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combining automation and synthesis to access new chemical space

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PhD Opportunity Available

❗ PhD Opportunity Available ❗ In collaboration with Liam Donnelly we have a competition funded PhD studentship available focused on developing nitrogen insertion reactions using automation and machine learning. This 3.5-year studentship at Heriot-Watt University will combine both traditional synthetic chemistry with high-throughput experimentation and machine learning to discover new skeletal editing reactions. See the…

10th Feb 2026

Fellowship Funding Available

Are you interested in undertaking a postdoctoral fellowship in digital chemistry? We are looking to support an applicant for the Heriot-Watt University EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowship. This is a highly prestigious postdoctoral fellowship looking to support promising early-career researchers for up to two years. Eligbility: Applicants who completed a doctoral postgraduate research degree with support…

16th Sep 2025

Welcome to Josef and Fern

Josef joins the group for a PhD after completing his MChem at Lancaster University, where he will be developing new methods for the synthesis of silicon-switch molecules. Fern joins the group for her MChem project and will be developing new reactivity with silyl-lithium compounds.

8th Sep 2025

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