Ben Partridge

@boronchem.bsky.social

Lecturer in Organic Chemistry at the University of Sheffield, boron fanatic

Several PhD positions available through the CDT for Sustainable Chemical Technologies! Opportunities to do PhD projects in a number of different areas relating to sustainability, including organic electrosynthesis, photochemistry, mechanochemistry etc. www.csct.ac.uk

CDT in Sustainable Chemical Technologies

Placing sustainability and circularity at the core of research, innovation, training and public engagement in applied science and engineering.

csct.ac.uk

Congratulations to PhD student Telma, who won prize for the best Chemistry poster at Sheffield's Science Graduate School Research Showcase 2025! Telma's poster was about her work about the Enantioselective Synthesis of Saturated Heterocyclic Boronic Esters.

Telma starting in front of her poster titled "enantioselective synthesis of saturated heterocyclic boronic esters"

We are seeking candidates with backgrounds and interests on the more chemical side or the more engineering side of chemical engineering (or both) to develop multiple aspects of this research topic. The research is a collaboration between UC Berkeley and LBNL.