Group Leader

Prof. Tell Tuttle

Tell Tuttle's research is focused on the concept of "reducing molecular search spaces" - a phrase that was coined in the group. The group works closely with experimental colleagues to address practical problems in the areas of molecular structure (development of new materials), molecular recognition (drug design), molecular reactivity (new catalysts and new paradigms in organic reaction mechanisms) and molecular properties (development of organic photovoltaics). The understanding derived from the computational and theoretical methods employed in our research results in the generation of predictive models that are used to design molecular-based solutions to a range of problems from chemistry to biomedicine to nanotechnology to organic electronics.

Biography

2018 - date: Professor of Theoretical Chemistry at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

2010 - 2018: Senior lecturer in Physical Organic Chemistry at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

2007 - 2010: Lecturer in Physical Organic Chemistry at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

2004 - 2006: Post doc in the group of Prof. Walter Thiel at the Max Planck Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.

2002 - 2004: PhD thesis in theoretical chemistry, supervised by Prof. Dieter Cremer and Prof. Elfi Kraka at Göteborg University, Sweden.

2001: Honours year thesis in computational chemistry with Prof. Brian Yates at the University of Tasmania.

1998 - 2000: Undergraduate studies at the University of Tasmania. B.Sc with majors in physics and chemistry.

The Team

Current Group members

Post Docs

Amritpal Singh

2022 - Current

Postdoc studying computational study of mechanism of Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS)

    Graduate Students

    Ross Urquhart

    2021 - Current

    PhD student working on accelerating iridium catalyst design using machine learning.

      Hamish Swanson

      2020 - Current

      PhD student working on coarse grain force field and method development.

        Krystian Kolodziejczak

        2019 - current.

        PhD student working in collaboration with the Murphy group to unravel the mysteries of organic reactivity.

          Alex van Teijlingen

          2019 - current.

          PhD Student working on the application of AI to reduce the molecular search space for large peptides.

            Robert Cordina

            2019 - current.

            PhD student working on chocolate.


              Previous Group Members

              Post Docs

              Gary Scott

              2017 - 2018

                Bhaskar Mondal

                2010-2013

                  Jörg Sassmannshausen

                  2009-2010

                    Qinghua Ren

                    2008-2010

                      Graduate Students

                      Simon Rohrbach

                      2019

                        Allan Young

                        2019

                          Daniela Kroiss

                          2019

                            Marie-Pierre Dreanic

                            2018

                              Mark Allison

                              2018

                                Florimond Cumine

                                2018

                                  Ines Moreira

                                  2017

                                    Katie Emery

                                    2017

                                      Gary Scott

                                      2017

                                        Armelle Le Gall

                                        2017

                                          Greg Anderson

                                          2016

                                            Daniel Cannon

                                            2016

                                              Ivan Ramos-Sasselli

                                              2016

                                                Marc Reid

                                                2015

                                                  Nicola Caldwell

                                                  2015

                                                    Christopher Idziak

                                                    2013

                                                      Pim Frederix

                                                      2013

                                                        Undergraduate Project Students

                                                        Ross Urquhart

                                                        2020-2021

                                                          Amy Eastcroft

                                                          2020-2021

                                                            Rebecca Carr

                                                            2020-2021

                                                              Benjamin Clark

                                                              2019-2020

                                                                Duncan Ross

                                                                2019-2020

                                                                  Hamish Swanson

                                                                  2019-2020

                                                                    George Lawson

                                                                    2019-2020

                                                                      Cameron Reid

                                                                      2018 - 2019

                                                                        Jack McQueen

                                                                        2018 - 2019

                                                                          Hannah Sharratt

                                                                          2018 - 2019

                                                                            Rachael Phillips

                                                                            2018 - 2019

                                                                              Jasmin Clough

                                                                              2017-2018

                                                                                Iain Taylor

                                                                                2017 - 2018

                                                                                  Andrew Coom

                                                                                  2017 - 2018

                                                                                    Caitlin Wright

                                                                                    2017 - 2018

                                                                                      Daniel Clarke

                                                                                      2017 - 2018

                                                                                        Laura Janssen

                                                                                        2017

                                                                                          Christopher Faulkner

                                                                                          2016-2017

                                                                                            Iain Prentice

                                                                                            2016-2017

                                                                                              Samuel Stewart

                                                                                              2016-2017

                                                                                                Lauren Barrie

                                                                                                2015-2016

                                                                                                  Sarah Dyer

                                                                                                  2015-2016

                                                                                                    Luca Bartek

                                                                                                    2015-2016

                                                                                                      Victoria Lang

                                                                                                      2015-2016

                                                                                                        Emma Matthews

                                                                                                        2014-2015

                                                                                                          Louise Cranston

                                                                                                          2013-2014

                                                                                                            Kimberley Ross

                                                                                                            2013-2014

                                                                                                              Iain Cameron

                                                                                                              2013-2014

                                                                                                                Sarah Christmas

                                                                                                                2012-2013

                                                                                                                  Jessica Padden

                                                                                                                  2012-2013

                                                                                                                    Amy Romaniuk

                                                                                                                    2012-2013

                                                                                                                      Allan Young

                                                                                                                      2012-2013

                                                                                                                        Ivan Ramos-Sasselli

                                                                                                                        2011-2012

                                                                                                                          Deborah Cleary

                                                                                                                          2011-2012

                                                                                                                            Emily Bell

                                                                                                                            2011-2012

                                                                                                                              Kate Hannaby

                                                                                                                              2010-2011

                                                                                                                                Daniel Cannon

                                                                                                                                2010-2011

                                                                                                                                  Joe Cameron

                                                                                                                                  2010-2011

                                                                                                                                    Scott Flemming

                                                                                                                                    2009-2010

                                                                                                                                      Undergraduate Summer Students

                                                                                                                                      Kirsty Anderson

                                                                                                                                      2016

                                                                                                                                        Pauline Verite

                                                                                                                                        2016

                                                                                                                                          Fabian Talbot

                                                                                                                                          2015

                                                                                                                                            Vincent Montigaud

                                                                                                                                            2015

                                                                                                                                              Jemma Machlachlan

                                                                                                                                              2015

                                                                                                                                                Lisa Cowling

                                                                                                                                                2015

                                                                                                                                                  Andy Roberts

                                                                                                                                                  2012

                                                                                                                                                    Ben Snow

                                                                                                                                                    2012

                                                                                                                                                      James Fox

                                                                                                                                                      2009

                                                                                                                                                        Tom Morrell

                                                                                                                                                        2009

                                                                                                                                                          Visiting Scholars

                                                                                                                                                          Pardis Tabaee

                                                                                                                                                            Frank Fischer

                                                                                                                                                            Now PhD student in the Sauer Lab, HU Berlin