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

Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry in Chemical Catalysis

P Dydio, PR Breuil, JNH Reek

Israel Journal of Chemistry

(2013)

53

61

(doi: 10.1002/ijch.201200083)

7,7′-Diamino-2,2′-diindolylmethane: A Building Block for Highly Efficient and Selective Anion ReceptorsuStudies in Solution and in the Solid State

P Dydio, D Lichosyt, T Zieliński, J Jurczak

Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)

(2012)

18

13686

(doi: 10.1002/chem.201201909)

"Cofactor"-controlled enantioselective catalysis.

P Dydio, C Rubay, T Gadzikwa, M Lutz, JNH Reek

Journal of the American Chemical Society

(2011)

133

17176

(doi: 10.1021/ja208589c)

Benzopyrrole derivatives as effective anion receptors in highly competitive solvents

J Jurczak, MJ Chmielewski, P Dydio, D Lichosyt, F Ulatowski, T Zieliński

Pure and Applied Chemistry

(2011)

83

1543

(doi: 10.1351/PAC-CON-10-11-11)

Amide- and urea-functionalized pyrroles and benzopyrroles as synthetic, neutral anion receptors.

P Dydio, D Lichosyt, J Jurczak

Chemical Society reviews

(2011)

40

2971

(doi: 10.1039/c1cs15006e)

Remote Supramolecular Control of Catalyst Selectivity in the Hydroformylation of Alkenes

P Dydio, WI Dzik, M Lutz, B de Bruin, JNH Reek

Angewandte Chemie

(2011)

123

416

(doi: 10.1002/ange.201005173)

Remote supramolecular control of catalyst selectivity in the hydroformylation of alkenes.

P Dydio, WI Dzik, M Lutz, B de Bruin, JNH Reek

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl

(2011)

50

396

(doi: 10.1002/anie.201005173)

7,7'-Diureido-2,2'-diindolylmethanes: anion receptors effective in a highly competitive solvent, methanol.

P Dydio, T Zieliński, J Jurczak

Organic letters

(2010)

12

1076

(doi: 10.1021/ol1000395)

Anion receptors based on 7,7′-diamido-2,2′-diindolylmethane

P Dydio, T Zieliński, J Jurczak

Chem Commun (Camb)

(2009)

4560

(doi: 10.1039/b907164d)

Bishydrazide derivatives of isoindoline as simple anion receptors.

P Dydio, T Zieliński, J Jurczak

The Journal of Organic Chemistry

(2009)

74

1525

(doi: 10.1021/jo802288u)