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 Chemistry - University of Exeter
2003: Reader in Organic Chemistry - University of Sheffield
2008: Professor of Organic Chemistry - University of Sheffield
Research
Chiral Organolithium Chemistry
Azomethine Ylide Cycloaddition
Natural Product Synthesis