Tim Donohoe
Professor Tim Donohoe is Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Magdalen College. His research focuses on asymmetric synthesis and stereoselective oxidation and reduction methods for natural product synthesis.
About
I am currently Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. Our research lies in the field of asymmetric synthesis and the application of stereoselective oxidation and reduction reactions to natural product synthesis. We have a burgeoning interest in the area of carbohydrates and the application of metathesis to the synthesis of heterocycles. The group consists of a mixture of postdoctoral researchers, graduate (DPhil) students and undergraduate (Part II) students. We meet two/three times per week to discuss advances in the laboratory and hold problem sessions to highlight recent developments in the literature.
Curriculum Vitae
Academic titles
2004–present
Professor of Chemistry, Magdalen College and the University of Oxford
2006–2011
Head of Organic Chemistry, University of Oxford
2001–2004
Lecturer in Chemistry, Magdalen College and the University of Oxford
2000–2001
Reader in Chemistry, University of Manchester
1994–2000
Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Manchester
Education
1993–1994
Post doctoral research with Prof. P. D. Magnus FRS on the synthesis of Taxol and its deoxy derivatives using an intramolecular pyrylium ylide cycloaddition approach, resulting in 5 publications.
1989–1992
D.Phil, Oxford University, under the supervision of Prof. S. G. Davies entitled Chiral Oxonium Ions, resulting in 5 publications.
1985–1989
BSc (Hons) first class, University of Bath. Final year project with Professor T. J. Gallagher entitled Ketenethioacetals as synthons for the synthesis of substituted amino acids
Awards and positions
2022
Royal Society of Chemistry: Tilden Prize
2019–2021
Editor-in-Chief of Tetrahedron Letters
2018–2021
Chairman of the Board of Editors of Tetrahedron Publications
2015–2021
Editor of Tetrahedron Letters
2014–2019
EPSRC Established Career Fellow
2014
Royal Society of Chemistry: Charles Rees Award
2012
AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer & Syngenta Prize for Process Chemistry Research
2011
Royal Society of Chemistry: Synthetic Organic Chemistry Award
2006
Royal Society of Chemistry: Corday-Morgan Medal
2002
AstraZeneca Award for Organic Chemistry
2001
Novartis Young Investigator Award
2000
Pfizer Academic Award
1998
Glaxo Wellcome award for Innovative Chemistry
1998–2001
Associate Editor (UK) for the journal Tetrahedron Letters
