University College Dublin, Ireland UCD Chemical Society 77th Inaugural Lecture "Molecular questions from following your nose" 21st April 2022.
2021
Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA "Natural Product Synthesis as a Vehicle for Reaction Development​" 22nd September 2021 (Remote Lecture).
2020
Oxford University, JWB Group Meeting "Natural Product Synthesis as a Vehicle for Reaction Development​" 21st May 2020 (Remote Lecture).
London Academy of Excellence, Tottenham. "Alkenes and Carbocations: Using Fundamental Understanding to Explore Nature’s Complex Systems" 5th May 2020 (Remote Lecture).
ChemSoc, 51łÔąĎÍř, "Some Current Organic Chemistry Research Directions in the Braddock Group, MSRH, White City" 12th March 2020.
2019
24th Lakeland Symposium, Grasmere 2019, "Relay Cross Metathesis (ReXM) for the Ascent of the Terpenoids" 9th-13th May 2019.
2018
“Organic Chemistry: The Proof is in the Making” 17th May 2018.
Dial-a-Molecule Annual Meeting 2018: Enabling Synthesis, iHub, White City, London “Tetramethyl Orthosilicate (TMOS) as a Reagent for Direct Amidation of Carboxylic Acids​” 10-12th July 2018
17th CSCB Annual Symposium, Dublin, Ireland, "Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses" 7th December 2018. .
2017
Fluorochem 50th Anniversary Organic Symposium, Midland Hotel, Manchester “Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses” 27th February 2017
Sygnature, Nottingham "Some short stories from London" 12th July 2017.
UK Keynote Talk, Gregynog Synthesis Workshop, Gregynog "Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses" 13-15th September 2017
2016
5th UK-Japan Conference on Asymmetric Catalysis, Manchester University "Catalytic Asymmetric Bromolactonisation Reactions using (DHQD)2PHAL-Benzoic Acid Combinations" 14th-15th March 2016
Adelaide University, Australia “Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses” 30th March 2016
Sydney University, Australia “Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses” 1st April 2016
ANU, Canberra, Australia “Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses” 5th April 2016
CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia “Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses” 8th April 2016
2015
Leicester University “Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses”, 25th February 2015
ICIQ, Tarragona University, Spain “Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses”, 27th March 2015
The Prince's Teaching Institute, London “Alkenes and Carbocations: Using Fundamental Understanding to Explore Nature’s Complex Systems ”, 17th October 2015
Birmingham University “Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses” 27th October 2015
2014
ZING Asymmetric Synthesis, Malaga, Spain 25th-28th February 2014 “Catalytic Asymmetric Bromolactonisation Reactions using (DHQD)2PHAL-Benzoic Acid Combinations”, 27th February 2014
Bath University “Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses”, 12th March 2014
Sheffield University “Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses”, 19th March 2014
Strathclyde University “Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses”, 16th April 2014
University College Dublin, Ireland RSC Stereochemistry Medal and Half Day Symposium “Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses”, 1st May 2014
University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium “Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses”, 2nd June 2014
Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France “Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses”, 4th June 2014
Gif-sur-Yvette, Paris, France “Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses”, 5th June 2014
IRCOF, Rouen, France “Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses”, 6th June 2014
Reading University “Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses”, 16th June 2014
15th Tetrahedron Symposium: Challenges in Biorganic & Organic Medicinal Chemistry "Biogenetic hypotheses, structural revisions, and synthesis of complex halogenated marine natural products from Laurencia species" (poster) 24th-27th June 2014
Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada “Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses”, 26th September 2014
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada “Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses”, 29th September 2014
University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada “Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses”, 1st October 2014
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada “Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses”, 3rd October 2014
University of Victoria, Vancouver, Canada “Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses”, 6th October 2014
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada “Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses”, 8th October 2014
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada “Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses”, 9th October 2014
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan “Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses”, 14th October 2014
Tokyo University, Japan “Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses”, 15th October 2014
Seoul National Laboratory, South Korea “Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses”, 17th October 2014
RIKEN, Tokyo, Japan “Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses”, 20th October 2014
Nagoya University, Japan “Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses”, 21st October 2014
Koyoto University, Japan “Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses”, 22nd October 2014
Yamaguchi University, Japan “Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses”, 24th October 2014
Taiwan ScinoPharm, Taiwan “Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses”, 27th October 2014
National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan “Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses”, 28th October 2014
National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan “Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses”, 29th October 2014
National Central University, Taiwan “Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses”, 30th October 2014
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong “Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses”, 3rd November 2014
Oxford University “Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses”, 20th November 2014
University College London “Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses”, 26th November 2014
Edinburgh University “Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses”, 3rd December 2014
2013
23rd International Symposium: Synthesis in Organic Chemistry. St Catherine’s College, University of Oxford “Synthesis of Halogenated Marine Natural Products Inspired by their Probable Biogeneses”, 22nd-25th July 2013
2012
EPFL “Towards a Biomimetic Syntheses of the Obtusallene Marine Natural Products', 19th January 2012
AstraZeneca, Macclesfield, UK “New Reagents, Catalysts and Procedures for Bromination Reactions”, 26th January 2012
Zing, NPC, Lanzarote, Spain “Experimental Validation of a Proposed Biogenesis of Halogenated Medium-Ring Ethers From Laurencia Species”, 10-13th February 2012
Leeds University “New Reagents, Catalysts and Procedures for Bromination Reactions and Biomimetic Natural Product Synthesis with Bromonium ions”, 29th February 2012
2011
Natural Products Synthesis and Biosynthesis, Zing Natural Products Conference 2011, Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt "Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes" 13th-16th February 2011
Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, "Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes", 23rd October 2009
Nottingham University, "Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes", 3rd December 2009
Bristol University, "Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes", 7th December 2009
University College Dublin, Ireland, Chemistry Master Class on Synthetic Chemistry, 16th & 17th December 2009
2008
The annual meeting of the RSC Heterocyclic Group, London Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes” 4th January 2008
York University, half-day chemistry symposium, 6th February 2008
ETH Zurich, Switzerland “A biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 9th April 2008
University College London “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes” 1st October 2008
University of East Anglia “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes & Developing a Catalytic Asymmetric Bromination Reaction of Alkenes” 8th October 2008
Warwick University “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes & Developing a Catalytic Asymmetric Bromination Reaction of Alkenes” 22nd October 2008
Southampton University “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes & Developing a Catalytic Asymmetric Bromination Reaction of Alkenes” 29nd October 2008
GSK Singapore “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes & Developing a Catalytic Asymmetric Bromination Reaction of Alkenes ” 5th November 2008
NTU Singapore “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes & Developing a Catalytic Asymmetric Bromination Reaction of Alkenes” 6th November 2008
ICES Singapore “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes & Developing a Catalytic Asymmetric Bromination Reaction of Alkenes” 7th November 2008
CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes & Developing a Catalytic Asymmetric Bromination Reaction of Alkenes” 11th November 2008
Hobart University, Tasmania, Australia “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes & Developing a Catalytic Asymmetric Bromination Reaction of Alkenes” 13th November 2008
Auckland Univeristy, New Zealand “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes & Developing a Catalytic Asymmetric Bromination Reaction of Alkenes” 19th November 2008
Waikato University, Hamilton, New Zealand “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes & Developing a Catalytic Asymmetric Bromination Reaction of Alkenes” 21st November 2008
Massey University, North Palmerston, New Zealand “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes & Developing a Catalytic Asymmetric Bromination Reaction of Alkenes” 26th November 2008
Victoria University Wellington, New Zealand “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes & Developing a Catalytic Asymmetric Bromination Reaction of Alkenes” 27th November 2008
2007
Melbourne University, Australia “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 25th January 2007
Organic & Physical Chemistry Conference 2007 
28th January – 2nd February 2007 
National Wine Centre, Adelaide, South Australia “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes” 1st February 2007
Sydney University, Australia “Developing an Impossible Reaction: The Catalytic Asymmetric Bromination of Alkenes”, 5th February 2007
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia “Developing an Impossible Reaction: The Catalytic Asymmetric Bromination of Alkenes”, 7th February 2007
GlaxoSmithKline, Harlow “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes” 21st March 2007
Organic Chemistry: Perspectives on the 21st Century IV, St Lucia, 27th May-2nd June 2007 “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 29th May 2007
Manchester University “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes” 10th October 2007
Pfizer, Sandwich “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes” 9th November 2007
International Symposium on Catalysis and Fine Chemicals 2007, Nanyang Technical University, Singapore 17th-21st December 2007 (declined)
2006
ANORCQ VIII Cambridge “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”,10th April 2006
Syngenta, Jealott’s Hill “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 16th May 2006
St Andrews University ”Some Short stories from London” 17th October 2006
2005
University College London “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 9th February 2005
Cardiff University “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 16th February 2005
Arrow Therapeutics, London “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 15th July 2005
Pittsburg University, Pennsylvania, USA, “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 6th September 2005
Ohio State University, Ohio, USA “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 8th September 2005
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio, USA “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 9th September 2005
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 12th September 2005
University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, USA “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 13th September 2005
Wayne State University, Detroit, USA “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 14th September 2005
Northwestern University, Evanston, Chicago, USA “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 15th September 2005
University of Chicago, Chicago, USA, “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 16th September 2005
Columbia University, Columbia, Missouri, USA “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 19th September 2005
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 20th September 2005
Cancer Research Institute, Sutton “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 29th November 2005
2004
The annual meeting of the RSC Heterocyclic Group, London “Towards the Synthesis of Obtusallene IV”, 9th January 2004
Liverpool University “Towards the Synthesis of Obtusallene IV” 11th February 2004
The Burgenstock Conference, Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, “Towards the Synthesis of Obtusallene IV” (poster) April 17 - April 23, 2004
RSC Young Academics’ Meeting, Gregynog, Wales “A Microwave method for the isomerisation of [2.2]paracyclophanes”, 1st-3rd October 2003
Loughborough University “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 3rd November 2004
Leeds University “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 24th November 2004
Birmingham University “Towards a Biosynthetically-Inspired Chemical Synthesis of the Obtusallenes”, 7th December 2004
2003
Oxford University “PHANOL as a Planar Chiral Double Hydrogen Bonding Activator of Carbonyl Groups and Epoxides”, 13th February 2003
Young Chemists 2003 Conference, London “Planar Chiral PHANOLs as Organocatalysts for the Diels-Alder reaction via Double Hydrogen Bonding to a Carbonyl Group”, 26th-27th March 2003
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia “Towards the Synthesis of Obtusallene IV”, 29th October 2003
Barton Conference 2003, Heron Island, Australia “Towards the Synthesis of Obtusallene IV”, 2nd-9th November 2003
2002
ChiroTech, Cambridge “Novel Synthetic Methodologies”, 14th January 2002
Queen Mary Westfield University, London “Novel Synthetic Methodologies”, 13th February 2002
Serono, Geneva “The Cyclopropylmethylsilane Terminated Prins Reaction and Other Novel Methodology", 18th February 2002
RSC Young Academics’ Meeting, Gregynog, Wales “The Cyclopropylmethylsilane Terminated Prins Reaction”, 27th-29th September 2002
Nottingham University “Planar Chiral [2.2]paracyclophanediols (PHANOLS) as metal free asymmetric catalysts”, 23rd October 2002
2001
American Chemical Society Meeting, San Diego, USA “Novel recyclable Catalysts for Arene Acylation”, 2nd-6thApril 2001
RSC Green Chemistry Conference, Swansea “Novel Recyclable Catalysts for Atom Economic Aromatic Nitration”, 5th-6th April 2001
GlaxoSmithKline, Tonbridge “Dual-Metal and Metal-Free Catalysis”, 16th May 2001
The Royal Institution, iAc workshop, London “Novel Methodologies for Acylation and Nitration”, 13th June 2001
RSC Annual Conference, Birmingham ICC, “New Catalysts for Old Reactions” 30th July-2nd August 2001
AstraZeneca, Loughborough “The Cyclopropylmethylsilane Terminated Prins Reaction”, 12th September 2001
2000
Robinson Brothers, West Bromich “Fluorous Phase Acylation”; 11th September 2000
RSC Clean Technology for the Manufacture of Speciality Chemicals Conference, Manchester “New Catalysts for Old Reactions”, 26th-27th September 2000
RSC Young Academics’ Meeting, Gregynog, Wales “Tandem Allylic Acetate Isomerisation and Ring-Closing Metathesis”, 29th September-1st October 2000
1999
Exchem Organics, Harwich, Essex “Lanthanide(III) Triflates and Beyond for Atom Economic Aromatic Nitrations”, 27th January 1999
EuropaCat IV Conference, Rimini, Italy “Novel Recyclable Catalysts for Atom Economic Aromatic Electrophilic Nitration”, 6th-10th September 1999
AstraZeneca, Macclesfield “Braddock Group Research”, 9th November 1999
Durham University “New Catalysts for old Reactions”, 27th November 1999
University College Dublin, Ireland “New Catalysts for old Reactions”; 3rd December 1999