Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

Dr Pawel Dydio

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

Selective Isomerization-Hydroformylation Sequence: A Strategy to Valuable α-Methyl-Branched Aldehydes from Terminal Olefins
P Dydio, M Ploeger, JNH Reek
ACS Catalysis
(2013)
3
(doi: 10.1021/cs400872a)
Precise supramolecular control of selectivity in the Rh-catalyzed hydroformylation of terminal and internal alkenes
P Dydio, RJ Detz, JNH Reek
J Am Chem Soc
(2013)
135
(doi: 10.1021/ja4046235)
Supramolecular Control of Selectivity in Hydroformylation of Vinyl Arenes: Easy Access to Valuable β‐Aldehyde Intermediates
P Dydio, JNH Reek
Angewandte Chemie
(2013)
125
(doi: 10.1002/ange.201209582)
Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry in Chemical Catalysis
P Dydio, PR Breuil, JNH Reek
Israel Journal of Chemistry
(2013)
53
(doi: 10.1002/ijch.201200083)
Supramolecular control of selectivity in hydroformylation of vinyl arenes: Easy access to valuable β-aldehyde intermediates
P Dydio, JNH Reek
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl
(2013)
52
(doi: 10.1002/anie.201209582)
7,7′‐Diamino‐2,2′‐diindolylmethane: A Building Block for Highly Efficient and Selective Anion Receptors—Studies in Solution and in the Solid State
P Dydio, D Lichosyt, T Zieliński, J Jurczak
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
(2012)
18
(doi: 10.1002/chem.201201909)
"Cofactor"-Controlled Enantioselective Catalysis
P Dydio, C Rubay, T Gadzikwa, M Lutz, JNH Reek
J Am Chem Soc
(2011)
133
(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
(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
(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
(doi: 10.1002/ange.201005173)

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pd552@cam.ac.uk
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