Susannah Coote

Susannah Coote is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Bath, affiliated with the Institute of Sustainability and Climate Change. Her research focuses on synthetic organic photochemistry, particularly the synthesis and applications of four-membered heterocycles and carbocycles. She develops photochemical reactions driven by solar light and flow photochemical scale-up methodologies.

Research Interests:

• Synthetic Organic Photochemistry
• Four-Membered Heterocycles and Carbocycles
• Solar Light-Driven Reactions
• Flow Photochemical Processes

Recent Projects:

• Boxing Clever: A Unified Approach to Azacubane (Leverhulme Trust)
• Cyclobutadiene Reloaded: Four-Membered Heterocycles (EPSRC)
• No-D-NMR as an Enabling Tool in [3]Prismanes Synthesis (UK Industry)

Awards:

• 2024 Dave Kelly Cup

External Activities:

• External PhD Examiner at Universities of Cambridge, Manchester, Cape Town, and York

Labs/Teams: Leads the Coote Group at the University of Bath, focusing on photochemical synthesis and sustainable chemistry.