Currently postdoc @Shenvi_Lab | PhD @Gaunt_Group | previously @jamesabull and @dixon_group.
Joined September 2019
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Milo Smith retweeted
22 May 2025
Excited to share that our one-carbon alkene homologation reaction developed @marcus_grocott by has been published in @nature🎉
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Milo Smith retweeted
15 Nov 2024
The @Gaunt_Group are looking for two enthusiastic and talented researchers to join our dynamic team in Cambridge, as postdocs. If you are interested in developing cutting edge synthetic chemistry across a wide range of areas relating to catalysis, apply at jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49113/
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Milo Smith retweeted
30 Sep 2024
A 3-year postdoctoral position in homogeneous catalysis and synthetic organic chemistry, to start in February 2025 or later, is available in my group @DurhamChemistry!
Candidates of any nationality can apply by Sunday 20/10/24. Info and how to apply: durham.taleo.net/careersecti…
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Milo Smith retweeted
30 Sep 2024
Thanks @JOC_OL!
@dubois_maryne, @JR_Chemistry, @ASterlingChem, @fjduarteg, @miloasmith, @J2_Mousseau, Andrew, Hannah, Phil and Charlie.
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Milo Smith retweeted
30 Sep 2024
Come and join our team. We have an exciting Synthetic Chemistry PhD opportunity in the @Gaunt_Group (starting Oct 2025) in collaboration with AstraZeneca. It will focus development of new catalytic activation modes for the synthesis of novel scaffolds.
jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48481/
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Milo Smith retweeted
12 Sep 2024
Congrats to Dylan and Stephen for their method to glycosylate cotylenol and access 14-3-3 protein-client molecular glues! tinyurl.com/2y45ck4n
Donor linker design was aided by Stephen’s “autoDFT” and solved a common problem in terpenoid synthesis: contrasteric glycosylation.
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Milo Smith retweeted
10 Sep 2024
Very happy to share our last work: "Deoxygenative Z-selective olefination of aliphatic alcohols", now in @ChemRxiv 🎉! Congrats Sai (@sainarayanan89 ), Irene (@irenessordo), Carla (@CarlaAiraRodrgz) and Emanuele (@ManuAzzi), amazing work! Check it out 👇
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23 Aug 2024
Now out in @ChemicalScience!! Thanks again to @RJDKang, @Roopender_Kumar, Biswarup and @MatthewGaunt8 - check it out here:
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11 Jan 2024
Happy to share a preprint of my work on secondary amine synthesis with @Gaunt_Group! Very grateful to Ryan, Roopender (@TheKumarLab1) and Biswarup for their contributions, and @MatthewGaunt8 for his support and guidance.
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Milo Smith retweeted
26 Jul 2024
Our Carbonyl Azinylative amination (CAzA) for the synthesis of α-heteroaryl amines is now out in @angew_chem!
Congrats Alex (@alex_rafaniello), Roopender (@TheKumarLab1) and Rachel!🎉
Read it here 👇
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Milo Smith retweeted
4 Jul 2024
The group’s latest teaching paper is out. This time we show how we’ve used TLC-MS throughout our practical course.@craigdc1983
doi.org/10.1002/rcm.9851
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Milo Smith retweeted
11 Jun 2024
Looking for your first step towards an independent career? We offer a 3-year-independent fellowship to support postdoc researchers from backgrounds under-represented in chemistry (e.g., women, minority ethnic, LGBTQI , disabled, low-income backgrounds) shorturl.at/RBBpV
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Milo Smith retweeted
1 Jun 2024
We currently have a few posts available to join our team! If you know anyone interested in teaching practical chemistry please get in touch/show them the link! @OxfordChemistry
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…
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Milo Smith retweeted
2 Feb 2024
This week we continue our Advanced Organic Chemistry course as @GeorgiaRitzema gives us an introduction to radicals - check it out!!
Link to the talk: youtu.be/MX8HsNE_GRo
Thanks to @aplooby28 for hosting and Thomas Verheyen for a great problem set!
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21 Oct 2023
IT'S FINALLY HERE! Starting October 28th, the Synthesis Workshop Advanced Organic Chemistry course will begin releases through our regular YouTube channel for FREE, thanks to the massive efforts of presenters from many researchers from academia and industry!
Support by sharing!
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Milo Smith retweeted
15 Jan 2024
Heterobenzylic amines made easy – a distinct variant of our multicomponent CAA methodology mediated by indium - preprint now available on @ChemRxiv! 🎉 Congrats Alex (@alex_rafaniello) and Roopender (@TheKumarLab1)! Check it out 👇 chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv…
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Milo Smith retweeted
11 Jan 2024
the latest chapter in our quest for a general alkylamine synthesis platform. Carbonyl alkylation amination to make secondary amines and some interesting applications. Congratulations to the team, led by @miloasmith and supporter by Ryan Kang. chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv…
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11 Jan 2024
Happy to share a preprint of my work on secondary amine synthesis with @Gaunt_Group! Very grateful to Ryan, Roopender (@TheKumarLab1) and Biswarup for their contributions, and @MatthewGaunt8 for his support and guidance.
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Milo Smith retweeted
11 Dec 2023
📣 Two new postdoc opportunities in the group 📣 looking at new synthetic methods for the modification of biomacromolecules such as RNA. 🧪🧬 Follow the link for more details and feel free to get in touch with us, or Matt directly, with any questions. jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/44334/
11 Dec 2023
We have two exciting openings for PDRAs in the Gaunt group focussed on the development of new synthetic reactivity for the modification of RNA and/or proteins. For more details, see jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/44334/
Great opportunity for new synthesis focussed on a different challenge
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Milo Smith retweeted
6 Nov 2023
We are advertising for a postdoc to join our 4-membered rings project:
jobs.ac.uk/job/DDX319/resear…
Come join us @impchemistry!
#oxetanes
#bioisosteres
#latestagefunctionalization
4 Oct 2023
#chempostdoc
We will soon be advertising a 3-year postdoctoral position for a synthetic chemist working on the synthesis of oxetanes. Details coming soon....
For some background:
nature.com/articles/s41557-0… (rdcu.be/cFP7y)
doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem…
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Milo Smith retweeted
25 Apr 2023
📢 Interested in pursuing PhD research in synthetic organic chemistry or computational organic chemistry? Several home fee PhD positions, starting 10/23, are available at the @SynTech_CDT in @ChemCambridge. Contact us at Syntech-CDT@ch.cam.ac.uk with CV and cover letter ASAP.
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Milo Smith retweeted
8 Mar 2023
Today we launched @GENChemCam, a network promoting gender equality in chemistry. So grateful and excited to be part of this amazing community. Please give us a follow! #IWD2023
We’re celebrating #InternationalWomensDay2023 by highlighting some of GENs founding members, starting with @beck23y and @GeorgiaRitzema
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