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

J Am Chem Soc

(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

Chemical science

(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 - A European Journal

(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 (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)

(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)