Group News

Are you a brilliant and highly motivated student, looking for a stimulating PhD programme fully focusing in organic synthesis? You are the right candidate for the 4-year fully funded PhD studentship currently available in our research group! In our research group, you will work on the development of novel visible light-driven organic radical reactions, enjoying the vibrant research environment and the state-of-the-art research facilities of the University of Nottingham. For more details go to the contacts section of this website.

Delighted to share that I am one of the 2022 ERC Starting Grant recipients. Thanks European Research Council (ERC) for this wonderful opportunity. More info below and stay tuned for open positions in our lab!

Mattia

Want to know more about the “behind the scenes” of our conjunctive olefination chemistry? Check out our Synpacts invited contribution on Synlett

Our Conjunctive Olefination chemistry has been highlighted in Synfacts by the Nobel Prize winner Benjamin List and co-workers! Synfacts 2022; 18(01): 0080

Matt G. and Jasper, our new udergraduate students, have recently joined us! Welcome to both!

Matt, our new joint CDT PhD student in collaboration with Prof. Mike George and Prof. Ioan Nottingher, has recently joined our group! Matt will perform mechanistic studies on photoredox reactions using transient absorption spectroscopy. Welcome Matt!

Katherine, our new PhD student, has recently joined the group! Katherine will develop novel strategies for the functionalisation of complex molecules exploiting photoredox methods. Welcome Katherine!

Our conjunctive olefination work is online on Nature Chemistry! Really well done to Dario, who did a tremendous job in the lab! Full text at this link. Click here to see it in open access!