Dydio Research Group

Dr Pawel Dydio

University Assistant Professor

PhD Opportunities
We welcome motivated and creative candidates interested in joining the Dydio Lab to pursue a PhD starting in October 2026. For further information about available projects and application procedures, please contact pd552@cam.ac.uk.

Research

The Dydio group is researching new ways to improve the efficiency and capacity of organic synthesis.

Areas of interest include:

  • Complex Networks of Reactions
  • Mechanism-based design of new transformations
  • Advancing key industrial processes driven by elucidating their mechanistic features

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Publications

Chemoselective, enzymatic C-H bond amination catalyzed by a cytochrome P450 containing an Ir(Me)-PIX cofactor
P Dydio, HM Key, H Hayashi, DS Clark, JF Hartwig
Journal of the American Chemical Society
(2017)
139
(doi: 10.1021/jacs.6b11410)
Diamidonaphthalenodipyrrole-derived fluorescent sensors for anions
J Jurczak, P Dydio, P Stepniak, T Zielinski
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical
(2016)
237
(doi: 10.1016/j.snb.2016.06.142)
Azulene‐Based Macrocyclic Receptors for Recognition and Sensing of Phosphate Anions
D Lichosyt, P Dydio, J Jurczak
Chemistry
(2016)
22
(doi: 10.1002/chem.201603555)
An artificial metalloenzyme with the kinetics of native enzymes
P Dydio, HM Key, A Nazarenko, JY-E Rha, V Seyedkazemi, DS Clark, JF Hartwig
Science (New York, N.Y.)
(2016)
354
(doi: 10.1126/science.aah4427)
Abiological catalysis by artificial haem proteins containing noble metals in place of iron.
HM Key, P Dydio, DS Clark, JF Hartwig
Nature
(2016)
534
(doi: 10.1038/nature17968)
Cofactor-Controlled Chirality of Tropoisomeric Ligand
L Théveau, R Bellini, P Dydio, Z Szabo, A van der Werf, RA Sander, JNH Reek, C Moberg
Organometallics
(2016)
35
(doi: 10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00265)
A hybrid macrocyclic anion receptor exploiting the pyrrole-2,5-diacetamide unit
J Jurczak, P Dydio, P Stepniak, T Zielinski
RSC Advances
(2016)
6
(doi: 10.1039/c6ra05804c)
Beyond classical reactivity patterns: Hydroformylation of vinyl and allyl arenes to valuable β- And γ-aldehyde intermediates using supramolecular catalysis
P Dydio, RJ Detz, B de Bruin, JNH Reek
Journal of the American Chemical Society
(2014)
136
(doi: 10.1021/ja503033q)
Scalable and chromatography-free synthesis of 2-(2-formylalkyl)arenecarboxylic acid derivatives through the supramolecularly controlled hydroformylation of vinylarene-2-carboxylic acids.
P Dydio, JNH Reek
Nat Protoc
(2014)
9
(doi: 10.1038/nprot.2014.077)
Supramolecular control of selectivity in transition-metal catalysis through substrate preorganization
P Dydio, JNH Reek
Chemical Science
(2014)
5
(doi: 10.1039/c3sc53505c)

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01223 336403

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pd552@cam.ac.uk
Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry
Lensfield Road
Cambridge
CB2 1EW
T: +44 (0) 1223 336300
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