Francis Millward

About

Research scientist with experience in transition metal catalysis, high-throughput experimentation, photocatalysis and mechanochemistry for organic chemistry.

Current position: Postdoctoral Research Associate - Bhawal Group, University of Edinburgh (School of Chemistry).

2021-2025: PhD student - Zysman-Colman Group, University of St Andrews (School of Chemistry).

2016-2021: Master in Chemistry (Honours) - First Class, University of St Andrews (School of Chemistry).

Employment

• University of Edinburgh Postdoctoral Research Associate
  2026 - Present
• University of St Andrews PhD Student
  2021 - 2025

Education

• University of St Andrews MChem Degree (Honours) - First Class
  2016 - 2021

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (10)

• Shaking Up Photochemistry: The Future Frontiers of Mechanophotocatalysis
  ACS Central Science 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.5c01770
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• Implementing modular design principles for molecular homogeneous catalyst discovery
  Catalysis Science & Technology 2026 DOI: 10.1039/D6CY00980H
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• Design and Experimental Validation of a Photocatalyst Recommender Based on a Large Language Model
  Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2025 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202514544
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• Exploiting Sodium Ascorbate as an Underutilized and Sustainable Sacrificial Reductant for Net Reductive Pinacol Coupling Reactions via Mechanophotocatalysis
  Helvetica Chimica Acta 2025 DOI: 10.1002/hlca.202500161
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• Mechanometallaphotoredox Catalysis: Utilizing Increased Throughput Mechanochemistry to Develop Solvent-Minimized Aryl Amination and C(sp2)-C(sp3) Cross-Coupling Reactions with Increased Tolerance to Aerobic Conditions
  Journal of the American Chemical Society 2025 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c05503
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• The Golden Age of Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Materials: Design and Exploitation
  John Marques dos Santos, David Hall, Biju Basumatary

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  • Megan Amy Bryden
  • Dongyang Chen
  • Praveen Choudhary
  • Thomas A. Comerford
  • Ettore Crovini
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  Chemical Reviews 2024 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00755
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• Mechanophotocatalysis: A Generalizable Approach to Solvent‐minimized Photocatalytic Reactions for Organic Synthesis
  Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2024 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202316169
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• Lessons learnt in photocatalysis – the influence of solvent polarity and the photostability of the photocatalyst
  Chemical Science 2024 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc06499a
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• Alchemy reimagined: photocatalysis using anthropogenic waste materials
  Trends in Chemistry 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.trechm.2023.01.005
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• Moving Beyond Cyanoarene Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Compounds as Photocatalysts: An Assessment of the Performance of a Pyrimidyl Sulfone Photocatalyst in Comparison to 4CzIPN
  Megan Amy Bryden, Francis Millward, Tomas Matulaitis +6 more
  The Journal of Organic Chemistry 2022 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c01137
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