs)
Prof. Russell E Morris Materials, Synthesis St Andrews synthesis, characterisation and application of porous materials, zeolites, metal organic frameworks, ionic liquids, medical applications
Prof. Steven P Nolan Synthesis St Andrews organometallic chemistry and homogeneous catalysis
Prof. David O'Hagan Chemistry/Biology Interface, Synthesis St Andrews organic chemistry, organo-fluorine chemistry, biological chemistry, natural products, biotransformations, enzyme mechanism, biosynthesis
Prof. Simon Parsons Synthesis Edinburgh high pressure crystallography, structural chemistry, X-ray and neutron diffraction, structure of materials, single crystal and powder diffraction, twinning
Prof. Douglas Philp Synthesis St Andrews replication processes, molecular recognition, computational chemistry, physical organic chemistry, catalysis and autocatalysis
Prof. Colin R Pulham Materials, Synthesis Edinburgh studies of pharmaceuticals, explosives, and propellants at high pressure, polymorphism, crystal engineering, electrochemical metal nitriding
Prof. David WH Rankin Chemical Physics, Synthesis Edinburgh molecular structure, electron diffraction, combining computational and experimental chemistry, metals in plants and soils, chemical taxonomy of plants
Dr David T Richens Synthesis St Andrews biomimetic oxidation catalysis, dioxygen, ozone and hydrogen peroxide activation, kinetics and mechanisms of inorganic reactions, aqueous chemistry
Dr Neil Robertson Materials, Synthesis Edinburgh molecular materials, dye-sensitised solar cells, luminescent materials, conducting/magnetic materials
Prof. Alex MZ Slawin Chemical Physics, Synthesis St Andrews chemical crystallography, structure solution and structure activity relationships, automation of crystallography
Dr Andrew D Smith Synthesis St Andrews organic synthesis, asymmetric synthesis, organocatalysis, natural product synthesis
Prof. Peter A Tasker Synthesis Edinburgh greener processes based on coordination chemistry; ligand design for surface engineering and metal recovery
Prof. John C Walton Synthesis St Andrews organic synthetic methods, free-radical chemistry, EPR spectroscopy
Dr Nicholas J Westwood Chemistry/Biology Interface, Synthesis St Andrews synthetic chemistry, natural products. chemical genetics, interdisciplinary research, diversity-oriented synthesis
Prof. J Derek Woollins Synthesis St Andrews synthesis, p- block chemistry, sulfur, selenium, P-S, P-Se rings and cages. S-N, Se-N, M-S-N and M-Se-N chemistry
Prof. Lesley J Yellowlees Synthesis Edinburgh inorganic electrochemistry, spectroelectrochemistry, electron transfer reactions, EPR spectroscopy
 
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