Miriam O’Duill received her D.Phil. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Oxford in 2016, where she carried out research on late-stage fluorination with Prof. Véronique Gouverneur. She spent two years as a DAAD postdoctoral fellow at the Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, investigating selective catalytic functionalization of alkenes and alkynes with Prof. Keary M. Engle. In 2018, Miriam began her independent career at NUI Galway, before accepting a position as Assistant Professor at the University of Nottingham in 2020, where she was promoted to Associate Professor in 2025. Her research interests span transition metal catalysis, isotopic labelling for medical imaging, and the development of sustainable, metal-free reaction methodology using hypervalent iodine reagents.
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University of Nottingham
Assistant Professor (since July 2020)
National University of Ireland, Galway
Lecturer (2018-2020)
The Scripps Research Institute
DAAD Postdoctoral Fellow (2016-2017)
Advisor: Prof. K. M. Engle
University of Oxford
Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry (2011-2015)
Advisor: Prof V. Gouverneur, FRS
Merton College, University of Oxford
Master of Chemistry (2007-2011)
Advisor: Prof V. Gouverneur, FRS
Awards and Funding
• Leverhulme Research Project Grant, 2025
• Thieme Chemistry Journal Award, 2024
• University of Nottingham EPSRC / SFI CDT in Sustainable Chemistry: DISRUPT theme lead, 2023
• EPSRC New Investigator Award, 2022
• Royal Society Research Grant, 2022
• Nominated for NUI Galway President’s Awards for Teaching Excellence, 2020
• RSC Researcher Mobility Grant for a 3-month research visit at the Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, 2018
• TSRI Society of Fellows Travel Award, 2017
• TSRI Society of Fellows Lightning Talk Competition, 3rd prize, 2016
• DAAD Postdoctoral Scholarship, 2015
• Eli Lilly Prize for Excellence in Organic Chemistry Research, 2013
• Syngenta Poster Prize, European Symposium of Organic Chemistry, 2013
• BBSRC DTC Scholarship in Molecular Biochemistry and Chemical Biology, 2011
• Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, 2007–2009
• BCCG Foundation Award, British Chamber of Commerce, 2007
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