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Research Themes and Academic Staff at Oxford

Please follow the links to more information about each research theme or to the individual members of academic staff. Each page will contain a recent summary of their current research interests and then links to their own further research information.

Catalysis Synthesis Chemistry at the interface with biology and medicine Sustainable Energy Chemistry Interfacial Science Kinetics, dynamics and mechanism Advanced functional materials Innovative Measurement and photon science Theory and modelling of complex systems
 

Catalysis

Organometallics; Polymerisation catalysis; Organo-catalysis; Enzymes and bio-catalysis; Nanoscale catalysts; Electrocatalysis; Photocatalysis; Computational modelling; Hetereogeneous and Surface chemistry; Catalysis for fuel and energy applications

Aldridge; Anderson, E.; Anderson, H.; Armstrong, Baldwin, A; Beer; Burton; Compton; Davies; Davis B.; Donohoe; Dixon; Edwards; Fletcher; Foord; Goicoechea; Gouverneur; Hodgson; Mackenzie; McGrady; Mountford; O’Hare; Paton; Robertson; Sartbaeva; Schofield; Smith, M; Tsang; Vincent; Weller; Willis; Wong

Associated Website
OXFORD CATALYSIS NETWORK

Sustainable Energy Chemistry

Clean Carbon technologies; Non-carbon fuels; New energy materials: fuel cells; Solar Chemistry

Aldridge; Anderson, H.; Armstrong; Battle; Clarke; Compton; Davies; Davis, B.; Edwards; Egdell; Fletcher; FoordO’Hare; Perkin; Tsang; Vincent; Weller

Advanced functional materials

Solid state synthesis; Polymers and soft materials; Energy materials; Geometrical Structure; Electronic Structure; Optical properties; Thin Film Depositions; Magnetism and superconductivity; Chemical properties

Anderson, H.; Barford; Battle; Benesch; Christensen; Clarke; Cooper; Davis, B.; Dixon; Edwards; Fletcher; Foord; Goicoechea; Goodwin; Hayward; Moloney; O’Hare; Perkin; Sartbaeva; Thompson; Tsang

Synthesis

Natural product and asymmetric organic synthesis; Novel synthetic methodologies (fluorine...); Organometallics; Radiochemistry; Coordination chemistry; Supramolecular chemistry; Main group and lanthanide chemistry

Adlington; Aldridge; Anderson, E.; Anderson, H.; Beer; Burton; Conway; Davies; Davis, B.; Dixon; Donohoe; Faulkner;  Fleet; Fletcher; Goicoechea; Gouverneur; Hamilton; Hodgson; Lee; McCullagh; Moloney; MountfordO’Hare; Robertson; Russell; Schofield; Smith, M.; Vincent; Weller, Willis; Wong

Associated Website
Oxford Synthesis Connections
Drug Discovery Oxford

Interfacial Science

Nanoscale chemistry; surface chemistry and structure; electrode interfaces; soft matter and colloidal systems; clusters

Aarts; Aldridge; Anderson, H.; Armstrong; Bayley; Beer; Brouard; Compton; Davis, J.; Dixon; Doye; Dullens; Egdell; Foord; Hayward; Mackenzie; Moloney; O’Hare; Perkin; Softley;  Tsang; Vallance; Vincent; Wallace; Wong

Innovative Measurement and photon science

Physical and analytical technique development; Labelling and Imaging; Genome technologies; Microscopy and single molecule; Laser applications and photonics; Femtosecond spectroscopy; Electrochemical sensors; Spectroscopic techniques; Magnetic Resonance (NMR + ESR); Mass Spectrometry; Diffraction + Structure (X Ray, Neutron, Diamond); Microfluidics

Aarts; Armstrong; Anderson, H.; Baldwin, A; Battle; Bayley; Beer; Benesch; Brouard; Christensen; Claridge; Compton; Cooper; Davis, B.; Dullens; Edwards; Egdell; Faulkner; Foord; Goodwin; Gouverneur; Hancock; Hore; Howard; Kukura; Mackenzie; McCullagh; O’HarePerkin; Ritchie;  Robinson; Smith, L.; Softley; Thompson; Timmel; Vallance; Wallace; Watkin

Chemistry at the interface with biology and medicine

Imaging and labelling; Biological structure and function; Drug discovery and medicinal  chemistry; Small molecule recognition and probes,surface binding, protein structure and dynamics; Synthetic Biology and Protein Engineering; Biophysics and single molecule studies; Bioinorganic: metal centred complexes; Drug delivery, nanomedicine; Computational Biology and Modelling; Photochemical processes and spectroscopy; Biological soft matter; Medical Diagnosis

Aarts; Anderson, H.; Armstrong; Baldwin, A; Bayley; Beer; Benesch; Brouard; Claridge; Compton; Conway; Davies; Davis, B.; Davis, J.; Dixon; Donohoe; Doye; Dullens; Faulkner; Flashman; Fleet; Gouverneur; Hamilton; Hancock; Hore; Kukura; McCullagh; Moloney; O’Hare; Ritchie; Robertson; Robinson; Russell; Schofield; Smith L.; Smith, M.; Timmel; Vallance; Vincent; Wallace; Willis; Wong

Associated Website
Drug Discovery Oxford

Kinetics, dynamics and mechanism

Interfacial kinetics; Reaction dynamics; Photochemical and radical processes; Computation of Reaction pathways; Atmospheric chemistry and modelling

Anderson, H.; Armstrong; Baldwin, A; Benesch; BrouardClaridge; Compton; Davies; Davis, B.; Davis, J.; Hancock; Hore; Kukura; McCullagh; Mackenzie; O’Hare; Paton; Ritchie; Schofield; Smith L.; Softley; Timmel; Vallance; Vincent

Theory and modelling of complex systems

Quantum theory of strongly correlated materials; Quantum and chemical dynamics of condensed phases; Optical excitations in conjugated and polymeric materials; Complex reaction pathways, catalysis and energy applications; Atomic simulations of complex solids; Soft matter and biomaterials; Fluid flow and diffusion kinetics; Biomolecular dynamics, Biological structure, function and systems

Aarts; Baldwin, A; Barford; Battle; Clary; Compton; Doye; Goodwin; Green N.; Hore; Logan; Manolopoulos; McGrady; Paton; Wilson

Associated Website
Oxford Theoretical Chemistry Group

Research Themes

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