Biography and career highlights for Professor Guy Lloyd-Jones photo credit: A-K Purkiss Guy C. Lloyd-Jones FRS Forbes Professor of Organic ChemistrySchool of Chemistry Joseph Black Building David Brewster Road Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, UKGuy.Lloyd-Jones@ed.ac.uk Dr Rachel Slater-Pennington Programme Grant Managerrslater@ed.ac.uk Tel. +44 (0) 131 650 4714 Career2015Elected Fellow of the National Academy of Scotland (The Royal Society of Edinburgh; FRSE)2013Forbes Chair of Organic Chemistry, University of Edinburgh2013Elected Fellow of the UK National Academy of Science (The Royal Society, FRS)2012-2013Head of Organic and Biological Chemistry, Bristol University2003-2012Full Professor, Bristol University2003Admitted as a Fellow to The Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)2000-2003Reader, Bristol University1996-2000Lecturer, Bristol University1993-1995Royal Society Western European postdoctoral research fellow; Andreas Pfaltz, Basel University, Switzerland1989-1992D.Phil (Doctorate in Organic Chemistry); John M. Brown FRS, Oxford University, UK1987-1988ICI Pharmaceuticals (now AstraZeneca)1985-1989BSc Hons (Applied Chemistry) Huddersfield Polytechnic (now University of Huddersfield)Awards and Distinguished Lectureships2025Scripps Research Institute, Bristol Myers Squibb Lectureship, 20252025University of Bristol, The AstraZeneca Lecture, BSM, 20252024University of Chicago, The Morris S Kharasch Visiting Professorship, 2023/42024University of Iowa, The Wawzonek Lecture, 20242023University of Edinburgh, The Chancellor's Award for Research Excellence, 20232022American Chemical Society, Arthur C Cope Scholar Award, 20222018Royal Society of Chemistry, Pedler Award, 20182018EuroJOC Award Lecture, GDCh Liebig ORCHEM, Berlin, 20182018International Organic Chemistry Foundation, 40th Yoshida Award Lectureship, 20182018Max Planck Institute, Muelheim, The KOFO Student-Invited Lectureship (inaugural), 20182018Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, Invitational Fellowship for Research in Japan, 20182018Nankai University, The Nankai Lectureship in Organic Chemistry, 2017-20182017Boston College, The Merck Lecture, 20172017University of Regensburg, The Vilsmeier Lecture, 20172017University of Huddersfield, The Page Lecture, 20172016University of British Columbia, The Aldrich Organic Chemistry Distinguished Lecture, 2015-20162015Harvard University, Bristol Myers Squibb Lectureship, 20152015Oxford University, Andrew Derome Lectureship, 2014-20152014Royal Society of Chemistry, RSC Tilden Prize, 20142014Huddersfield University, Hon D.Univ. 20142014Queen's University Canada, The Frost Lectureship, 2013-20142013RSC 2013 Physical Organic Chemistry Medal, Ingold Lectureship, 20132013University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, The Novartis Lectureship, 20132012UC Berkeley, The Clayton H. Heathcock Lecture, 20122011Princeton University, The Novartis Chemical Sciences Lectureship, 2011 (inaugural)2010GSK/AZ/Pfizer/Syngenta UK Prize for Process Chemistry Research, 20102009Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bristol Myers Squibb Lectureship, 20092008-2013Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award2008State University of New York, Foster Chemistry Lectureship, 20082007Royal Society of Chemistry, Organic Reaction Mechanisms Prize, 20072006Czech Academy of Sciences, Invited Lecturer Series, 20062004Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, 21st Century of Excellence Lectureship, 20042004Thieme Journals Award2003German Chemical Society (GDCh), The Liebig Lectureship, 20032003The AstraZeneca Academic Prize in Organic Chemistry2003Royal Society of Chemistry Corday Morgan Medal2000-2003The Hickinbottom Fellowship of the Royal Society Chemistry2001The Sir William Briggs Scholarship1997Zeneca Strategic Research Award1993Royal Society Western European Postdoctoral Fellowship (1993-1995)Invited LecturesFull List of Seminars289. Plenary Lecture, BOSS XIX, Lueven, Belgium, 2026288. 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, 2025; "Simple Complex"284. 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” InterestsReaction MechanismHomogeneous Transition Metal Catalysis (Pd, Ni, W, Mo, Rh, Ru, Cu)Stoichiometric Reagents (B, Si, Li, In, Ga)Isotopic Labelling (2H, 13C, 10B, 15N, 18O, 34S, 108Pd)RearrangementsLigand DesignHydrogen Bonding and Ligand BasicityNMRKineticsProfessional ActivitiesForeign Member of the Catalan Chemical Society Awards CommitteeSectional Committee Aii (The Royal Society)Associate Editor of The Journal of the American Chemical Society (American Chemical Society) (2020-2025)Sectional Committee B2 (Royal Society of Edinburgh)Sectional Committee SC3 (The Royal Society)Murdoch Charitable TrustChair of RSC Physical Organic Chemistry GroupFellow of the Royal Society of ChemistryForeign Member of the Swiss Chemical Society Awards Committee 2015-2021REF2021 Assessment PanelPhysical Sciences Panel, Research Assessment 2026, Hong KongPrincipal Investigator, EPSRC UKRI Programme Grant “Boron: Beyond the Reagent” (EP/W007517/1)PersonalProf. Lloyd-Jones is married to Kathryn, lives in Edinburgh, and enjoys fly-fishing for Salmon, malt whisky, and lawn bowls. This article was published on 2025-04-17
