Chemistry academic staff

Biophysics, Biopolymers, Bioelectronics, Proton transfer, Energy transfer, Electron transfer, Molecular electronics, Conductive polymers, Ultrafase spectroscopy.

Supramolecular chemistry, Chemistry outreach and widening participation, Scholarship interests including laboratory learning and transition from A-level.

Water-soluble polymers, block copolymers, polymerisation-induced self-assembly, RAFT polymerisation, polymer brushes, colloidal nanocomposites, microgels, latexes, gels, foams & branched polymers.

Inorganic supramolecular chemistry, porous coordination framework materials, reactions in molecular crystals.

Teaching specialist. Scholarship interests including laboratory learning, key skills, curriculum design, and the student experience.

Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Biophysics, Photo-Chemistry, Photosynthesis, Pulse Shaping, High-Harmonics Generation.

Computer aided molecular design and combinatorial chemistry to facilitate drug design and molecular recognition studies.

Protein self-assembly, design and aggregation, protein interactions with phospholipid membranes, membrane remodelling and mechanisms of cellular membrane repair.

Heterogeneous catalysis, nano and functional materials, sustainable chemistry, analytical chemistry.

Development and application of single-molecule fluorescence techniques to addressing crucial questions across physics, chemistry and the life sciences.

Porous Polymers, Gas storage, Heterogeneous catalysis, CO2 utilisation.

Developing two-dimensional metal-organic framework Nanosheets (MONs) for sensing, catalysis, electronics and separation applications.

Catalysis, protein and nucleic structure and function, nucleic acid chemistry, molecular recognition, enzymology.

Boronic acids, asymmetric synthesis, catalysis, total synthesis, novel peptide constraints.

Homogeneous catalysis, organometallic reaction mechanisms, carbonylation, infrared spectroscopy, supported catalysts.

Theoretical & Computational chemistry, intermolecular interactions, machine learning, solvation, data-driven and automated approaches to synthesis.

Laser spectroscopy, gas phase analysis, ab initio theory, intermolecular association, hydrogen-bonding.

Nanofabrication, plasmonics, biomaterials, surface analysis, scanning probe microscopy, nanotribology.

Theoretical & Computational chemistry, surfaces and interfaces, adsorption and self-assembly, electron transfer, materials for photocatalysis and solar cells, soil minerals.

Theoretical & Computational Chemistry, Astrochemistry, Quantum Dynamics; Reactive Scattering; Chemical Reaction Dynamics; High-Performance Computing.

X-ray, light and neutron scattering, soft matter, polymer physics, rheology, fats and lipids.

Asymmetric Synthesis, Transition Metal Catalysis, Organoboron Chemistry.

Catalysis, Enzyme mechanism, kinetics, porphyrin, chlorophyll.

Polymer Nanotechnology (synthesis, processing, self-assembly, structure-property relations), Public engagement in science and technology.

Design of polymers for performance and sustainability, reversible covalent and supramolecular networks. Polyurethanes, acrylics, polyesters, adhesives, coatings, elastomers, composites.

Coordination chemistry, supramolecular chemistry, imaging probes, therapeutics, theranostics.

Molecular Imprinting. Molecular Recognition. Protein Function/Manipulation. Biosensors, Trace Analysis.

Biomimetics, dendritic molecules, supramolecular chemistry, encapsulation and drug delivery.

Photochemistry, photophysics, time-resolved spectroscopy, luminescence, light-induced electron transfer in chemical and biological systems, solar energy conversion, ultrafast excited state dynamics.

Nucleic acid chemistry, heterocyclic chemistry, nucleotide chemistry, DNA damage, DNA repair, O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferases, alkyltransferase-like proteins.

Physical organic chemistry. Mechanism, reactivity and catalysis with relevance to biology. Functional supramolecular systems based around metal organic cages and membrane embedded species.