Recent Group News

  • 20/05/2020 – Congratulations to the Luk group, whose work on the streptavidin-hosted organocatalytic aldol addition has been accepted for publication in Molecules (invited contribution to the Hybrid Catalysts for Asymmetric Catalysis Special Issue)! [link]

  • 02/04/2020 – Congratulations to Shyam, Ana and Laura, whose work on the B(C6F5)3-Catalyzed Direct C3 Alkylation of Indoles and Oxindoles has been published in ACS Catalysis! [link] This was a collaborative research effort with the Pulis research group at the University of Leicester and the Melen lab!

  • 27/01/2020 – Welcome to Adam who joins the group to start his final year BSc project!

  • 21/01/2020 – Congratulations to Ben and Nicolas, whose work on the Manganese-Catalyzed One-Pot Conversion of Nitroarenes into N-Methylarylamines Using Methanol has been published in the European Journal of Organic Chemistry (invited contribution to the 2020 YourJOC Talent Special Issue)! [link]

  • 08/01/2020 – Congratulations to Kurt Polidano for passing his PhD viva today! Thanks to Prof. Steve Marsden and Dr Ben Ward for examining! Kurt will soon be joining CatSci as a Process Development Chemist! We wish you all the best for the future!