The James Research Group

Group News


November 2024 The group's work on the nucleophilic amination of aryl halides is published. Congratulations Bradley, Tom, Ethan and Katherine!
October 2024 Bradley presents his work on nucleophilic amination at the Fifth GSK Synthetic Organic Chemistry Postgraduate Symposium and wins first prize for his poster. Congratulations Bradley!
September 2024 Erin and Frazer join the group for their final year MChem research projects. Welcome to the team!
September 2024 The whole group attends ECOFR XV and Jonathan presents a poster.
July 2024 A second collaborative project with the Trujillo Group, on the computational design of new systems for halogen bond-mediated organocatalysis is published. Congratulations everyone!
July 2024 Our first collaborative project with the Trujillo Group, studying which computational methods should be used for investigating organic radical species is published. Congratulations Tim and Ethan!
May 2024 Ed presents his work at the MChem Research Symposium and finishes his studies in the group. Congrat­ulations Ed and good luck in Bristol!
April 2024 Chung Doan completes his iCAT rotation and leaves the group. Thank you for all your hard work Chung!
March 2024 The group's work on the denitrative sulfonylation of nitroarenes is published. Congratulations Jonathan, Michaela, Bradley, Tom and Ethan! Time to braai!
January 2024 Michael was awarded a Thieme Chemistry Journals Award.
January 2024 Chung Doan joins the group as an iCAT rotation student.
November 2023 Mon passes his viva and becomes Dr Inprung! Huge congratulations to Mon and thank you for all of your hard work.
October 2023 Edward Caffyn-Parsons joins the group for his final year MChem research project. Welcome Ed!
September 2023 Tom Harris joins the group and begins his PhD studies. Welcome Tom!
August 2023 In collaboration with the Unsworth Group, our work on the dearomatising spirocyclisation of benzisoxazoles is published. Congratulations Mon!
July 2023 Michaela Čierna completes her visit and leaves the group. Thank you for all your hard work Michaela and good luck with the rest of your PhD!
June 2023 Ethan Lim joins the group as a PhD student working on an exciting collaboration with the Trujillo Group.
May 2023 Katherine presents her work at the MChem Research Symposium and finishes her studies. Congrat­ulations Katherine!
April 2023 Jonathan da Luz joins the group and begins his PhD studies.
April 2023 Ethan Lim and Ali Najmi join the group as iCAT rotation students.
February 2023 Michaela Čierna joins the group as visiting student supported by the National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic.
January 2023 The group's work on the denitrative hydroxylation of nitroarenes is published. Congratulations to Lee, Harry, Adam, Andrew, George and Ivan! Read more about it here.
December 2022 An industrially funded PhD position working towards "the synthesis of amines through radical-nucleophilic substitution" is available. Please read more about this position here.
October 2022 Bradley Cooper (PhD) and Katherine Hooper (MChem) join the group.
September 2022 The group has moved to the University of Manchester!
June 2022 Working in collaboration with the Fairlamb group, a laboratory experiment designed to teach new graduate students how to safely handle air-sensitive organometallic reagents is published
June 2022 Harry and Adam finish their MChem studies and leave the group. Congratulations!
May 2022 Two PhD positions working towards the "Development of new retrosynthetic disconnections through radical-nucleophilic substitution" are now available. Please read more about these positions here.
March 2022 Nantachai is a prize winner at the Johnson Matthey poster competition! Well done Mon.
March 2022 Pat and Andrew's MSc theses have both passed their examination! Congratulations and thank you for all of your hard work through a really difficult year. Good luck with your PhD studies!
January 2022 A collaborative project showcasing the synthetic versatility of indole-ynones is published. A great team effort led by Mon!
October 2021 The group's work on the hydroxylation of aryl halides is published. Congratulations to Andrew, Pat, Will, George and Ivan! Read more about it here.
October 2021 Harry Meakin and Adam Richardson join the group for their MChem research projects.
June 2021 Will and George finish their studies and leave the group. Congrat­ulations and thank you for all of your hard work!
March 2021 Nantachai's work on thiol-mediated ring expansion cascades is published. Congratulations Mon!
October 2020 George Smith and Will Owens-Ward join the group for their MChem research projects.
September 2020 Andrew Greener joins the group with a funded studentship from the Department of Chemistry.
June 2020 Patrycja Ubysz won a Wild Fund Gold Scholarship to join the group. Congratulations Pat!
March 2020 The group was awarded a Research Grant from the Royal Society.
October 2019 Nantachai Inprung joins the group as a joint PhD student with Dr Will Unsworth and Prof. Richard Taylor.