Steve Stanforth is Professor of Organic Chemistry in the Department of Applied Sciences. He studied for his undergraduate degree at the University of Sheffield and thereafter continued studying at Sheffield for his PhD degree with Professor David Ollis, FRS. After a further year at Sheffield as a post-doctoral researcher, he was awarded a European Exchange Scholarship and moved to the CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France to work with Professor Sir Derek Barton, FRS. He then took up a lectureship at Northumbria University

The Synthesis of some Novel 1,2-Dihydroisoquinoline Derivatives, Lai Chun Wong, R. W. Harrington and S. P. Stanforth, Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, in press. A convenient synthesis of highly substituted imidazole derivatives, L. Chun Wong, A. Gehre, S. P. Stanforth and B. Tarbit, Synth. Commun., 2013, 43, 80-84. In vitro activity of S-(3,4-dichlorobenzyl)isothiourea hydrochloride and novel structurally related compounds against multi-drug resistant bacteria including Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Burkholderia cepacia complex, A. Nicholson, J. D. Perry, A. L. James, S. P. Stanforth, S. Carnell, K. Wilkinson, C. M. A. Khan, A. De Soyza, F. K. Gould, International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 2012, 39, 27-32. The unexpected conversion of a thiophene ring into a pyrrole ring via a putative nitrene intermediate, R. W. Harrington and S. P. Stanforth, Tetrahedron Lett., 2012, 53, 2111-2113. Synthesis and electro-polymerisation of a novel heteropentalene mesomeric betaine: preparation of a novel low band-gap conjugated polymer, S. Elmasly, A. Gehre, P. J. Skabara, S. P. Stanforth and F. Vilela, Tetrahedron Lett., 2011, 52, 526-529. 2-Arylbenzothiazole, benzoxazole and benzimidazole derivatives as fluorogenic substrates for the detection of nitroreductase and aminopeptidase activity in clinically important bacteria, M. Cellier, O. J. Fabrega, E. Fazackerley, A. L. James, S. Orenga, J. D. Perry, V. L. Salwatura and S. P. Stanforth, Bioorg. Med. Chem., 2011, 19, 2903-2910.