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Personal Statement
I am an organic chemist and my research group revels in exploring chemical reactivity in synthesis and in biology. We have a particular interest in electron transfer reactions and in radical chemistry, but are generally interested in mechanisms of organic reactions.
Read more about my research group at https://murphygroupresearch.weebly.com/the-group.html
I was born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College, Dublin (BA) and the University of Cambridge (PhD). I obtained my DSc in 2002.
After my PhD, I held Fellowships at the University of Alberta and the University of Oxford. I moved to the University of Nottingham as Lecturer, and was promoted to Reader there.
I moved to my current position as Merck-Pauson Professor of Chemistry at the University of Strathclyde in 1995.
I was visiting Professor at a number of institutions:
- Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 2017
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, 2004
- NAIST, Japan, 2001
- l’Université d’Aix Marseille 1996
I also was Visiting Fellow to the Australian National University in 1995 and 2007. I held a Royal Society Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowship in 2001.
I was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (National Academy of Scotland) in 2001.
I was Director of the Glasgow Centre for Physical Organic Chemistry (GCPOC) 2008-2013.
From August 2006 - August 2008, I was Director of WestCHEM, the newly formed integrated Research School in Chemistry for the West of Scotland.
From 2013-2016, I was Head of Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry
Prizes:
2018 Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation)
2016 C W Rees Award for Heterocyclic chemistry (Royal Society of Chemistry)
2012 Bader Award (Royal Society of Chemistry)
Research Interests
His chemical interests are in mechanistic and synthetic chemistry, in reactive intermediates and in the development of new reactions.
Academic / Professional qualifications
Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize Winner 2018
in recognition of my achievements in research and teaching
Academic / Professional qualifications
Charles Rees Award 2016 Winner
The citation reads: "Awarded for his highly innovative studies on the preparation, properties and applications of very reactive heterocycles, ranging from extreme electrophiles to super-reducing agents".
Academic / Professional qualifications
Bader Award 2012 Winner
The citation reads: "Awarded for his many highly creative and original contributions to reactivity in organic synthesis, including free radical chemistry, the concept of the radical-polar crossover reaction and electron transfer in the invention of organic super electron reducing agents".
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Schmid, Simon Paul
Jamieson, C. (Principal Investigator), Murphy, J. (Co-investigator) & Schmid, S. P. (Research Co-investigator)
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/10/24 → 1/04/28
Project: Research Studentship - Internally Allocated
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Industrial CASE Account - University of Strathclyde 2021 | Tyerman, Sebastian
Murphy, J. (Principal Investigator), Tuttle, T. (Co-investigator) & Tyerman, S. (Research Co-investigator)
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/10/21 → 1/10/25
Project: Research Studentship Case - Internally allocated
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Monitoring radical intermediates in photoactivated palladium-catalysed coupling of aryl halides to arenes by an aryl radical assay
Tyerman, S., MacKay, D. G., Clark, K. F., Kennedy, A. R., Robertson, C. M., Evans, L., Edkins, R. M. & Murphy, J. A., 17 Jan 2025, In: ACS Catalysis. 15, 2, p. 917-927 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Reductive activation of arenes by potassium metal with potassium salts
Nocera, G., Robb, I., Clark, K. F., McGuire, T. M., Evans, L., Chiba, S. & Murphy, J. A., Sept 2024, In: Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 11, 18, p. 5099-5106 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile9 Downloads (Pure)
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Data for: "N-Silylation of Amines Mediated by the Et3SiH/KOtBu System"
Rohrbach, S. (Creator) & Murphy, J. (Contributor), University of Strathclyde, 22 Jan 2020
DOI: 10.15129/eacb6960-1515-4d75-8e2d-ee1c862138c8
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Data for: "Computational Study on the Boundary Between the Concerted and Stepwise Mechanism of Bimolecular SNAr Reactions" (2nd Revision)
Tuttle, T. (Creator), Rohrbach, S. (Creator) & Murphy, J. (Contributor), University of Strathclyde, 8 Jun 2020
DOI: 10.15129/254ecae8-9c72-4bb9-9319-b16eada94f9c
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Prizes
Activities
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ESOR (European Symposium on Organic Reactivity)
Murphy, J. (Contributor)
3 Sept 2017 → 8 Sept 2017Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Royal Society International Exchanges Panel 2017-2019 (Event)
Murphy, J. (Member)
2017 → 2019Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee
Impacts
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Radicals on Campus
Murphy, J. (Participant)
Impact: Impact - for External Portal › Quality of life and safety, Environment and sustainability - natural world and built environment