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

Palladium-Catalyzed Hydroformylation of Alkenes and Alkynes
Y Zhang, M Sigrist, P Dydio
European Journal of Organic Chemistry
(2021)
2021
Enantioselective α-Arylation of Primary Alcohols under Sequential One-Pot Catalysis.
B Lainer, D Lichosyt, M Aleksandrova, P Dydio
J Org Chem
(2021)
86
Multicatalytic Approach to One-Pot Stereoselective Synthesis of Secondary Benzylic Alcohols.
A Casnati, D Lichosyt, B Lainer, L Veth, P Dydio
Org Lett
(2021)
23
Challenges and Opportunities in Multicatalysis
S Martínez, L Veth, B Lainer, P Dydio
ACS Catalysis
(2021)
11
Binuclear Pd(I)–Pd(I) Catalysis Assisted by Iodide Ligands for Selective Hydroformylation of Alkenes and Alkynes
Y Zhang, S Torker, M Sigrist, N Bregović, P Dydio
Journal of the American Chemical Society
(2020)
142
Effector responsive hydroformylation catalysis
S-T Bai, V Sinha, AM Kluwer, PR Linnebank, Z Abiri, P Dydio, M Lutz, B de Bruin, JNH Reek
Chemical Science
(2019)
10
Dual-catalytic transition metal systems for functionalization of unreactive sites of molecules (vol 2, pg 114, 2019)
D Lichosyt, Y Zhang, K Hurej, P Dydio
Nature Catalysis
(2019)
2
Dual-catalytic transition metal systems for functionalization of unreactive sites of molecules
D Lichosyt, Y Zhang, K Hurej, P Dydio
Nature Catalysis
(2019)
2
The Influence of Binding Site Geometry on Anion-Binding Selectivity: A Case Study of Macrocyclic Receptors Built on the Azulene Skeleton.
D Lichosyt, S Wasiłek, P Dydio, J Jurczak
Chemistry - A European Journal
(2018)
24
Beyond Iron: Iridium-Containing P450 Enzymes for Selective Cyclopropanations of Structurally Diverse Alkenes
HM Key, P Dydio, Z Liu, JY-E Rha, A Nazarenko, V Seyedkazemi, DS Clark, JF Hartwig
ACS Central Science
(2017)
3

Research Group

Research Interest Group

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01223 336403

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