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Prof Allan Watson

Deputy Head of School

Professor of Homogeneous Catalysis

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 7285

Email

aw260@st-andrews.ac.uk

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Biography

Allan completed his MSci (2004) and PhD (2008) at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. After a postdoctoral fellowship (Lindemann Trust) at Princeton (2010) and industrial postdoctoral position at GlaxoSmithKline (2011), Allan took up his first independent position at the University of Strathclyde as Lecturer (2011-2015) and Senior Lecturer (2015-2017). Allan moved to the University of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø to take up the position of Reader in Homogeneous Catalysis in 2017.

Teaching

Allan contributes to teaching at both sub-honours and honours classes, through lecturing in CH3612 Synthetic Methodology (7 Lectures and 4 tutorials), CH3621 Organic Chemistry Lab (12 hours), and contributes to tutorials for CH1601 Organic Chemistry (8 hours) and CH2601 Organic Chemistry (8 hours).

Research areas

Our group works to solve problems in catalysis by using mechanism and with a focus on application. We work across the field of homogeneous catalysis from transition metals (Pd, Cu, Ni) to organocatalysis and focus on making C–C and C–X bonds. The bonds we target are typically related to chemotypes present in bioactive molecules. We have active projects in medicinal chemistry (enzyme inhibitors), chemical biology (bioconjugation), and agrochemistry (SAR on natural product templates).

PhD supervision

• BaptisteÌýBoyer
• MichaelaÌýCerna
• AdamÌýDickey
• DavidÌýGroves
• YatingÌýGuo
• MiaÌýHarris
• HrithikÌýManojkumar
• MariaÌýMazhuga
• ThomasÌýRichardson
• MadeleineÌýTaylor
• JoannaÌýUrbanczyk

Selected publications

• Open access
  Hatit, M. Z. C., Reichenbach, L. F., Tobin, J. M., Vilela, F., Burley, G. A. & Watson, A. J. B., 1 Oct 2018, In: Nature Communications. 9, 7 p., 4021.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access
  Hyslop, J., Lovelock, S. L., Sutton, P., Brown, K. K., Watson, A. J. B. & Roiban, G.-D., 21 Sept 2018, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Early View

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access
  Xu, C., Muir, C., Leach, A., Kennedy, A. & Watson, A. J. B., 1 Aug 2018, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition. In press

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access
  Littleson, M. M., Baker, C. M., Dalençon, A. J., Frye, E. C., Jamieson, C., Kennedy, A. R., Ling, K. B., McLachlan, M. M., Montgomery, M. G., Russell, C. J. & Watson, A. J. B., 16 Mar 2018, In: Nature Communications. 9, 1105.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access
  Molloy, J. J., Metternich, J. B., Daniliuc, C. G., Watson, A. J. B. & Gilmour, R., 12 Mar 2018, In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57, 12, p. 3168-3172

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access
  Molloy, J. J., Seath, C. P., West, M. J., McLaughlin, C., Fazakerley, N. J., Kennedy, A. R., Nelson, D. J. & Watson, A. J. B., 10 Jan 2018, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140, 1, p. 126-130 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access
  Vantourout, J. C., Miras, H. N., Isidro-Llobet, A., Sproules, S. & Watson, A. J. B., 5 Apr 2017, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139, 13, p. 4769-4779 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access
  Seath, C. P., Burley, G. A. & Watson, A. J. B., 13 Mar 2017, In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56, 12, p. 3314-3318 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access
  Molloy, J. J., Clohessy, T. A., Irving, C., Anderson, N. A., Lloyd-Jones, G. C. & Watson, A. J. B., 1 Feb 2017, In: Chemical Science. 8, 2, p. 1551-1559

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access
  Fyfe, J. W. B., Fazakerley, N. J. & Watson, A. J. B., 24 Jan 2017, In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56, 5, p. 1249-1253

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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