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) Beatriz Doñageuda (PhD student since October 2020) Megan Wilkinson (PhD student since August 2023) Isaac Armstrong (Final year MSci project 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
- Statistical distribution of binary ligands within rhodium-organic octahedra tunes microporosity in their assemblies
- Tateishi Tomoki, Troyano Javier, Tokuda Shun, Craig Gavin A, Krause Simon, López-Olvera Alfredo, Ibarra Ilich A, Furukawa Shuhei
- Inorganic Chemistry Vol 63, pp. 6571-6575 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c00964
- Improving the gas sorption capacity in lantern-type metal-organic polyhedra by a scrambled cage method
- Doñagueda Suso Beatriz, Wang Zaoming, Kennedy Alan R, Fletcher Ashleigh J, Furukawa Shuhei, Craig Gavin A
- Chemical Science Vol 15, pp. 2857-2866 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SC06140J
- Pore-networked gels : permanently porous ionic liquid gels with linked metal-organic polyhedra networks
- Wang Zaoming, Ozcan Aydin, Craig Gavin A, Haase Frederik, Aoyama Takuma, Poloneeva Daria, Horio Keiji, Higuchi Masakazu, Yao Ming-Shui, Doherty Cara M, Maurin Guillaume, Urayama Kenji, Bavykina Anastasiya, Horike Satoshi, Gascon Jorge, Semino Rocio, Furukawa Shuhei
- Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol 145, pp. 14456-14465 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c03778
- Porous metal-organic cages based on rigid bicyclo[2.2.2]oct-7-ene type ligands : synthesis, structure, and gas uptake properties
- Doñagueda Suso Beatriz, Legrand Alexandre, Weetman Catherine, Kennedy Alan R, Fletcher Ashleigh J, Furukawa Shuhei, Craig Gavin A
- Chemistry - A European Journal Vol 29 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202300732
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)
- Beatriz Doñageuda (PhD student since October 2020)
- Megan Wilkinson (PhD student since August 2023)
- Isaac Armstrong (Final year MSci project student)
Professional Activities
- Metal-organic polyhedra: cages for gas storage
- Speaker
- 27/9/2022
- 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
- Journal of the American Chemical Society (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 6/9/2023
- Departmental seminar
- Speaker
- 25/1/2023
- Porous Materials Interest group of The Royal Society of Chemistry (External organisation)
- Advisor
- 1/10/2022
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, 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: 548 2667