Based at Heriot-Watt University, our research focuses on chemical synthesis and catalysis, including C-H activation and H-atom reactions.
Joined April 2021
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7 May 2025
The Institute of Chemical Sciences in HWU were very happy to host a visit from students from Amsterdam (Amsterdams Chemisch Dispuut). Lots of topics on Sustainability and lots of positives for the future of chemistry in Scotland!
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11 Nov 2024
New paper from a collaboration with Dr Ruaraidh McIntosh and Prof. John Andresen: Switchable, chiral aluminium catalysts for ring opening polymerisations - now published in Dalton Transactions pubs.rsc.org/en/content/arti…
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24 Oct 2024
We have a PhD position available in the group:
findaphd.com/phds/project/de… building on some of our exciting research. Starts in September 2025.
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3 Oct 2024
Flow chemistry enhances catalytic alcohol-to-alkene dehydration - now published in Catalysis Science & Technology pubs.rsc.org/en/content/arti…
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1 Oct 2024
We have a position in our group for a PhD student; must be filled soon! Please apply or contact me if interested findaphd.com/phds/project/de…
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1 Oct 2024
Manganese 2-phosphinophosphinine precatalysts for methanol/ethanol upgrading to isobutanol - now published in Dalton Transactions pubs.rsc.org/en/content/arti…
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5 Aug 2024
Fringe show feels very real when you see the adverts in the Fringe magazine; head down to Stand 5 this Thur (8 Aug, 12:20) or later this summer (22 Aug, 13:40) to check it out!
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23 Jul 2024
The build-up to the Fringe shows begins ... see below for a video!
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13 May 2024
Tickets on sale now for two Edinburgh @CODIfringe #edfringe shows @StandComedyClub:
12:20 Thur 8 Aug: Boron and Brighter Brains. £12/£10, Stand 5, thestand.co.uk/fringe/2060/t…
13:40 Thur 22 Aug: The Real Fifth Element. £12/£10, Stand 5, thestand.co.uk/fringe/2090/t… See you there!
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13 May 2024
Catalyst Design for Rh-Catalyzed Arene and Alkane C–H Borylation: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
And #MyACSCover as well! @ACS4Authors Thanks to everyone who was involved; more on that in Chemistry World
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10 May 2024
Couple of nice stories in Chemistry World on Summer placements - hope you've got yours organised already!
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10 May 2024
Summer students act as an important catalyst for research: chemistryworld.com/careers/s…
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Mansell Group Lab retweeted
9 May 2024
Students who work in labs during the summer get an exciting window into research life and can serve as nucleation points for new ideas and catalysts for research progress, as Victoria Atkinson writes.
chemistryworld.com/careers/s…
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17 Apr 2024
Catalyst Design for Rh-Catalyzed Arene and Alkane C–H Borylation: The NHC Affects the Induction Period, and Indenyl is Superior to Cp | Organometallics pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs… Great to see our paper on Rh catalysis is out. 3 years of hard work!
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29 Feb 2024
Very happy to be part of the RSC's Catalysis Science and Technology most popular articles of 2023: pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/art… It goes to show that many people must be interested in sustainable routes to alkenes!
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8 Dec 2023
Here's an opportunity for PhD studies in my group:
findaphd.com/phds/project/de…
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31 May 2023
Moving from Fuel to Feedstock with Rhodium and Iridium Complexes: Ingenta Connect Fast Track Article ingentaconnect.com/content/m…
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31 May 2023
Our contribution to a Special Issue of Johnson Matthey Technology Review on Sustainability is out and ready to look at. We reviewed "Moving from Fuel to Feedstock" by harnessing C-H activation processes, still dominated by Precious Metal catalysts.
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29 Mar 2023
Sustainable routes to alkenes: applications of homogeneous catalysis to the dehydration of alcohols to alkenes - now published in Catalysis Science & Technology pubs.rsc.org/en/content/arti…
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