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Benjamin R. Buckley

BSc (MMU), PhD (Lboro), MRSC, FHEA

Appointments:

2024-Present   Professor of Organic Chemistry, Loughborough University

2020-2024        Reader in Organic Chemistry, Loughborough University

2017-2021        Board Member EPSRC CO2Chem Grand Challenge Network

2015-2017        Associate Editor, RSC Advances

2014-2020        Senior Lecturer in Organic Chemistry, Loughborough University

2014-2016        Visiting Scholar, University of Utah, USA

2014-2015        Chairman of the Society of Chemical Industry Young Chemists' Panel

2012-2016        Academic Lead, EPSRC CO2Chem Grand Challenge Network, Fuels Cluster

2012-2014        Lecturer in Organic Chemistry, Loughborough University

2007-2012        Research Councils UK Fellowship, Loughborough University

2004-2007        Research Fellow in Organic Chemistry, Loughborough University​

2002-2004        Post-Doctoral Research Associate with Professor Philip C. B. Page

Dr Buckley completed his degree in Manchester working with Dr Julia Dickinson and Professor Ian J. S. Fairlamb on the synthesis of alpha pyrone mimics and then moved to Loughborough to carry out a PhD with Professor Philip C. B. Page in the area of organocatalytic asymmetric epoxidation. Following this Dr Buckley worked as a PDRA with Professor Philip. C. B. Page for a further year working on the synthesis of N-Heterocyclic carbene ligands with Dr Steven D. R. Christie. In 2004 he was appointed as a university research fellow, working on projects with DSM (Netherlands),  Professor Harry Heaney, Professor Graham Hutchings FRS (Cardiff University), and Professor Frank Marken (Bath University). In September 2007 he was appointed as a Research Councils UK Fellow in Organic Chemistry, to a permanent Lectureship in September 2012 and in March 2014 was promoted to Senior Lecturer in Organic Chemistry. In late summer 2014 Dr Buckley relocated to the University of Utah for a years study leave with Professor Matthew Sigman, whilst maintaining his research group at Loughborough. In July 2015 Ben was invited to take up a Asscociate Editor role with the Royal Society of Chemistry Journal RSC Advances and in September 2017 joined the management board of the EPSRC CO2Chem Grand Challenge Network. In 2020 Ben was promoted to Reader and in February 2024 to Professor of Organic Chemistry.

 

His research interests lie in organic synthesis, asymmetric catalysis, heterogeneous catalysis and the development of novel technologies for applications in carbon dioxide utilisation (CDU). Ben is married to Genna and has two young boys who enjoy creating havoc! and attempt to follow the fortunes of Nottingham Forest.

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