Iain Coldham is an organic chemist and Emeritus Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Sheffield. He obtained his PhD from the University of Cambridge and conducted postdoctoral research in Austin, Texas (1989–1991). He was a lecturer and senior lecturer at the University of Exeter and moved to the University of Sheffield in 2003. Iain Coldham's research areas include chiral organolithium chemistry, azomethine ylide and nitrone dipolar cycloaddition reactions, and natural product synthesis.
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Academic career
1991: Lecturer in Organic Chemistry - University of Exeter
1998: Senior Lecturer in organic Chemistry - University of Exeter
2003: Reader in Organic Chemistry - University of Sheffield
2008: Professor of Organic Chemistry - University of Sheffield
Research
Chiral organolithium chemistry
Azomethine ylide cycloaddition
Natural product synthesis