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
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)
Enantioselective C-C bond formation in complex multicatalytic systems
(2023)
73
211
(doi: 10.1016/bs.acat.2023.07.007)
The 55th Bürgenstock Conference under the Banner of Sustainability**
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
(2022)
61
e202214722
(doi: 10.1002/anie.202214722)
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
Transfer C–H borylation of alkenes under Rh(I) catalysis: Insight into the synthetic capacity, mechanism, and selectivity control
Chem Catalysis
(2022)
2
762
(doi: 10.1016/j.checat.2022.02.008)
Pawel Dydio Introducing ...
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
(2022)
61
e202203572
(doi: 10.1002/anie.202203572)
Isoselective Hydroformylation of Propylene by Iodide-Assisted Palladium Catalysis.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
(2022)
61
e202116406
(doi: 10.1002/anie.202116406)
Recent Trends in Group 9 Catalyzed C-H Borylation Reactions: Different Strategies to Control Site-, Regio-, and Stereoselectivity
Synthesis
(2022)
54
3482
(doi: 10.1055/a-1711-5889)
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