Steve was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia and attended Mount Allison University and the University of Alberta before he was an NSERC of Canada Postdoctoral Fellow with Ben Feringa (Nobel Prize 2016, Groningen) and a research associate with Jonathan Clayden (Manchester). He is currently Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford and a Fellow in Chemistry at Keble College, Oxford. His research interests include asymmetric catalysis, synthesis, mechanism, the origins of life, and molecular machines.
Oxford: https://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/people/stephen-fletcher
Keble: https://www.keble.ox.ac.uk/people/stephen-fletcher/
Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?hl=en&user=_t5aGnEAAAAJ
Bluesky: @stephenfletcher.bsky.social
Orchid: orcid.org/0000-0001-7629-0997
We are always looking for new team members with experience in synthesis, asymmetric catalysis and mechanistic studies.
Please email us directly to find out more
Available opportunities for new DPhil (PhD) Students include:
Joining our group directly by applying to the department.
Joining the Centre for Doctoral Training in sustainable chemical synthesis (CSHP CDT) and selecting P10 "Rapid access to novel cyclobutanes via asymmetric cross-coupling reactions" in collaboration with J&J Innovative Medicine.
Joining the IMAT CDT and selecting P23 "Designing active matter via controlled molecular transport and oscillations" in collaboration with Matthew Langton.
