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
Remote supramolecular control of catalyst selectivity in the hydroformylation of alkenes.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
(2011)
50
396
(doi: 10.1002/anie.201005173)
7,7'-Diureido-2,2'-diindolylmethanes: anion receptors effective in a highly competitive solvent, methanol.
Organic letters
(2010)
12
1076
(doi: 10.1021/ol1000395)
Anion receptors based on 7,7′-diamido-2,2′-diindolylmethane
Chemical Communications
(2009)
4560
(doi: 10.1039/b907164d)
Bishydrazide derivatives of isoindoline as simple anion receptors
The Journal of Organic Chemistry
(2009)
74
1525
(doi: 10.1021/jo802288u)
Synthesis, structure and the binding properties of the amide-based anion receptors derived from 1H-indole-7-amine
Tetrahedron
(2008)
64
568
(doi: 10.1016/j.tet.2007.11.012)
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