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PhD positions available

Liam Donnelly and I are recruiting two PhD students for projects focused on developing new catalytic processes that use Platinum Group Metals (PGMs) to transform waste plastics into high-value chemicals and materials. The projects are in close collaboration with Johnson Matthey and include the opportunity for industrial placements in JM labs. ✅ Fully funded 3.5-year…

12th Oct 2026

Welcome to Jordann!

The group welcomes Jordann Wells who joins as a 3-year PDRA looking at the synthesis of silicon-containing building blocks in collaboration with Enamine. We also say goodbye and thank you to Lewis and Alice who completed placements in the group over the summer.

25th Sep 2026

Welcome to Lewis and Alice!

Welcome to Lewis who joins the group for a Carnegie-funded summer project using DFT to study ambiphilic silane reactivity. Also welcome to Alice, who joins both our group and Dr Liam Donnelly’s group as a visiting student from France to develop new nitrogen-insertion skeletal editing methodologies.

4th Jun 2026

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