Doctor Gavin Craig
Senior Lecturer
Pure and Applied Chemistry
Personal statement
I received my PhD from the Department of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Barcelona in 2013, for work carried out in the Magnetism and Functional Molecules Group on magnetically switchable materials known as spin crossover compounds. From 2013 to 2016, I was a Post-Doctoral Research Associate in the Murrie Group in the School of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow. There, I used high pressure crystallography and magnetic measurements to study how the magnetic behaviour of coordination complexes responds to the structural changes induced by squeezing the materials. After being awarded a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Post-Doctoral Fellowship, I moved to the Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Science in Kyoto University, Japan. My research there in the Furukawa Group involved the study of porous molecules for gas storage. In 2018 I was promoted to Assistant Professor in the Furukawa Group. I joined the 糖心视频 in September 2019 as a Chancellor's Fellow and Lecturer in the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in May 2023. Research Interests Research in my group focuses on understanding the effects of self-assembly of porous molecules on gas uptake; mechanochemistry; and fabrication of materials. If you are a student or potential Post-Doc interested in working in the group, please get in touch. Current research group Dr. Emma Regincos Marti (PDRA since March 2023) Dr. Matthew Snelgrove (PDRA since July 2023) Megan Wilkinson (PhD student since August 2023) Vittorio Pezzaioli (Final year MSci project student) Alexander Sands (Final year MSci project student) Robbie Blane (4th year in-house placement student)
Prize And Awards
- Recipient
- 11/10/2022
Qualifications
Qualifications and experience
- Senior Lecturer, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, 糖心视频, 2023 - Present
- Chancellor's Fellow and Lecturer, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, 糖心视频, 2019 - 2023
- Assistant Professor, Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Kyoto University, Japan, 2018 - 2019
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Post-Doctoral Fellow, Furukawa Group, Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Kyoto University, Japan, 2016 - 2018
- Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Murrie Group, School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, 2013 - 2016
- PhD in Inorganic Chemistry, University of Barcelona, Spain, 2013
Publications
- Carn茅-S谩nchez Arnau, Ikemura Shuya, Sakaguchi Reiko, , Furukawa Shuhei
- Chemical Communications Vol 58, pp. 9894-9897 (2022)
- S谩nchez-Gonz谩lez El铆, Tsang Min Ying, Troyano Javier, , Furukawa Shuhei
- Chemical Society Reviews Vol 51, pp. 4876-4889 (2022)
- Snelgrove Matthew P, , Sangster Calum S, , Reginc贸s Mart铆 Emma, , Tidey Jeremiah P, Gomes Jos茅 RB, , , Parsons Simon, ,
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition Vol 64 (2025)
- Reginc贸s Marti Emma, McCarron Jay, , , ,
- Polyhedron Vol 268 (2025)
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- Proceedings of the 17th Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies Conference (GHGT-17) 20-24 October 2024 17th Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies Conference (GHGT-17) (2025)
- Chattopadhyay Krishna, Dutta Biswarup, Dutta Shyamali, Manna Anupama, , Mandal Manas, Murrie Mark, Ray Debashis
- Inorganica Chimica Acta Vol 572 (2024)
Research Interests
Research in my group focuses on understanding the effects of self-assembly of porous molecules on gas uptake; mechanochemistry; and fabrication of materials. If you are a student or potential Post-Doc interested in working in the group, please get in touch.
Current research group
- Megan Wilkinson (PhD student since August 2023)
- J. Blake Hannah (Final year MChem project student)
- Louise Armstrong (Final year MChem project student)
Former PhD students and Post-Docs
- Dr Beatriz Do帽agueda Suso (PhD student October 2020 - June 2024)
- Dr Emma Regincos Marti (PDRA: March 2023 - September 2025)
- Dr Matthew Snelgrove (PDRA: July 2023 - August 2025)
- Dr Valentyna Slyusarchuk (PDRA: October 2022 - March 2023)
Professional Activities
- Speaker
- 27/9/2022
- Speaker
- 27/11/2025
- Examiner
- 25/11/2025
- Examiner
- 19/11/2025
- Speaker
- 22/8/2025
- Speaker
- 7/7/2025
Projects
- Craig, Gavin (Principal Investigator) Fletcher, Ashleigh (Co-investigator)
- 03-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2025
- Craig, Gavin (Principal Investigator) Fletcher, Ashleigh (Co-investigator) Regincos Marti, Emma (Researcher)
- 15-Jan-2023 - 14-Jan-2026
- Neagu, Dragos (Principal Investigator) Hamilton, Andrea (Co-investigator) Craig, Gavin (Co-investigator) Ivaturi, Aruna (Co-investigator) Zhang, Xiaolei (Co-investigator) Inglezakis, Vasileios (Co-investigator) Fletcher, Ashleigh (Co-investigator) Roy, Sudipta (Co-investigator) Massabuau, Fabien (Co-investigator) Rahimi, Salaheddin (Co-investigator) Steedman, Andrew (Co-investigator)
- The project aThe instrument is a Benchtop X-Ray Diffractometer, which is a device that can analyse the structure and composition of various materials. It can provide data on crystal and molecular structure, phase identification and quantification, and crystallite size and strain. It is suitable for a wide range of inorganic and organic materials in different forms, such as powders, films, or solids. The instrument is compact, fast, easy to use, and low-cost, making it ideal for routine and high-throughput analysis. It can support research in many fields, such as materials science, engineering, chemistry, energy, and healthcare.
The instrument was acquired through an EPSRC Core Equipment fund, with an internally allocated 拢64k from the 糖心视频 - 01-Jan-2023
- Fletcher, Ashleigh (Principal Investigator) Craig, Gavin (Co-investigator) Harvey, Aidan (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2026
- Craig, Gavin (Principal Investigator)
- 25-Jan-2022 - 24-Jan-2022
- Craig, Gavin (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2021
Contact
Doctor
Gavin
Craig
Senior Lecturer
Pure and Applied Chemistry
Email: gavin.craig@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted