Teaching
Organic Chemistry 2e Organic Chemistry
University Teaching Fellow 2005-7 Higher Education Academy National Teaching Fellow 2009 Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy 2014 Co-author of the bestselling (150,000 copies) textbook Organic Chemistry now in 2nd edition
ChemTube3D ChemTube3D
ChemTube3D is an Open Educational Resource created in Liverpool and contains interactive 3D animations and structures, with supporting information for some of the most important topics covered during an undergraduate chemistry degree. Awarded Royal Society of Chemistry Nyholm Prize for Education Award 2015 for the creation and development of ChemTube3D, an internationally renowned, open education resource widely used in teaching chemistry at school and university.
Supervised Theses
- Catalytic Route for the Synthesis of Cyclic Organic Carbonates from Renewable Polyols
- Catalytic upgrading of pyrolysis oils for the production of fuels, high-grade blendstock and production of alkyl polyglucosides biosurfactants from bio-derived compounds
- The Synthesis of Novel Bio-Derived Cyclic Organic Carbonates via the Alcoholysis of Urea with Sugar Alcohols
- The Synthesis of Novel Bio-Derived Cyclic Organic Carbonates via the Alcoholysis of Urea with Sugar Alcohols