Mechanism behind the direct amide formation from non-activated carboxylic acids and amines. ContactEmail:r.o'dea-1@sms.ed.ac.ukPersonalRoisin received her BSc in Chemistry of Pharmaceutical Compounds from University College Cork in 2022. During this time, she carried out research in the Maguire group, focusing on optimising the enantioselectivity of the intramolecular aromatic addition of alpha-diazo-beta-ketonitriles. She also gained experience working in the Research and Development laboratory while on work placement in Thermo Fischer Scientific. She joined the Lloyd-Jones group in September 2022. In her free time, Roisin can be found spending time in the outdoors and loves running, playing hockey and sea swimming! She also enjoys going out for food with family and friends. Prizes and Awards01/2025Runner Up Poster Prize 6th Annual Reaction Monitoring Symposium (Bath, UK)06/2024Best Poster Prize Joseph Black Conference (Edinburgh, UK)09/2023Best Poster Prize 19th European Symposium on Organic Reactivity (Amsterdam, Netherlands) and featured online by the University of Edinburgh07/2023RSC Researcher Development and Travel Grant 19th European Symposium on Organic Reactivity (Amsterdam, Netherlands) This article was published on 2025-04-17
