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Doctor Shiao Chow

Strathclyde Chancellor's Fellow

Pure and Applied Chemistry

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Personal statement

I graduated from the University of Queensland (Australia) with a BBiotech (Honours Class I) and PhD in Chemical Sciences under the supervision of Prof. David Fairlie, where I worked on synthetic metalloenzymes, developed helical peptidomimetics, and led drug discovery campaigns against infectious diseases. I joined the group of Prof Luke Odell (Uppsala University, Sweden) as a Carl Tryggers Fellow and developed novel carbonylative transformations using transition metal, photoredox and radical catalysis, and implemented these methods to develop 11C-radiotracers. I then joined the lab of Prof Adam Nelson (Leeds University, UK) and worked on the development of autonomous drug discovery platform. In 2018, I received a MSCA fellowship and joined the University of Edinburgh, where I developed targeted cancer theranostics with Prof Unciti-Broceta, and targeted cancer therapeutics with Prof Liz Patton as a MRC Fellow. In 2022, I joined the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry as a Chancellor's Fellow.

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Prize And Awards

Recipient
2022
Recipient
2021
Recipient
2020
Recipient
2020
Recipient
2018
Recipient
2014

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Publications

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Organic Letters Vol 27, pp. 13492-13497 (2025)
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ScotChem Polymer & Soft Materials III Conference
(2024)
, Unciti-Broceta Asier
JACS Au Vol 2, pp. 1747–1756 (2022)
Leggott Abbie, Clarke Justin E, , Warriner Stuart L, O'Neill Alex J, Nelson Adam
Chemical Communications Vol 56, pp. 8047-8050 (2020)
, Green Adam I, Arter Christopher, Liver Samuel, Leggott Abbie, Trask Luke, Karageorgis George, Warriner Stuart, Nelson Adam
Synthesis Vol 52, pp. 1695-1706 (2020)
Mayol-Llinàs Joan, , Nelson Adam
MedChemComm Vol 10, pp. 616-620 (2019)

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Research Interests

My research interests are centred on a ‘Catalysis’ theme, and interface computational science, chemistry and biology. My research aims to build next generation bioorthogonal catalysts – by combining nature’s enzymes and synthetic catalysts – to perform advanced biological interrogation in living systems. The long term aims of my research are to develop smarter diagnostic tools for early detection and disease prevention.

Professional Activities

Recipient
3/11/2022
Participant
20/6/2025
Participant
26/2/2025
Examiner
2025
Participant
2025
Advisor
2025

Projects

MacKenzie, Lewis (Principal Investigator) Chow, Shiao (Co-investigator) Gomez-Roman, Natividad (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2027
Chow, Shiao (Principal Investigator) Edkins, Robert (Principal Investigator) MacKenzie, Lewis (Principal Investigator)
£12,576
13-Jan-2024 - 12-Jan-2025
Jamieson, Craig (Principal Investigator) Chow, Shiao (Co-investigator) O'Brien, Megan (Research Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2025
Burley, Glenn (Principal Investigator) Chamberlain, Luke (Co-investigator) Chow, Shiao (Co-investigator) Corrigan, Damion (Co-investigator) Cunningham, Margaret Rose (Co-investigator) Faulds, Karen (Co-investigator) Jamieson, Craig (Co-investigator) Rattray, Zahra (Co-investigator) Tomkinson, Nick (Co-investigator) Taladriz Sender, Andrea (Research Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
Chow, Shiao (Principal Investigator)
04-Jan-2024 - 03-Jan-2025
Beveridge, Rebecca (Principal Investigator) Chow, Shiao (Co-investigator) Madoda, Mxolisi (Research Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2023 - 01-Jan-2027

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Contact

Doctor Shiao Chow
Strathclyde Chancellor's Fellow
Pure and Applied Chemistry

Email: shiao.chow@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2275