MChem, 2001, University of Nottingham PhD, 2005, University of Nottingham (with Dr Paul Clarke) – Development of the Maitland Japp reaction Postdoctoral fellow 2005, Technical University of Berlin (With Professor Siegfried Blechert) Development of novel gold catalysed reactions Postdoctoral fellow 2006-2007, Oregon Stage University (With Professor James White) Total synthesis of Solandelactones E and F, synthetic studies tpwards pillaromycinone

Organic Synthesis, Natural Product Synthesis, Developing Novel Reactions, Mass Spectrometry, Analysis and Synthesis of Archaeologically important bio-markers

Townley, C, Brettell, R. C., Bowen R.D., Gallagher, R. T., Martin, W. H. C., The Application of Positive Mode Atmospheric Chemical Ionisation to distinguish Epimeric Oleanolic and Ursolic Acids and related Pentacyclic Triterpenoids, European Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 2015 (in Press) Saidykhan, A., Bowen R.D., Gallagher, R. T., Martin, W. H. C., "Unexpected rearrangement reactions in tosyl protected amines," Tetrahedron Letters, 2015, 56, 66 Saidykhan, A., Ayrton, S. T., Gallagher, R. T., Martin, W. H. C., Bowen R.D., "Novel formation of [2M–H]+ species in positive electrospray mass spectra of indoles" Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 2014, 28, 1948 Ayrton, S. T., Panova, J., Gallagher, R. T., Martin, W. H. C., Bowen R.D., "Mass spectra of halogenostyrylbenzoxazoles" International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 2013, 345, 120 Rushingwa, E., Touray, H., Bowen R.D., Gallagher, R. T., Martin, W. H. C., "Novel nitrogen to carbon rearrangement forming nicotinic acid Sulphonamides" Tetrahedron Letters, 2013, 54, 4726 White, J. D.; Demnitz, F. W. J.; Xu, Q.; Martin, W. H. C., "Synthesis of an Advanced Intermediate for (+)-Pillaromycinone. Staunton?Weinreb Annulation Revisited" Org. Lett., 2008, 10, 2833 White, J. D.; Licoln, C. M.; Yang, J.; Martin, W. H. C.; Chan, D. B., "Total Synthesis of Solandelactones A, B, E, and F Exploiting a Tandem Petasis?Claisen Lactonization Strategy" J. Org. Chem., 2008, 73, 4139 White, J. D.; Martin, W. H. C.; Lincoln, C.; Yang, "Total Synthesis of Solandelactones E and F, Homoeicosanoids from the Hydroid Solanderia secunda," J. Org. Lett., 2007, 9, 3481 Clarke, P. A.; Santos, S.; Martin, W. H. C. "Combining Pot, Atom and Step Economy (PASE) in Organic Synthesis: Synthesis of Tetrahydropyrans" Green Chem., 2007, 9, 438 Martin, W. H. C.; Blechert, S. Curr., "The synthesis of biologically interesting molecules using olefin metathesis" Top. Med. Chem. 2005, 5, 1521 Clarke, P. A.; Martin, W. H. C.; Hargreaves, J. M.; Wilson, C.; Blake, A., "Revisiting the Maitland-Japp Reaction. The One Pot Multicomponent Construction of Highly Substituted Tetrahydropyran-4-ones." J. Org. Biomol. Chem., 2005, 3, 3551 Clarke, P. A.; Martin, W. H. C., "Exploiting the Maitland-Japp Reaction: A Synthesis of (±)-Centrolobine." Tetrahedron, 2005, 61, 5433 Clarke, P. A.; Martin, W. H. C.; Hargreaves, J. M.; Wilson, C.; Blake, A., "Revisiting the Maitland-Japp Reaction. Concise construction of highly functionalised tetrahydropyran-4-ones." J. Chem. Comm., 2005, 20, 1061 Clarke, P. A.; Martin, W. H. C., "An expedient synthesis of (±)-centrolobine." Tetrahedron Lett, 2004, 45, 9061 Clarke, P. A.; Martin, W. H. C., "Synthetic Methods Part (v): Protecting Groups." Annu. Rep. Prog. Chem., Sect. B, 2003, 99, 84 Clarke, P. A.; Martin, W. H. C. "Diastereoselective Synthesis of Highly Substituted Tetrahydropyran-4-ones." Org. Lett., 2002, 4, 4527