Dr Andrew Russell

Areas of interest

Dr Russell's research centres upon synthetic methodology and natural products synthesis. Thermal cycloaddition reactions are being employed to synthesise AI-77-B, whilst photochemical methods are being used in approaches to stemodin, aphidicolin, fortamine and conduramine E.

Asymmetric alkene-arene meta-photocycloadditions are being developed whilst chiral citrates have been developed for the syntheses of homocitrate, rhizoferrin and the side chains of homoharringtonine and anhydroharringtonine.

He headed the development of a Chemical Analysis Facility that encompasses laboratories for nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), mass spectrometry, thermal analysis, molecular spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction.