Dr Pawel Dydio | Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

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

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

18251

(doi: 10.1021/jacs.0c09254)

Effector responsive hydroformylation catalysis

S-T Bai, V Sinha, AM Kluwer, PR Linnebank, Z Abiri, P Dydio, M Lutz, B de Bruin, JNH Reek

Chem Sci

(2019)

10

7389

(doi: 10.1039/c9sc02558h)

Publisher Correction: Dual-catalytic transition metal systems for functionalization of unreactive sites of molecules

D Lichosyt, Y Zhang, K Hurej, P Dydio

Nature Catalysis

(2019)

2

175

(doi: 10.1038/s41929-019-0232-8)

Dual-catalytic transition metal systems for functionalization of unreactive sites of molecules

D Lichosyt, Y Zhang, K Hurej, P Dydio

Nature Catalysis

(2019)

2

114

(doi: 10.1038/s41929-018-0207-1)

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 (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)

(2018)

24

11683

(doi: 10.1002/chem.201801460)

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

302

(doi: 10.1021/acscentsci.6b00391)

Chemoselective, Enzymatic C-H Bond Amination Catalyzed by a Cytochrome P450 Containing an Ir(Me)-PIX Cofactor.

P Dydio, HM Key, H Hayashi, DS Clark, JF Hartwig

J Am Chem Soc

(2017)

139

1750

(doi: 10.1021/jacs.6b11410)

Diamidonaphthalenodipyrrole-derived fluorescent sensors for anions

J Jurczak, P Dydio, P Stepniak, T Zielinski

Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical

(2016)

237

621

(doi: 10.1016/j.snb.2016.06.142)

Azulene‐Based Macrocyclic Receptors for Recognition and Sensing of Phosphate Anions

D Lichosyt, P Dydio, J Jurczak

Chemistry - A European Journal

(2016)

22

17673

(doi: 10.1002/chem.201603555)

An artificial metalloenzyme with the kinetics of native enzymes

P Dydio, HM Key, A Nazarenko, JY-E Rha, V Seyedkazemi, DS Clark, JF Hartwig

Science

(2016)

354

102

(doi: 10.1126/science.aah4427)