The research group of Dr Lee J. Higham has attracted further funding in the form of an EPSRC Knowledge Transfer Award (KTA), in collaboration with High Force Research Ltd, a company which specialises in chemical synthesis and R&D for the pharmaceutical, biotech and fine chemicals industries. This form of competitive financing is designed to assist in the commercialisation of existing EPSRC-funded research (generated from the EPSRC Career Acceleration Fellowship), and in this instance will take the form of a novel one year MPhil Studentship. Congratulations are due to Jenny Wallis (pictured), who will rejoin the LJH team after both a successful Johnson Matthey-sponsored Summer Studentship and a highly-productive MChem project on the synthesis of bidentate primary phosphines.
Jenny will spend nine months in the LJH group working on novel phosphorus-containing compounds with potential medicinal applications, before spending the final three months at the laboratories of HFR itself, a dynamic company based in the region, who will generously co-sponsor the award.