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

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Publications

Iodide-Assisted Pd Catalysis as an Attractive Alternative to Rh Catalysis for the Industrially Relevant Isoselective Hydroformylation of Simple Aliphatic Alkenes
P Dydio, Y Zhang, M Sigrist, S Martínez, J Bojanowski, C Antheaume, JM Granda
Synlett
(2023)
34
Enantioselective C-C bond formation in complex multicatalytic systems
L Veth, P Dydio
(2023)
73
The 55th Bürgenstock Conference under the Banner of Sustainability**
A Nowak-Król, P Dydio
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
(2022)
61
Shapeshifting xantphos
L Veth, P Dydio
Nature chemistry
(2022)
14
Density Functional Theory Studies of the Catalyst Structure-Activity and Selectivity Relationships in Rh(I)-Catalyzed Transfer C-H Borylation of Alkenes
S Martínez, P Dydio
Organometallics
(2022)
41
Transfer C–H borylation of alkenes under Rh(I) catalysis: Insight into the synthetic capacity, mechanism, and selectivity control
L Veth, HA Grab, S Martínez, C Antheaume, P Dydio
Chem Catalysis
(2022)
2
Pawel Dydio Introducing ...
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
(2022)
61
Isoselective Hydroformylation of Propylene by Iodide-Assisted Palladium Catalysis.
M Sigrist, Y Zhang, C Antheaume, P Dydio
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
(2022)
61
Recent Trends in Group 9 Catalyzed C-H Borylation Reactions: Different Strategies to Control Site-, Regio-, and Stereoselectivity
L Veth, HA Grab, P Dydio
Synthesis
(2022)
54
Teaching natural enzymes new radical tricks.
Y Zhang, P Dydio
Science
(2021)
374

Research Group

Research Interest Group

Telephone number

01223 336403

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