Andrew Stephenson

Andy joined the Cooper group as a PDRA in September 2013 working on the synthesis and function of porous organic cages. He previously studied at The University of Sheffield completing his MChem in 2009 and PhD in 2012. His PhD was under the supervision of Prof. Mike Ward and his thesis was entitled ‘The structural and Dynamic Behaviour of Coordination Cages, Rings and Chains’. On completion of his PhD Andy stayed in Sheffield for a further 11 months after being awarded an EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowship to investigate the functionalisation of coordination cages.

Andy enjoys playing and watching most sports and is an Everton supporter.

Selected publications:

Structures and dynamic behaviour of large polyhedral coordination cages: An unusual cage-to-cage interconversion; A. Stephenson et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133, 858–870

An octanuclear coordination cage with a ‘cuneane’ core—a topological isomer of a cubic cage; A. Stephenson and M. D. Ward, Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 7824-7826

A triple helix of double helicates: three hierarchical levels of self-assembly in a single structure; A. Stephenson and M. D. Ward, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 3605-3607

Quantification of solvent effects on molecular recognition in polyhedral coordination cage hosts; M. Whitehead et al., Chem. Sci., 2013, 4, 2744-2751