BIO

Director of Imperial Centre for Rapid Online Analysis of Reactions (ROAR)

Director of EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Next Generation Synthesis & Reaction Technology (rEaCt)

Application of continuous flow processes for organic synthesis

New Reaction Technologies, particularly in situ tools

Mechanistic studies of (catalytic) reactions

Homogeneous Catalysis, including asymmetric catalysis

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Research Associate
    University of Oxford, Chemistry, Oxford, United Kingdom1 Oct 1994 - 30 Sep 1997
  • Keeley Junior Research Fellow
    Wadham College, Oxford, Oxford, U.K.1 Oct 1995 - 30 Sep 1997
  • Ramsay Memorial Research Fellow
    University of Leeds, Chemistry, Leeds, United Kingdom1 Oct 1997 - 30 Sep 1998
  • Lecturer in Organic Chemistry
    King's College London, Chemistry, London, United Kingdom1 Oct 1998 - 30 Sep 2003
  • Senior Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry
    Imperial College London, Chemistry, London, United Kingdom1 Oct 2003 - 30 Sep 2009
  • Reader in Catalysis
    Imperial College London, Chemistry, London, United Kingdom1 Oct 2009 - present
  • Professor of Catalysis
    Imperial College London, Chemistry, U.K.1 Sep 2016 - present

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Associate Editor
    ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering1 Dec 2019 - present

DEGREES

  • BSc(First Class Honours)
    University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom15 Sep 1998 - 31 Jul 1994
  • Ph.D. in Chemistry
    University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom1 Oct 1991 - 1 Aug 1994
  • MA(Oxon)
    University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

LANGUAGES

  • Chinese (Mandarin)
    Can read, write, speak and understand
  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review

FACULTY

  • Faculty of Natural Sciences

POSITION NAME

  • Professor of Catalysis

FIELDS OF RESEARCH