Introduction to the School of ChemistryUniversity of Leeds

Professor S.K. Scott

www.chem.leeds.ac.uk

One of the largest U.K. Chemistry departments

• 40 academic staff

• 50 postdoctoral research assistants

• 100 postgraduate students

• 450 undergraduate f.t.e.

One of the leading U.K. Chemistry departments

• Research rating: grade 5(A)

• Teaching rating: Excellent

• Consistently in “Top 10” Chemistry league tables

• Research spend: £4M p.a.

• Currently have over 150 active research grants

Refurbishment and Equipment

• £5.2M refurbishment of research facilities• Instrumentation improved through success

in Joint Infrastructure (JIF) funding (e.g. £8.2M with biochemistry for Chemical Biology)

• £200k p.a. spending from own funds for equipment

• Major IT investments

Main Research Areas

• Reaction Kinetics and Dynamics

• Complex Molecular Systems and Materials

• Synthetic Methodology and Techniques

• Biological and Medicinal Chemistry

• Colour Chemistry (separate department)

Reaction Kinetics and Dynamics

• Fundamental chemical kinetics

• Atmospheric chemistry

• Combustion chemistry

• Femtosecond chemistry

• Nonlinear chemical kinetics (oscillating reactions and pattern formation)

Complex Molecular Systems and Materials

• Self-organising systems (nanotechnology, bioproteins and membranes)

• Polymers

• Supramolecular chemistry (crystal engineering)

• Solid state chemistry (magnetic/electrical properties)

Synthetic Methodology and Techniques

• Organometallic chemistry and catalysis

• Green chemistry/clean technology

• Stereoselective and asymmetric synthesis

Biological and Medicinal Chemistry

• Fundamental biological processes

• Design and synthesis of biologically active target molecules

• Chemoinformatics and bioinformatics

Research Centres

• Centre for Molecular Innovation, Diversity and Automated Synthesis (MIDAS)

• Institute for Computer Applications in Molecular Sciences (ICAMS)

• Centre for Self-Organising Molecular Systems (SOMS)

• IRC for Polymer Studies• IRC for Green Chemistry (proposed)

Links with other departments

• Biochemistry

• Molecular Biology

• Chemical Engineering

• Environment Centre

• Physics

• Applied Mathematics

• Fuel and Energy/Mechanical Engineering

Links with other institutions

• Most staff collaborate with other groups nationally and world-wide.

• Several staff lead major European research programmes.

• The School is keen to develop further collaborative research links.

Collaborative Opportunities

• Ph.D. programme: including Split-Site• Masters programmes:

M.Sc. “taught” or “research”M.Res.

• Undergraduate:Study Abroad + Masters (3+1+1)Advanced Entry

• Scholarship funding available