Summary
Biography
| Date | Role |
|---|---|
| 2004-Present | Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Chemical Technology, Chair in Catalysis, Imperial College London |
| 1999-2003 | Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of Hull, Kingston-upon-Hull, England |
| 2002-03 | Woodward Visiting Scholar, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA |
| 2003 | Miller Institute Visiting Professor, University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA |
| 1996-99 | Research Group Leader, Max-Planck Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim-an-der-Ruhr, Germany |
| 1992-95 | Associate Director, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA |
| 1989-92 | Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
| 1990-91 | NSF Visiting Professorship for Women, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA |
| 1984-89 | Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
| 1989 | Visiting Scientist, CNRS Institut de Recherches sur la Catalyse, Lyon, France |
| 1984 | PhD Chemical Engineering, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
| 1980 | BS Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
Research Interests
My Research interests focus on studies of complex catalytic organic reactions, with emphasis on application in pharmaceutical processes. Detailed kinetic and mechanistic investigations in our group aim to blend the quantitative aspects of chemical engineering together with organic chemistry to achieve a fundamental understanding of complex catalytic reaction networks, particularly in asymmetric catalysis. Our experimental focus is on reaction progress kinetic analysis, a methodology that combines the collection of accurate experimental data via a variety of in-situ tools for continuous reaction monitoring together with kinetic modelling in order to propose and test mechanistic models for reaction networks.
Publications
Journals
Valera FE, Quaranta M, Moran A, et al., 2010, The Flow's the Thing ... Or Is It? Assessing the Merits of Homogeneous Reactions in Flask and Flow, Angewandte Chemie-international Edition, Vol:49, ISSN:1433-7851, Pages:2478-2485
Zotova N, Moran A, Armstrong A, et al., 2009, A Coherent Mechanistic Rationale for Additive Effects and Autoinductive Behaviour in Proline-Mediated Reactions, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, Vol:351, ISSN:1615-4150, Pages:2765-2769
Zotova N, Broadbelt LJ, Armstrong A, et al., 2009, Kinetic and mechanistic studies of proline-mediated direct intermolecular aldol reactions, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, Vol:19, ISSN:0960-894X, Pages:3934-3937
Blackmond DG, 2009, Challenging the Concept of "Recycling" as a Mechanism for the Evolution of Homochirality in Chemical Reactions, Chirality, Vol:21, ISSN:0899-0042, Pages:359-362
Blackmond DG, 2009, An Examination of the Role of Autocatalytic Cycles in the Chemistry of Proposed Primordial Reactions, Angewandte Chemie-international Edition, Vol:48, ISSN:1433-7851, Pages:386-390