Teaching

Teaching and Administrative Duties

Prof. Fairlamb is involved in core teaching at the University as well as taking optional teaching courses within the Chemistry department. Previous courses taught include year 1 NMR Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry (individually to chemists and biochemists), first year Introduction to Organic Chemistry and the running of the first year Synthesis Practical Course (for 3 years).

  • Coordinator for Pilot Centre for Doctoral Training in Catalysis (2012 – 16)
  • Research Support Director within the Department of Chemistry (2010 – 16)
  • Departmental Seminar Coordinator (2006 – 15)
  • Member of Research Committee (2010 – 15)
  • Deputy Research Committee Chair (2013 – 15)
  • Member of the NMR Committee and Exceptional Circumstances Committee (for undergraduate students)
  • Appointed member of the Royal Society of Chemistry Dalton Division Council (2016 – 19)
  • Member of the Dalton Division Awards Panel (2016 – 19)
  • External Examiner for the MRes in Catalysis course (Imperial College London) (2015 – 18)

Year 3 Undergraduate chemistry

  • Pericyclic reactions
  • Metal-Mediated Organic Synthesis

Year 4 Undergraduate Chemistry

  • Advanced Organometallics in Catalysis and Organic Synthesis

Post-graduate Taught Course

  • Drug Discovery (with CIDCATS CDT Programme)
  • Catalysis in Organic Synthesis
  • Inert Atmospheres and Schlenk Techniques