Research Group

PhD Students

• Sam Ivko, Ionic Encapsulation of Carbonylation Catalysts using Metal-Organic Framework and Polymer Supports, 2020
  
  

• Liam Woodhead, Copper-Containing Ionic Liquids for the Separation of Carbon Monoxide from Gas Mixtures, 2019
  
  

• David Griffin, Reactivity of Rh(III) Acyl Complexes and their Roles in Catalytic Mechanisms, 2018
  
  

• Dean Cocker, Synthesis and reactivity of Rh(I) and Ir(I) complexes and their application in catalytic decarbonylative dehydration reactions, 2015
  
  

• Christopher Parks, Modelling the Nucleophilicity of Metal Complexes, 2015
  
  

• Stephen Repper, Carbon Monoxide Absorption by Copper(I) Containing Ionic Liquids: Towards Applications In Gas Purification, 2014
  
  

• John Wells, Reactivity of Rhodium Pincer Complexes, 2011
  
  

• James Birbeck, Mechanistic Studies of Catalytic Hydroformylation: Phosphine Ligand Effects on the Reactivity of Cobalt Acyl Complexes, 2010
  
  

• Gary Williams, A Mechanistic Study of Rhodium/Xantphos Catalysed Methanol Carbonylation, 2008
  
  

• Jim Lyons, Mechanistic Studies of Catalytic Carbonylation; Reactivity of Iridium(III) and Rhodium(III) Complexes, 2008
  
  

• John Wilson, Ligand Effects on Key Steps in Methanol Carbonylation, 2006
  
  

• Paul Elliott, Mechanistic Studies of By-Product Formation in the Cativa Process, 2005
  
  

• Kevin Bonnington, Reactive Rhodium(III) Methyl Complexes: Kinetics, Mechanisms and Polymerisation Catalysis, 2004
  
  

• Joe Gaunt, Ligand Effects on Oxidative Addition and Migratory Insertion Reactions of Rhodium Complexes, 2003
  
  

• Luca Gonsalvi, Ligand Effects in Homogeneous Methanol Carbonylation, 1999
  
  

• Claire Haslam, Organometallic Mechanisms and Reactivity: Towards new catalysts for polyketones, 1999
  
  

• Jun Yang, Carbonylation in Organopalladium and Organoplatinum Compounds, 1998
  
  

• Paul Vickers, Mechanistic Studies of Iridium Catalysed Carbonylation, 1997
  
  

• Craig Bowers, Mechanistic Studies of Ruthenium and Iridium Carbonylation Catalysts, 1997
  
  

• Jean Pearson, Oxidative Addition and Migratory Insertion Reactions in Iridium Complexes, 1994
  
  

Postdoctoral Researchers

• Owen Wilkin, Insitute of Applied Catalysis (iAc), High Throughput Catalysts Testing, 1999-2001
  
  

• Susanne Haak, BP Chemicals PDRA, Catalytic Carbonylation, 1999-2000
  
  

• Ruhksana Quyoum, EPSRC/DTI LINK, BP Chemicals, Johnson Matthey, Polymer Suported Catalysts, 1998-2000
  
  

• Steve Anderson, EPSRC ROPA, Towards New and More Efficient Homogeneous Metal-Catalysed Routes to Ethanol and Ethyl Esters, 1996-1997
  
  

• Talit Ghaffar, BP Chemicals PDRA, Catalytic Carbonylation, 1995-98
  
  

• Jonathan Charmant, BP Chemicals PDRA, Catalytic Carbonylation, 1994-95