Please see the advert here https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMN029/research-fellow-in-organic-synthesis with closing date of the 13th April – this is a short-term role with a fixed end date (the length of contract will reduce as the start-date moves back) so is suited to someone available to start immediately (this can include PhD researchers who have not yet submitted /Continue reading “PDRA position available”
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PhD positions
PhD applicants: Birmingham Chemistry Scholarships 2025The School of Chemistry is proud to offer a number of doctoral scholarships. These scholarships are open to all fields of chemistry. Each fully funded scholarship is for 3.5 years full-time study and covers academic fees and a maintenance grant in line with the UK Research Innovation rate. These scholarshipsContinue reading “PhD positions”
New members
A slightly belated welcome to Jack Bowyer and Lindsey Nuttall, as new members of the group at PhD and MSci students, respectively!
Poster competitions
Congratulations to Bethan, who’s had a busy few months after being selected to present her research at the RSC Dalton poster competition, the Organic Community Poster competition and at the GlaxoSmithKline postgraduate event! A tremendous representative for Birmingham Chemistry and our group.
New paper
Congratulations to Nagnath, Paige and Aniket for their new paper out in Org. Lett. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.4c02853
New paper
Congratulations to the team for the new paper published in Chemistry – A European Journal on Regiodivergent Synthesis of 4- and 5-Sulfenyl Oxazoles from Alkynyl Thioethers led by Prakash and Aniket in our first collaboration with the Jupp group with Laura and Andy.
New paper
Our first NHC paper is accepted into a special edition of Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, keep an eye out this year for more catalyst design work from the group.
PhD viva – Sifan
Many congratulations to Sifan Li who successfully defended his PhD thesis today examined by Prof Mike Greaney and Dr Richard Grainger! Check out his papers on the publications tab.
Poster Prize
Congratulations to Ivy for her poster prize at the RSC Dalton Meeting in Warwick.
Prize winner
Congratulations to Ivy who won a poster prize at the John S. Fossey Memorial Symposium!
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