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Apr 2026: #NewGroupMembers – Welcome to Rayanne, Master’s student from the University of Orléans (France), who joins our laboratory for a four months research placement: best of luck!
Apr 2026: 🎯 A major milestone for our laboratory as we celebrate the very first PhD graduate from the Crisenza group! A huge congratulations to the freshly minted 👨🔬 Dr Wanderley for surv…ehm successfully defending his viva voce examination on Tuesday, and many thanks to Igor Larrosa and Alastair Lennox for examining!
Mar 2026: New Publication: Excited to see our recent work on the electroreductive cleavage of C(sp³)–N bonds in saturated N-carbonyl heterocycles out in JACS! This project grew out of a true team effort between our lab, Dr Cristina Trujillo at Manchester and Dr James Douglas at AZ. Huge kudos to Roberto, Pol, Diana, Marina, Jaime and Erick for driving the experimental work forward: Hopefully, the first of many collaborations! Link
Jan 2026: #NewGroupMembers – Welcome to Martina who joins our Team, as a visiting PhD student from the University of L’Aquila (Italy), to work on a project in collaboration with the Carlone group: best of luck!
Oct 2025: #NewGroupMembers – Welcome to Eunso and Ruby, who join our lab for their MChem project: best of luck!
Dec 2024: Kudos to Taciano for securing the Oustanding Oral Presentation Prize🏆at the Postgraduate Symposium on Future Directions on Chemical Synthesis, yesterday at the University of Bath – way to go!
Nov 2024: Thrilled to see our first contribution out in JACS! Taciano, Roberto, Órla & Ben developed a practical, broad-scope and selective strategy for alkene 1,2-syn-difunctionalization, combining 1,3-DCs with electrochemical radical activation. Link
Nov 2024: Big congrats to Taciano for securing the runner-up prize 🏆 at the Twitter/X’s 2024 #LatinXChem Poster Competition! Bravo!
Oct 2024: #NewGroupMembers – Welcome to Saadiyah and Jaime, who join our Team for their MChem project: best of luck!
Sep 2024: 📢An up-to-2 years PDRA position is available in our research group, as part of an EPSRC-funded research programme (ALKe-Syn). If you fancy functionalizing hydrocarbons using electricity🔌light💡or both – please apply here: https://www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=30403. Deadline 31 Oct 2024
Sep 2024: Kudos to Taciano on being awarded the Magritek runner-up prize 🏆 at the Monday poster session of
@ECOFR_XV_2024! Parabéns and keep up the great work!
Oct 2023: 📢#NewTeamMember👨🔬 Welcome to Ben, who joins our group for his MChem project⚡️Best of luck!
Jul 2023: So proud of our freshly-minted Graduate Anna for being awarded the @UoMChemistry Roger Grice Prize 🏆– given to the Best Chemist in 4th Year! Big congrats on your achievements!
Jul 2023: New lab🏠& new group members🧑🔬: Welcome to George – who joins from the @iCAT_CDT to undertake his PhD⚡️in collaboration with Prof. Dryfe – and to Kaiyuan – who starts his MSc project💡...Buona fortuna!
Apr 2023: 📣#NewGroupMember👩🔬 Welcome to Órla, who joins our team for her @iCAT_CDT rotation: Best of luck!
