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Prof Simon Woodward
CV
After a PhD, a Fulbright Fellowship and a postdoc at Oxford I became a lecturer in organometallic chemistry at the University of Hull. I then moved to the University of Nottingham, where I am currently one of the professors of organic chemistry.
Simon's Ethos
I love to make any molecule that has high potential benefits for humanity, especially if it involves any new 'smart trick'. I am passionate about researchers having good experimental skills - and like to come to the lab to demonstrate/teach those....!
Co-Researchers
I like to work with people who are interested in generating fundamentally new science. This includes: Sarah Prayle's new mechanism of action anti-cancer agents; Raj Acharya and Sophie Shearlaw working on synthesis with 'cold plasma' and a sustainable cement addatives respectively; Zichen (Derek) Zhang and Alex Sterling on organic (semi)conductors and thermoelectrics; Jonathon Ong on new organic archetectures; and Eduardo Aguilar Bejarano on machine learning applications in catalyst design. The latter is a collaboration with the AI Theme Nottingham's School of Computer Science.
I am also one of the co-directors of the Nottingham doctoral training centre in Resilient (Sustainable) Chemistry and have links to the cohort research themes associated with plasma catalysis and organic (redox active) materials.