{"id":447,"date":"2016-05-24T17:25:08","date_gmt":"2016-05-24T17:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/?p=447"},"modified":"2024-05-13T13:20:41","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T13:20:41","slug":"past-group-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/2016\/05\/24\/past-group-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Past Group Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Postdoctoral Research Associates<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2023\/02\/IMG_3618-scaled.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr Tahir Maqbool <\/strong>(HEC Funded PDRA, Feb 2023 &#8211; Dec 2023)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next position:<\/strong> Assistant Professor, GC University Faisalabad, Pakistan<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group spatula<\/strong>: [<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/2016\/05\/24\/past-group-members\/dr-tahir-maqbool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coming soon!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2018\/10\/Shyam.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr Shyam Basak <\/strong>(EPSRC Funded PDRA Oct 2019 &#8211; Nov 2020, Collaborative project with <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thebrowneresearchgroup.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr Duncan Browne<\/a> <\/span>and <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/wirth\/\">Prof. Thomas Wirth<\/a><\/span>; Leverhulme Trust Funded PDRA Sept 2018 &#8211; Sept 2019, Collaborative project with <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.melengroup.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr Rebecca Melen<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next position:<\/strong> Senior Scientist, <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sygnaturediscovery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sygnature Discovery<\/a><\/span>, Nottingham, UK<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group spatula:\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/2018\/06\/19\/group-spatulas\/dr-shyam-basak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[link]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol reversed=\"\">\n<li><em>&#8220;Electron deficient borane-mediated hydride abstraction in amines: stoichiometric and catalytic processes&#8221;,<\/em> S. Basak, L. Winfrey, B. A. Kustiana, R. L. Melen*, L. C. Morrill* and A. P. Pulis*, <em>Chem. Soc. Rev.<\/em>, 2021, <strong>50<\/strong>, 3720-3737. [<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsc.org\/en\/Content\/ArticleLanding\/2021\/CS\/D0CS00531B?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2FCS+%28RSC+-+Chem.+Soc.+Rev.+latest+articles%29#!divAbstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a><\/span>]<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<em>B(C<sub>6<\/sub>F<sub>5<\/sub>)<sub>3<\/sub>-Catalyzed Direct C3 Alkylation of Indoles and Oxindoles&#8221;<\/em>, S. Basak, A. Alvarez-Montoya, L. Winfrey, R. L. Melen*, L. C. Morrill* and A. P. Pulis*, <em>ACS Catal.,<\/em>\u00a02020, <strong>10<\/strong>, 4835-4840.\u00a0[<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acscatal.0c01141\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a><\/span>]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2015\/01\/IMG_1820-e1587566035161.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr Ben Allen\u00a0<\/strong>(EPSRC Funded PDRA, Collaborative project with <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thebrowneresearchgroup.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr Duncan Browne<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>and <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/wirth\/\">Prof. Thomas Wirth<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Nov 2017 &#8211; Nov 2019)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next position:<\/strong> Senior Scientist, <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pharmaron.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pharmaron<\/a><\/span>, Cardiff, UK<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group spatula:\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2018\/06\/Dr-Ben-Allen.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[link]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol reversed=\"\">\n<li><em>\u201cManganese-Catalyzed Electrochemical Deconstructive Chlorination of Cycloalkanols via Alkoxy<\/em> Radicals\u201d, B. D. W. Allen,\u2020 M. D. Hareram,\u2020 A. C. Seastram, T. McBride, T. Wirth, D. L. Browne* and L. C. Morrill*,\u00a0<em>Org. Lett.<\/em>, 2019, <strong>21<\/strong>, 9241-9246. [<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/full\/10.1021\/acs.orglett.9b03652\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a><\/span>] <strong><span style=\"color: #008080\">[Associated correction to citations]\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>[<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.orglett.0c04217\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a><\/span>]<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<em>Iron-Catalyzed Methylation using the Borrowing Hydrogen Approach<\/em>\u201d, K. Polidano, B. D. W. Allen, J. M. J. Williams and L. C. Morrill*,\u00a0<em>ACS Catal<\/em><em>.<\/em>, 2018,\u00a0<strong>8<\/strong>, 6440-6445.\u00a0[<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acscatal.8b02158\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a><\/span>]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Conference Contributions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em>Enabling Technologies for Synthesis Workshop, Cardiff University, 28\/06\/19, Presentation<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2015\/01\/IMG_0846-e1471443465246.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr Imtiaz Khan <\/strong>(Leverhulme Trust Funded PDRA, Collaborative project with\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.melengroup.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr Rebecca Melen<\/a>,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000\">Jun 2016 &#8211; Jun 2018)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next position:<\/strong> PDRA, The University of Manchester, Advisor: <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prof. James Micklefield<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Group spatula:\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/2018\/06\/19\/group-spatulas\/dr-imtiaz-khan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[link]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol reversed=\"\">\n<li><em>&#8220;FLP-Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenation of Silyl Enol Ethers&#8221;<\/em>, I. Khan, B. G. Reed-Berendt, R. L. Melen* and L. C. Morrill*,\u00a0<em>Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.<\/em>, 2018, <strong>57<\/strong>, 12356-12359. [<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1002\/anie.201808800\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a><\/span>]<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<em>Frustrated Lewis Pair (FLP)-Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Aza-Morita-Baylis-Hillman Adducts and Sequential Organo-FLP Catalysis<\/em>\u201d, I. Khan, M. Manzotti, G. J. Tizzard, S. J. Coles, R. L. Melen* and L. C. Morrill*,\u00a0<em>ACS Catal.<\/em>, 2017,\u00a0<strong>7<\/strong>, 7748-7752. [<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acscatal.7b03077\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">link<\/span><\/a><\/span>]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Conference Contributions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol reversed=\"\">\n<li><em>RSC Organic Division South-West Regional Meeting, University of Bristol, 17\/01\/18, Poster<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>254th ACS National Meeting &amp; Exposition, Washington, DC, 20\/08\/17, Presentation<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>10th\u00a0Molecular Synthesis Section Seminar, Cardiff University, 13\/07\/17, Presentation<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Co-Supervised Postdoctoral Research Associates<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2020\/04\/IMG_14271-e1587565755803.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr Alex N\u00f6dling <\/strong>(Leverhulme Trust Funded PDRA July 2017-July 2020, Collaborative project led by <a href=\"https:\/\/louisluklab.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Dr Louis Luk<\/span><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next position:<\/strong> Senior Scientist, <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/agenusbio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Agenus<\/a><\/span>, Cambridge Science Park, UK<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol reversed=\"\">\n<li><em>&#8220;The Role of Streptavidin and its Variants in Catalysis by Biotinylated Secondary Amines&#8221;<\/em>, A. R. N\u00f6dling, N. Santi, R. Castillo, M. Lipka-Lloyd, Y. Jin, L. C. Morrill, K. Swiderek*, V. Moliner* and L. Y. P. Luk*, <em>Org. Biomol. Chem.<\/em>,\u00a02021, <strong>19<\/strong>, 10424-10431. [<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsc.org\/en\/content\/articlehtml\/2021\/ob\/d1ob01947c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a><\/span>]<\/li>\n<li><em>&#8220;Reactivity and Selectivity of Iminium Organocatalysis Improved by a Protein Host&#8221;,<\/em>\u00a0A. R. N\u00f6dling, K. Swiderek, R. Castillo, J. W. Hall, A. Angelastro, L. C. Morrill, Y. Jin, Y-H. Tsai, V. Moliner* and L. Y. P. Luk*,\u00a0<em>Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.<\/em>, 2018, <strong>57<\/strong>, 12478-12482. [<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1002\/anie.201806850\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a><\/span>]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>PhD Students<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2019\/10\/Albara-e1571138694338.jpeg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Albara Elgehani <\/strong>(AstraZeneca CASE Award PhD student, Oct 2019 &#8211; Jan 2024)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ph.D. Examiners:<\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"> <a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/chemistry\/research\/staff\/rcb1.page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prof. Richard Brown<\/a><\/span> (external), <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/profiles.cardiff.ac.uk\/staff\/jonesd80\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Heulyn Jones<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(internal)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next position:<\/strong> TBC<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group spatula:\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/2018\/06\/19\/group-spatulas\/dr-albara-elgehani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[link]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol reversed=\"\">\n<li><em>&#8220;Electrochemical Generation and Utilization of Alkoxy Radicals&#8221;<\/em>, Albara, A. M. A. El Gehani, Hussain A. Maashi, James Harnedy and Louis C. Morrill*, <i>Chem. Commun.<\/i>, 2023, <strong>59<\/strong>, 3655-3664. [<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsc.org\/en\/content\/articlelanding\/2023\/cc\/d3cc00302g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">link<\/span><\/a>] <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008080\">[Part of themed collection:\u00a0Chemical Communications Hot Articles 2023]<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em>&#8220;Deconstructive Functionalization of Unstrained Cycloalkanols via Electrochemically-Generated Aromatic Radical Cations&#8221;<\/em>, James Harnedy, Hussain A. Maashi, Albara, A. M. A. El Gehani, Matthew Burns and Louis C. Morrill*, <em>Org. Lett<\/em>., 2023, <strong>25<\/strong>, 1486-1490. [<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.orglett.3c00219\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a><\/span>]<\/li>\n<li><em>&#8220;Electrochemical Deconstructive Functionalization of Cycloalkanols via Alkoxy Radicals Enabled by Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer&#8221;<\/em>, Mishra Deepak Hareram, Albara A. M. A. El Gehani, James Harnedy, Alex C. Seastram, Andrew C. Jones, Matthew Burns, Thomas Wirth, Duncan L. Browne and L. C. Morrill*, <em>Org. Lett<\/em>, 2022, <strong>24<\/strong>, 3890-3895.\u00a0[<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.orglett.2c01552\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">link<\/span><\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Conference Contributions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol reversed=\"\">\n<li><em>GSK Synthetic Organic Chemistry Postgraduate Symposium, 06\/10\/2022, Presentation<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Charles River Poster Competition, 23\/09\/2022, Poster<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>AZ Macclesfield iCASE Symposium, 12\/09\/2022, Presentation<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Sygnature Discovery Postgraduate Symposium, 19\/07\/2022, Presentation<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>20th Cardiff Chemistry Conference, 20\/05\/2022, Poster<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>32nd SCI FCG Postgraduate Symposium, 13\/05\/2022, Presentation<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Bristol Electrosynthesis Meeting, Online, 04\/04\/2022, Poster <strong><span style=\"color: #008080\">[1st Place Prize]<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>CatSci &amp; LabLinks Poster Competition, Cardiff, 15\/02\/2022, Poster<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>34th Molecular Synthesis Section Seminar, Cardiff University, 15\/07\/21, Presentation<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2021\/03\/James-scaled.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>James Harnedy <\/strong>(PhD student Oct 2020 &#8211; Nov 2023)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ph.D. Examiners:<\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"> <a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/profiles.sussex.ac.uk\/p126263-jon-wilden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr Jon Wilden<\/a><\/span> (external), <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/profiles.cardiff.ac.uk\/staff\/wirtht\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prof. Thomas Wirth<\/a><\/span> (internal)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next position:<\/strong> Scientist, <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.domainex.co.uk\/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA64GRBhCZARIsAHOLriKkSWALCbsuo2jP-n8hcwk78BJ11MP4nOY25asT3CiEPB0id0mok7EaAp4UEALw_wcB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Domainex<\/a><\/span>, Cambridge, UK.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group spatula:\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/2018\/06\/19\/group-spatulas\/dr-james-harnedy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[link]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol reversed=\"\">\n<li><em>&#8220;Electrochemical Generation and Utilization of Alkoxy Radicals&#8221;<\/em>, Albara, A. M. A. El Gehani, Hussain A. Maashi, James Harnedy and Louis C. Morrill*, <i>Chem. Commun.<\/i>, 2023, <strong>59<\/strong>, 3655-3664. [<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsc.org\/en\/content\/articlelanding\/2023\/cc\/d3cc00302g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">link<\/span><\/a>] <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008080\">[Part of themed collection:\u00a0Chemical Communications Hot Articles 2023]<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em>&#8220;Deconstructive Functionalization of Unstrained Cycloalkanols via Electrochemically-Generated Aromatic Radical Cations&#8221;<\/em>, James Harnedy, Hussain A. Maashi, Albara, A. M. A. El Gehani, Matthew Burns and Louis C. Morrill*, <em>Org. Lett<\/em>., 2023, <strong>25<\/strong>, 1486-1490. [<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.orglett.3c00219\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a><\/span>]<\/li>\n<li><em>&#8220;Electrochemical Deconstructive Functionalization of Cycloalkanols via Alkoxy Radicals Enabled by Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer&#8221;<\/em>, Mishra Deepak Hareram, Albara A. M. A. El Gehani, James Harnedy, Alex C. Seastram, Andrew C. Jones, Matthew Burns, Thomas Wirth, Duncan L. Browne and L. C. Morrill*, <em>Org. Lett<\/em>, 2022, <strong>24<\/strong>, 3890-3895. [<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.orglett.2c01552\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">link<\/span><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li><em>&#8220;Electrochemical oxidative Z-selective C(sp2)-H chlorination of acrylamides&#8221;,<\/em> J. Harnedy, M. D. Hareram, G. J. Tizzard, S. J. Coles and L. C. Morrill*,\u00a0<em>Chem. Commun.<\/em>, 2021, <strong>57<\/strong>, 12643-12646. [<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsc.org\/en\/content\/articlelanding\/2021\/cc\/d1cc05824j\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">] <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem\"><span style=\"color: #008080\">[Invited contribution to the 2021 Emerging Investigators themed collection]<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Conference Contributions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol reversed=\"\">\n<li><em>21st Cardiff Chemistry Conference, 16\/05\/2023, Presentation<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>37th Molecular Synthesis Section Seminar, Cardiff University, 17\/03\/22, Presentation<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2019\/10\/Betty.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Betty Kustiana <\/strong>(Faculty for the Future Scholarship and Vice-Chancellor&#8217;s Scholarship for Research Excellence PhD student, Oct 2019 &#8211; Mar 2023)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ph.D. Examiners:<\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"> <a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/bmpartridge.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr Ben Partridge<\/a><\/span> (external), <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cardiff.ac.uk\/people\/view\/38530-fallis-ian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prof. Ian Fallis<\/a><\/span> (internal)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next Position<\/strong>: Scientist, <a href=\"https:\/\/selvita.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Selvita<\/span><\/a>, Krak\u00f3w, Poland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group spatula:\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/2016\/05\/24\/past-group-members\/dr-betty-kustiana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[link]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol reversed=\"\">\n<li><em>&#8220;One-Pot Synthesis of Styrene Derivaties from Allyl Silanes via B(C<sub>6<\/sub>F<sub>5<\/sub>)<sub>3<\/sub>-Catalyzed Isomerization &#8211; Hiyama Coupling&#8221;<\/em>, Betty A. Kustiana, Rebecca L. Melen, and Louis C. Morrill*,\u00a0<em>Org. Lett<\/em>.,2022,\u00a0<strong>24<\/strong>, 8694-8697 . [<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.orglett.2c03584\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">] <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;color: #0000ff\"><span style=\"color: #008080\">[Highlighted in Chemistry Views<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008080\">]<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">[<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chemistryviews.org\/styrene-derivatives-synthesized-from-allyl-silanes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><em>&#8220;B(C<sub>6<\/sub>F<sub>5<\/sub>)<sub>3<\/sub>-Catalyzed (E)-Selective Isomerization of Alkenes&#8221;<\/em>, Betty A. Kustiana, Salma A. Elsherbeni, Thomas G. Linford-Wood, Rebecca L. Melen, Matthew N. Grayson and L. C. Morrill*, <em>Chem. Eur. J.<\/em>, 2022, <strong>28<\/strong>, e202202454. [<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/chem.202202454\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a><\/span>]<\/li>\n<li><em>&#8220;Electron deficient borane-mediated hydride abstraction in amines: stoichiometric and catalytic processes&#8221;,<\/em> S. Basak, L. Winfrey, B. A. Kustiana, R. L. Melen*, L. C. Morrill* and A. P. Pulis*, <em>Chem. Soc. Rev.<\/em>, 2021, <strong>50<\/strong>, 3720-3737. [<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsc.org\/en\/Content\/ArticleLanding\/2021\/CS\/D0CS00531B?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2FCS+%28RSC+-+Chem.+Soc.+Rev.+latest+articles%29#!divAbstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a><\/span>]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Conference Contributions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol reversed=\"\">\n<li><em>20th Cardiff Chemistry Conference, Cardiff University, 17\/05\/22, Poster<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>32nd Molecular Synthesis Section Seminar, Cardiff University, 18\/03\/21, Presentation<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2017\/07\/IMG_1438-e1587565899560.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Matthew Williams <\/strong>(CDT PhD student July 2019 &#8211; March 2023, CDT co-advisors: <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thebrowneresearchgroup.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr Duncan Browne<\/a><\/span> and <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lennoxlab.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr Alastair Lennox<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ph.D. Examiners:<\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"> <a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/personal.strath.ac.uk\/david.nelson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr David Nelson<\/a><\/span> (external), <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cardiff.ac.uk\/people\/view\/1738620-tredwell-matthew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Matthew Tredwell<\/a><\/span> (internal)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next Position<\/strong>: PDRA, RWTH Aachen University, Advisor: <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/bolm.oc.rwth-aachen.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prof. Carsten Bolm<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Group spatula:\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/2018\/06\/19\/group-spatulas\/dr-matt-williams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[link]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li value=\"5\"><em>&#8220;Nickel-Catalyzed Intramolecular Alkene Difunctionalization by Ball-Milling&#8221;<\/em>, M. T. J. Williams, L. C. Morrill* and D. L. Browne*,\u00a0<em>Adv. Synth. Catal.<\/em>, 2023, <strong>365<\/strong>, 1477-1484. [<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/adsc.202300188?af=R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a><\/span>] <strong><span style=\"color: #008080\">[Hot Topic: Earth-Abundant Transition Metal Catalysis]<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li value=\"4\">&#8220;<em>Mechanical Activation of Zero-Valent Metal Reductants for Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Electrophile Coupling<\/em><em>\u201d, Andrew C. Jones\u2020, Matthew, T. J. Williams\u2020, Louis C. Morrill*, and Duncan L. Browne*, ACS Catal.,<\/em> 2022, <strong>12<\/strong>, 13681-13689. [<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acscatal.2c03117\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a><\/span>]<\/li>\n<li value=\"3\"><em>&#8220;Mechanochemical Organocatalysis: Do High Enantioselectivities Contradict what we Might Expect?&#8221;<\/em>, M. T. J. Williams, L. C. Morrill* and D. L. Browne*, <em>ChemSusChem<\/em>, 2022,\u00a0<strong>15<\/strong>, e202102157. [<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/cssc.202102157?af=R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a><\/span>]<\/li>\n<li value=\"2\"><i>&#8220;Expedient Organocatalytic Aza-Morita-Baylis-Hillman Reaction Through Ball-Milling<\/i>&#8220;, M. T. J. Williams, L. C. Morrill* and D. L. Browne*,\u00a0<em>ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng.<\/em>, 2020,\u00a0<strong>8<\/strong>, 17876-17881. [<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acssuschemeng.0c07320\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a><\/span>]<\/li>\n<li value=\"1\"><em>\u201cSynthesis and Reactivity of N-Allenyl Cyanamides\u201d,<\/em>\u00a0J. N. Ayres, M. T. J. Williams, G. J. Tizzard, S. J. Coles, K. B. Ling and L. C. Morrill*,\u00a0<em>Org. Lett<\/em>., 2018,\u00a0<strong>20<\/strong>, 5282-5285. [<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.orglett.8b02225\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a><\/span>]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Conference Contributions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol reversed=\"\">\n<li><em>20th Cardiff Chemistry Conference, Cardiff University, 17\/05\/22, Presentation<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>32nd FCG Postgraduate Symposium, Online, 13\/05\/22, Poster<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>RSC Organic Division Poster Symposium, Online, 06\/12\/21, Poster<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>GSK Synthetic Organic Chemistry Postgraduate Symposium, Online, 14\/10\/21, Presentation and Poster<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>31st Molecular Synthesis Section Seminar, Cardiff University, 14\/01\/21, Presentation<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Cardiff Catalysis Institute Conference, Cardiff University, 13\/01\/21, Presentation<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2018\/10\/Alex-S.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alex Seastram\u00a0<\/strong>(PhD student Apr 2018 &#8211; Oct 2022)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ph.D. Examiners:<\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"> <a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lennoxlab.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr Alastair Lennox<\/a><\/span> (external), <span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.melengroup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Prof. Rebecca Melen<\/span><\/a><\/span> (internal)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next Position<\/strong>: Scientist, <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/catsci.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CatSci<\/a><\/span>, Cardiff, UK.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group spatula:\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/2018\/06\/19\/group-spatulas\/dr-alex-seastram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[link]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol reversed=\"\">\n<li><em>&#8220;Electrochemical Alkene Azidocyanation via 1,4-Nitrile Migration&#8221;<\/em>, Alex C. Seastram, Mishra Deepak Hareram, Thomas M. B. Knight and L. C. Morrill*, <em>Chem. Commun<\/em>., 2022,\u00a0<strong>58<\/strong>, 8658-8662. [<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsc.org\/en\/Content\/ArticleLanding\/2022\/CC\/D2CC02958H\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a><\/span>]<\/li>\n<li><em>&#8220;Electrochemical Deconstructive Functionalization of Cycloalkanols via Alkoxy Radicals Enabled by Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer&#8221;<\/em>, Mishra Deepak Hareram, Albara A. M. A. El Gehani, James Harnedy, Alex C. Seastram, Andrew C. Jones, Matthew Burns, Thomas Wirth, Duncan L. Browne and L. C. Morrill*, <em>Org. Lett<\/em>, 2022,\u00a0<strong>24<\/strong>, 3890-3895. [<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.orglett.2c01552\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">link<\/span><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<i>Ball Milling Enabled Reactivity of Manganese Metal<\/i>&#8220;, W. I. Nicholson, J. L. Howard, G. Magri, A. C. Seastram, A. Khan, R. R. A. Bolt, L. C. Morrill, E. Richards and D. L. Browne*,\u00a0<em>Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.<\/em>, 2021, <strong>60<\/strong>, 23128-23133\u00a0[<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1002\/anie.202108752\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a><\/span>]<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<em>N-Heterocyclic Carbene Acyl Anion Organocatalysis by Ball-Milling<\/em>&#8220;, W. I. Nicholson, A. C. Seastram, S. A. Iqbal, B. G. Reed-Berendt, L. C. Morrill* and D. L. Browne*,\u00a0<em>ChemSusChem<\/em>, 2019, <strong>13<\/strong>, 131-135.\u00a0[<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1002\/cssc.201902346\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a><\/span>] <strong><span style=\"color: #008080\">[Hot Topic: Organocatalysis]<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em>\u201cManganese-Catalyzed Electrochemical Deconstructive Chlorination of Cycloalkanols via Alkoxy<\/em> Radicals\u201d, B. D. W. Allen,\u2020 M. D. Hareram,\u2020 A. C. Seastram, T. McBride, T. Wirth, D. L. Browne* and L. C. Morrill*, <em>Org. Lett.<\/em>, 2019, <strong>21<\/strong>, 9241-9246. [<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/full\/10.1021\/acs.orglett.9b03652\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a><\/span>] <strong><span style=\"color: #008080\">[Associated correction to citations]\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>[<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.orglett.0c04217\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a><\/span>]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Conference Contributions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol reversed=\"\">\n<li><em>19th Cardiff Chemistry Conference, 27\/10\/21, Poster<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>GSK Synthetic Organic Chemistry Postgraduate Symposium, 13\/10\/21, Poster<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>36th RSC Heterocyclic and Synthesis Group Postgraduate Symposium, 07\/10\/21, Presentation<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>31st SCI&#8217;s Fine Chemicals Group Postgraduate Symposium, 06\/05\/21, Presentation<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>28th Molecular Synthesis Section Seminar, Cardiff University, 16\/07\/20, Presentation<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>CCI Conference, Cardiff University, 15\/01\/20, Poster<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2018\/04\/Mubarak-e1587565857339.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mubarak Dambatta\u00a0<\/strong>(Tetfund PhD student Apr 2018 &#8211; Oct 2022)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ph.D. Examiners:<\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"> <a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/jet200.wixsite.com\/thetaylorgroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr James Taylor<\/a><\/span> (external), <span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cardiff.ac.uk\/people\/view\/1379649-wass-duncan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Prof. Duncan Wass<\/span><\/a><\/span> (internal)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next Position<\/strong>: Scientist, <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pharmaron.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pharmaron<\/a><\/span>, Cardiff, UK<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group spatula:\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2018\/06\/Dr-Mubarak-Dambatta.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[link]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol reversed=\"\">\n<li><em>&#8220;Borrowing Hydrogen for Organic Synthesis&#8221;, <\/em>B. G. Reed-Berendt,\u2020 D. E. Latham,\u2020 M. B. Dambatta and L. C. Morrill*,\u00a0<em>ACS Cent. Sci.<\/em>, 2021,\u00a0<strong>7<\/strong>, 570-585. [<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acscentsci.1c00125\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a><\/span>]<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<i>Transition Metal Free \u03b1-C-Alkylation of Ketones Using Secondary Alcohols<\/i>&#8220;, M. B. Dambatta, J. Santos, R. R. A. Bolt and L. C. Morrill*, <em>Tetrahedron<\/em>, 2020,\u00a0<strong>76<\/strong>, 131571. [<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0040402020307675?via%3Dihub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a><\/span>] <strong><span style=\"color: #008080\">[Invited contribution to the Special Issue on Strategies for Efficient Organic Synthesis Dedicated to the Achievements of Prof. Jonathan Williams]<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em>&#8220;Iron-Catalyzed Borrowing Hydrogen C-Alkylation of Oxindoles Using Alcohols<\/em>&#8220;, M. B. Dambatta, K. Polidano, A. D. Northey, J. M. J. Williams and L. C. Morrill*,\u00a0<em>ChemSusChem<\/em>, 2019,\u00a0<strong>12<\/strong>, 2345-2349.\u00a0[<a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/cssc.201900799\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">link<\/span><\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Conference Contributions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol reversed=\"\">\n<li><em>22nd Molecular Synthesis Section Seminar, Cardiff University, 11\/07\/19, Presentation<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2021\/03\/Dan.jpeg\" width=\"250\" height=\"385\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Daniel Latham <\/strong>(CDT PhD student July 2018 &#8211; May 2022)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ph.D. Examiners:<\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"> <a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/warwick.ac.uk\/fac\/sci\/chemistry\/research\/wills\/willsgroup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prof. Martin Wills<\/a><\/span> (external), <span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cardiff.ac.uk\/people\/view\/38548-newman-paul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Dr Paul Newman<\/span><\/a><\/span> (internal)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next Position<\/strong>: Scientist, <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sygnaturediscovery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sygnature Discovery<\/a><\/span>, Nottingham, UK.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group spatula:\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2018\/06\/Dr-Dan-Latham.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[link]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol reversed=\"\">\n<li><em>&#8220;Borrowing Hydrogen for Organic Synthesis&#8221;, <\/em>B. G. Reed-Berendt,\u2020 D. E. Latham,\u2020 M. B. Dambatta and L. C. Morrill*,\u00a0<em>ACS Cent. Sci.<\/em>, 2021,\u00a0<strong>7<\/strong>, 570-585. [<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acscentsci.1c00125\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a><\/span>]<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<em>One-Pot Conversion of Allylic Alcohols to\u00a0<\/em><em>\u03b1-Methyl Ketones via Iron-Catalyzed Isomerization-Methylation<\/em>&#8220;, D. E. Latham, K. Polidano, J. M. J. Williams and L. C. Morrill*, <em>Org. Lett.<\/em>, 2019, <strong>21<\/strong>, 7914-7918.\u00a0[<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.orglett.9b02900\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a><\/span>]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Conference Contributions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol reversed=\"\">\n<li><em>19th Cardiff Chemistry Conference, 27\/10\/21, Poster<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>26th Molecular Synthesis Section Seminar, Cardiff University, 12\/03\/20, Presentation<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>CCI Conference, Cardiff University, 15\/01\/20, Poster<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>EPSRC CDT Catalysis Spring Conference, Cardiff University, 06\/06\/19, Presentation and Poster<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2018\/10\/Deepak.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Deepak Mishra <\/strong>(PhD student Oct 2018 &#8211; Sept 2021)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ph.D. Examiners<\/strong>: <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/brbuckley.wixsite.com\/the-buckley-group\/about2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr Benjamin Buckley<\/a><\/span> (external), <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cardiff.ac.uk\/people\/view\/38556-buurma-niek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr Niek Buurma<\/a><\/span> (internal)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next position:<\/strong> PDRA, The University of Manchester, Advisor: <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/personalpages.manchester.ac.uk\/staff\/igor.larrosa\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prof. Igor Larrosa<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Group spatula:\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/2018\/06\/19\/group-spatulas\/dr-deepak-mishra\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[link]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol reversed=\"\">\n<li><em>&#8220;Electrochemical Alkene Azidocyanation via 1,4-Nitrile Migration&#8221;<\/em>, Alex C. Seastram, Mishra Deepak Hareram, Thomas M. B. Knight and L. C. Morrill*,\u00a0<em>Chem. Commun<\/em>., 2022,\u00a0<strong>58<\/strong>, 8658-8662. [<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsc.org\/en\/Content\/ArticleLanding\/2022\/CC\/D2CC02958H\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><em>&#8220;Electrochemical Deconstructive Functionalization of Cycloalkanols via Alkoxy Radicals Enabled by Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer&#8221;<\/em>, Mishra Deepak Hareram, Albara A. M. A. El Gehani, James Harnedy, Alex C. Seastram, Andrew C. Jones, Matthew Burns, Thomas Wirth, Duncan L. Browne and L. C. Morrill*, <em>Org. Lett<\/em>, 2022, <strong>24<\/strong>, 3890-3895. [<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.orglett.2c01552\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">link<\/span><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li><em>&#8220;Electrochemical oxidative Z-selective C(sp2)-H chlorination of acrylamides&#8221;,<\/em> J. Harnedy, M. D. Hareram, G. J. Tizzard, S. J. Coles and L. C. Morrill*,\u00a0<em>Chem. Commun.<\/em>, 2021, <strong>57<\/strong>, 12643-12646. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsc.org\/en\/content\/articlelanding\/2021\/cc\/d1cc05824j\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">link<\/span>]<\/a> <strong><span style=\"color: #008080\">[Invited contribution to the 2021 Emerging Investigators themed collection]<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em>\u201cManganese-Catalyzed Electrochemical Deconstructive Chlorination of Cycloalkanols via Alkoxy<\/em> Radicals\u201d, B. D. W. Allen,\u2020 M. D. Hareram,\u2020 A. C. Seastram, T. McBride, T. Wirth, D. L. Browne* and L. C. Morrill*, <em>Org. Lett.<\/em>, 2019, <strong>21<\/strong>, 9241-9246. [<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/full\/10.1021\/acs.orglett.9b03652\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a><\/span>] <strong><span style=\"color: #008080\">[Associated correction to citations]\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>[<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.orglett.0c04217\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a><\/span>]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Conference Contributions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol reversed=\"\">\n<li><em>19th Cardiff Chemistry Conference, 27\/10\/21, Poster<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>School Seminar, Cardiff University, 29\/03\/21, Presentation<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>27th Molecular Synthesis Section Seminar, Cardiff University, 28\/05\/20, Presentation<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>CCI Conference, Cardiff University, 15\/01\/20, Poster<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2015\/01\/IMG_0905-e1475750287592.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Benjamin Reed-Berendt\u00a0<\/strong>(PhD student Oct 2016 &#8211; Mar 2020)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ph.D. Examiners<\/strong>: <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thomas.chem.ed.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr Stephen Thomas<\/a><\/span> (external), <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cardiff.ac.uk\/people\/view\/38530-fallis-ian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr Ian Fallis<\/a><\/span> (internal)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next position:<\/strong> Process Development Chemist, <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/catsci.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CatSci<\/a><\/span>, Cardiff, UK<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group spatula:\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/2018\/06\/19\/group-spatulas\/dr-ben-reed-berendt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[link]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol reversed=\"\">\n<li><em>&#8220;Borrowing Hydrogen for Organic Synthesis&#8221;, <\/em>B. G. Reed-Berendt,\u2020 D. E. Latham,\u2020 M. B. Dambatta and L. C. Morrill*,\u00a0<em>ACS Cent. Sci.<\/em>, 2021,\u00a0<strong>7<\/strong>, 570-585. [<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acscentsci.1c00125\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a><\/span>]<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<em>Manganese-Catalyzed One-Pot Conversion of Nitroarenes into N-Methylarylamines Using Methanol<\/em>&#8220;, B. G. Reed-Berendt, N. Mast and L. C. Morrill*,\u00a0<em>Eur. J. Org. Chem.<\/em>, 2020, 1136-1140. <span style=\"color: #000000\">[<a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/ejoc.201901854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">link<\/span><\/a>] <\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #008080\">[Invited contribution to the YourJOC Talents Special Issue]\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<em>N-Heterocyclic Carbene Acyl Anion Organocatalysis by Ball-Milling<\/em>&#8220;, W. I. Nicholson, A. C. Seastram, S. A. Iqbal, B. G. Reed-Berendt, L. C. Morrill* and D. L. Browne*,\u00a0<em>ChemSusChem<\/em>, 2019,\u00a0<strong>13<\/strong>, 131-135. [<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1002\/cssc.201902346\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a><\/span>] <strong><span style=\"color: #008080\">[Hot Topic: Organocatalysis]<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em>&#8220;Manganese-Catalyzed N-Alkylation of Sulfonamides Using Alcohols<\/em>&#8220;, B. G. Reed-Berendt and L. C. Morrill*, <em>J.\u00a0<\/em><em>Org. Chem.<\/em>, 2019,\u00a0<strong>84<\/strong>, 3715-3724. [<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.joc.9b00203\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a><\/span>] <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008080\">[Highlighted in\u00a0<em>Organic Chemistry Portal<\/em><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008080\">]<\/span><\/strong> <a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.organic-chemistry.org\/abstracts\/lit6\/764.shtm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[link]<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em>&#8220;Recent Advances in Homogeneous Borrowing Hydrogen Catalysis using Earth-Abundant First Row Transition Metals&#8221;<\/em>, B. G. Reed-Berendt, K. Polidano and L. C. Morrill*,\u00a0<em>Org. Biomol. Chem.<\/em>, 2019,\u00a0<strong>17<\/strong>, 1595-1607. [<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/pubs.rsc.org\/en\/content\/articlelanding\/2018\/ob\/c8ob01895b#!divAbstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a><\/span>]\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #008080\">[Invited contribution to the New Talent Special Issue]<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em>&#8220;FLP-Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenation of Silyl Enol Ethers&#8221;<\/em>, I. Khan, B. G. Reed-Berendt, R. L. Melen* and L. C. Morrill*,\u00a0<em>Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.<\/em>, 2018, <strong>57<\/strong>, 12356-12359. [<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1002\/anie.201808800\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a><\/span>]<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<em>Exploring Tandem Ruthenium-Catalyzed Hydrogen Transfer and SNAr Chemistry<\/em>\u201d, K. Polidano, B. G. Reed-Berendt, A. Basset, A. J. A. Watson, J. M. J. Williams and L. C. Morrill*,\u00a0<em>Org. Lett.<\/em>, 2017,\u00a0<strong>19<\/strong>, 6716-6719. [<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.orglett.7b03441\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a><\/span>]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Conference Contributions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol reversed=\"\">\n<li><em>18th Annual Cardiff Chemistry Conference, Cardiff University, 15\/05\/19, Presentation\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>RSC Organic Division South-West Regional Meeting, Cardiff University, 24\/01\/19, Poster<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>13th Molecular Synthesis Section Seminar, Cardiff University, 18\/01\/18, Presentation<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>RSC Organic Division South-West Regional Meeting, University of Bristol, 17\/01\/18, Poster<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2015\/01\/IMG_0907-e1475750297377.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kurt Polidano <\/strong>(CDT PhD student since Oct 2016 &#8211; Oct 2019, CDT co-advisor: Prof. Jonathan Williams)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ph.D. Examiners<\/strong>: <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/eps.leeds.ac.uk\/chemistry\/staff\/4190\/professor-steve-marsden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prof Steve Marsden<\/a><\/span> (external), <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cardiff.ac.uk\/people\/view\/38527-ward-benjamin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr Ben Ward<\/a><\/span> (internal)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next position:<\/strong> Process Development Chemist, <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/catsci.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CatSci<\/a><\/span>, Cardiff, UK<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group spatula:\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/2018\/06\/19\/group-spatulas\/dr-kurt-polidano\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[link]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol reversed=\"\">\n<li>&#8220;<em>One-Pot Conversion of Allylic Alcohols to\u00a0<\/em><em>\u03b1-Methyl Ketones via Iron-Catalyzed Isomerization-Methylation<\/em>&#8220;, D. E. Latham, K. Polidano, J. M. J. Williams and L. C. Morrill*,\u00a0<em>Org. Lett.<\/em>, 2019, <strong>21<\/strong>, 7914-7918. [<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.orglett.9b02900\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a><\/span>]<\/li>\n<li><em>&#8220;Iron-Catalyzed Borrowing Hydrogen \u03b2-C(sp<sup>3<\/sup>)-Methylation of<\/em> <em>Alcohols<\/em>&#8220;, K. Polidano, J. M. J. Williams and L. C. Morrill*, <em>ACS Catal<\/em>., 2019,\u00a0<strong>9<\/strong>, 8575-8580. [<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acscatal.9b02461\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">link<\/span><\/a>] <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008080\">[Highlighted in\u00a0<em>Synfacts<\/em>, 2019,\u00a015<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008080\">, 1280]<\/span><\/strong> <a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thieme-connect.com\/products\/ejournals\/abstract\/10.1055\/s-0039-1691033\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[link]<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em>&#8220;Iron-Catalyzed Borrowing Hydrogen C-Alkylation of Oxindoles Using Alcohols<\/em>&#8220;, M. B. Dambatta, K. Polidano, A. D. Northey, J. M. J. Williams and L. C. Morrill*,\u00a0<em>ChemSusChem<\/em>, 2019,\u00a0<strong>12<\/strong>, 2345-2349. [<a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/cssc.201900799\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">link<\/span><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li><em>&#8220;Recent Advances in Homogeneous Borrowing Hydrogen Catalysis using Earth-Abundant First Row Transition Metals&#8221;<\/em>, B. G. Reed-Berendt, K. Polidano and L. C. Morrill*,\u00a0<em>Org. Biomol. Chem.<\/em>, 2019, <strong>17<\/strong>, 1595-1607.\u00a0[<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/pubs.rsc.org\/en\/content\/articlelanding\/2018\/ob\/c8ob01895b#!divAbstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a><\/span>]\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #008080\">[Invited contribution to the New Talent Special Issue]<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u201c<em>Iron-Catalyzed Methylation using the Borrowing Hydrogen Approach<\/em>\u201d, K. Polidano, B. D. W. Allen, J. M. J. Williams and L. C. Morrill*,\u00a0<em>ACS Catal<\/em><em>.<\/em>, 2018,\u00a0<strong>8<\/strong>, 6440-6445. [<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acscatal.8b02158\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a><\/span>]<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<em>Exploring Tandem Ruthenium-Catalyzed Hydrogen Transfer and SNAr Chemistry<\/em>\u201d, K. Polidano, B. G. Reed-Berendt, A. Basset, A. J. A. Watson, J. M. J. Williams and L. C. Morrill*,\u00a0<em>Org. Lett.<\/em>, 2017,\u00a0<strong>19<\/strong>, 6716-6719. [<a href=\"http:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.orglett.7b03441\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">link<\/span><\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Conference Contributions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol reversed=\"\">\n<li><em>EPSRC CDT Catalysis Spring Conference, Cardiff University, 06\/06\/19, Presentation and Poster<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>RSC Organic Division South-West Regional Meeting, Cardiff University, 24\/01\/19, Poster<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>14th Molecular Synthesis Section Seminar, Cardiff University, 15\/03\/18, Presentation<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>RSC Organic Division South-West Regional Meeting, University of Bristol, 17\/01\/18, Poster<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>EPSRC CDT Catalysis Spring Conference, Cardiff University, 06\/06\/17, Presentation and Poster<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2015\/01\/IMG_0842-e1471437879967.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>James Ayres <\/strong>(PhD student, Oct 2015 &#8211; Sept 2018)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ph.D. Examiners<\/strong>: <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/mckimber.wixsite.com\/kimber-group-page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr Marc Kimber<\/a><\/span> (external), <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/wirth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prof. Thomas Wirth<\/a><\/span> (internal)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next position:<\/strong> PDRA, The University of Leeds, Advisor: <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/foster.leeds.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr Richard Foster<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Group spatula:\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/2018\/06\/19\/group-spatulas\/dr-james-ayres\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[link]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol reversed=\"\">\n<li><em>&#8220;Synthesis and Reactivity of N-Allenyl Cyanamides&#8221;,<\/em>\u00a0J. N. Ayres, M. T. J. Williams, G. J. Tizzard, S. J. Coles, K. B. Ling and L. C. Morrill*, <em>Org. Lett<\/em>., 2018,\u00a0<strong>20<\/strong>, 5282-5285.\u00a0[<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.orglett.8b02225\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a><\/span>]<\/li>\n<li><em>&#8220;Deoxycyanamidation of Alcohols with N-Cyano-N-Phenyl-p-Methylbenzenesulfonamide (NCTS)&#8221;,\u00a0<\/em>J. N. Ayres, M. W. Ashford, Y. St\u00f6ckl, V. Prudhomme, K. B. Ling, J. A. Platts and L. C. Morrill*,\u00a0<em>Org. Lett.<\/em>, 2017,\u00a0<strong>19<\/strong>, 3835-3838.<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.orglett.7b01710\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">link<\/span>]<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em>&#8220;N-Cyanation of Secondary Amines using Trichloroacetonitrile&#8221;<\/em>,\u00a0J. N. Ayres, K. B. Ling* and L. C. Morrill*,\u00a0<em>Org. Lett.<\/em>, 2016,\u00a0<strong>18<\/strong>, 5528-5531. <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1021\/acs.orglett.6b02775\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[link]<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Conference Contributions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol reversed=\"\">\n<li><em>RSC Organic Division South-West Regional Meeting, University of Bristol, 17\/01\/18, Poster<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Departmental Seminar,\u00a0<\/em><em>Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad, India, 22\/11\/17, Presentation<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>J-NOST-13 Conference, Banaras Hindu University, Lucknow University, India, 09\/11\/17, Presentation<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>32nd Postgraduate Symposium of the RSC Heterocyclic and Synthesis Group, London, 20\/09\/17, Poster and Presentation<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>10th\u00a0Molecular Synthesis Section Seminar, Cardiff University, 13\/07\/17, Session Chair<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Bio-Techne Chemistry Poster Symposium, Bristol, 25\/05\/17, Poster<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>16th Cardiff Chemistry Conference, Cardiff University, 15\/05\/17, Poster<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>8th Molecular Synthesis Section Seminar, Cardiff University, 16\/03\/17, Presentation<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>RSC Organic Division South-West Regional Meeting, University of Bath, 01\/02\/17, Poster<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Co-Supervised PhD Students<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2018\/10\/Andy.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Andrew Jones\u00a0<\/strong>(KESS 2 PhD student Oct 2018 &#8211; Mar 2022, Collaborative project led by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebrowneresearchgroup.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Dr Duncan Browne<\/span><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ph.D. Examiners:<\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"> <a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/leegroup.site.hw.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr Ai-Lan Lee<\/a><\/span> (external), <span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/wirth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Prof. Thomas Wirth<\/span><\/a><\/span> (internal)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next position:<\/strong> Scientist, <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.domainex.co.uk\/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA64GRBhCZARIsAHOLriKkSWALCbsuo2jP-n8hcwk78BJ11MP4nOY25asT3CiEPB0id0mok7EaAp4UEALw_wcB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Domainex<\/a><\/span>, Cambridge, UK.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol reversed=\"\">\n<li><em>\u201cMechanical Activation of Zero-Valent Metal Reductants for Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Electrophile Coupling\u201d<\/em>, Andrew C. Jones\u2020, Matthew, T. J. Williams\u2020, Louis C. Morrill*, and Duncan L. Browne*,\u00a0<em>ACS Catal.<\/em>, 2022, <strong>12<\/strong>, 13681-13689. [<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acscatal.2c03117\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a><\/span>]<\/li>\n<li><em>&#8220;Electrochemical Deconstructive Functionalization of Cycloalkanols via Alkoxy Radicals Enabled by Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer&#8221;<\/em>, Mishra Deepak Hareram, Albara A. M. A. El Gehani, James Harnedy, Alex C. Seastram, Andrew C. Jones, Matthew Burns, Thomas Wirth, Duncan L. Browne and L. C. Morrill*, <em>Org. Lett<\/em>, 2022, <strong>24<\/strong>, 3890-3895. [<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.orglett.2c01552\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">link<\/span><\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Conference Contributions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol reversed=\"\">\n<li><em>19th Cardiff Chemistry Conference, 27\/10\/21, Poster<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>27th Molecular Synthesis Section Seminar, Cardiff University, 28\/05\/20, Presentation<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>CCI Conference, Cardiff University, 15\/01\/20, Poster<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Enabling Technologies for Synthesis Workshop, Cardiff University, 28\/06\/19, Poster<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>CDT Research Sabbatical Students<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2015\/01\/IMG_0855-e1472028440951.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Taniya Shandil\u00a0<\/strong>(Catalysis CDT research sabbatical 1 student, CDT co-advisor: Prof. Jonathan Williams,\u00a0Jun-Sept 2016)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2015\/01\/Group-Website-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"312\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mattia Manzotti <\/strong>(Catalysis CDT research sabbatical 1 student, Collaborative project led by <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.melengroup.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr Rebecca Melen<\/a>,<\/span>\u00a0Jan-May 2016)<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>Next position:<\/strong><\/strong> PhD, Bristol University, Advisor: <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/bedfordcatalysis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prof.\u00a0Robin Bedford<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em>\u201cFrustrated Lewis Pair (FLP)-Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Aza-Morita-Baylis-Hillman Adducts and Sequential Organo-FLP Catalysis\u201d<\/em>, I. Khan, M. Manzotti, G. J. Tizzard, S. J. Coles, R. L. Melen* and L. C. Morrill*,\u00a0<em>ACS Catal.<\/em>, 2017,\u00a0<strong>7<\/strong>, 7748-7752. [<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acscatal.7b03077\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">link<\/span><\/a><\/span>]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2015\/01\/Group-Website-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"323\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Hall\u00a0<\/strong>(Catalysis CDT research sabbatical 1 student, Collaborative project led by <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/louisluklab.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr Louis Luk<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0Jan-May 2016)<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>Next position:<\/strong><\/strong> PhD, Bath University, Advisor: <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/mkwhittlesey.wixsite.com\/whittlesey-group\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prof.\u00a0Mike Whittlesey<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em>&#8220;Reactivity and Selectivity of Iminium Organocatalysis Improved by a Protein Host&#8221;,<\/em>\u00a0A. R. N\u00f6dling, K. Swiderek, R. Castillo, J. W. Hall, A. Angelastro, L. C. Morrill, Y. Jin, Y-H. Tsai, V. Moliner* and L. Y. P. Luk*,\u00a0<em>Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.<\/em>, 2018, <strong>57<\/strong>, 12478-12482.\u00a0[<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1002\/anie.201806850\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a><\/span>]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Postgraduate Project Students<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2023\/07\/Jamie-scaled.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jamie Hall <\/strong>(MSc medicinal chemistry postgraduate researcher, Jun &#8211; Aug 2023)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2023\/07\/Gwen-scaled.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gwen Weldon <\/strong>(MSc advanced chemistry postgraduate researcher, Jun &#8211; Aug 2023)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2022\/08\/IMG_2629-scaled.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alex Maguire <\/strong>(MSc advanced chemistry postgraduate researcher, Jun &#8211; Aug 2022)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2020\/02\/Adam-e1580910219612.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Adam Gage <\/strong>(MSc advanced chemistry postgraduate researcher, Jun &#8211; Aug 2021)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2021\/06\/Lia.jpeg\" width=\"250\" height=\"425\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lia Mitchell <\/strong>(MSc medicinal chemistry postgraduate researcher, Jun &#8211; Aug 2021)<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2019\/07\/Sean-ORourke.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Se\u00e1n O&#8217;Rourke <\/strong>(MSc medicinal chemistry postgraduate researcher, Jun &#8211; Aug 2019)<\/p>\n<h3>Undergraduate\u00a0Project Students (MChem)<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2023\/11\/Michael-P-scaled.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Michael Penny<\/strong> (MChem student Oct 2023 &#8211; May 2024)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next position:<\/strong> PhD, <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rfi.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rosalind Franklin Institute<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2022\/11\/IMG_2990-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ethan Herneman <\/strong>(MChem student, Oct 2022 &#8211; May 2023)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2022\/11\/IMG_2989-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Emily Harper <\/strong>(MChem student, Oct 2022 &#8211; May 2023)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next position:<\/strong> PhD, Cardiff University, Advisor: <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/profiles.cardiff.ac.uk\/staff\/edwardsjk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr Jennifer Edwards<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2021\/11\/Luke-scaled.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Luke Shepherd <\/strong>(MChem student, Oct 2021- May 2022)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next Position<\/strong>: Graduate Scientist at <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/autifony.com\/\">Autifony Therapeutics<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2018\/06\/Image-2.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tom Knight<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(M.Chem student, Oct 2020 &#8211; May 2021)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next position:<\/strong> PhD, UCL, Advisor: <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/pharmacy\/people\/professor-matthew-todd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prof. Matthew Todd<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol reversed=\"\">\n<li><em>&#8220;Electrochemical Alkene Azidocyanation via 1,4-Nitrile Migration&#8221;<\/em>, Alex C. Seastram, Mishra Deepak Hareram, Thomas M. B. Knight and L. C. Morrill*, <em>Chem. Commun<\/em>., 2022, <strong>58<\/strong>, 8658-8662. [<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsc.org\/en\/Content\/ArticleLanding\/2022\/CC\/D2CC02958H\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a><\/span>]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2018\/08\/Luke.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Luke Ward<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(M.Chem student, Oct 2020 &#8211; May 2021)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next position:<\/strong> PhD, University of Bristol, Advisor: <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lennoxlab.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr Ali Lennox<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2021\/03\/Jake.jpeg\" width=\"250\" height=\"385\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jake Painter <\/strong>(M.Chem student, Oct 2020 &#8211; May 2021)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next position:<\/strong> PhD, University of Liverpool, Advisor: <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/bowerresearchgroup.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prof. John Bower<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2018\/08\/Joe.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Joe Santos <\/strong>(MChem project student, Oct 2019 &#8211; May 2020)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>&#8220;<i>Transition Metal Free \u03b1-C-Alkylation of Ketones Using Secondary Alcohols<\/i>&#8220;, M. B. Dambatta, J. Santos, R. R. A. Bolt and L. C. Morrill*, <em>Tetrahedron<\/em>, 2020,\u00a0<strong>76<\/strong>, 131571. [<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0040402020307675?via%3Dihub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a><\/span>] <strong><span style=\"color: #008080\">[Invited contribution to the Special Issue on Strategies for Efficient Organic Synthesis Dedicated to the Achievements of Prof. Jonathan Williams]<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2019\/10\/Mark-e1570705337451.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark Shuttleworth <\/strong>(MChem project student, Oct 2019 &#8211; May 2020)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next position:<\/strong> PhD, University of Bath, Advisor: <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/jet200.wixsite.com\/thetaylorgroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr James Taylor<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2019\/10\/Ioan-e1570625923786.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ioan Bale<\/strong> (MChem project student, Oct 2019 &#8211; May 2020)<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2018\/11\/Alex-B.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alex Bardsley<\/strong> (MChem project student, Oct 2018 &#8211; May 2019)<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2018\/10\/Callum.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Callum Adams\u00a0<\/strong>(MChem project student, Oct 2018 &#8211; May 2019)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next position: <\/strong>PhD, University of St Andrews, Advisor: <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/craigpj2.wixsite.com\/johnstonlab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr Craig Johnston<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2018\/11\/Beth.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Beth Grattidge\u00a0<\/strong>(MChem project student, Oct 2018 &#8211; May 2019)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2015\/01\/IMG_1379-e1587566081219.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alex Seastram\u00a0<\/strong>(MChem project student, Oct 2017 &#8211; May 2018)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prizes:<\/strong> Outstanding 4th year MChem Performance<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next position: <\/strong>PhD, Cardiff University, Advisor: <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr Louis C. Morrill<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>&#8220;<em>N-Heterocyclic Carbene Acyl Anion Organocatalysis by Ball-Milling<\/em>&#8220;, W. I. Nicholson, A. C. Seastram, S. A. Iqbal, B. G. Reed-Berendt, L. C. Morrill* and D. L. Browne*, <em>ChemSusChem<\/em>, 2019,\u00a0<strong>13<\/strong>, 131-135. [<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1002\/cssc.201902346\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a><\/span>] <strong><span style=\"color: #008080\">[Hot Topic: Organocatalysis]<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2017\/07\/IMG_1438-e1587566127218.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Matthew Williams\u00a0<\/strong>(MChem project student, Oct 2017 &#8211; May 2018)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prizes:<\/strong> GSK prize for best MChem project in molecular synthesis section<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next position: <\/strong>PhD, Cardiff University, Advisor: <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr Louis C. Morrill<\/a>,<\/span> CDT co-advisors: <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thebrowneresearchgroup.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr Duncan Browne<\/a><\/span> and <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lennoxlab.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr Alastair Lennox<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em>&#8220;Synthesis and Reactivity of N-Allenyl Cyanamides&#8221;,<\/em>\u00a0J. N. Ayres, M. T. J. Williams, G. J. Tizzard, S. J. Coles, K. B. Ling and L. C. Morrill*, <em>Org. Lett<\/em>., 2018,\u00a0<strong>20<\/strong>, 5282-5285. [<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.orglett.8b02225\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a><\/span>]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2015\/01\/IMG_1748.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em>&#8220;Iron-Catalyzed Borrowing Hydrogen C-Alkylation of Oxindoles Using Alcohols<\/em>&#8220;, M. B. Dambatta, K. Polidano, A. D. Northey, J. M. J. Williams and L. C. Morrill*,\u00a0<em>ChemSusChem<\/em>, 2019,\u00a0<strong>12<\/strong>, 2345-2349. [<a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/cssc.201900799\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">link<\/span><\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Alex Northey\u00a0<\/strong>(MChem project student, Oct 2017 &#8211; May 2018)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2015\/01\/IMG_0857-e1472028366522.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Matthew Ashford\u00a0<\/strong>(MChem project student, Oct 2016 &#8211; May 2017)<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>Next position: <\/strong><\/strong>PhD, University of St Andrews, Advisor: <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/watsongroup.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr Allan Watson<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em style=\"font-size: 1rem\">&#8220;Deoxycyanamidation of Alcohols with N-Cyano-N-Phenyl-p-Methylbenzenesulfonamide (NCTS)&#8221;,\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">J. N. Ayres, M. W. Ashford, Y. St\u00f6ckl, V. Prudhomme, K. B. Ling, J. A. Platts and L. C. Morrill*,\u00a0<em>Org. Lett.<\/em>, 2017,\u00a0<strong>19<\/strong>, 3835-3838.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.orglett.7b01710\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">[<\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">link]<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2015\/01\/IMG_0904-e1475750272388.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Daniel Moseley <\/strong>(MChem project student, Oct 2016 &#8211; May 2017)<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>Next position: <\/strong><\/strong>PhD, <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordsynthesiscdt.ox.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oxford Synthesis for Biology &amp; Medicine CDT<\/a><\/span>, Advisor: <a href=\"http:\/\/mcwillis.chem.ox.ac.uk\/MCW\/Home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Prof. Michael Willis<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2015\/01\/IMG_0906-e1475750248521.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Bryna Harris\u00a0<\/strong>(MChem project student, Oct 2016 &#8211; May 2017)<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2015\/01\/IMG_0913-e1476440733982.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Max Smith <\/strong>(MChem project student, Oct 2016 &#8211; May 2017)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2015\/01\/Untitled.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Benjamin Reed- Berendt\u00a0<\/strong>(MChem project student, Oct 2015 &#8211; May 2016)<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong><strong>Next position:<\/strong><\/strong> <\/strong>PhD, Cardiff University, Advisor: <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr Louis C. Morrill<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2015\/01\/Cropped.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Matthew Jenner <\/strong>(MChem project student, Oct 2015 &#8211; May 2016)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next position:<\/strong> PhD, University of Southampton, Advisor: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.riosresearchgroup.com\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Dr Ramon Rios<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2015\/01\/Cropped1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"329\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tyler Woods\u00a0<\/strong>(MChem project student, Oct 2015 &#8211; May 2016)<\/p>\n<h3>Undergraduate\u00a0Project Students (BSc)<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2023\/02\/IMG_3616-scaled.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Luis Cleaton <\/strong>(BSc project student, Jan-May 2023)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2022\/03\/IMG_2135-scaled.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gwen Weldon <\/strong>(BSc project student, Jan-May 2022)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2020\/02\/Adam-e1580910219612.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Adam Gage <\/strong>(BSc project student, Jan-May 2020)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2015\/01\/IMG_1944-e1587566170635.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam Parker\u00a0<\/strong>(BSc project student, Jan-May 2018)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2015\/01\/IMG_1946-e1587566206897.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Connor Radcliffe\u00a0<\/strong>(BSc project student, Jan-May 2018)<\/p>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2015\/01\/IMG_1141-e1486496201862.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Thomas Lambourn <\/strong>(BSc project student, Jan-May 2017)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2015\/01\/Group-Website.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"308\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Niall Hope\u00a0<\/strong>(BSc project student, Jan-May 2016)<\/p>\n<h3>Undergraduate\u00a0Project Students (Cardiff Internship)<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2023\/07\/Ted-scaled.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ted Gushlow <\/strong>(CUROP undergraduate researcher, Jun-Aug 2023)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Area<\/strong>: Borrowing hydrogen catalysis<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2022\/08\/IMG_2633-scaled.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abbie Harris <\/strong>(CUROP undergraduate researcher, July-Aug 2022)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Area<\/strong>: Borrowing hydrogen catalysis<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2022\/06\/IMG_2445-scaled.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Daniel Gorst <\/strong>(CUROP undergraduate researcher, May-Aug 2022)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Area<\/strong>: Synthetic Organic Electrochemistry<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2019\/06\/Robert-Bolt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Robert Bolt <\/strong>(CUROP undergraduate researcher, Jun-Aug 2019)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next position:<\/strong> MChem, Cardiff University<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>&#8220;<i>Transition Metal Free \u03b1-C-Alkylation of Ketones Using Secondary Alcohols<\/i>&#8220;, M. B. Dambatta, J. Santos, R. R. A. Bolt and L. C. Morrill*, <em>Tetrahedron<\/em>, 2020, <strong>76<\/strong>, 131571. [<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0040402020307675?via%3Dihub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a><\/span>] <strong><span style=\"color: #008080\">[Invited contribution to the Special Issue on Strategies for Efficient Organic Synthesis Dedicated to the Achievements of Prof. Jonathan Williams]<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2018\/08\/Joe.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Joe Santos\u00a0<\/strong>(CUROP undergraduate researcher, Aug-Sept 2018)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next position:<\/strong> MChem, Cardiff University<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2018\/08\/Luke.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Luke Ward\u00a0<\/strong>(CUROP undergraduate researcher, Aug-Sept 2018)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next position:<\/strong> MChem, Cardiff University<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2018\/06\/Image-1.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ashley Ramdass\u00a0<\/strong>(CUROP undergraduate researcher, Jun-Aug 2018)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next position:<\/strong> MChem, Cardiff University<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2018\/06\/Image-2.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thomas Knight\u00a0<\/strong>(CUROP undergraduate researcher, Jun-Aug 2018)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next position:<\/strong> MChem, Cardiff University<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2015\/01\/IMG_0839-e1471437851165.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alexi Sedikides\u00a0<\/strong>(Internship\u00a0student, Jun-Sept 2016)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next position:<\/strong> MChem, Cardiff University<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2015\/01\/Group-Website-Photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"310\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vladimir Vladimirov\u00a0<\/strong>(RSC undergraduate bursary scholar, Collaborative project led by <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.melengroup.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr Rebecca Melen<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0Jun-Jul 2016)<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>Next position:<\/strong><\/strong> MChem, Cardiff University<\/p>\n<h3>Undergraduate\u00a0Project Students (Visiting Scholars)<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2019\/05\/Nicolas.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nicolas Mast\u00a0<\/strong>(ERASMUS internship student May-Aug 2019)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next position: <\/strong>MEng in Chemistry, ENSCR<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>&#8220;<em>Manganese-Catalyzed One-Pot Conversion of Nitroarenes into N-Methylarylamines Using Methanol<\/em>&#8220;, B. G. Reed-Berendt, N. Mast and L. C. Morrill*, <em>Eur. J. Org. Chem.<\/em>, 2020, 1136-1140. <span style=\"color: #000000\">[<a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/ejoc.201901854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">link<\/span><\/a>] <\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #008080\">[Invited contribution to the YourJOC Talents Special Issue]\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2015\/01\/IMG_1745.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Marcus Espe\u00a0<\/strong>(ERASMUS project student, since Sept-Dec 2017)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next position: <\/strong>MSc in Chemistry, Aarhus University<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2015\/01\/IMG_1143-e1486496333492.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ana\u00efs Basset\u00a0<\/strong>(ERASMUS internship student, Jan-May 2017)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next position: <\/strong>MA in Chemistry, ENSCM<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u201c<em>Exploring Tandem Ruthenium-Catalyzed Hydrogen Transfer and SNAr Chemistry<\/em>\u201d, K. Polidano, B. G. Reed-Berendt, A. Basset, A. J. A. Watson, J. M. J. Williams and L. C. Morrill*,\u00a0<em>Org. Lett.<\/em>, 2017,\u00a0<strong>19<\/strong>, 6716-6719. [<a href=\"http:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.orglett.7b03441\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">link<\/span><\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2015\/01\/IMG_0844-e1471443513680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Yannick St\u00f6ckl\u00a0<\/strong>(RISE Worldwide internship student, Aug-Oct 2016)<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>Next position:<\/strong><\/strong> MSc in Chemistry, University of Stuttgart<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em>&#8220;Deoxycyanamidation of Alcohols with N-Cyano-N-Phenyl-p-Methylbenzenesulfonamide (NCTS)&#8221;,\u00a0<\/em>J. N. Ayres, M. W. Ashford, Y. St\u00f6ckl, V. Prudhomme, K. B. Ling, J. A. Platts and L. C. Morrill*,\u00a0<em>Org. Lett.<\/em>, 2017,\u00a0<strong>19<\/strong>, 3835-3838.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.orglett.7b01710\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">[link]<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2015\/01\/IMG_0880-e1473928872160.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ng Yoke Yin\u00a0<\/strong>(Internship student, Sept-Oct 2016)<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>Next position:<\/strong><\/strong> Diploma in Medicinal Chemistry, Nangyang Polytechnic<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2015\/01\/IMG_0843-e1471442992111.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Anissa Na\u00efr\u00a0<\/strong>(ERASMUS internship student, Jun-Aug 2016)<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>Next position:<\/strong><\/strong> MA in Chemistry, ENSCCF<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/themorrillgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/379\/2015\/01\/IMG_0845-e1471443051494.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vassili Prudhomme\u00a0<\/strong>(ERASMUS internship\u00a0student, Jun-Aug 2016)<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong><strong>Next position:<\/strong><\/strong> <\/strong>MA in Chemistry, ENSCCF<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em>&#8220;Deoxycyanamidation of Alcohols with N-Cyano-N-Phenyl-p-Methylbenzenesulfonamide (NCTS)&#8221;,\u00a0<\/em>J. 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