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About the Blacker Group

Prof John Blacker

School of Chemistry
J.Blacker@leeds.ac.uk

Research

Our interests are in research and development of sustainable processes for the manufacture of complex organic chemicals using catalytic processes.

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Day in the Dales - Nidderdale
Brimham Rocks
Malham Cove
Gordale Scar

Opportunities

We are part of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Molecule to Product.

News

John, Antonia and Mike visit Russian collaborators in Moscow

October 2017: John, Antonia and Mike travel to Moscow to hold discussions with Professor Eleonora Koltsova at the MUCTR regarding new mathematical models to understand the mechanism of transfer hydrogenation at iridium catalysts. The work is being carried out as part of a grant provided by the British Council under the auspices of the Institutional...

Will switches codes to engineering

After a long stretch in the iPRD, Will finally moves across to engineering to join the group of Prof Muller, working on multiphasic chemistry in continuous-flow. Good luck Will!

Sanel joins PharmaCytics

Our retrosynthetic master, Sanel, leaves the iPRD to take up a role as senior scientist at PharmaCytics in the Netherlands. Good luck Sanel, you’ll be missed in group meetings!

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