
Dr Gavin Craig
Senior Lecturer
Pure and Applied Chemistry
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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
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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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Introduction to hybrid pores for CO2 technologies
- Szilágyi Petra Ágota, Vitillo Jenny G, Craig Gavin A
- Materials Advances Vol 5, pp. 5336-5338 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1039/d4ma90055c
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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
- PhD examination of Ana Martinez Martinez (IMDEA Nanociencia)
- Examiner
- 21/11/2024
- International assessor for PhD thesis of Inés Tejedor Ramos (University of Zaragoza)
- Examiner
- 26/7/2024
- PhD examination of Lucy Wilson (University of Edinburgh)
- Examiner
- 19/4/2024
- Synthesis and scrambling of porous metal-organic polyhedra
- Speaker
- 8/4/2024
- PhD examination of Laura Hernández López (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona)
- Examiner
- 15/9/2023
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) Doñagueda Suso, Beatriz (Post Grad Student)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 30-Jan-2023
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Contact
Dr
Gavin
Craig
Senior Lecturer
Pure and Applied Chemistry
Email: gavin.craig@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2667