Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in the fields of:
- Synthetic Organic Chemistry
- Medicinal Chemistry
Projects available in areas including:
- Earth and transition metal catalysis
- Superacid catalysis
- Cancer drug discovery
Find a PhD Supervisor
Dr Mark McLaughlin
School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringResearch in the McLaughlin group is focused on two key areas:
- The invention and utilisation of novel sustainable catalytic methodologies for the synthesis of high value molecules.
- The discovery and development of small molecule binders to interact with new biological targets. Work is ongoing in a range of diseases including cancer, neurodegeneration and antimicrobial resistance.