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Inorganic Chemistry

	Professor Lee Cronin (FRSE, Professor - Gardiner Chair of Chemistry). Complex chemical systems derived from non biological building blocks. Molecular Fundamentals, Inorganic Biology, Synthetic Systems and Hybrid Devices. Self-assembly of polyoxometalate systems
	Dr Louis J Farrugia (Reader, Adviser of Studies). Experimental charge density studies on transition metal complexes, Structural studies on Hydrogen-bonding, ans small molecule computational crystallography.
‌	Dr Ross Forgan (Royal Society University Research Fellow). Keywords: Utilising the principles of self-assembly and supramolecular chemistry to: (i) develop of metal-organic frameworks and other porous materials as selective storage agents; (ii) enhance the reactivity of guests bound in porous solids; (iii) assemble ordered arrays of solid-state nanoreactors; (iv) examine reversible chemical systems in functional porous materials.
	Professor Duncan Gregory (Chair in Inorganic Materials). The interests in the Inorganic Solid State and Materials Chemistry research group lie in the synthesis, structure, and physical properties of inorganic solids. The underlying theme in our approach is to identify and modify materials on the basis of their atomic or ionic arrangements.
	Dr Justin S Hargreaves (Senior Lecturer, Adviser of Studies). My research interests are primarily centred around heterogeneous catalysis and, in particular, the elucidation of structure-activity relationships in oxidation reactions catalysed by metal oxide catalysts. Heterogeneous catalysis, materials chemistry, environmental chemistry.
	Professor David Jackson (Professor). As part of the Centre for Catalysis Research set up at Glasgow, my research interests lie in six overlapping areas, i) metal catalysed hydrogenation, ii) syn-gas production and use, iii) catalyst activation and catalyst deactivation, iv) dehydrogenation, v) heterogeneous catalysis in fine chemicals synthesis, and vi) base catalysis.
	Dr Deliang Long (Senior Research Fellow). My current research interests are in polyoxometalates, inorganic synthesis, coordination chemistry, cluster based materials and chemical crystallogaphy.
	Dr Haralampos Miras (RSE Research Fellow). My research interests are primarily focused on the investigation and development of metal oxide/chalcogenide based surfaces for energy applications (H₂ production, water oxidation, catalytic processes etc.)
	Dr Mark Murrie (Senior Lecturer, Adviser of Studies). Magnetic properties, molecular materials, nanoparticles, nanostructures, molecular magnets, coordination chemistry. Our research involves the synthesis and characterisation of new molecular magnetic and nanomagnetic materials, with an ever-growing list of potential applications.
	Dr Daniel J Price (Lecturer, Adviser of Studies). Most generally we are interested in the complex behaviour of many body systems having different types of interactions. In other words we are interested in cooperativity, phase structures and phase behaviour, or to put it another way, we are interested in symmetry, structure, patterns, textures, order and disorder, phase transitions and order parameters.

Organic Chemistry

	Dr Goetz F Bucher (Lecturer, Adviser of Studies). Preparation of molecular probes as tools for the detailed study of reaction mechanisms. This work frequently relies on the detection and study of highly reactive intermediates (e.g. radicals, carbenes and nitrenes) that are found in many chemical and some biochemical reactions. The synthesis of molecules possessing unusual physical and chemical properties by virtue of their unusual three-dimensional architectures is also an important area of investigation. Physical organic chemistry, computational chemistry, photochemistry, free radicals, materials.
	Professor Stephen Clark (FRSE, Head of School). Synthetic organic chemistry and the development of new synthetic methodology and total synthesis of natural products. Total synthesis of complex bioactive natural product targets; Use of metal carbenoids in organic synthesis; Applications of ring-closing metathesis reactions in synthesis; Asymmetric oxidation and amination reactions; Biomimetic synthesis of alkaloids.
	Professor Graeme Cooke (Professor of Physical Organic Chemistry). Research within the Graeme Cooke research group focuses upon the design, synthesis and characterisation of functional molecules and macromolecules with applications spanning: supramolecular chemistry, physical organic chemistry, polymer chemistry, surface chemistry, colloid chemistry, molecular machines and devices and organic solar cells. Energy conversion, Supramolecular chemistry, Molecular electronics, Polymers, Materials science, Nanostructures.
	Dr David France (Lecturer in Organic Synthetic Chemistry). Research in the France group centres on the invention and use of new methods for constructing chemical bonds. Developing these methods provides chemists with new tools to construct important molecules such as medicines, or naturally produced compounds that are scarce, but have valuable biological function. Synthesis, molecular medicine, catalysis, heterocycles, bioactive compounds, new (emerging) technologies.
	Dr Richard C Hartley (Reader). The primary area of research in the Hartley group is chemical biology, i.e., the use of synthetic organic chemistry to unlock the secrets of biology. We do this in two key ways: (a) we design, make and use small molecular probes to study oxidative stress and ageing (b) we find new ways to make large numbers of drug-like compounds, through titanium carbenoid chemistry and by a platform technology that we call MPEG-assised organic synthesis. Chemical biology, functional molecules, synthetic biology, nanoscience.
	Professor Pavel Kocovsky (FRSE, Sir William Ramsay Professor of Chemistry). Research in the Kocovsky group is focused on organic/organometallic synthesis and includes asymmetric catalysis, mechanistic studies, quantum chemistry calculations, and synthesis of biologically significant compounds, natural products, and molecular probes to study biological systems. We are mainly interested in the rational design of novel synthetic methods, in particular reactions catalysed by transition metals and metal-free organocatalysts. The primary goal in all our work is to devise and make use of synthetic routes that feature new chemistry. Stereocontrolled reactions, transition metal catalysis, organocatalysis, organic synthesis, chiral ligands, functional molecules.
	Professor Rob Liskamp (Chair of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry).
	Dr Rudi Marquez (Reader). The Marquez group is actively involved at the interface between synthetic organic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, and molecular and cell biology. We are particularly interested in applying organic synthesis principles to understand and explore biological processes. As part of these research efforts, we are particularly interested in using and developing efficient synthetic methodologies to model and synthesise both natural and unnatural compounds incorporating drug design principles. We then use these newly synthesised compounds to expand our biological and chemical knowledge at a variety of levels.
	Dr Joelle A Prunet (Senior Lecturer). The main research interest of the Prunet group is the synthesis of biologically active natural products, such as taxol, a powerful antitumor agent, or dolabelide C and hexacyclinic acid, molecules with cytotoxic activity. In our approaches towards the target molecules, we uncover problems that cannot be easily solved by known reactions, and to overcome these difficulties we try to develop new methodologies that can also be applied to other syntheses. Total synthesis, antitumor agents, synthetic methods, metathesis, polymers, interfaces.
	Dr Andrew Sutherland (Senior Lecturer). Research in the Sutherland group focuses on the development and understanding of new organic reactions with particular emphasis on using transition metal catalysis to create new chiral molecules. Once developed, we then apply our new chemistry to the total synthesis of biologically active and medicinally important compounds and natural products. In collaboration with biologists, neuroscientists and clinical physicists we also test the biological properties and study the potential applications of our new compounds. Research interests: molecular imaging, molecular medicine, sustainable chemistry (tandem/cascade reactions), asymmetric synthesis, homogeneous catalysis, bioorganic chemistry.

Physical Chemistry

	Dr Serena Corr (Lecturer in Physical Chemistry).
	Dr Hugh Flowers (Lecturer, Adviser of Studies). Water pollution; Contaminated land; Analytical method development; Organic wastes and composts; Potato storage chemicals.
	Dr Grant Hill (Lecturer in Physical Chemistry). The theoretical chemistry group led by Grant Hill employs the latest advances in local electron and explicit correlation to reduce the computational cost of highly accurate wavefunction methods such as coupled cluster theory. To enable these methods to be used for a wide variety of chemical systems, the group designs, develops and optimises Gaussian basis sets that are utilised to construct the molecular orbitals necessary for the Schrödinger equation. Theoretical/computational chemistry, Basis set development, Thermochemistry, Ab initio spectroscopy, Reaction dynamics, Molecular recognition.
	Dr Michael C Jarvis (Reader). Mike Jarvis's research group works on plant cell walls and the polymers that comprise them, from a variety of points of view: plant development and biomechanics, wood science, food texture. Most cell-wall polymers are carbohydrates with a spectacular capacity for forming complex supramolecular structures. They are at the centre of the fundamental mechanisms by which plants take shape and withstand the forces imposed on them by their environment. Biomass, cellulose, hydrogen bonds, mechanical properties, nanostructures, self-assembly.
	Dr Malcolm Kadodwala (Senior Lecturer). Research in the Kadodwala group has has three themes: (a) spectroscopic investigations of the electronic properties of nanostructured materials on surfaces; (b) the development of new electron-based chirally sensitive spectroscopic techniques; (c) the develop-ment of novel chiroptical spectroscopic probes.
	Dr Adrian J Lapthorn (Senior Lecturer, Adviser of Studies). My research interests are in using the technique of protein crystallography to elucidate protein structure with an aim to answering important questions on protein function and mechanism. I also have a specific interest in protein-protein interactions. Protein Structure and Function; Enzymes of the Shikimate pathway; Structure aided drug discovery; Protein Crystallography; Plant Glutathione S-transferases.
	Dr David Lennon (Reader, Adviser of Studies). Research in the David Lennon group involves surface chemistry and in particular applying a variety of spectroscopic techniques to probe the interaction of atoms and molecules on well-defined metal surfaces. Such substrates include supported metal catalysts as well as metal single crystals. An increased understanding of the structure and reactivity at surfaces is of fundamental importance in heterogeneous catalysis. Surface chemistry, heterogeneous catalysis, vibrational spectroscopy, process intensification.
	Dr Hans M Senn (Lecturer in Theoretical & Computational Chemistry, Adviser of Studies). Computational chemistry, Quantum chemistry, Molecular dynamics, QM/MM methods, Electronic structure, Mechanistic enzymology, Transition-metal chemistry and homogeneous catalysis.
	Professor Stephen Wimperis (Professor of Magnetic Resonance). Research in the NMR Spectroscopy group is centred upon the further development of experimental NMR techniques, including two-dimensional NMR and solid-state magic-angle spinning (MAS) NMR, and the novel application of these techniques to chemistry, mineralogy, and materials science.
	Professor Klaas Wynne (Chair in Chemical Physics). We are interested in the physical chemistry of liquids, mixtures, solutions, peptides, and proteins as well as phase transitions and nucleation phenomena that take place in them. We use spectroscopy and imaging to study these phenomena around equilibrium and sometimes very far from equilibrium. Ultrafast Kerr-effect spectroscopy is used to get access to dynamics from the terahertz range down to megahertz. Dielectric spectroscopy provides a complementary view. Imaging is used to observe spatial fluctuations related to the dynamic separation of phases.

Teaching

	Professor Bob Hill (Professor of Learning Teaching and Assessment, Senior Adviser of Studies). Bob is Head of Teaching in the School where he takes an overview of all teaching in the School of Chemistry. He is also Class Head for the Chemistry-1 class and welcomes students as a Senior Adviser of Studies. Bob teaches organic chemistry at all levels but is particularly interested in developing an understanding of mechanistic organic chemistry with students in years 1 and 2.
	Dr Beth Paschke (Senior University Teacher, Adviser of Studies). One of my first tasks within the School of Chemistry was my involvement in the reorganisation of the 1st Year undergraduate teaching labs. Upon completion of the reorganisation, I was (and still am) acting as lab co-ordinator for the new Quantitative-1 laboratory. Another important and enjoyable part of my job involves acting as class head for our 3rd Year Chemistry and Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry courses. In addition to my general teaching responsibilities (e.g. 2nd and 3rd Year tutorials, undergraduate lab demonstrating, member of Staff-Student Committee, member of Teaching Committee), I give several lecture courses.
	Dr Linnea Soler (University Teacher). University Teacher in Organic Chemistry. Chemistry-2 Class Head

Emeritus, honorary, and other

	Professor Laurence Barron (Honorary Senior Research Fellow)
	Professor Joseph Connolly (Honorary Senior Research Fellow)
	Professor Alan Cooper (Honorary Senior Research Fellow)
	Dr Andrew Freer (Senior Honorary Research Fellow)
	Professor Chris Gilmore (Honorary Senior Research Fellow). Emeritus Professor Chris Gilmore has research interests in crystallography especially data mining, pattern matching, the use of mathematical methods and the development of new computer software especially in the area of powder diffraction and electron crystallography.
	Dr Marie Hutin (Cronin Group Coordinator). Research coordinator in the Cronin group Complex Chemical Systems.
	Dr Ian D Pulford (Honorary Senior Research Fellow). Heavy metal dispersal in the environment; Peat and organic soils Phytoremediation of heavy metals; Adsorption of heavy metals from contaminated soil and water; Remediation methods for soil and water
	Professor Chick Wilson (Honorary Senior Research Associate)
	Prof Paul S. Braterman (Honorary Senior Research Fellow)