Welcome
We are an organic synthesis and catalysis group based in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Bath. We are interested in the development and understanding of new, sustainable catalytic processes for the conversion of readily-available starting materials into synthetically useful targets. See the Research and Publications pages to find out more about what we do.
Group News
Dr Aaron Lister
Nov 2025
Many congratulation to Aaron, who has successfully completed his thesis and passed his PhD viva!
New MChem Students
Oct 2025
Welcome to Dan and Patrick who have joined the group for their final year MChem research projects.
Bolland Symposium
Jun 2025
Congratulations to Amber and Laureline who have presented talks at this year's Bolland Symposium. Well done to Jess, Kate, and Emma who presented posters.
New MSc Student
Jun 2025
Welcome to Gokul who has joined the group for his MSc Drug Discovery research project.
MChem Project Hand-In
May 2025
Many congratulations to Aimee and Sasha who have successfully handed in their final year MChem projects.
New MChem Students
Oct 2024
Welcome to Aimee and Sasha who have joined the group for their final year MChem projects.
New PhD Student
Sep 2024
Welcome to Kate Dallas who has started her industrial PhD while working for AstraZeneca.
New PhD Student
Sep 2024
Welcome to Jessica Salamone who has joined the group after completing her MChem at the University of Bath. Jess will be working on new iron-catalysed dehydrative reactions in collaboration with Dr Ruth Webster (University of Cambridge) and Syngenta.
Dr Mark Shuttleworth
Sep 2024
Many congratulation to Mark, who has successfully completed his thesis and passed his PhD viva!
MChem Project Hand-In
May 2024
Congratulations to Amber, Ella, and Will who have submitted their final year MChem projects.
Dr Jessica Hine
May 2024
Many congratulation to Jess, who has successfully completed her thesis and passed her PhD viva!
New PhD Opportunity
Jan 2024
We have a new PhD position available on the Iron-Catalysed Nucleophilic Substitution of Alcohols. More details can be found on Find-a-PhD, with the application deadline on the 28th January. Informal enquires are welcome, please just e-mail James.
Support
We are extremely grateful to the following institutions for financial support:
