Rob Davies is a Senior Lecturer in the Synthesis Section with expertese in organometallic and coordination chemistry. Main research themes in the Davies groups currently include the development and study of copper-based reagents and catalysts and reserach on Metal Organic Framework (MOF) and related materials with applications in catalysis, gas storage and capture (including carbon dioxide capture) and medicine - see Research for more details. Rob graduated from the University of Bristol with a first class degree, before going to St John’s College Cambridge to study for his PhD on organolithium chemistry with the late Dr Ron Snaith. He was subsequently appointed to a three year Research Fellowship at St Catharines College Cambridge before moving to Imperial College London where he was awarded a Governors' lectureship.

Synthesis

Timokhin I, White AJP, Lickiss PD, et al., 2014, Microporous metal-organic frameworks built from rigid tetrahedral tetrakis(4-tetrazolylphenyl)silane connectors, Crystengcomm, Vol:16, ISSN:1466-8033, Pages:8094-8097 Campbell J, Szekely G, Davies RP, et al., 2014, Fabrication of hybrid polymer/metal organic framework membranes: mixed matrix membranes versus in situ growth, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol:2, ISSN:2050-7488, Pages:9260-9271 Bomparola R, Davies RP, Hornaeur S, et al., 2014, Lithium heterocuprates: the influence of the amido group on organoamidocuprate structures, Dalton Transactions, Vol:43, ISSN:1477-9226, Pages:14359-14367 Timokhin I, Torres JB, White AJP, et al., 2013, Organosilicon linkers in metal organic frameworks: the tetrahedral tetrakis(4-tetrazolylphenyl)silane ligand, Dalton Transactions, Vol:42, ISSN:1477-9226, Pages:13806-13808

Bomparola R, Davies RP, Lal S, et al., 2012, Functionalized Organocuprates: Structures of Lithium and Magnesium Grignard 2-Methoxyphenylcuprates, Organometallics, Vol:31, ISSN:0276-7333, Pages:7877-7883