A full list of all invited lectures. 288. The Bristol Myers Squibb Lecture, Scripps, USA, 2025287. Invited Lecture, Genentech, USA, 2025286. Keynote Lecture, Organic Reactions and Processes Gordon Research Seminar, USA, 2025285. The AstraZeneca Lecture, Bristol Synthesis Meeting, Bristol, UK, 2025284. Invited Lecture, RSC/SCI Process Chemistry Technology Group, Macclesfield, UK, 2025; “Probing Mechanisms by NMR"283. Plenary Lecture, Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Barcelona, Spain, 2025’ "Kinetics, Mechanism, and in situ NMR Spectroscopy"282. Invited Lecture, University of Nantes, France, 2024; "Mechanisms, molecules, and magnets; a journey in in situ reaction monitoring"281. Invited Lecture, Robert A. Welch Foundation, “Frontiers in Molecular Catalysis”; Huston, USA, 2024; cancelled280. Plenary Lecture, 26th IUPAC International Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry, Beijing, 2024; "Kinetics, Mechanism and In Situ NMR Spectroscopy"279. Kharasch Lecture 3, University of Chicago, USA, 2024; "Reagent Provocateur”278. Kharasch Lecture 2, University of Chicago, USA, 2024; “Finger on the Pulse”277. Kharasch Lecture 1, University of Chicago, USA, 2024; “Cats and Dogma”276. Wawzonek Lecture, University of Iowa, USA, April 2024; “Mechanisms, Molecules, Magnets” 275. Invited Lecture, Catalysis Hub, University of York, June 2023; Adventures in Plumbing, Heating, and Lighting 274. Award Lecture, Cope Symposium, ACS Fall Meeting, Chicago, August 2022; Kinetics, Speciation, and Dysfunction at the Carbanion-Ate Interface 273. Masterclass in Organic Synthesis, Seoul National University, Korea, May 2022; Using In Situ NMR to find out how Reactions Work - and Fail 272. Invited Lecture, Gordon Research Conference on Stereochemistry, USA, 2022; cancelled 271. Invited Lecture, QMUL, London, UK, 2022; cancelled 270. Invited Lecture, Distinguished Speaker; ESOR 2021, Amsterdam online; Captivated by Rings and Chains 269. Invited Lecture, 37th SCI Process Development Symposium, Cambridge, UK, 2021; online meeting; Probing reagent / catalyst (dis)function 268. Invited Lecture, RSC Molecular Spectroscopy Group, UK, 2021; online meeting; Journeys by Tube: Mind the Gap ! 267. Invited Lecture, European Congress on Magnetic Resonance, Bilbao, Spain, 2020; cancelled due to COVID 266. Invited Lecture, Laboratoire Hétérochimie Fondamentale et Appliquée, Toulouse, France, 2020; cancelled due to COVID 265. Invited Lecture, SCI Celebration of Organic Synthesis Symposium, Nottingham, 2020; cancelled due to COVID 264. Invited Lecture, 11th SFB858 Symposium, Münster, Germany, 2020; cancelled due to COVID 263. Invited Lecture, Bristol Synthesis Meeting, UK, 2020; cancelled due to COVID 262. Invited Lecture, Sheffield Stereochemistry Meeting, UK, 2020; Chasing the fleeting and the capricious 261. Stratingh Lecture, University of Groningen, Netherlands, 2020; Chasing fleeting intermediates in capricious reactions 258. Invited Lecture, iPRD “Challenges in chemical and physical analysis for process development” meeting, Leeds, 2019; Results flowing: in situ reaction monitoring at Edinburgh 260. Keynote Lecture, SCI 26th Annual Review Meeting, London, UK, 2019; Deconvoluting Kinetic Conundra 257. Plenary Lecture, NMR DG PG Meeting, York, UK, 2019; Cats and Dogma 256. Invited Lecture, GSK, UK, 2019; Mechanistic Investigation by in situ IR and NMR 259. Headline speaker; Physical Insights into Mechanistic Processes in Organometallic Chemistry: Faraday Discussion, York, 2019; Initiation Kinetics 254. Pedler Award Lecture, University of Birmingham, 2019; Mechanistic Interrogation by in situ IR/NMR. 253. Pedler Award Lecture, University of Nottingham on Trent, 2019; Mechanistic Interrogation by in situ IR/NMR. 255. Invited Lecture, ETH, Switzerland, 2019; Mechanistic Studies of Organosilicon Reagents 252. Pedler Award Lecture, RSC Regional Meeting, Cardiff, 2019; Mechanistic Interrogation by in situ IR/NMR. 251. GDCh Lecture, Mainz, Germany, 2018; Reactions involving silicon species: Mechanistic Interrogation by in situ IR/NMR. 250. Invited Lecture, 10th Asian-European Symposium on Metal-Mediated Efficient Organic Synthesis, Taiwan, 2018; Reactions involving silicon species: Mechanistic Interrogation by in situ IR/NMR. 246. Plenary Lecture, International Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry (ICPOC), Algarve, Portugal, 2018, Exploring Catalytic Cycles: Don't be Inhibited. 245. Invited Lecture, Evotec, Abingdon, 2018, An in situ Journey from Reactants to (side)products. 244. Invited Lecture, University of Bath, 2018, An in situ Journey from Reactants to (side)products. 243. MPI Muelheim "KOFO" Student-Invited Lecturship, 2018, An in situ Journey from Reactants to (side)products. 242. Resolve Lecture, Bochum, Germany, 2018, An in situ Journey from Reactants to (side)products. 241. JSPS Invitational Fellowship lecture: University of Kyoto (Uji Campus), 2018, An in situ Journey from Reactants to (side)products. 240. JSPS Invitational Fellowship lecture: University of Kyoto (Katsura Capus), 2018, An in situ Journey from Reactants to (side)products. 239. JSPS Invitational Fellowship lecture: University of Chubu, 2018, An in situ Journey from Reactants to (side)products. 238. JSPS Invitational Fellowship lecture: University of Okazaki, 2018, An in situ Journey from Reactants to (side)products. 237. JSPS Invitational Fellowship lecture: University of Tokyo (Chemistry Dept), 2018, An in situ Journey from Reactants to (side)products. 236. JSPS Invitational Fellowship lecture: University of Tokyo (Science Dept), 2018, An in situ Journey from Reactants to (side)products. 234. Plenary Lecture, Heterocyclic and Synthesis Group, London, 2018, An in situ Journey from Reactants to (side)products. 248. Plenary Lecture, ORCHEM, Berlin, Germany, 2018; Complex Simplicity: Activation and Propagation in Catalysis. 233. GDCh Lecture, Bayer, Germany, 2017, An in situ Journey from Reactants to (side)products. 230. Invited Lecture, Novartis, Switzerland, 2017, An in situ Journey from Reactants to (side)products. 229. Invited Lecture, Reaction Monitoring Symposium, Bath University, UK, 2017, An in situ Journey from Reactants to (side)products. 247. Plenary Lecture, BOSS symposium, Belgium, 2018, Going Around in Circles. 224. Invited Lecture, Darmstadt University, Germany, 2017. NMR studies of Organic Reactions and Processes 249. The Nankai Lecture in Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, China, 2018; Reactions involving silicon species: Mechanistic Interrogation by in situ IR/NMR. 228. The Merck Lecture, Boston College, USA, 2017. In situ analysis of R-Si and R-B reagents: the journey from reactants to (side)products 231. Invited Lecture, University of Vienna, 2017, Peeling the Onion. 232. The Vilsmeier Lecture, Regensburg, 2017, An in situ Journey from Reactants to (side)products. 235. Plenary lecture, Visions in Chemistry (Torkil Holm) Symposium, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2018. 226. Plenary lecture, European Symposium on Organic Reactivity (ESOR), Durham, UK, 2017. Kinetics and Mechanisms of Reagent Release and Destruction 225. The Page Lecture, Huddersfield, 2017. So, how much has changed in 32 years ? 223. Plenary lecture, OMCOS 19, Jeju, Korea, 2017. Mechanism & Methodology in Catalytic and Stoichiometric Processes 227. Invited Lecture, St Andrews, 2017. Postponed 222. Invited Lecture, University of York, 2017. Results not flowing: IR and NMR studies of Si and B reagents 221. Invited Lecture, Manchester, 2017. New techniques for reaction development and analysis in situ 220. Invited lecture, Quantitative NMR Methods for Reaction and Process Monitoring Symposium, Kaiserslautern, Germany, 2017.Reaction Exploration in a standard High-Field NMR Spectrometer: Time and Sample-efficiency, 219. Invited lecture, SciUp Winter Process Chemistry Conference, Glasgow, 2016.Mechanisms of Release, Decomposition, and Coupling of Boronic Acids and Organosilane Reagents 218. Invited lecture, Bruker User Meeting, UK, 2016.Reaction Monitoring by NMR – Fast 217. Plenary lecture, RSC NSFC Joint Symposium, London 2016.Snakes and Ladders on the Pathway to Mechanism 216. Invited Lecture, University of Sussex, 2016.Snakes and Ladders on the Pathway to Mechanism 215. Plenary lecture, Advances in Organic Chemistry, Smolenice, Slovakia 2016.Snakes and Ladders on the Pathway to Mechanism 214. Invited Lecture, Organometallics GRC, USA, 2016Mechanisms of Release, Decomposition, and Coupling of R-B and R-Si Reagents 213. Invited Lecture, BORAM XV, Kingston, Canada, 2016Heteroaromatic Boronic Acids in Aqueous-Organic Media 212. Invited Lecture, UCD, Dublin, Ireland, 2016slow, slow, quick, quick, slow - choreographing reagents in catalysis 211. Invited Lecture, Eli Lilly, Windlesham, UK, 2016slow, slow, quick, quick, slow - choreographing reagents in catalysis 210. Invited Lecture, Simon Fraser University, Canada, 20162B or not 2B, and other mix-ups 209. The Aldrich Lecture, UBC, Canada, 20162B or not 2B, and other mix-ups 208. Invited Lecture, University of Victoria, Canada, 20162B or not 2B, and other mix-ups 207. Invited Lecture, RSC NMR group, York, UK, 20162B or not 2B, and other mix-ups 206. Invited Lectures, Catalysis Winter School, Heidelberg, Germany, 2016"2B or not 2B, and other mix-ups" and “Snakes and Ladders on the Pathway to Mechanism” 205. Invited Lecture, Imperial College, London, UK, 2016Cross-coupling reagents: understanding and controlling desired and undesired pathways 204. Invited Lecture, Bayer, Frankfurt, Germany, 2016Mechanistic Studies of Reagents in Cross-Coupling Reactions 203. Invited Lecture, Chemical Society, Cambridge University, UK, 2016Snakes and Ladders on the Pathway to Mechanism 202. Invited Lecture, Pfaltz Retirement Symposium, Basel, Switzerland, 2015The Storage and Delivery of Reagents in Catalysis 201. Keynote Lecture, UEA Research Day, UK, 2015In situ interrogation of reagents by NMR 200. Invited Lecture, Small Molecule NMR Conference, Italy, 2015 The Stability and Delivery of Reagents in Catalysis 199. Plenary Lecture, ESOC, Lisbon, Portugal, 2015 Reagents in Catalysis: Mechanism, Design and Control 198. The Bristol Myers Squibb Lecture, Harvard University, 2015B and Si Reagents: Reservoirs, Delivery, and Coupling 197. The Andrew Derome Lectures, Oxford University, 2015 What goes around, Comes Around 196. The Andrew Derome Lectures, Oxford University, 2015 Reagent Provocateur 195. Invited lecture, Gordon Research Conference on Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms, USA, March 2015 Reagent Provocateur 194. RSC Tilden Prize Lecture, University of Belfast, UK, February, 2015Reagent Provocateur: The Control and Release of Reagents to Catalysis 193. RSC Tilden Prize Lecture, Leeds University, UK, February, 2015 Fast or Slow? the delivery of reagents to catalysis 192. Invited Lecture, Dundee University, Scotland, February, 2015 Fast or Slow? the delivery of reagents to catalysis 191. Invited Lecture, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland, February, 2015 Fast or Slow ? the delivery of reagents to catalysis 190. Plenary Lecture, New Year Symposium, Aachen, Germany, January 2015 The delivery of reagents to catalysis - when Slower can Sometimes be Better 189. Plenary Lecture, 13th CSCB Symposium, UCD, Dublin, Ireland, December 2014 Fast or Slow? the delivery of reagents to catalysis 188. Inaugural Lecture, Forbes Chair, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, November, 2014 From World Peas to (Re)agent Provocateur 187. Invited Lecture, "Challenges in Catalysis for Pharmaceuticals and Fine Chemicals" (RSC Applied Catalysis group and SCI Fine chemical group), London, November 2014What Goes Around, Comes Around - or Does it?186. Plenary Lecture at GEQO XXXII conference, University Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain, September 2014 Getting undressed for a reaction185. Plenary Lecture, Gregynog Synthesis Society, Wales, September 2014Topics that got under my skin184. Keynote Lecture, International Symposium on Homogeneous Catalysis, Ottawa, Canada, July 2014 Chemical Striptease183. RSC Ingold Lecture, University of Durham, Feb 2014Cats and Dogma182. The Frost lecture, Queens University, Canada, Jan 2014Cats and Dogma181. Plenary lecture, Regiosymposium, France, Sept 2013Cats and Dogma, and A Catalysis Conundrum180. Invited lecture, Gordon Research Conference on "Organic Reactions and Processes", USA, July 2013The Odd Couple179. Invited lecture, Muenster University, Visiting Professorship (SFB 858), Germany, June 2013Spectators and Participants: Catalysis and Development178. Invited lecture, Modern Synthetic Methods, Edinburgh, May 2013.The Odd Couple177. Plenary lecture, Twelfth Latin-American Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry (CLAFQO 12), Brazil, April 2013The Odd Couple176. Invited lecture, University of Geneva, Switzerland, March 2013Cats and Dogma175. Invited lecture, Syngenta, Switzerland, March 2013Cats and Dogma174. Invited lecture, University of Liverpool, UK, February 2013Cats and Dogma173. The Novartis Lecture, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA, February 2013Cats and Dogma172. Invited lecture, University of Huddersfield, UK, December 2013,Cats and Dogma171. Invited lecture, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, December 2012Catalysis: under the surface and in the background170. Plenary lecture, One Day Meeting on Organic Chemistry, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain, October 2012Curiosity and the cat169. Invited lecture, SCI Fine Chemicals Group Biennial conference, "A Celebration of Organic Synthesis", Alderley Park, September 2012Cats and Dogma168. Plenary Lecture, 'Advances in Organic Chemistry' / 30th Conference of Slovak and Czech organic chemists, Slovakia, September 2012167. Invited lecture, Special Symposium on International Organic Chemistry, National ACS Meeting, Philadelphia, USA, August 2012166. Invited lecture, Gordon Research Conference on Heterocyclic Chemistry, USA, July 2012Amides and Esters165. Keynote lecture, University of Strathclyde, Organic Symposium, June 2012Cats and Dogma164. Invited lecture, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain, June 2012Did Curiosity Kill the Cat ?163. The Clayton H. Heathcock Lecture, UC Berkeley, CA, USA, April 2012Mechanism and Development of some C-X Bond-forming Processes: did Curiosity Kill the Cat?162. Merck & Co, Rahway, NJ, USA, April 2012Cats and Dogma161. Invited Lecture; Hon Wai Lam RSC Hickinbottom Award Symposium, March 2012Did Curiosity Kill the Cat?160. Keynote Lecture, AMRI Chemical Development Symposium, NY, USA, Oct 2011Cats and Dogma159. Boheringer-Ingelheim, Connecticut, USA, October 2011Catalysis, Spectators and Participants158. Prof. Dr. Hans de Vries 60th Anniversary Symposium, Maastricht, Netherlands, August 2011Let's Twist Again157. University College Dublin, Eire, July 2011C-C Coupling Mechanisms: Palladium Catalysts and their Conspirators156. Bath University, June 2011Catalysis, Spectators & Participants155. Birmingham University, May 2011Catalysis, Spectators & Participants154. 'Chiral Europe 2011', Edinburgh, May 2011Catalysis: Subtle Changes and Profound Effects153. University of York, April 2011Catalysis, Spectators & Participants152. The Novartis Chemical Sciences Lectureship, Princeton University, NJ, USA, April 2011Studies in Catalysis: Distinguishing the Participants and the Spectators151. University of Manchester, March 2011Studies in Catalysis150. Award Lecture at SCI Process Chemistry Conference, Cambridge, December 2010Reaction Scuba and Chemical Striptease149. AstraZeneca, Avlon Celebration meeting, October 2010Mechanism & Catalysis: where ignorance is bliss, is it folly to be wise?148. Invited lecture at The 3rd European Chemical Congress, Nuremberg, Germany, August 2010Mechanism and Analysis of Pd-catalyzed C-X Bond-forming Reactions147. Imperial College London, London, UK, 2010Pd-catalysis: mechanism and methodology146. University of York, March 2010Pd-catalysis: mechanism and methodology145. University College London, London, UK, March 2010Pd-catalysis: mechanism and methodology144. Invited Lecture at The 2nd New Year's Symposium, RWTH Aachen, Germany, January 2010Pd-catalysed C-X bond formation: mechanism and development143. Plenary Lecture, at "Prof. M. I. Page 65th Birthday Symposium", RSC Organic Reaction Mechanisms Group, Huddersfield, UK, December 2009Going around in circles142. Plenary Lecture at the Tenth Latin-American Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry (CLAFQO 10), Florianopolis, Brazil, October 2009Cancelled due to illness141. Plenary Lecture, at "Problem Solving in Synthesis and Process", RSC, London, UK, September 2009Physical Organic Chemistry in Transition Metals Catalysis: Towards Informed Development and Applications140. Invited lecture at the 12th European Symposium on Organic Reactivity (ESOR XII), Haifa, Israel, September 2009Mechanistic Aspects of Pd-Catalyzed C-X bond-forming Reactions139. Invited lecture at Faraday Discussion 145, Frontiers in Physical Organic Chemistry, Cardiff, UK, September 2009Interrogation of a Dynamic Multi-catalyst Ensemble in Asymmetric Catalysis138. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, June 2009Palladium catalysis: Mechanism and methodology137. Invited lecture at "Isotopes 2009", Romania, May 2009Cancelled136. Newcastle University, UK, May 2009Wheels within Wheels: Catalysing Catalysis135. Johnson&Johnson, Belgium, May 2009One in a Million: Mechanism of Asymmetric Induction by the Trost Modular Ligand134. University College Cork, Eire, March 2009One in a Million: Asymmetric Allylation by a Multi-catalyst Ensemble133. RSC Huddersfield Section, University of Huddersfield, UK, March 2009Cancelled132. Bristol Myers Squibb Lecture in Organic Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA, February 2009One in a Million: Asymmetric Allylation by a Multi-catalyst Ensemble131. Half-Day Symposium, Glasgow University, UK, January 2009Pd-catalysed C-X Bond-breaking and Bond-making Reactions: Mechanism and Development130. Vertex Pharmaceuticals, UK, January 2009Engaging Subcycles in Catalysis: Simple Additives to Increase Rate and Selectivity129. Liebniz University, Hannover, Germany, January 2009Engaging and Disengaging Catalytic Subcycles128. Invited lecture UK/Japan Joint Symposium on Asymmetic Catalysis, Kyoto, Japan, December 2008Mode of Asymmetric Induction by the Trost Modular Ligand127. University of Rochester, USA, November 2008Pd-catalysed allylation: Simple, subtle and complex126. University of Toronto, Canada, November 2008Engaging and Disengaging Catalytic Subcycles125. State University of New York at Buffalo, USA, November 2008Pd-catalysed allylation - a well-understood reaction?124. University of Sussex, UK, November 2008Engaging and Disengaging Catalytic Subcycles123. University of Bristol Gordon Stone Symposium, October 2008Engaging and Disengaging Catalytic Subcycles122. University of Zurich, Switzerland, October 2008Engaging and Disengaging Catalytic Subcycles121. Invited lecture at the 2008 Meeting of the International Isotope Society UK Group, Cambridge, October 2008Aryl-O to Aryl-S Rearrangements: Isotopic Labelling, Mechanism, Side-reactions and Application120. University of Reading, UK, October 2008Engaging and Disengaging Catalytic Subcycles119. University of Cambridge, UK, May 2008Deconvoluting the Mechanism of Palladium Catalysed Addition and Isomerisation Reactions118. University of Basel, Switzerland, Prof Dr A. Pfaltz 60th Birthday Symposium, May 2008Allylation Revisited117. Chemistry Research Laboratory, Oxford University, UK, November 2007Deconvoluting the Mechanism of Pd-Catalysed Addition and Isomerisation Reactions116. University of St. Andrews, UK, November 2007Deconvoluting the Mechanism of Pd-Catalysed Addition Reactions115. AstraZeneca, Alderley Park ChemSoc, October 2007Can Ligand Efficiency in Transition Metal Catalysis be Predicted?114. Invited Lecture: Isotopes 2007 Conference, Benicasim, Castellón, Spain, May 2007Plenary lecture: Synthesis and Deployment of 2H and 13C Labelled Probes in the Study of Pd-catalysed Reactions113. Göteborg University, Sweden, May 2007Designer Labels: Some recent studies in the mechanism of metal-mediated reactions112. Plenary Lecture, Cost D40 Launch symposium, UCD, Dublin, Eire, May 2007LFER Analysis of Transition Metal Catalysed Reactions111. University of Muenster, Germany, April 2007Mechanism-Informed Design of New Catalyst Systems110. University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, Feb 2007What Goes Around, Comes Around109. University of Durham, UK, January 2007Investigating the Mechanism of Transition Metal Catalysed Organic Reactions108. Cardiff University, UK, December 2006 What Goes Around, Comes Around107. AstraZeneca External Science Symposium , Södertälje, Sweden, November 2006Towards Predictive Transition Metal Catalysis106. Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (Invited Lecturer Series), Institute of Organic chemistry and Biochemistry, Prague, October 2006Studies of the Mechanism of Metal-Mediated Reactions: Using Labels to Define What Goes Where and When105. Invited Lecture: International Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry (ICOMC), Zaragoza, Spain, July 2006Indium-mediated Cyclopropanation: Mechanism and Modification104. Invited Lecture: The XXVIII Finnish NMR Symposium, Kuopio, Finland, June 2006Physical-Organic Studies Employing Scalar, Quadrupolar And Through-Space Heteronuclear NMR Coupling103. Invited Lecture: The IX Spring Meeting of Synthetic Chemistry, Kuopio, Finland, June 2006Indium-Mediated Cyclopropanation: Mechanism and Modification102. Guest Lecturer at ANORCQ VIII, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, UK, April 2006Mechanistic Investigation of Catalysed Processes Involving Carbenes and their Metal Complexes101. "Isotopes in Biological and Chemical Sciences", Gordon Research Conference, Ventura, California, USA, February 2006Isotopic Desymmetrisation in the Study of Organometallic Reactions100. Main Lecturer, Half day Symposium, University of Leeds, UK, February 2006Investigating the Mechanism of Ruthenium Catalysed Enyne Metathesis99. Department of Process Research, Merck Sharp and Dohme, Hoddesdon, UK, January 2006Ru-Catalysed Enyne Metathesis: Elucidating Mechanisms for Inhibition and Acceleration98. Singapore National Institute of Chemistry and the National University of Singapore, UK-Singapore Physical-Organic Chemistry Symposium, Singapore, January 2006Catalysing Catalysis97. ICIQ, Tarragona, Spain, September 2005Mechanistic studies of an 'organometallic' reaction96. Stereocat 2005, Plenary Lecture, Barcelona, September 2005Investigating the Mechanism of the Ru-catalysed Enyne Ring-Closing Metathesis Reaction95. "Organic Reactions and Processes", Gordon Research Conference, Rhode Island, USA, July-August 2005Investigating some Stoichiometric Organometallic Side Reactions emerging from Catalytic Organometallic Processes94. Pre-OMCOS 13, Paris, July 2005Exploring Organometallic Processes Emerging from Side Reactions: from Catalytic to Stoichiometric and Back Again93. "Physical Organic Chemistry", Gordon Research Conference, Plymouth, New Hamsphire, USA, June-July 2005Investigating the Mechanism of Ruthenium Catalysed Enyne Ring-Closing Metathesis92. RSC Organic Division Meeting, Corday-Morgan Award Lecture, Belfast, UK, May 2005Shaken not Stirred: Investigating the Anionic thia-Fries Rearrangement91. ESF/EUCHEM Conference, Bürgenstock, Switzerland, April 2005Reducing Degeneracy by adding Neutrons: Isotopic Desymmetrisation in the Study of Metal Mediated Processes90. AstraZeneca PR&D, Macclesfield, April 2005Metal Mediated Rearrangements: Mechanism and Methodology Development89. SFC / French Academy of Sciences / RSC, Corday-Morgan Award Lecture, Maison de la Chimie, Paris, February 2005Marquage Isotopique dans l'Étude de la Stéréochimie des Réactions Organométalliques88. The 5th International Symposium on Transition Metals in Organic Synthesis, Invited Lecturer, Glasgow, September 2004Stereochemical Studies of some Pd-catalysed reactions87. The 21st Century Centre of Excellence, Kyoto University Alliance for Chemistry, Invited Researcher:Faculty of Engineering, Katsura Campus, Japan, March 2004On the Yne-then-Ene versus Ene-then-Yne mechanisms for Ru-catalysed Enyne metathesis86. The 21st Century Centre of Excellence, Kyoto University Alliance for Chemistry, Invited Researcher:Faculty of Science, Main Campus, Japan, March 2004Stereochemical Aspects of some Organometallic Reactions85. The 21st Century Centre of Excellence, Kyoto University Alliance for Chemistry, Invited Researcher:Institute for Chemical Research, Uji Campus, Japan, March 2004On the Yne-then-Ene versus Ene-then-Yne mechanisms for Ru-catalysed Enyne metathesis84. Imperial College (Catalysis and Advanced Materials Section), London, February 2004Stereochemical Aspects of some Organometallic Reactions83. RSC Organic Reaction Mechanisms Group, Winter Meeting, York, January 2004Stereochemical Aspects of some Organometallic Reactions82. Boehringer-Ingelheim, Connecticut, USA, December 2003Stereochemical Aspects of some Organometallic Reactions81. DSM, Grenville, USA, December 2003 (cancelled due to closure of site)Stereochemical Aspects of some Organometallic Reactions80. Duke University, North Carolina, USA, December 2003Stereochemical Aspects of some Organometallic Reactions79. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA, December 2003Stereochemical Aspects of some Organometallic Reactions78. AstraZeneca Academic Awards symposium, Sir James Black Center, Alderley Park, UK, November 2003Stereochemical Aspects of some Organometallic Reactions77. ESOC 13 (European Symposia on Organic Chemistry), Plenary lecturer, Croatia, September 2003Hydrogen Bonding in the First Generation Proton Sponges76. OMCOS 12 (IUPAC), invited lecturer, Toronto, Canada, July 2003Coordination of the Trost Ligand to Palladium Allyl Fragments75. Celltech, Cambridge UK, July 2003Counter-ions, Resolutions and Racemates74. Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Munich, (Liebig Lectureship) Germany, June 2003Memory and Amnesia in Asymmetric Allylations73. RWTH Aachen, (Liebig Lectureship) Germany, June 2003Memory and Amnesia in Asymmetric Allylations72. Universität Köln, (Liebig Lectureship) Germany, June 2003Memory and Amnesia in Asymmetric Allylations71. Max Planck Institut, Mülheim, (Liebig Lectureship) Germany, June 2003Memory and Amnesia in Asymmetric Allylations70. Georg-August Universität, Göttingen, (Liebig Lectureship) Germany, June 2003Memory and Amnesia in Asymmetric Allylations69. CHIRAL Europe 2003, London, UK, May 2003Mechanistic aspects of Asymmetric Pd-catalysed Processes68. RSC Pedler and Ingold Symposium, London, UK, May 2003Transition Metal Catalysed Diene and Enyne Cycloisomerisations67. University of Heidelberg, February 2003Structural and kinetic aspects of selectivity in catalysis66. École Polytechnique, Paris, February 2003Structural and kinetic aspects of selectivity in catalysis65. University of Paris VI (Pierre et Marie Curie), February 2003Structural and kinetic aspects of selectivity in catalysis64. AstraZeneca Charnwood, February 2003Structural and kinetic aspects of selectivity in catalysis63. Sigma-Aldrich Half day Symposium on Organic Synthesis, Edinburgh University, January 2003Stereochemical Aspects of Molybdenum Catalysed Allylation62. Wilson Baker Symposium, University of Bristol, UK, November 2002Two products from the 1960's61. AstraZeneca - Loughborough meeting, UK, October 2002Structural and Kinetic Aspects of Selectivity in Homogeneous Catalysis60. RSC Heterocyclic meeting, Syngenta, Jeallotts Hill Research centre, UK, September 2002Organometallic Heterocycles as Pro-catalysts and Intermediates in Molecular Reorganisation59. COST D24 symposium, UCD, Dublin, September 2002Racemates: Resolutions and Asymmetric Induction58. DSM Fine Chemicals (Catalysis Division), Geleen, Netherlands, June 2002Counterions in Palladium Catalysis: Spectators and Participants57. University of Aachen, Germany, June 2002Counterions in Palladium Catalysis: Spectators and Participants56. Bristol-Meyers-Squibb, Connecticut, USA, June 2002Counterions in Catalysis: Spectators and Participants55. Merck, New Jersey, USA, June 2002Counterions in Catalysis: Spectators and Participants54. University of Liverpool, UK, May 2002Counterions in Catalysis: Spectators and Participants53. GlaxoSmithKline, UK, May 2002Counterions in Catalysis: Spectators and Participants52. University of Fribourg, Switzerland, April 2002Palladium catalysis with a Pinch of Salt51. University of Geneva, Switzerland, April 2002Palladium catalysis with a Pinch of Salt50. University College, London, October 2001Palladium catalysis: isomerisations, resolutions and racemates49. AstraZeneca, Avonmouth, UK, July 2001Palladium Catalysis with a pinch of salt48. The 9th Conference on Stereochemistry, Prague, Czech Republic, June 2001Plenary lecture; Stereochemical Convergence and Divergence in Asymmetric Catalysis47. Half-day Transition-Metal Catalysis symposium, University of Sheffield, UK, May 2001Palladium Catalysis with a pinch of salt46. Stockholm University, Sweden, April 2001Diallyl malonate cycloisomerisation - catalysis with a pinch of salt45. Uppsala University, Sweden, April 2001Stereochemical Convergence and Divergence44. Jeol Meeting, Oxford, UK, April 2001Isotopic Desymmetrisation as a Stereochemical and Mechanistic Probe43. University of East Anglia, UK, March 2001Palladium Catalysed cycloisomerisation of diallylmalonates42. IISc, Bangalore, India, January 2001Palladium Catalysed Cycloisomerisation Reactions41. NCL, Pune, India, January 2001Palladium Catalysed Cycloisomerisation Reactions40. IACS, Jadavpur, Calcutta, India, January 2001Palladium Catalysed Cycloisomerisation Reactions39. IIT, Bombay, India, January 2001Palladium Catalysed Cycloisomerisation Reactions38. Winter School on Organometallic Chemistry, Kharagpur, India, January 2001Stereochemical Convergence and Divergence in Asymmetric Catalysis37. University of Warwick, UK, December 2000Stereochemical Convergence and Divergence in Asymmetric Catalysis36. University of Cambridge, UK, November 2000Stereochemical Convergence and Divergence in Asymmetric Catalysis35. University of Leeds, UK, November 2000Stereochemical Convergence and Divergence in Asymmetric Catalysis34. Celltech, Slough, UK, November 2000Oligomerisation, Trojan horses, Extrapolations and Racemates in catalysis33. University of Glasgow, UK, October 2000Redistribution, extrapolation, and racemates in Pd-catalysis32. University of Sussex, UK, October 2000Stereochemical Convergence and Divergence in Asymmetric Catalysis31. COST D12 Meeting, Fefor, Norway, October 2000Stereochemical Convergence and Divergence in Asymmetric Catalysis30. University of Glasgow, UK, July 2000The Intramolecular Sanders-Yamada Experiment29. Institute for Organic Chemistry, Basel, Switzerland, June 2000'Proton Sponges' and the intramolecular Sanders-Yamada experiment28. CIBA, Basel, Switzerland, June 2000In-mediated cyclopropanation27. KTH, Stockholm, Sweden, May 2000Stereochemical convergence and divergence26. University of Huddersfield, UK, May 2000Stereochemical convergence and divergence25. Imperial College, London, UK, May 2000Stereochemical convergence and divergence24. AstraZeneca, Alderley Park, UK, February 2000Memory effects in Pd-catalysed allylation23. AstraZeneca, Alderley Park, UK, February 2000Review: Pd-allyl intermediates - "beyond allylic alkylation"22. University of Birmingham, UK, January 2000'Proton Sponges'21. RSC South West Regional Meeting, Exeter, UK, December 1999In-mediated cyclopropanation20. University of Nottingham, UK, December 1999In-mediated cyclopropanation & bis-pyridylbinaphthalene ligands19. 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