Dr Dean Thomas
- Research Fellow (School of Chemistry)
Biography
I obtained a Master’s degree in Chemistry from The University of Manchester, where I graduated with first-class honours in 2017. My Master’s thesis focused on transition metal-free C‒H functionalisation using hydride-borrowing catalysis. During my studies, I completed a research internship at Bayer AG, where I investigated high-throughput photochemical methodologies for drug discovery.
I began a PhD at The University of Manchester under the supervision of Professor David Leigh. My doctoral research, completed in 2021, explored fuelled, artificial molecular machines and their applications in macroscopic functions. After my PhD, I continued as a Postdoctoral Research Associate developing autonomous molecular machines for nanoscopic logic gates and cargo delivery.
In September 2022, I joined the University of Glasgow as a Postdoctoral Research Associate with Professor Lee Cronin, where I focused on the development of Chemputers for the automated synthesis of hazardous molecules.