Group Members

Group Alumni

Group Photo December 2018 - Cardiff Branch

Group Photo November 2019 - London Branch

Postdoctoral Research Associates

Dr Jamie Leitch - UCL PDRA since Nov 2020 PDRA (University of Oxford, Prof. Darren Dixon) Ph.D. (University of Bath, Prof. Chris Frost) MChem. (University of Bath) Publications: Coming Soon! Conference Contributions: Coming Soon!

4th Year PhD Students

Tom McBride - Cardiff PhD student since Oct 2017 MChem Project Student (Cardiff University, DLB Lab) Industrial Placement (Aberthaw Power Station) Publications: 2). Manganese-Catalyzed Electrochemical Deconstructive Chlorination of Cycloalkanols via Alkoxy Radical Benjamin D. W. Allen, Mishra Deepak Hareram, Alex C. Seastram, Tom McBride, Thomas Wirth, Duncan L. Browne* & Louis C. Morrill* Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 9241-9246. 1). Exploring the generation and use of acylketenes with continuous flow processes Renan Galaverna, Tom McBride, Julio C. Pastre & Duncan L. Browne* React. Chem. Eng. 2019, 4, 1559-1564. Conference Contributions: Enabling Technologies for Synthesis Cardiff University, June 2019, (Poster) Molecular Synthesis Section Seminar Cardiff University, May 2019, (Presentation)

William Nicholson - Cardiff PhD student since Oct 2017 MChem Project Student (Cardiff University, DLB Lab) CUROP Summer Student (Cardiff University, DLB Lab) Publications: 4). A Robust Pd-Catalyzed C–S Cross-Coupling Process Enabled by Ball-Milling Andrew C. Jones, William I. Nicholson, Harry R. Smallman & Duncan L. Browne* Org. Lett. 2020 , 22, 7433-7438. 3). N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Acyl Anion Organocatalysis by Ball‐Milling William I. Nicholson, Alex C. Seastram, Saqib A. Iqbal, Benjamin G. Reed-Berendt, Louis C. Morrill* & Duncan L. Browne* ChemSusChem 2020, 13, 131-135. 2). Robust Buchwald–Hartwig amination enabled by ball-milling Qun Cao, William I. Nicholson, Andrew C. Jones & Duncan L. Browne* Org. Biomol. Chem. 2019, 17, 1722-1726. 1). One-pot multistep mechanochemical synthesis of fluorinated pyrazolones Joseph L. Howard, William Nicholson, Yerbol Sagatov & Duncan L. Browne* Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017,13 1950-1956 Conference Contributions: GSK Synthetic Organic Chemistry Postgraduate Symposium Online Event, Oct 2020, (Presentation) Enabling Technologies for Synthesis Cardiff University, June 2019, (Presentation) RSC Local Organic meeting (South-West) Cardiff University, Jan 2019, (Poster *AWARD*) Molecular Synthesis Section Seminar Cardiff University, Jan 2019, (Presentation) Beilstein Organic Chemistry Symposium: Mechanochemistry Ruedeshiem, Germany, Nov 2018, (Poster)

3rd Year PhD Students

Andrew Jones - Cardiff PhD student since Oct 2018 (KESS collaboration with Cambridge Reactor Design) MChem Project Student (Cardiff University, DLB Lab) CUROP Summer Student (Cardiff University, DLB Lab) Publications: 2). A Robust Pd-Catalyzed C–S Cross-Coupling Process Enabled by Ball-Milling Andrew C. Jones, William I. Nicholson, Harry R. Smallman & Duncan L. Browne* Org. Lett. 2020 , 22, 7433-7438. 1). Robust Buchwald–Hartwig amination enabled by ball-milling Qun Cao, William I. Nicholson, Andrew C. Jones & Duncan L. Browne* Org. Biomol. Chem. 2019, 17, 1722-1726. Conference Contributions: Enabling Technologies for Synthesis Cardiff University, June 2019, (Poster)

2nd Year PhD Students

Harry Smallman - UCL PhD student since Nov 2019 MChem (Cardiff University, final year project with Thomas Wirth) CUROP Summer Student (Cardiff University, DLB Lab) Publications: 1). A Robust Pd-Catalyzed C–S Cross-Coupling Process Enabled by Ball-Milling Andrew C. Jones, William I. Nicholson, Harry R. Smallman & Duncan L. Browne* Org. Lett. 2020 , 22, 7433-7438. Conference Contributions: Coming soon!

Matthew Williams - Cardiff PhD student since Oct 2019 (CDT collaboration with Louis Morrill & Alastair Lennox) MRes Catalysis CDT (RSII) (Cardiff University, Logsdail Group) MRes Catalysis CDT (RSI) (Bristol University, Bower Lab) MChem (Cardiff University, final year project with Louis Morrill) Publications: 1). Expedient Organocatalytic Aza-Morita–Baylis–Hillman Reaction through Ball-Milling Matthew T. J. Williams, Louis C. Morrill* & Duncan L. Browne* ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2020, https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c07320 Conference Contributions: Coming soon!

1st Year PhD Students

Robert Bolt - UCL PhD student since Oct 2020 MChem Project (Cardiff University, DLB Lab) RSC Summer Bursary (Cardiff University, DLB Lab) CUROP Summer Student (Cardiff University, LCM Group) Publications: Coming soon! Conference Contributions: Coming soon!

MPhil Students

Riley Payne - UCL MPhil student since Nov 2019 BSc (Cardiff University, final year project DLB Lab) Publications: Coming soon! Conference Contributions: Coming soon!

Co-Supervised PhD Students

	Lukas Gierlichs - Cardiff PhD student since July 2018 (Industrial collaboration with Dr Rebecca Melen) MChem (Cardiff University collaboration RLM Lab) Year Abroad (University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada; Prof. Brad Easton) Publications: 1). Unlocking the Catalytic Potential of Tris(3,4,5-trifluorophenyl) Borane with microwave Irradiation Jamie L. Carden, Lukas J. Gierlichs, Duncan F. Wass, Duncan L. Browne & Rebecca L. Melen* Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 318-321.
	Samuel Ackerley - UCL PhD student since July 2020 (TransPharmTech CDT collaboration led by Dr Gemma-Louise Davies with AZ, Prof. Vijay Chudasama & Dr Stefan Guldin) TransPharmTech CDT (RSII) (GSK, UK) TransPharmTech CDT (RSI) (UCL SoP; Dr Maryam Parhizkar, ) MSci (UCL Chemistry; Dr Gemma-Louise Davies Group) Publications: Coming soon!
	Pawel Czerwinski - UCL Visiting PhD student from Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland (collaboration with Prof. Bartłomiej Furman) Publications: Coming soon!

Undergraduate Students

Shipei Fang (Selina) - UCL MPharm Project Student Direct amidation of esters by ball milling

Visiting and Co-Supervised PhD Students

Group Alumni