Professor John Murphy
Research Professor
Pure and Applied Chemistry
Personal statement
I am an organic chemist and my research group revels in exploring chemical reactivity in synthesis and in biology. We have a particular interest in electron transfer reactions and in radical chemistry, but are generally interested in mechanisms of organic reactions.
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I was born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College, Dublin (BA) and the University of Cambridge (PhD). I obtained my DSc in 2002.
After my PhD, I held Fellowships at the University of Alberta and the University of Oxford. I moved to the University of Nottingham as Lecturer, and was promoted to Reader there.
I moved to my current position as Merck-Pauson Professor of Chemistry at the 糖心视频 in 1995.
I was visiting Professor at a number of institutions:
- Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 2017
- Universit茅 Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, 2004
- NAIST, Japan, 2001
- l鈥橴niversit茅 d鈥橝ix Marseille 1996
I also was Visiting Fellow to the Australian National University in 1995 and 2007. I held a Royal Society Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowship in 2001.
I was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (National Academy of聽 Scotland) in 2001.聽
I was Director of the Glasgow Centre for Physical Organic Chemistry (GCPOC)聽2008-2013.
From August 2006 - August 2008, I was Director of WestCHEM, the newly formed integrated Research School in Chemistry for the West of Scotland.
From 2013-2016, I was Head of Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry
Prizes:
2018 Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation)
2016 C W聽Rees Award聽for Heterocyclic chemistry聽(Royal Society of Chemistry)
2012 Bader Award聽 (Royal Society of Chemistry)
Prize And Awards
- Recipient
- 1/10/2018
- Recipient
- 9/5/2016
- Recipient
- 2012
Qualifications
Charles Rees Award 2016 Winner
The citation reads: "Awarded for his highly innovative studies on the preparation, properties and applications of very reactive heterocycles, ranging from extreme electrophiles to super-reducing agents".
Publications
- , Dimitrova Daniela, , Pratley Cassie, Bell Jonathan D, McGonigal Katy, Lauer Anna, Fenner Sabine, Nicolle Simon M, Leach Stuart G,
- Chemical Science (2026)
- , Clark Kenneth F, , Kolodziejczak Krystian, Robertson Craig M, Evans Laura, , , ,
- Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol 148, pp. 8970-8981 (2026)
- , , Clark Kenneth F, , Robertson Craig M, Evans Laura, ,
- ACS Catalysis Vol 15, pp. 917-927 (2025)
- Nocera Giuseppe, Robb Iain, Clark Kenneth F, McGuire Thomas M, Evans Laura, Chiba Shunsuke,
- Organic Chemistry Frontiers Vol 11, pp. 5099-5106 (2024)
- Pratley Cassie, Shaalan Youssef, Boulton Lee, , , Edwards Lee J
- Organic Process Research and Development Vol 28, pp. 1725-1733 (2024)
- Robb Iain,
- Organic Letters Vol 26, pp. 2218-2222 (2024)
Research Interests
His chemical interests are in mechanistic and synthetic chemistry, in reactive intermediates and in the development of new reactions.
Professional Activities
- Contributor
- 3/9/2017
- Member
- 2017
- Invited speaker
- 12/2016
- Invited speaker
- 25/10/2016
- Invited speaker
- 7/4/2016
- Advisor
- 2016
Projects
- Barham, Joshua (Principal Investigator) Murphy, John (Co-investigator) Schmid, Simon Paul (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2028
- Murphy, John (Principal Investigator) Tuttle, Tell (Co-investigator) Tyerman, Sebastian (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 01-Jan-2025
- Murphy, John (Principal Investigator) Tuttle, Tell (Co-investigator) McMahon, Connor (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2019 - 28-Jan-2024
- Murphy, John (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2019 - 30-Jan-2024
- Kerr, William (Principal Investigator) Brown, Cameron (Co-investigator) Florence, Alastair (Co-investigator) Jamieson, Craig (Co-investigator) Johnston, Blair (Co-investigator) Murphy, John (Co-investigator) Palmer, David (Co-investigator) Tomkinson, Nick (Co-investigator)
- Accelerated Discovery and Development of New Medicines: Prosperity Partnership for a Healthier Nation
- 01-Jan-2019 - 30-Jan-2024
- Murphy, John (Co-investigator) Bell, Jonathan (Researcher)
- EP/S035990/1 拢5,495, 023 from EPSRC.Prof William J. Kerr is the Strathclyde PI.
Next generation catalysis and synthesis: Chemists seeking to discover new medicines need new reactions that will allow them to make and investigate structures that are currently difficult, or even impossible, to make. A key objective of this proposal will be to develop new reagents, catalysts, and reactions to facilitate the more efficient preparation of drug-like molecules to accelerate drug discovery. Similarly, we will develop new ways of performing some of the most common chemical transformations in the synthesis of medicines whilst avoiding the use of carcinogenic reagents - 01-Jan-2019 - 31-Jan-2023
Contact
Professor
John
Murphy
Research Professor
Pure and Applied Chemistry
Email: john.murphy@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2389