Dr Gavin Craig
Senior Lecturer
Pure and Applied Chemistry
Personal statement
I received my PhD from the Department of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Barcelona in 2013, for work carried out in the Magnetism and Functional Molecules Group on magnetically switchable materials known as spin crossover compounds. From 2013 to 2016, I was a Post-Doctoral Research Associate in the Murrie Group in the School of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow. There, I used high pressure crystallography and magnetic measurements to study how the magnetic behaviour of coordination complexes responds to the structural changes induced by squeezing the materials. After being awarded a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Post-Doctoral Fellowship, I moved to the Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Science in Kyoto University, Japan. My research there in the Furukawa Group involved the study of porous molecules for gas storage. In 2018 I was promoted to Assistant Professor in the Furukawa Group. I joined the University of Strathclyde in September 2019 as a Chancellor's Fellow and Lecturer in the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in May 2023. Research Interests Research in my group focuses on understanding the effects of self-assembly of porous molecules on gas uptake; mechanochemistry; and fabrication of materials. If you are a student or potential Post-Doc interested in working in the group, please get in touch. Current research group Dr. Emma Regincos Marti (PDRA since March 2023) Dr. Matthew Snelgrove (PDRA since July 2023) Megan Wilkinson (PhD student since August 2023) Vittorio Pezzaioli (Final year MSci project student) Alexander Sands (Final year MSci project student) Robbie Blane (4th year in-house placement student)
Prize And Awards
- Strathclyde Medal: Team Award
- Recipient
- 11/10/2022
Qualifications
Qualifications and experience
- Senior Lecturer, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, 2023 - Present
- Chancellor's Fellow and Lecturer, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, 2019 - 2023
- Assistant Professor, Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Kyoto University, Japan, 2018 - 2019
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Post-Doctoral Fellow, Furukawa Group, Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Kyoto University, Japan, 2016 - 2018
- Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Murrie Group, School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, 2013 - 2016
- PhD in Inorganic Chemistry, University of Barcelona, Spain, 2013
Publications
- Photoactive carbon monoxide-releasing coordination polymer particles
- Carné-Sánchez Arnau, Ikemura Shuya, Sakaguchi Reiko, Craig Gavin A, Furukawa Shuhei
- Chemical Communications Vol 58, pp. 9894-9897 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CC03907A
- Assembling metal–organic cages as porous materials
- Sánchez-González Elí, Tsang Min Ying, Troyano Javier, Craig Gavin A, Furukawa Shuhei
- Chemical Society Reviews Vol 51, pp. 4876-4889 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CS00759A
- A metal-organic polyhedron-to-coordination polymer transition revealed by 3D electron diffraction
- Snelgrove Matthew P, Doñagueda Suso Beatriz, Sangster Calum S, Asif Khadija, Regincós Martí Emma, Ashworth David J, Tidey Jeremiah P, Gomes José RB, Jorge Miguel, Kennedy Alan R, Parsons Simon, Fletcher Ashleigh J, Craig Gavin A
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202514527
- A 1D coordination network built from trimeric Co(II) units : synthesis, characterisation and gas sorption properties
- Regincós Marti Emma, McCarron Jay, Doñagueda Suso Beatriz, Kennedy Alan R, Fletcher Ashleigh J, Craig Gavin A
- Polyhedron Vol 268 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2024.117382
- Brewing up solutions : developing high-performance adsorbents from spent coffee grounds for carbon capture
- Ross Elliot, Fletcher Ashleigh J, Craig Gavin
- Proceedings of the 17th Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies Conference (GHGT-17) 20-24 October 2024 17th Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies Conference (GHGT-17) (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5085713
- Chinese-Lantern shaped [MnII2MnIII6NaI3] cluster assembled from Schiff base and azide bridges : synthesis, magnetic study and catecholase-like activity
- Chattopadhyay Krishna, Dutta Biswarup, Dutta Shyamali, Manna Anupama, Craig Gavin A, Mandal Manas, Murrie Mark, Ray Debashis
- Inorganica Chimica Acta Vol 572 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2024.122270
Research Interests
Research in my group focuses on understanding the effects of self-assembly of porous molecules on gas uptake; mechanochemistry; and fabrication of materials. If you are a student or potential Post-Doc interested in working in the group, please get in touch.
Current research group
- Dr. Emma Regincos Marti (PDRA since March 2023)
- Dr. Matthew Snelgrove (PDRA since July 2023)
- Megan Wilkinson (PhD student since August 2023)
- Vittorio Pezzaioli (Final year MSci project student)
- Alexander Sands (Final year MSci project student)
- Robbie Blane (4th year in-house placement student)
Former PhD students and Post-Docs
- Dr Beatriz Doñageuda (PhD student October 2020 - June 2024)
- Dr Valentyna Slyusarchuk (PDRA: October 2022 - March 2023)
Professional Activities
- Metal-organic polyhedra: cages for gas storage
- Speaker
- 27/9/2022
- Porous metal-organic polyhedra: design, synthesis, and insight provided by 3D electron diffraction
- Speaker
- 22/8/2025
- Probing porous molecular materials with 3D electron diffraction
- Speaker
- 7/7/2025
- PhD examination of Ruby Morel
- Examiner
- 13/3/2025
- Metal-organic polyhedra
- Speaker
- 12/3/2025
- PhD examination of Ana Martinez Martinez (IMDEA Nanociencia)
- Examiner
- 21/11/2024
Projects
- Understanding cooperative gas uptake in adaptable cage molecules
- Craig, Gavin (Principal Investigator) Fletcher, Ashleigh (Co-investigator)
- 03-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2025
- Sustainable routes to membranes containing porous metal-organic materials
- Craig, Gavin (Principal Investigator) Fletcher, Ashleigh (Co-investigator) Regincos Marti, Emma (Researcher)
- 15-Jan-2023 - 14-Jan-2026
- DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Harvey, Aidan
- Fletcher, Ashleigh (Principal Investigator) Craig, Gavin (Co-investigator) Harvey, Aidan (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2026
- ScotCHEM ECR Equipment Call
- Craig, Gavin (Principal Investigator)
- 25-Jan-2022 - 24-Jan-2022
- Carnegie Research Incentive Grant
- Craig, Gavin (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2021
- Research Excellence Award - PhD studentship
- Craig, Gavin (Principal Investigator) Donagueda Suso, Beatriz (Post Grad Student)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 30-Jan-2023
Contact
Dr
Gavin
Craig
Senior Lecturer
Pure and Applied Chemistry
Email: gavin.craig@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted