Theme Lead - Professor Varinder Aggarwal

Synthesis – the development and application of chemical methods to make target molecules.

Catalysis – the acceleration of a chemical reaction by a catalyst, perhaps the most important and sustainable tool for chemical synthesis.

The ability to selectively and efficiently make molecules - ranging from fuels and petrochemical products, medicines and agrochemicals, to materials – underpins most of chemical science.  We have broad expertise and a long-standing track record in all aspects of this area.  Asymmetric synthesis, natural product synthesis, photochemistry and homogeneous catalysis using organometallic complexes, are signature areas.

Theme members:

• Professor Robin Bedford
• Professor Craig Butts
• Dr Beatrice Collins
• Professor Jonathan Clayden 
• Dr John Crosby
• Professor Matt Crump 
• Professor Tony Davis
• Professor Charl Faul 
• Professor David Fermin
• Dr Natalie Fey
• Professor Carmen Galan
• Dr Ella Gale
• Dr Alastair Lennox 
• Professor Paul May
• Dr Adam Noble
• Professor Andrew Orr-Ewing
• Professor Paul Pringle
• Professor Emma Raven
• Dr Chris Russell
• Dr Hazel Sparkes
• Dr Devendra Tiwari 
• Professor Chris Willis
• Professor Dek Woolfson