Iain Coldham

Iain Coldham is an organic chemist. He obtained his PhD from the University of Cambridge before relocating to Austin, Texas in 1989 for postdoctoral research. His areas of study have included intramolecular trapping of episulfonium ions with amine nucleophiles and the use of triisopropylsilyl enol ethers in organic synthesis.

Academic Career

1991: Lecturer in Organic Chemistry - University of Exeter

1998: Senior Lecturer in organic Chemsitry - University of Exeter

2003: Reader in Organic Chemsitry - University of Sheffield

2008: Professor of Organic Chemsitry - University of Sheffield

Research

Chiral Organolithium Chemsitry

Azomethine Ylide Cycloaddition

Natural Product Synthesis