Invited External Lectures

1999

Exchem Organics, Harwich, Essex “Lanthanide(III) Triflates and Beyond for Atom Economic Aromatic Nitrations”, 27th January 1999
EuropaCat IV Conference, Rimini, Italy “Novel Recyclable Catalysts for Atom Economic Aromatic Electrophilic Nitration”, 6th-10th September 1999
AstraZeneca, Macclesfield “Braddock Group Research”, 9th November 1999
Durham University “New Catalysts for old Reactions”, 27th November 1999
University College Dublin, Ireland “New Catalysts for old Reactions”; 3rd December 1999

2000

Robinson Brothers, West Bromich “Fluorous Phase Acylation”; 11th September 2000
RSC Clean Technology for the Manufacture of Speciality Chemicals Conference, Manchester “New Catalysts for Old Reactions”, 26th-27th September 2000
RSC Young Academics’ Meeting, Gregynog, Wales “Tandem Allylic Acetate Isomerisation and Ring-Closing Metathesis”, 29th September-1st October 2000

2001

American Chemical Society Meeting, San Diego, USA “Novel recyclable Catalysts for Arene Acylation”, 2nd-6thApril 2001
RSC Green Chemistry Conference, Swansea “Novel Recyclable Catalysts for Atom Economic Aromatic Nitration”, 5th-6th April 2001
GlaxoSmithKline, Tonbridge “Dual-Metal and Metal-Free Catalysis”, 16th May 2001
The Royal Institution, iAc workshop, London “Novel Methodologies for Acylation and Nitration”, 13th June 2001
RSC Annual Conference, Birmingham ICC, “New Catalysts for Old Reactions” 30th July-2nd August 2001
AstraZeneca, Loughborough “The Cyclopropylmethylsilane Terminated Prins Reaction”, 12th September 2001

2002

ChiroTech, Cambridge “Novel Synthetic Methodologies”, 14th January 2002
Queen Mary Westfield University, London “Novel Synthetic Methodologies”, 13th February 2002
Serono, Geneva “The Cyclopropylmethylsilane Terminated Prins Reaction and Other Novel Methodology", 18th February 2002
RSC Young Academics’ Meeting, Gregynog, Wales “The Cyclopropylmethylsilane Terminated Prins Reaction”, 27th-29th September 2002
Nottingham University “Planar Chiral [2.2]paracyclophanediols (PHANOLS) as metal free asymmetric catalysts”, 23rd October 2002

2003

Oxford University “PHANOL as a Planar Chiral Double Hydrogen Bonding Activator of Carbonyl Groups and Epoxides”, 13th February 2003
Young Chemists 2003 Conference, London “Planar Chiral PHANOLs as Organocatalysts for the Diels-Alder reaction via Double Hydrogen Bonding to a Carbonyl Group”, 26th-27th March 2003
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia “Towards the Synthesis of Obtusallene IV”, 29th October 2003
Barton Conference 2003, Heron Island, Australia “Towards the Synthesis of Obtusallene IV”, 2nd-9th November 2003

2004

The annual meeting of the RSC Heterocyclic Group, London “Towards the Synthesis of Obtusallene IV”, 9th January 2004
Liverpool University “Towards the Synthesis of Obtusallene IV” 11th February 2004
The Burgenstock Conference, Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, “Towards the Synthesis of Obtusallene IV” (poster) April 17 - April 23, 2004
RSC Young Academics’ Meeting, Gregynog, Wales “A Microwave method for the isomerisation of [2.2]paracyclophanes”, 1st-3rd October 2003
Loughborough University “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 3rd November 2004
Leeds University “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 24th November 2004
Birmingham University “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 7th December 2004

2005

University College London “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 9th February 2005
Cardiff University “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 16th February 2005
Arrow Therapeutics, London “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 15th July 2005
Pittsburg University, Pennsylvania, USA, “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 6th September 2005
Ohio State University, Ohio, USA “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 8th September 2005
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio, USA “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 9th September 2005
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 12th September 2005
University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, USA “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 13th September 2005
Wayne State University, Detroit, USA “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 14th September 2005
Northwestern University, Evanston, Chicago, USA “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 15th September 2005
University of Chicago, Chicago, USA, “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 16th September 2005
Columbia University, Columbia, Missouri, USA “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 19th September 2005
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 20th September 2005
Cancer Research Institute, Sutton “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 29th November 2005

2006

ANORCQ VIII Cambridge “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”,10th April 2006
Syngenta, Jealott’s Hill “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 16th May 2006
St Andrews University ”Some Short stories from London” 17th October 2006

2007

Melbourne University, Australia “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 25th January 2007
Organic & Physical Chemistry Conference 2007  28th January – 2nd February 2007  National Wine Centre, Adelaide, South Australia “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes” 1st February 2007
Sydney University, Australia “Developing an Impossible Reaction: The Catalytic Asymmetric Bromination of Alkenes”, 5th February 2007
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia “Developing an Impossible Reaction: The Catalytic Asymmetric Bromination of Alkenes”, 7th February 2007
GlaxoSmithKline, Harlow “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes” 21st March 2007
Organic Chemistry: Perspectives on the 21st Century IV, St Lucia, 27th May-2nd June 2007 “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 29th May 2007
Manchester University “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes” 10th October 2007
Pfizer, Sandwich “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes” 9th November 2007
International Symposium on Catalysis and Fine Chemicals 2007, Nanyang Technical University, Singapore 17th-21st December 2007 (declined)

2008

The annual meeting of the RSC Heterocyclic Group, London Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes” 4th January 2008
York University, half-day chemistry symposium, 6th February 2008
ETH Zurich, Switzerland “A biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 9th April 2008
University College London “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes” 1st October 2008
University of East Anglia “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes & Developing a Catalytic Asymmetric Bromination Reaction of Alkenes” 8th October 2008
Warwick University “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes & Developing a Catalytic Asymmetric Bromination Reaction of Alkenes” 22nd October 2008
Southampton University “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes & Developing a Catalytic Asymmetric Bromination Reaction of Alkenes” 29nd October 2008
GSK Singapore “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes & Developing a Catalytic Asymmetric Bromination Reaction of Alkenes ” 5th November 2008
NTU Singapore “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes & Developing a Catalytic Asymmetric Bromination Reaction of Alkenes” 6th November 2008
ICES Singapore “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes & Developing a Catalytic Asymmetric Bromination Reaction of Alkenes” 7th November 2008
CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes & Developing a Catalytic Asymmetric Bromination Reaction of Alkenes” 11th November 2008
Hobart University, Tasmania, Australia “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes & Developing a Catalytic Asymmetric Bromination Reaction of Alkenes” 13th November 2008
Auckland Univeristy, New Zealand “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes & Developing a Catalytic Asymmetric Bromination Reaction of Alkenes” 19th November 2008
Waikato University, Hamilton, New Zealand “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes & Developing a Catalytic Asymmetric Bromination Reaction of Alkenes” 21st November 2008
Massey University, North Palmerston, New Zealand “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes & Developing a Catalytic Asymmetric Bromination Reaction of Alkenes” 26th November 2008
Victoria University Wellington, New Zealand “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes & Developing a Catalytic Asymmetric Bromination Reaction of Alkenes” 27th November 2008

2009

Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, "Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes", 23rd October 2009
Nottingham University, "Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes", 3rd December 2009
Bristol University, "Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes", 7th December 2009
University College Dublin, Ireland, Chemistry Master Class on Synthetic Chemistry, 16th & 17th December 2009

2010

Imperial College London, Natural product structure elucidation: hypothesis, modelling & synthesis, 16th Hofmann Symposium 4th June 2010.

2011

Natural Products Synthesis and Biosynthesis, Zing Natural Products Conference 2011, Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt "Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes" 13th-16th February 2011

2012

EPFL 19th January 2012
Zing, NPC, Lanzarote, Spain 10-13th February 2012
Leeds University 29th February 2012