Congratulations to our fourth year undergraduate project students!

We would like to congratulate our fourth year undergraduate project students for the year 2018-2019 on the successful defense of their project theses. We wish Andrew, Stephen, and Dáirine the best of luck in their exams and look forward to welcoming Dáirine back to our group in September to begin her PhD studies with us!

Fourth year project students 2018-2019: Andrew, Stephen, Dáirine

CSCB Symposium XVII

The CSCB Symposium- ‘Recent Advances in Synthesis and Chemical Biology XVII’ took place on Friday 7th of December in RSCI. Brilliant talks were delivered by Professor Jonathan Nitschke (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom), Professor Chris Braddock (Imperial College London, United Kingdom), Professor Kevin Booker-Milburn (University of Bristol, United Kingdom), Professor Ed Tate (Imperial College London, United Kingdom) and Professor Helma Wennemers (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) . Well done to all the group members who presented posters, and congratulations to the attending PhD students who won poster prizes. Thanks to all involved in the organisation of the day.

Postdoctoral position available

We are currently accepting applications for a Government of Ireland postdoctoral fellowship within our group. The IRC application deadline is November 29th 2018. Applicants should email Professor Guiry (partick.guiry@ucd.ie) directly with a cover letter and an up-to-date CV in .doc or .pdf format only.

Congratulations to Dr. Jinju James

Congratulations to Dr. Jinju James for flawlessly passing her PhD viva! Her thesis is titled “Investigations into the Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Sterically Hindered Lactones and Dihydrocoumarins” and is spread across a record two volumes! We are delighted to have her around for just a little while longer.

Dr. Jinju James after passing her PhD viva

Farewell to Dr. Andrew Harper

Dr. Andrew Harper worked in our group as a postdoc for the last year, and recently left to pursue another postdoc at the University of Auckland. We wish Andrew the best of luck with his career going forwards!

Dr. Andrew Harper with Prof. Pat Guiry and Dr. Kevin Gahan at Andrew’s farewell dinner.

Oxford Synthesis Summer Conference 2018

A number of UCD Chemistry students attended the Oxford Synthesis Summer Conference this June, including six members of our group: Alex, Annette, Brendan, Eric, Jinju, and Laura. The plenary speakers across both days were excellent, and the student flash talks were highly engaging. The discussion panel with the plenary speakers on the second day offered useful insights and perspective to postgraduate students.

A number of UCD Chemistry students at the Oxford Synthesis Summer Conference 2018

Belfast – 70th Irish Universities Chemistry Research Colloquium 2018

Alex and Louise from our group, alongside a number of other chemistry postgraduate students and staff from UCD, attended the 70th Irish Universities Chemistry Research Colloquium at Queen’s University Belfast this June. The two-day event was enjoyed by all, with the plenary speakers’ presentations setting a high standard each day that was maintained by student oral presentations and flash presentations.