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Lecture prof. Stephen Goldup
We cordially invite you to a lecture by Prof. Stephen Goldup (University of Birmingham) titled ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ด, ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด!
08 May 2026
12:00
CAT AMU Building D (room D-111.3, Level 1).
Steve grew up in Gloucester where attended Sir Thomas Richโs School. He studied for an MChem at the University of Oxford where he began his research career with a Part II project in the group of Sir Prof. Jack Baldwin. He then completed a PhD in natural product synthesis under the supervision of Prof. Tony Barrett, before shifting focus to apply his synthetic skills to mechanically interlocked non-natural products with Prof. David Leigh at the University of Edinburgh. In Edinburgh Steve began his formal teaching career as a Fixed Term Lecturer in Organic Chemistry.
In 2008, Steve moved to Queen Mary University of London with the award of a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship and in 2009 he was awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship. In 2014, Steve and his group moved to the University of Southampton, where he took up the position of Associate Professor. While in Southampton, Steve was promoted to Professor of Chemistry in 2017 and in 2019 was awarded a Wolfson Research Fellowship. In 2023, Steve and his team moved to the University of Birmingham where Steve is Chair of Chemistry and the Molecular Synthesis Section Lead.
Research in the Goldup group focusses on developing efficient methods to synthesise novel mechanically interlocked molecules, including examples displaying mechanical stereochemistry, to allow the practical benefits of the mechanical bond to be realised. The ultimate goal of research in the Goldup Group is that rotaxanes and catenanes become truly useful in medicine, catalysis, materials and beyond.
Steve has received several awards including: RSC Corday Morgan (2025), Finalist in the 2020 Blavatnik UK Young Scientist Prize (2020), RSC Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry Bob Hay Lectureship (2016), RSC Hickinbottom Award (2014), Gregynog Synthesis Meeting David Hill Cup (2012), Thieme Journal Chemistry Award (2012).
He is the author of 92 scientific publications (h-index: 47; number of citations: 7138; Scopus).
Prof. Goldup's publication record: https://lnkd.in/dby2CBF3
08 May 2026
12:00
CAT AMU Building D (room D-111.3, Level 1).
Steve grew up in Gloucester where attended Sir Thomas Richโs School. He studied for an MChem at the University of Oxford where he began his research career with a Part II project in the group of Sir Prof. Jack Baldwin. He then completed a PhD in natural product synthesis under the supervision of Prof. Tony Barrett, before shifting focus to apply his synthetic skills to mechanically interlocked non-natural products with Prof. David Leigh at the University of Edinburgh. In Edinburgh Steve began his formal teaching career as a Fixed Term Lecturer in Organic Chemistry.
In 2008, Steve moved to Queen Mary University of London with the award of a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship and in 2009 he was awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship. In 2014, Steve and his group moved to the University of Southampton, where he took up the position of Associate Professor. While in Southampton, Steve was promoted to Professor of Chemistry in 2017 and in 2019 was awarded a Wolfson Research Fellowship. In 2023, Steve and his team moved to the University of Birmingham where Steve is Chair of Chemistry and the Molecular Synthesis Section Lead.
Research in the Goldup group focusses on developing efficient methods to synthesise novel mechanically interlocked molecules, including examples displaying mechanical stereochemistry, to allow the practical benefits of the mechanical bond to be realised. The ultimate goal of research in the Goldup Group is that rotaxanes and catenanes become truly useful in medicine, catalysis, materials and beyond.
Steve has received several awards including: RSC Corday Morgan (2025), Finalist in the 2020 Blavatnik UK Young Scientist Prize (2020), RSC Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry Bob Hay Lectureship (2016), RSC Hickinbottom Award (2014), Gregynog Synthesis Meeting David Hill Cup (2012), Thieme Journal Chemistry Award (2012).
He is the author of 92 scientific publications (h-index: 47; number of citations: 7138; Scopus).
Prof. Goldup's publication record: https://lnkd.in/dby2CBF3
Lecture prof. Fabien Cougnon
We cordially invite you to a lecture by Prof. Fabien Cougnon titled ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ช๐ฑ๐ญ๐บ ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ-๐๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ.
19 May 2026 r.
11:00
CAT AMU Building D (room D-111.3, Level 1).
Fabien B. L. Cougnon is an Associate Professor in Synthetic Nanochemistry at the Department of Chemistry & Scientific Director of the the Nanoscience Centre at the University of Jyvรคskylรค, Finland. He graduated from the University of Strasbourg (France) in 2006. He obtained a PhD in organic chemistry, specializing in supramolecular chemistry, from the University of Cambridge (UK) under the supervision of Prof. Jeremy K.M. Sanders.
For his work on the dynamic combinatorial synthesis of unconventional donor-acceptor catenanes, he was awarded an EPSRC doctoral prize, which funded a nine-month postdoc in the group of Prof. David A. Leigh at the University of Edinburgh (UK). He then moved to the group of Prof. Elizabeth M. Nolan at MIT (USA) to investigate the role of antimicrobial peptides (human defensins) in the chemistry underlying the human innate immune response.
In December 2015, he began his independent career at the University of Geneva (Switzerland) with support from an Ambizione fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation. He moved to Jyvรคskylรค in 2021
He is the author of 29 scientific publications (h-index: 17; number of citations: 1501; Scopus).
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ. ๐๐ผ๐๐ด๐ป๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ: https://lnkd.in/dYWbfVcU
19 May 2026 r.
11:00
CAT AMU Building D (room D-111.3, Level 1).
Fabien B. L. Cougnon is an Associate Professor in Synthetic Nanochemistry at the Department of Chemistry & Scientific Director of the the Nanoscience Centre at the University of Jyvรคskylรค, Finland. He graduated from the University of Strasbourg (France) in 2006. He obtained a PhD in organic chemistry, specializing in supramolecular chemistry, from the University of Cambridge (UK) under the supervision of Prof. Jeremy K.M. Sanders.
For his work on the dynamic combinatorial synthesis of unconventional donor-acceptor catenanes, he was awarded an EPSRC doctoral prize, which funded a nine-month postdoc in the group of Prof. David A. Leigh at the University of Edinburgh (UK). He then moved to the group of Prof. Elizabeth M. Nolan at MIT (USA) to investigate the role of antimicrobial peptides (human defensins) in the chemistry underlying the human innate immune response.
In December 2015, he began his independent career at the University of Geneva (Switzerland) with support from an Ambizione fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation. He moved to Jyvรคskylรค in 2021
He is the author of 29 scientific publications (h-index: 17; number of citations: 1501; Scopus).
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ. ๐๐ผ๐๐ด๐ป๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ: https://lnkd.in/dYWbfVcU