PhD Graduation!
May 2016 - Zsofia Obtains her PhD
PhD student Zsofia Heckenast, jointly supervised with Prof Andrew Livingston in Chemical Engineering, successfully completes her viva voce exam!
Stories written by Alan Spivey
New Researcher Arrives!
Jan 2016 - Richard Surginor Joins the Group as a Research Technician
A chemistry graduate of Queens University Belfast, Richard Surginor, joins the group for a 9 month research placement.
New Erasmus student!
Nov 2015 - Thomas Frossard Joins the Group as an Erasmus Student
An undergraduate student from the University of Fribourg, Thomas Frossard, joins the group for a 6 month research placement.
New Arrivals!
Oct 2015 - New Students Join the Group
Three new PhD students (Richard, Kari and Chris), two MRes students (Kleo and Christy) and two MSci project students (Niels and Sean) join the group.
New Silylation Catalyst
Sept 2015 - Article in Adv. Synth. Catal. Published
James' paper comparing the efficiencies of various organocatalysts for acylation, sulfonylation and silylation of alcohols is published.
PhD success!
July 2015 - Ling-Fu Obtains his PhD
PhD student Ling-Fu Nieh successfully completes his viva voce exam on his research towards the total asymmetric synthesis of (-)-lycorine
Lucy Harwood Arrives!
June 2015 - Lucy Harwood Joins the Group as a Summer Internship Student
Lucy Harwood, an MSci Chemistry student from Queens University Belfast, joins the group as a Summer placement student funded by the RSC.
Adriano Bauer Arrives!
Apr 2015 - Adriano Bauer Joins the Group as an Erasmus Student
An undergraduate student from the University of Bologna, Adriano bauer, joins the group for a 6 month research placement.
Alex Smalley Joins Group
Mar 2015 - Alex Smalley Joins the Group as an MRes Student
Alex Smalley joins the group for the research project of an MRes in Chemical Biology. Previously, he was a student in Medicinal Chemistry at Leeds.
New PET Method Published
Feb 2015 - Article in Chem. Comm. Published
Laurence's paper on Mn-Salen Catalysed Benzylic C-H Activation for the Synthesis of Aryl [18F]CF3-containing PET probes published.
