Guy Lloyd-Jones facts for kids

Guy Charles Lloyd-Jones is a well-known British chemist. He was born on May 17, 1966. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE).

Currently, he is the Forbes Professor of Organic Chemistry. He works at the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. His main research focuses on understanding how chemical reactions happen. This is especially true for reactions involving metals, like those used in making new medicines.

What is Guy Lloyd-Jones Known For?

Professor Lloyd-Jones studies how organometallic reactions work. These are special reactions that involve carbon and metal atoms. He is very interested in reaction mechanisms. This means he figures out the step-by-step process of how chemicals change.

He often looks at reactions that use palladium. Palladium is a type of metal that helps speed up chemical changes. One important reaction he studies is called Suzuki-Miyaura coupling. This reaction is used to join different molecules together. It helps create many useful compounds, including new drugs.

His Journey in Chemistry

Guy Lloyd-Jones started his university studies in 1989. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Huddersfield Polytechnic. Later, he went to the University of Oxford. There, he earned his DPhil, which is a very high-level science degree, in 1992.

After his studies, he worked as a research fellow. This means he did advanced research at Basel University from 1993 to 1995. In 1996, he joined the University of Bristol as a lecturer. He then moved up the ranks. He became a reader in 2000 and a full professor in 2003. In 2012, he became the Head of Organic and Biological Chemistry at Bristol.

In 2013, Professor Lloyd-Jones moved to the University of Edinburgh. He took on the important role of Forbes Chair of Organic Chemistry.

Awards and Recognition

Professor Lloyd-Jones has received many awards for his important work. These awards show how much his research has helped the field of chemistry. Some of his notable awards include:

• The Hickinbottom Fellowship from the RSC in 2000.
• The Liebig Lectureship from the German Chemical Society in 2003.
• The Corday–Morgan Medal from the RSC in 2003.
• The RSC Organic Reaction Mechanisms Prize in 2007.
• A Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award from 2008 to 2013.
• The RSC Physical Organic Chemistry Medal and Ingold Lectureship in 2013.

In 2013, he was chosen as a Fellow of the Royal Society. This is a very high honor for scientists in the UK. Two years later, in 2015, he also became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.