RESEARCH PORTFOLIO

Benjamin Buckley Effec Tech Ltd £40,000 Improvements in the measured of gaseous fuels for energy and carbon dioxide emission determination With Upul Wijayantha Kahagala Gamage EngD DTCEPSRC £84,504 Improvements in the measured of gaseous fuels for energy and carbon dioxide emission determination Colin Creaser BBSRC £74,410 Novel Methods for the Direct Analysis of Untreated Biological Samples using Hyphenated Ion Mobility/Mass Spectrometry with Ambient Ionization Owlstone Limited £54,000 ALOA: Interfacing Ultra High Field Asymmetric Ion Mobility Spectrometry with Mass Spectrometry EPSRC £69,121 Application of Desorption Electrospray Ionisation Mass Spectrometry and Ion Mobility Spectrometry to Surface Analysis Castrol UK Ltd £54,000 EPSRC CASE Studentship Astra Zeneca UK Ltd £15,600 BBSRC & Astra Case Studentship With Jim Reynolds Owlstone Limited £60,000 The development and application of chip-based FAIMS combined with mass spectrometry Other – Agilent Technologies £7,317 Chip-based FAIMS combined with mass spectrometry Steven Christie EPSRC £13,590 Building online sampling analysis into flow reactors - Proof of Concept Nuclear Decommissioning Agency £85,000 Superplasticisers Tailored for Applications in Nuclear Decommissioning and Storage EPSRC £150,000 Towards bio-hybrid prosthetics With Paul Thomas Cynar Ltd £259,000 Pyrolysis of Plastic to Diesel Sandra Dann EPSRC £9,871 Hydrogen in Important and Functional Minerals With David Read National Nuclear Laboratory Ltd £79,419 Surface-modified minerals for radiochemical application With Upul Wijayantha Kahagala Gamage Intelligent Energy Limited £30,000 Investigation of the Degradation Processes Affecting the Longevity of MEAs in Hydrogen Fuel Cells Nicholas Evans NERC £318,354 BIogeochemical Gradients and RADionuclide Transport - BIGRAD The European Commission £122,131 SKIN EPSRC £110,530 Atomic & Macro-scale studies of surface processes: Towards a mechanistic understanding of surface reactivity & radionuclide mechanisms (AMASS) NERC £406,065 Long -lived Radionuclides in the Surface Environment (LO-RISE) EU Commission £106,532 CINCH-II Cooperation in education and training in Nuclear Chemistry With Noreen Thomas Amec Nuclear Ltd £45,000 The impact of Aqueous Phase Degradation Products from PVC Additives on Radioactive Waste Management EPSRC via University of Leeds £350,975 Decommissioning, Immobilisation and Storage soluTions for NuClear wasTe InVEntories (DISTINCTIVE) Stephen Fletcher Schlumberger Oilfield UK Plc £73,423 High Performance Polymer Electrolyte Cells Raymond Jones Eli Lilly and Company Ltd £40,000 Cyclic Tricarbonyls: Routes to the Coleophones and Analogues British Council Division £12, 187 Application of B-ketodithioesters and S, S-/N, S-/N, N-acetals in organic sythesis: One-pot multicomponent reactions Paul Kelly DSTL £162,523

Caroline Kirk With Roger Mortimer, Professor Fred Mosselmans and Dr Burkhard Kaulich (Diamond Light Source Limited)

STFC - Science & Technology Facilities Council £67,499 Development of thin film Ni(OH)2 electrochromic materials using in situ microfocus XANES, EXAFS and XRD techniques NERC though University of Southampton £11,612 Natural enrichments in E-tech elements: Co, In, Te, Li, REE (NEETE)

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With Paul Kelly, Martin Smith and Gianfranco Claudio NERC £5,239 Process governing semi-metal - PGE linkage in crustal magmatic systems: opportunities for discovery and recovery With Materials

Knowledge Transfer Network Ind CASE studentship £9,909 Fireside Corrosion in Co-Fired Supercritical Boilers Roger Mortimer With Gary Critchlow, and Dr Geoff Wilcox (Department of Materials) EPSRC/TSB/ Highly Innovative Technology Enablers for Aerospace (HITEA) £169,355 REACH Compliant Hexavalent Chrome Replacement for Corrosion Protection Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Global Challenge studentship Mark Platt The European Commission £83,287 Nano4Bio Izon Science Ltd £38,000 Resistive Pulse Sensing for the Detection of Viruses Gareth Pritchard Novartis Horsham Research Centre £103,838 Novel Approaches to 1,1-Diaryl Cyclopropanes from Readily Available Carbonyl Compounds David Read Nuclear Decommissioning Auth £473,632 Experiments to Demonstrate Chemical Containment in the Near-Field of a Nuclear Waste Repository Aurora HP Services Ltd £79,029 Characterisation of Radioactive Scales Produced by the Onshore Oil and Gas industry Tata Steel R & D £35,000 Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) in the Iron and Steel Industry NSG Environmental Ltd £188,683 Solubility Studies in presence of Bespoke Superplasticisers NPL Management Ltd £64467 Development of rapid radiochemical separation techniques for on-site characterisation of environmental samples Barry Sharp With Helen Reid NERC £67,757 Improving the utility of LA-ICP-MS for isotope ratio environmental science With Helen Reid The European Commission £200,241 BIOMAP With Helen Reid EURAMET European Metrology Research Programme £121,464 EURAMET European Metrology Research Programme

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With Helen Reid The European Commission £132,559 The ONE Study With Helen Reid Technology Strategy Board, Knowledge Transfer Partnerships £96,619 Development of quantitative elemental imaging of tissue sections for the study of common age related diseases With Helen Reid LGC Limited £48,310 Development of quantitative elemental imaging of tissue sections for the study of common age related diseases With Helen Reid Higher Education Innovation Fund £85,814 Develop new MS interface technology HLTO5 £114,856

EPSRC £10,030 Molecular Modelling Paul Thomas The European Commission £439,030 Second-Generation Locator for Urban Search and Rescue (SGL for USaR) EPSRC £33,805 DTA 2010/14 John Hogg Technical Solutions Ltd £90,838 Smart Scent EPSRC £26,439 DTA 2011/2015 EPSRC £62,500 DTG 2013 CASE AWARD CHEMISTRY George Weaver With Gareth Pritchard Astra Zeneca UK Ltd £25,500 New Routes to Functionalised Quinolizinones and Diaza-Naphthalenes David Worrall Laser Optical Engineering Limited £26,010 Explosives and Substances of Abuse Cargo Screening using Multidimensional Laser Induced Fluorescence Lubrizol Limited £75,000 Evaluating the role of singlet oxygen in engine oil oxidation With George Weaver British Polythene Industries PLC £29,000 Synthesis and Stabilisation of Novel UV absorbers Upul Wijayantha Kahagala Gamage MAIN CORE EPSRC £124,347 SUPERGEN Excitonic Solar Cell Consortium –

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Johnson Matthey PLC £26,250 Microwave-Assisted Processing of Materials Tata Steel UK Ltd £33,000 Development of Steel Substrates using Surface Integrated Carbon Nano-Structures for Supercapacitors THE BRITISH COUNCIL £22,500 Development & testing of a highly efficient proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyser for 'renewable electrolysis' EPSRC £473,020 Sustainable manufacturing of transparent conducting oxide (TCO) inks and thin films EPSRC £2,636 Broadening integration of printed power sources with electronic systems: Rechargeable printed power sources

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RECENT MULTI-DISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIONS.

BRB Plasma for Chemistry applications Dr Felipe Iza School of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering, Loughborough University Dr Gilbert Sharma Chemical Engineering, Loughborough University

Correspondence currently under consideration in Nature Chemistry Heterogenous Catalysis Dr Sandie Dann Department of Chemistry, Loughborough University Prof. Harry Heaney Department of Chemistry, Loughborough University Professor Lei Zhu Department of Chemistry, Florida State University Professor Basu Saha Department of Applied Sciences London Southbank University

Alkynylcopper(I) polymers and their use in a mechanistic study of alkyne–azide click reactions B R Buckley, S E Dann, D P Harris, H Heaney, E C Stubbs Chem. Commun. 46, (2010), 2274-2276. Experimental Evidence for the Involvement of Dinuclear Alkynylcopper(I) Complexes in Alkyne- Azide Click Chemistry B R Buckley, S E Dann, H Heaney Chem. Eur. J. 16, (2010), 6278-6284. Heterogeneous Catalytic Reactions “On Water” Using Stable Polymeric Alkynylcopper(I) Pre- Catalysts: Alkyne-Azide Cycloaddition B R Buckley, S E Dann, H Heaney, E C Stubbs Eur. J. Org. Chem. (2011), 770-776. Copper(I) Ladderane Complexes and Their Use in Organic Synthesis B R Buckley, The 17th European Symposium on Organic Chemistry (ESOC 2011) Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, from the 10th–15th July, 2011 Mannich Reactions of Alkynes: Mechanistic Insights and the Role of Alkynylcopper(I) Compounds in the Catalytic Cycle B R Buckley, A N Khan, H Heaney Chem. Eur. J. 18, (2012), 3855-3858.

SDRC 3D printing of biodegradable materials for medical implants Ricky Wildman, School of Engineering, University of Nottingham Chris Tuck, School of Engineering, University of Nottingham Ruth Goodridge, School of Engineering, University of Nottingham

Medical stents Ruth Goodridge, School of Engineering, University of Nottingham

Chemical Flow Reactors: Ruth Goodridge, School of Engineering, University of Nottingham, Russ Harris Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Steve Edmondson, Dept of Materials Andy Wright, Andy Wright Ltd, Loughborough

Waste Plastic to Diesel: Cynar plc

CSC Asthma metabolomics Dr. Dominick Shaw, Nottingham City Hospital

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MRJE Synthesis conducted at UEA/Hull with Redshaw and at Saga (Japan) with Yamato. Structures determined at Loughborough; sometimes with data collected at the ALS (Dr. Simon Teat is station scientist there).

Synthetic and structural studies on transition metal and main group calixarenes, cycles and clusters. Applications in catalysis, hydrogen and CO2 absorption/desorption, cell staining by phosphorescence, and cancer therapy: Prof. Carl Redshaw, University of Hull

Rhenium calix[4]arenes: Precursors to novel imaging and cancer therapy agents. Redshaw, C., Liu, X., Zhan, S., Hughes, D.L., Baillie-Johnson, H., Elsegood, M.R.J. and Dale, S.H. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., (2008), 17, pp 2698-2712. Iron(III) and zinc(II) calixarene complexes as procatalysts for ε-caprolactone polymerization Abdessamad Arbaoui, Carl Redshaw, Mark R.J. Elsegood, Victoria E. Wright, Akina Yoshizawa and Takehiko Yamato. Chem. Asian J., (2010), 5, 621-633. Enhancement of H2 uptake via fluorination but not lithiation for Zn4N8 and Zn4N6O type clusters. Carl Redshaw, Surajit Jana, Congxiao Shang, Mark R.J. Elsegood, Xuesong Lu, and Zheng Xiao Guo. Chem. Comm., 46, (2010), 9055–9057. Cellular uptake of a fluorescent vanadyl sulfonylcalix[4]arene. Carl Redshaw, Mark R.J. Elsegood, Joseph Wright, Takehiko Yamato, Stephen De Giovanni, and Anja Mueller. Chem Comm., (2012), 48, 1129-1131.

Also three more with Yamato below:

Prof. Takehiko Yamato Saga University, Japan.

Several papers now on blue-emitting pyrenes and, more recently, helicenes with

Synthesis and photophysical properties of pyrene-based light emitting monomers: Highly pure- blue-fluorescent, cruciform-shaped architectures. Jian-yong Hu, Masanao Era, Mark R.J. Elsegood, and Takehiko Yamato. Eur. J. Org. Chem., (2010), 72-79. Ethylene polymerization catalysts by vanadium-based systems bearing sulfur-bridged calixarenes. Carl Redshaw, Lucy Clowes, David L. Hughes, Mark R.J. Elsegood, and Takehiko Yamato. Organometallics, (2011), 30, 5620-5624. Highly emissive hand-shaped π-conjugated alkynylpyrenes. Jian-Yong Hu, Xin-Long Ni, Xing Feng, Masanao Era, Mark R. J. Elsegood, Simon J. Teat, Yong-Jin Pu, Junji Kido, and Takehiko Yamato. Org. & Biomol. Chem., (2012), 10, 2255-2262. Pyrene-based Y-shaped solid-state blue emitters: synthesis, characterisation and photoluminescence. Xing Feng, Jian-Yong Hu, Liu Yi, Nobuyuki Seto, Zhu Tao, Carl Redshaw, Mark R.J. Elsegood, and Takehiko Yamato. Chem. Asian J. (2012), 7, 2854-2863. Pyrene-cored blue-light emitting [4]helicenes: synthesis, crystal structures and photophysical properties Jian-Yong Hu, Paudel Arjun, Nobuyuki Seto, Xing Feng, Masanao Era, Taisuke Matsumoto, Junji Tanaka, Mark R. J. Elsegood, Carl Redshaw, and Takehiko Yamato. Org. & Biomol. Chem., (2013), 11, 2186-2197.

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Blue emitting butterfly-shaped 1,3,5,9-tetraarypyrenes: Synthesis, crystal structures, and physical properties. Xing Feng, Jian-Yong Hu, Fumitaka Iwanaga, Nobuyuki Seto, Carl Redshaw, Mark R.J. Elsegood, and Takehiko Yamato. Org. Lett. , (2013), 15, 1318-1321.

SF Nemaura Pharma Consultancy General goal is to develop micro- and nano-technology products that will deliver a wide range of drugs safely.

RCFJ Investigating Nigerian Medicinal Plants: A Vital Source of Leads for Anticancer Drug Development Dr Bamigboye J Taiwo, Obafemi Awolowo University< Ife-Ife, Nigeria Dr Amos Fatokoun, Institute of Cell Signalling, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Nottingham

PFK Combating metal theft Louise Grove, Social Sciences, Loughborough University. Mark Harrison, English Heritage Leicestershire Heritage Crime Prevention Group.

CAK Mineral chemistry, PhD-based programme Professor Richard Herrington, Dr Paul Schofield and Dr Robin Armstrong (Natural History Museum) Dr Anne Oxley (European Nickel)"

Proton Location and Hydrogen Bonding in the Hydrous Lead Copper Sulfates Linarite, PbCu(SO4)(OH)2, and Caledonite, Pb5Cu2(SO4)3CO3(OH)6. Schofield, P.F., Wilson, C.C., Knight, K.S. and Kirk, C.A. Can Mineral, June 2009, 47, pp 649-662. Synthesis and structural characterisation of new ettringite and thaumasite type phases: Ca6[Ga(OH)6.12H2O]2(SO4)3.2H2O and Ca6[M(OH)6.12H2O]2(SO4)2(CO3)2, M=Mn, Sn Rachel L. Norman,a,b Sandra E. Dann a , Simon C. Hogg c and Caroline A. Kirk*a,b Accepted for publication in Solid State Sciences Identification of Ferrihydrite in Synthetic Goethite and its Selective Removal Using EDTA R.L. Norman, P.F.Schofield, R.J. Herrington, S.E.Dann and C.A. Kirk To be submitted to Clay and Clay Minerals May 2013. Fireside Corrosion in Co-Fired Supercritical Boilers Dr Simon Hogg (Department of Materials, LU) Dr Rebecca Higginson (Department of Materials, LU) Mr Colin Davis (Materials Team, E.ON New Build and Technology Limited Development of thin film Ni(OH)2 electrochromic materials using in situ microfocus XANES,EXAFS and XRD techniques Prof Roger Mortimer Prof Fred Mosselmans (Diamond Light Source, UK) Dr Burkhard Kaulich (Diamond Light Source, UK)

MCK Inflammation Synthesis and biological evaluation of potent anti-inflammatory mediators: PhD-based GJP programme. Miss Natalie Brown with Dr Martin Lindley, SSEHS, Loughborough University Dr Gareth Pritchard (GJP), Loughborough University.

An asymmetric synthesis of trans-fused butyrolactones from endoperoxides. Priest, J.; Longland, M. R.; Elsegood, M. R. J.; Kimber, M. C. J. Org. Chem., 2013, 78, 3476.

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Development of novel amino acid based PET conjugates: PhD-based programme. Miss Jade Markham with Prof. Alan Perkins, QMC and Dr Martin B. Smith (MBS), Loughborough University.

Total synthesis of the marine-derived cyclic depsipeptide alternaramide Horton, A. E.;

Gold catalysed reactions of allenamides: MChem and Phd based programme An Au(I) catalysed allenamide cyclisation giving access to a α-vinyl substituted tetrahydroisoquinoline building block. Singh. S.; Elsegood, M. R. J.; Kimber, M. C. Synlett, 2012, 565. Cycloaddition Chemistry of Allenamides. Standen, P. E.; Kimber, M. C. Current Opinions in Drug Discovery & Development 2010, 13, 645.

An Intermolecular Hydroamination of Allenamides with Arylamines Catalyzed by Cationic Au(I) Salts. Hill, A. W.; Elsegood, M. R. J.; Kimber, M. C. J. Org. Chem. 2010, 75, 5406. A Facile and Mild Synthesis of Enamides Using Gold Catalyzed Addition to Allenamides. Kimber, M. C. Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 112.

AM Photovoltaics: A multi-centre project Dr Jake Bowers, Centre For Renewable Energy SystemsTechnology, Loughborough University

RJM Collaborations include work with Loughborough University colleagues who have expertise in surface engineering, materials and surface characterisation, and electronics manufacturing.

Electrochemical and electrostatic deposition of ceramic materials for electrochromic and sensor applications: PhD-based programme Dr Geoffrey D. Wilcox, Department of Chemistry, Loughborough University Dr Upul Wijayantha, Department of Chemistry, Loughborough University Dr Thomas S. Varley, Department of Chemistry, University College London Dr Caroline A. Kirk, Department of Chemistry, Loughborough University

Tin whisker mitigation through the electrodeposition of tin and novel tin alloys from ionic liquid electrolytes: PhD-based programme Dr Geoffrey D. Wilcox, Department of Materials, Loughborough University

The electrodeposition of novel metals for electronics packaging from non-aqueous ionic liquid electrolytes: PhD-based programme Dr Geoffrey D. Wilcox, Department of Materials, Loughborough University Professor Changqing, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University

Electrochromic and colorimetric properties of nickel(II) oxide thin films prepared by aerosol- assisted chemical vapour deposition Muhammad Z. Sialvi, Roger J. Mortimer*, Geoffrey D. Wilcox, Asri Mat Teridi, Thomas S. Varley, K. G. U. Wijayantha, and Caroline A. Kirk ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (2013) in press.

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Manufacturing and in-service tin whisker mitigation strategies: The co-deposition of particulates and conformal coatings Mark A. Ashworth, Geoffrey D. Wilcox, Rebecca L. Higginson, Richard J. Heath, Roger J. Mortimer, and Changqing Liu Presented by Mark A. Ashworth at the 6th International Symposium on Tin Whiskers, Henry Ford College, Loughborough University, 27–28 November 2012 (organised by the Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE), University of Maryland). The mitigation of tin whiskers by optimization of electroplating process methodologies Mark A. Ashworth, Geoffrey D. Wilcox, Rebecca L. Higginson, Richard J. Heath, Roger J. Mortimer, and Changqing Liu Presented by Mark A. Ashworth at the 6th International Symposium on Tin Whiskers, Henry Ford College, Loughborough University, 27–28 November 2012 (organised by the Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE), University of Maryland). An investigation into the role of lead as a suppressant for tin whisker growth Jacob Wang, Mark A. Ashworth, Geoffrey D. Wilcox, Rebecca L. Higginson, Richard J. Heath, Roger J. Mortimer, and Changqing Liu Presented by Jacb Wang at the 6th International Symposium on Tin Whiskers, Henry Ford College, Loughborough University, 27– 28 November 2012 (organised by the Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE), University of Maryland).

MP Detection of cancer micro vesicles using resistive pulse sensing Dr Jeroen de Vrij, Erasmus medical school Rotterdam Dr Julien Muzard, Assistant Professor in Computational Biology CNAM University Paris

Modification of silica coated magnetic beads for the extraction of analytes M13 Bacteriophage- Activated Superparamagnetic Beads for Affinity Separation. Small, 2012, 8: 2403-11 Selected for Wiley Hot Topics & Journal Cover (2012/08)

PhD studentship, Developing electronic sensors for biomarkers in sweat Professor Alfred Tok Iing Yoong Nanyang technological university, Singapore

Developing resistive pulse sensing for the detection of nanoparticles Dr Geoff Willmott Industrial Research Limited, New Zealand

Resistive pulse sensing of analyte-induced multicomponent rod aggregation using tunable pores M. Platt, G. Willmott, G. U. Lee, Small, (2012) 8, 2436-2444 Resistive pulse sensing of magnetic beads and supraparticle structures using tunable pores G. Willmott, M. Platt, G. U. Lee Biomicrofluidicis (2012), 6, 014103

DR Chemical Containment Tony Milodowski British Geological Survey Nick Bryan Manchester University

Sorption of radionuclides to a cementitious backfill under near-field conditions M. Felipe-Sotelo, J. Hinchliff, N. Evans , P. Warwick and D. Read. Min Mag. 501: 3401-3410 (2012).

HJR Personalised Chemotherapy Dr. Anne Thomas, Department of Cancer Studies & Molecular Medicine, University of Leicester & University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.

Dr. G Don Jones, Department of Cancer Studies & Molecular Medicine, University of Leicester & University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.

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Dr. Joanna Wood Department of Cancer Studies & Molecular Medicine, University of Leicester & University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.

Dr. Howard Pringle, Department of Cancer Studies & Molecular Medicine, University of Leicester & University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. New methods to quantify adducts formed by Pt-based chemotherapy drugs with DNA and cytosolic proteins have been developed and applied both in vitro and to patients’ blood and saliva samples. Further work in this area is ongoing, expanded to include work on Pt uptake in tumour tissue and effects of selenium supplementation on Pt based chemotherapy.

Determination of Pt-DNA adducts and the sub-cellular distribution of Pt in human cancer cell lines and the leukocytes of cancer patients, following mono- or combination treatments, by inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry, A Zayed, T Shoeib, S E Taylor, G D Jones, A L Thomas, J P Wood, H J Reid and B L Sharp, Int. J. Mass Spectrom., 2011, 307, 70-78.

Speciation of Oxaliplatin Adducts with DNA Nucleotides, Aref Zayed, George D. D. Jones, Helen J. Reid, Tamer Shoeib, Sarah E. Taylor, Anne L. Thomas, Joanna P. Wood, Barry L. Sharp*, Metallomics, 2011, 3 (10), 991-1000.

JCR Fatty Acid Profiling from human blood cells Dr Martin Lindley, School of Sports, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University

BLS The One Study: A Multi-Centre Project Professor Ed Guissler and Dr James Hutchinson, Department of Surgery University of Regensburg, D-93042 Regensburg Germany

The One Study - paper in Anal Chem planned for Summer 2013 ESI

Patent and paper in Analytical Chemistry Summer 2013

A study of oxaliplatin-nucleobase interactions using ion trap, electrospray mass spectrometry S L Kerr, T Shoeib and B L Sharp, Anal. and Bioanal. Chem., 2008, 391, 2339-2348.

A structural and free energy analysis of Ag+ complexes of five small peptides T Shoeib and B L Sharp, Inorg. Chimi. Acta, 2009, 362, 1925-1934

Structural analysis of the anti-arthritic drug Auranofin, its complexes with cysteine and selenocysteine as well as their fragmentation products T Shoeib, D W Atkinson and B L Sharp, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2010, 363, 184–192.

Interactions of oxaliplatin with the cytoplasmic thiol containing ligand glutathione. T Shoeib and B L Sharp, Metallomics, 2012, 4, 1308-1320.

MBS Synthesis and Screening of Ligands for Catalytic Olefin Oligomerisations: PhD-based programme Dr M. Mogorosi, Sasol Technology

PTA Ligands Dr R. Padda Solvay Group (formerly Rhodia) Dr G. F. Docherty, Solvay Group (formerly Rhodia) Dr M. J. Harrison Solvay Group (formerly Rhodia) 12

Phosphatrioxa-adamantane Ligands Prof. P. G. Pringle University of Bristol

X-ray Crystallography Prof. A. M. Z. Slawin University of St. Andrews

Polymer based activities Prof. S. Rastogi, Materials, Loughborough University Dr S. Ronca, Materials, Loughborough University Dr S. Georgiadiou Chem. Eng., Loughborough University Dr K. Coopman Chem. Eng., Loughborough University Prof. R. Chen Aero & Auto. Eng., Loughborough University Mr A. Little 2K polymer Systems Ltd

Explosives detection Dr P. Mason CAST

Laser-Dye Project Laser modification of synthetic and natural textiles to alter uptake of dye and allow GWW controlled design and patterning. Dr. Faith Kane, School of the Arts, Loughborough University Dr. Kerry Walton, School of the Arts, Loughborough University Dr. Janette Matthews, School of the Arts, Loughborough University Prof. John Tyrer, Wolfson School, Loughborough University Dr. Andrew Filarowski, Deputy CEO and Technical Director, Society of Dyers and Colourists, Bradford Dr. Ian Smith, ColourSmith UK

DRW Landmines detection: A Multi-Centre Project Prof. John Tyrer, Wolfson School, Loughborough University Rob Dover PHIR, Loughborough University George Torrens, Design School, Loughborough University

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OUR MOST RECENT INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS

BRB Kinetics: A pilot study. Professor Lei Zhu, Florida State University

SDRC ICIQ Computer Modelling: A PhD based programme Carles Bo Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ),

CSC IMS reaction monitoring: PhD-based programme Carlas B, ICIQ, Tarragona, Spain

MRJE Porphyrin studies, semiconducors, nanostructures, and cellular ion transport : PDRA programme (At NIMS) Dr. Jon P. Hill National Institute of Materials Science Tsukuba, Japan.

Structure determination at Loughborough and the Advanced Light Source synchrotron, Berkeley, California.

NDME (FP7) SKIN: A multi Centre Project (Slow processes in close-to-equilibrium conditions for radionuclides in water/solid systems of relevance to nuclear waste management) Prof Bernd Grambow Subatech, France Prof Dirk Bosbach Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany Prof Kastriot Spahiu SVENSK KARNBRANSLEHANTERING AB, Sweden Prof Bernhard Kienzler Karlsruher Institut fuer Technologie, Germany Dr Lara Duro Amphos 21 Consulting Sl, Spain Prof Chritian Ekberg Chalmers Tekniska Hoegskola Ab, Sweden Dr Daqing Cui Stockholms Universitet, Sweden Dr Erich Wieland Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland Prof Chu Li Peking University – China

SF General Area: Novel Catalysts Prof Dr Fritz Scholz Institut für Biochemie, Universität Greifswald Anna Maria Nowicka Dept. of Chemistry, Warsaw University

General Area: United Nations Sponsored International Year of Chemistry (2011): General Area: Energy Technologies for Oilfields Schlumberger,

RCFJ Application of beta-ketodithioesters and S, S-/N, S-/N, N-acetals in organic sythesis: One- pot multicomponent reactions: Staff/PhD student exchange programme, UKIERI (UK- India Education and Research Initiative) Thematic Partnership Prof M S Singh, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India (via British Council/Indian UGC)

Investigating Nigerian Medicinal Plants: A Vital Source of Leads for Anticancer Drug Development Dr Bamigboye J Taiwo, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife-Ife, Nigeria (via Commonwealth Academic Fellowship) Dr Amos Fatokoun University of Nottingham

MCK Synthesis of new catalysts based on Trogers base : PhD-based programme. Miss Natasha Slater Current student, Loughborough University Dr Christopher S. P. McErlean University of Sydney Dr Ben R. Buckley Loughborough University.

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AM Asymmetric Organocatalysis: A multi-centre project Prof Fliur Macaev Institute of Chemistry, Moldova Prof Tonis Kanger Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia Dr Lubomir Rulíšek Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry and Gilead Sciences Research Center, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

RSC International Joint project Exchange within EU COST action ORCA

VMcK Irish Institute for Metal-based Drugs and Centre for metals in Medicine Multi-centre network Dr A. Kellett, School of Chemical Sciences Dublin City University Dr M. Deasy, Centre for Pharmaceutical R and D. Tallaght Instutite of Technology, Ireland Dr A. Flemming, Centre for Pharmaceutical R and D. Tallaght Instutite of Technology, Ireland Dr F. Kellaher.. Centre for Pharmaceutical R and D. Tallaght Instutite of Technology, Ireland Dr M. McCann, National University of Ireland Dr J. McGinley, National University of Ireland Prof M. Devereux Dublin Institute of Technology

RJM Advances in the study of electrochromic materials Prof John R Reynolds School of Chemistry & Biochemistry, and the School of Materials Science & Engineering, and the Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA.

MP Detection of cancer micro vesicles using resistive pulse sensing Dr Jeroen de Vrij, Erasmus medical school Rotterdam Dr Julien Muzard, Assistant Professor in Computational Biology CNAM University Paris

Developing electronic sensors for biomarkers in sweat Professor Alfred Tok Iing Yoong Nanyang technological university, Singapore

Developing resitiive pulse sensing for the detection of nanoparticles Dr Geoff Willmott Industrial Research Limited, New Zealand

DR Radiological Impact of Finnish Mine Sites. Funded by Finnish Academy of Sciences Prof J. Lehto, Helsinki University E. Pohjalainen, Finnish Geological Survey D. Solatie, STUK H. Tuovinen PhD student

HJR ONE Study: A Unified Approach to Evaluating Cellular Immunotherapy in Solid Organ Transplantation: A Multi Centre study Dr Robert Hutchinson New Wave Research (part of Electro Scientific Industries), UK Dr Ciaran O’Connor, Electro Scientific Industries (New Wave Research Division), USA

Dr Mantreh Nournia, Electro Scientific Industries (New Wave Research Division), USA

Prof. Dr Edward Geissler University Hospital Regensburg, Germany

Dr James Hutchinson, University Hospital Regensburg, Germany

Dr Andrew Bushell, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford

Above are the main direct collaborators, but project involves partners from 13 companies and institutions across Europe, plus a US University. The project is concerned with the development, clinical application and monitoring of novel immunoregulatory cell-based

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therapies as an alternative to immuno-suppressive drugs in transplant patients. Loughborough’s role is to develop techniques for tracking the infused cells in patients’ blood, using non-toxic elemental labelling and laser ablation-ICP-MS analysis.

JCR In-situ microderivitization paperspray mass spectrometry Prof R.G. Cooks Purdue University, Indiana, USA

Ophthalmology biomarkers Dr Imre Lengyel Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London

MBS Synthesis and Screening of Ligands for Catalytic Olefin Oligomerisations: PhD-based programme Dr M. Mogorosi, Sasol Technology

BLS The One Study: A Multi-Centre Project Professor Ed Guissler Department of Surgery, University of Regensburg, Dr James Hutchinson Department of Surgery, University of Regensburg,

CLPT (FP7) SGL for USaR: A multi-centre project Dr. A Agapiou School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Dr. V Bocos-Bintintan, Faculty of Environmental Science, University of Babe¸s-Bolyai, Romania

B Gao-Lau G.A.S. Gesellschaft f¨ur analytische Sensorsysteme, Germany

Prof. L Hildebrand Department of Computer Science, University of Dortmund, Germany

Dr. V H Moll School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Dr. A Ratiu Faculty of Environmental Science, University of Babe¸s-Bolyai, Romania

Dr. S Sielemann G.A.S. Gesellschaft f¨ur analytische Sensorsysteme, Germany

R Slodzynski Leibniz-Institut f¨ur Analytische, Wissenschaften ISAS Dortmund, Germany

Prof. M Statheropoulos School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Dr. W Vautz Leibniz-Institut f¨ur Analytische, Wissenschaften ISAS Dortmund, Germany

GWW Fluorinated Heterocycles; PhD based programme. Mariam Mojally Saudi Arabian Embassy Jon Hill, NIMS, Japan

This project aims to develop short, reliable and flexible synthetic routes to fluorinated, condensed nitrogen or sulfur heterocycles for either biological applications, or for materials use in organic conducting materials.

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INTERNATIONAL VISITORS

Initials Visitor

BRB Dr Amna N. Khan, Pakistan H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry, ICCBS University of Karachi (2010- 2011)

MRJE Prof. D. Billing. University of Witwatersrand, South Africa (2008) Prof. T. Yamato. Saga University, Japan (2009 & 2011) Dr. J.P. Hill. National Institute of Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan (2009 & 2012)

SF Prof. Keith B Oldham Trent University, Canada (2012)

RCFJ Dr Muhammad Irshad, University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan International Research Support Initiative, Pakistan Higher Education Commission (2010) Dr Bamigboye Josiah Taiwo, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria Commonwealth Fellowship (2012) Prof Maya Shankar Singh, Banaras Hindu University, India United Kingdom-India Education & Research Initiative (UKIERI)–Indian UGC Thematic Partnership (2013-2015)

CAK Dr Sandro Torres Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Brazil (2009) Dr Eric Ferrage University of Poitiers, France (2010)

VM Asif Ali Tahir, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, Oct 2007 - Mar 2008, (Pakistan Higher Education Department Scholarship). Professor Dr M. Mazhar, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan. August 2008 (British Council) Professor M Kurtoglu, University of K. Sütçü İmam Kahramanmaraş , Turkey (TURBITAK), June- Sept 2011 Dr N Kurtoglu, University of K. Sütçü İmam Kahramanmaraş , Turkey (TURBITAK), June- Sept 2011 M Suraj ud-Din, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan (HEC - IRSP fellowship June-Oct 2013. E. Brandenberger, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany (Erasmus work placement) April – Oct 2013

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AM Prof. Fliur Macaev Instutute of Chemistry, Moldavina Academy of Sciences (2011) Dr Yury Suleimanov Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2012)

MP Niek Mass Institute of Neuroscience, University Medical Centre Utrecht

DR Dr Joerg Dehnert (2012) SMU Dresden.

HJR Tamer Shoeib The American University in Cairo, Egypt (2 months every year) Meng Wang Post-doctoral Marie Curie Research Fellow from China (2012-2014)

MBS Dr Memhet Karakus, Pamukkale University, Turkey (2012)

CLPT Prof. H. H. Hill Washington State University (2010) Prof. G. A. Eiceman New Mexico State University (2011) Prof. Milt Milt Statheropoulos National Technical University of Athens (2011) Dr. Laars Hilderbrand Universitry of Dortmund (2011) Dr Wolfgang Vautz ISAS, Dortmund (2011) Stefanie Sielemann GAS, Dortmund (2011) Osmo Anttalainen Environics, Finland (2010, 2011) Dr. M. A. Phillips Menassa Breath Research New York (2013)

UW Dr Asif Ali Tahir Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad (2008) Dr Abdelhak Belaidi Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH (2010) Dr Hasitha Weerasinghe Monash University (2010)

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Prof. Mazhar Muhammad University of Malaya (2009) Prof. Sambandam Anandan National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (2009)

Dr Sultan Muhammad Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad (2009-2010)

Dr Rafaqat Hussain Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad (2011)

Prof. Ijaz Ahmed Faculty of Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (2012) Mr Manuel Siegl E.ON Energy Research Center, RWTH Aachen University (2013)

Prof. Mahmut Mat Department of Chemical Engineering, Nigde University (2012-2013)

Mr. Bora Timurkutluk Department of Chemical Engineering, Nigde University (2013)

Mr. Selahattin Celik Department of Chemical Engineering, Nigde University (2013)

Dr Nabile Hassin University of Tripoli (2013) Prof. Mahendra Sunkara University of Louisville (2013)

DRW Claire Richard Centre national de la recherche scientifique ( 2012)

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