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Research interests

Our research focuses on the synthesis of pyrroles and polypyrroles to enable evaluation of new compounds with unique biological, physical and optical properties: applications target functional materials and improved pharmaceutical function. We develop/invent synthetic methodology, and characterize our new compounds in various ways to assess success.

Selected awards and honours

• Anne Marie MacKinnon Educational Leadership Award, 2019
• Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), 2018
• 正品蓝导航 Alumni Association Faculty Award of Excellence for Teaching, 2018
• 正品蓝导航 Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision, 2018
• Chemistry Professor of the Year Award, 2015

Selected publications

• Reactivity of an Aza-dipyrrin and an Aza-BODIPY听Motif Bearing two 2-Pyridyl Units: an Emissive NNN Binding Pocket.听Gapare,听R.L.;听Diaz-Rodriguez, R.M.;听Williams, V.A.;听Atwood, M.;听Cotnam, M.J.;听Hilborn,听J.W.; Johnson, E.R.; Robertson, K.N.; Thompson, A.;听Org. Biomol.听Chem.听2025,听23,听10391-10397.
• Third-order Nonlinear Optical Properties of a听Series of Pyrroles and Dipyrroles Featuring 蟺-Conjugated Substituents and听Linkers.听Bennett, E.;听Alka艧, A.;听Diaz-Rodriguez, R.M.;听Campbell, J.W.;听Ferguson, L.A.;听Cotnam,听M.J.; Cisek, R.; Thompson, A.; Tokarz, D.听Phys. Chem. Chem.听Phys.听2025,听27, 21956-21969.
• Synthesis and Properties of Tetra-aryl听Azobispyrroles.听Sequeira, S.O.;听Diaz-Rodriguez, R.M.;听Atansi, M.;听Hilborn, J.W.;听Alka艧, A.;听Gapare,听R.L.;听Dearden,听M.;听Sullivan, E.C.;听Brown, E.B.; Robertson,听K.N.; Thompson, A.听Org. Biomol. Chem.听2025,听23,听 7752-7758.
• Introducing听the Substituted Azobispyrrole Framework: Synthesis and Properties.听Alka艧, A.;听Diaz-Rodriguez, R.M.;听Sequeira, S.O.;听Hilborn,听J.W.;听Atansi, M.;听Sullivan, E.C.;听Brown, E.B.;听Gapare, R.L.; Mutus, B.; Robertson, K.N.; Thompson, A.听Chem.听Commun.听2025,听61, 11649-11652.
• Synthesis and Evaluation of Telluorophene- BODIPY听Photosensitizers Appended to Estradiol.听Campbell, J.W.;听Tung, M.T.;听Taylor, B.B.;听Beharry, A.A.; Thompson, A.听Can. J. Chem.听2025, 0053.
• Synthesis of Chiral Systems Featuring the Pyrrole Unit: a Review.听Campbell, J.W.;听Cotnam, M.J.;听Annan, F.R.;听Hilborn, J.W.;听Thompson,听A.听Chem.听Commun.听2024,听60,听11385-11414.
• BODIPYs 伪-Appended with Distyryl-linked Aryl Bisboronic Acids: Single-step听Cell Staining and Turn-on Fluorescence Binding with听D-Glucose.听Alka艧, A.;听Kofsky,听J.M.;听Sullivan,听E.C.; Nebel, D; Robertson, K.N.; Capicciotti, C.J.; Jakeman, D.L.; Johnson,听E.R.; Thompson, A.听Org.听Biomol. Chem.听2024,听22, 7448-7459.
• A Mild Synthetic Route to 伪-Nitroso Diaryl Pyrroles.听Brown, E.B.;听Gapare, R.L.;听Campbell, J.W.;听Alka艧, A.;听Sequeira, S.;听Hilborn, J.W.;听Greening, S.M.;听Robertson, K.N.; Thompson,听A.听Org. Biomol. Chem.听2024,听22, 6122-6128.
• A Series of Potent BODIPY Photosensitisers听Featuring Tellurophene Motifs at Boron.听Campbell, J.W.;听Tung, M.T.;听Taylor, B.B.;听Beharry, A.A.;听Thompson, A.听Org. Biomol. Chem.听2024,听22,听4157-4162.