Head of Department: Dr John McKendrick

Academic staff

Name Position Research interests
Dr Silvia Baldanza Lecturer in Foundation Chemistry
 
Dr Adam Bromley
Lecturer, and Placements and Careers Officer  
Dr Mauricio Cafiero Lecturer in Physical Chemistry, School Lead for Wellbeing, Inclusion, Diversity and Equality Quantum Chemistry, Machine Learning and AI methods in protein-ligand interactions and drug design
Professor Christine Cardin Professor of Crystallography, and Culture Champion on the Wellbeing, Inclusion, Diversity and Equality (WIDE) Committee Crystallography and structure determination of nucleic acids, ligands binding to nucleic acids, G-quadruplexes and other noncanonical structures
Dr Candyce Clark Associate Professor of Chemistry Education, and Department Director of Teaching and Learning Chemistry education, medicinal chemistry and the development of new metal-based drugs, bioinorganic chemistry
Dr James Cooper Lecturer in Organic Chemistry, and Departmental Director for Postgraduate Studies Supramolecular chemistry, lipid membranes, conformational dynamics, stimuli-responsive macromolecules, functional materials, molecular machines
Professor Rainer Cramer

Professor of Mass Spectrometry and Bioanalytical Sciences, Head of the Organic, Biological and Analytical Chemistry Research Section, and Chemistry Representative on the School Research Ethics Committee

Mass spectrometry, proteomics, clinical diagnostics, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI), analytical chemistry, biomarkers, high-throughput screening (HTP) analysis, systems biology
Dr James Hallett Lecturer in Physical Chemistry, and International Tutor Electrolytes, extremophile life, energy storage, liquid structure, soft matter, self-assembly, X-ray and neutron scattering, nanoscience 
Professor Ian Hamley Diamond Professor of Physical Chemistry Soft matter, self-assembly, nanoscience, polymers, peptides, biomaterials, X-ray and neutron scattering, rheology, circular dichroism
Professor Wayne Hayes Professor of Polymer Chemistry Functional and reactive polymers, self-assembled polymers, healable polymer networks,  self-immolative polymers, degradable polymers, polymer inks for 2D and 3D printing, polymer synthesis
Dr Jessica Kirwin-Gusthart
Lecturer in Organic Chemistry, and Undergraduate Admissions Tutor
Green chemistry in chemical education, chemistry education, carbohydrate chemistry, chemo-enzymatic synthesis of carbohydrates, carbohydrate active enzymes
Dr John McKendrick Head of Department, Associate Professor in Bio-Organic Chemistry Synthetic organic chemistry, Mass spectrometry
Dr Michael M. Piperakis Lecturer in Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, and Department Director of Academic Tutoring Chemistry education; Nucleic acid & bioinorganic chemistry: nucleic acid canonical and non-canonical structures (e.g. G-quadruplexes), interactions of ruthenium complexes with nucleic acids
Dr Nikita Sachdev
Lecturer in Physical Chemistry
Chemistry education and AI in learning, self-assembly of nanomaterials and energy storage
Dr Dan Skelson
Lecturer in Foundation Chemistry  
Dr Chris Smith Lecturer in Organic Chemistry, and Part 4 Year Tutor Synthesis, photochemistry, flow chemistry, natural products, nuclear separations using minor actinide selective ligands, organometallics, catalysts
Dr Paz Vaqueiro Associate Professor in Materials Chemistry Materials, solid state chemistry, thermoelectric materials, microporous solids, photovoltaic materials
Dr Ben Woolley
Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry, and Assessment Lead
Chemistry education, curriculum design, molecular imaging, bioinorganic chemistry, coordination chemistry of transition metals and lanthanides, organometallic chemistry, catalysis

Administrative staff

Name Position
Sophie Hill
Executive Administration Officer
Isaac Wilks Postgraduate Administrator
Athena SWAN Silver Award