University Assistant Professor
PhD Opportunities
We welcome motivated and creative candidates interested in joining the Dydio Lab to pursue a PhD starting in October 2026. For further information about available projects and application procedures, please contact pd552@cam.ac.uk.
Research
The Dydio group is researching new ways to improve the efficiency and capacity of organic synthesis.
Areas of interest include:
- Complex Networks of Reactions
- Mechanism-based design of new transformations
- Advancing key industrial processes driven by elucidating their mechanistic features
Watch Dr Dydio discuss his research
Publications
Dehomologative C-C Borylation of Aldehydes and Alcohols via a Rh-Catalyzed Dehydroformylation-Borylation Relay.
J Am Chem Soc
(2025)
147
16735
(doi: 10.1021/jacs.5c02181)
A Merger of Relay Catalysis with Dynamic Kinetic Resolution Enables Enantioselective β‐C(sp3)−H Arylation of Alcohols
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
(2024)
63
e202408418
(doi: 10.1002/anie.202408418)
Multi‐Stimuli‐Responsive Network of Multicatalytic Reactions using a Single Palladium/Platinum Catalyst
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
(2024)
63
e202404684
(doi: 10.1002/anie.202404684)
Multicatalysis enables turning plastic waste into chemical commodities
Trends in Chemistry
(2023)
5
249
(doi: 10.1016/j.trechm.2023.02.002)
Iodide-Assisted Pd Catalysis as an Attractive Alternative to Rh Catalysis for the Industrially Relevant Isoselective Hydroformylation of Simple Aliphatic Alkenes
Synlett
(2023)
34
1185
(doi: 10.1055/a-2012-4754)
Density Functional Theory Studies of the Catalyst Structure–Activity and Selectivity Relationships in Rh(I)-Catalyzed Transfer C–H Borylation of Alkenes
Organometallics
(2022)
41
1649
Recent Trends in Group 9 Catalyzed C-H Borylation Reactions: Different Strategies to Control Site-, Regio-, and Stereoselectivity
Synthesis Germany
(2022)
54
3482
(doi: 10.1055/a-1711-5889)
Palladium‐Catalyzed Hydroformylation of Alkenes and Alkynes
European Journal of Organic Chemistry
(2021)
2021
5985
(doi: 10.1002/ejoc.202101020)
Enantioselective α-Arylation of Primary Alcohols under Sequential One-Pot Catalysis.
Journal of Organic Chemistry
(2021)
86
9253
(doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c00983)
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