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Welcome

Research in the Morrill group is focused on inventing new reactions in organic chemistry and developing sustainable catalytic methodologies for synthesis. The utility and impact of our research will ultimately be exemplified through its application in the synthesis of natural products and molecules of biological significance.

Group News

New Publication!

December 2025

Congratulations to Asma, whose work on the Mechanochemical One-Pot Barbier/Simmons-Smith Reaction via Sequential Zinc Activation has been accepted for publication in Chemical Communications! This was a collaborative research effort with the Browne research group at UCL!

New Group Member!

November 2025

Welcome to Diksha, who has started her PhD as part of the Monash-Bath joint PhD program!

New Group Member!

October 2025

Welcome to Abboy, who joins the group to start his 1st MRes project as part of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Chemical Technologies : A Systems Approach!

New Group Member!

September 2025

Welcome to Ajit, who joins the group to start his PhD!

PhD Viva Passed!

May 2025

Congratulations to Hussain for passing his PhD viva today! Thanks to Prof. Kevin Lam and Dr Guto Rhys for examining! Hussain will be returning to the University of Bisha as a Chemistry Lecturer! We wish you all the best for the future! :)

New Publication!

February 2025

Congratulations to Salma, Tahir, Abdulbari and Eman, whose highlight entitled "Shining a Light on Fe-Catalyzed Borrowing Hydrogen Alkylation" has been published in Trends in Chemistry! [link]

New Group Member!

December 2024

Welcome to Vijay, who joins the group to start his PhD, which is funded by the Government of India (Department of Social Justice & Empowerment)

New Publication!

October 2024

Congratulations to Hussain, Abdulrahman, Kharou, Michael, James, and Ethan, whose work on the Electrochemical Synthesis of C(sp3)-Rich Heterocycles via Mesolytic Cleavage of Anodically Generated Aromatic Radical Cations has been published in Organic Letters! [link]

PhD Viva Passed!

September 2024

Congratulations to Salma for passing her PhD viva today! Thanks to Dr Ruth Webster and Dr Jon Rourke for examining! Salma will be joining Dr Philip Grant at NTU as a PDRA! All the best for the future! :)

New Publication!

September 2024

Congratulations to Abdulbari, Salma, Tahir, Dan, Ted and Emily, whose work on the Iron-Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenation of Allylic Alcohols with Isopropanol has been published in the Journal of Organic Chemistry! [link

New Group Member!

September 2024

Welcome to Stuart, who joins the group to start his PhD, which is co-sponsored by AstraZeneca!

New Group Member!

September 2024

Welcome to Ben, who joins the group to start his PhD as part of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Chemical Technologies : A Systems Approach!

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