New UROP Students!
July 2016 - Shijia and Onur Join Group as UROP Students
Two new UG students, Shijia and Onur join the group for 8 week Summer research placements.
Stories written by Alan Spivey
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!
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.
N-Oxide paper published
Jan 2015 - Article in Synlett Published
James' paper on the Organocatalytic Phosphorylation of Alcohols Using Pyridine-N-oxide is published.
Dr Smith Leaves group!
Dec 2014 - Lucy Smith Obtains her PhD
PhD student Lucy Smith, jointly supervised with Robin Leatherbarrow (IC Chemistry) and Andrew Beavil (KCL) successfully completes her viva voce exam!
New Students start
Oct 2014 - New Students Join the Group
Two new PhD students (Lola and Wouter), two MSci and one BSc project students (Peter, Nico and Si Jia) and an MRes student (Alex) join the group.
phosphorylation paper!
Sept 2014 - Article in Chem. Comm. Published
James' paper about the development of 2-aryl-4-DMAP-N-oxides as catalysts for selective phosphorylation of alcohols is published.
Pre-targeting with 68 Ga
July 2014 - Article in Chem. Comm. Published
Helen's paper on 68Ga-pre-targeting of the antibody Cetuximab to allow PET imaging of colorectal, head and neck cancers is published
Graduation time...
June 2014 - Four Students Leave the Group
UG research project students Vivien Tang (MSci), Aaron Trowbridge (MSci) and Qian Wen Tan (BSc) graduate and Erasmus student Daniel Dunkleman finishes
Triple Graduation!
May 2014 - Melanie, Ploy and James Graduate
MRes student Ploy Howell, PhD student Melanie Mueller and MPhil student James Murray graduated in a ceremony in the Albert Hall today.
New group member!
Mar 2014 - Daniel Dunklemann Joins the Group as an Erasmus Student
An undergraduate student from the ETH in Zurich, Daniel Dunklemann, joins the group for a 4 month research placement.
Phd Celebration
Feb 2014 - Helen Evans Obtains her PhD
PhD student Helen Evans, jointly supervised with Prof Eric Aboagye in Oncology at Hammersmith Hospital, successfully completes her viva voce exam!
New post-doc!
Jan 2014 - New Students Join the Group
Dr Olga Bodero joins the group as a post-doc from the ICIQ, Tarragona, Spain & Ms Qian Wen Tan joins the group as a final year BSc research student.
PhD achieved for Melanie!
Dec 2013 - Melanie Mueller Obtains her PhD
PhD student Melanie Mueller successfully completes her viva voce exam!
New paper!
Dec 2013 - Article in Bioorg. Med. Chem. Published
Guillaume's paper about the evaluation of a CXCR4-specific 68Ga-labelled TN14003 derivative for cancer PET imaging is published.
New Papers!
Dec 2013 - Two Articles in J. Lab. Comp. Radiopharm. Published
Helen's and Federica's papers on 68Ga-DOTA labelling for PET pre-targeting & on an 18F glycosylated cyanoquinoline for EGFR imaging are published.
PhD viva complete
Nov 2013 - Guillaume Obtains his PhD
PhD student Guillaume George successfully completes his viva voce exam!
New MRes Student
Nov 2013 - Gunnar Bachem Joins the Group as an MRes Student
Gunnar was a Bachelors student in Chemistry at Heidelberg, Germany before joining the group as a student on the MRes in Drug Discovery and Development
New PhD student
Oct 2013 - Hossay Abas Joins the Group as a PhD Student
Hossay Abas, who carried out a final year research project in the group last year, joins the group as a 1st year PhD student.
new Starters
Oct 2013 - New Students Join the Group
Three visiting UG students (Mathias, Savan & Zhennan), two MSci project students (Aaron & Vivien), and a research technician (Lisa) join the group.
13C NMR Prediction!
Oct 2013 - Article in J. Org. Chem. Published
Keith Andrews' paper describing a new method for improving the accuracy of Density Functional Theory (DFT)-based 13C NMR predictions is published
Metathesis Paper
Oct 2013 - Article in Acta Cryst. C Published
Keith Andrews' paper on a ring-closing metathesis approach to decalins is published in Acta Cryst. Sect. C
