CV

CV of Dr Paul Murray

Employment history

• Paul Murray Catalysis Consulting Ltd, Founder and Director. (From Oct 2013 )
• CatScI Ltd, Founder and Chief Scientific Officer. (Jan 2011 to Sep 2013)
• AstraZeneca, various chemical development roles up to Associate Principal Scientist. (Sep 1998 to Dec 2010)

Skills and Training

• Catalysis including the design of new shorter synthetic routes.
• Multivariate Data Analysis and advanced Design of Experiments.
• Organic chemical synthesis and process development.
• Reaction improvement by understanding the mechanism, kinetics and impurity formation of the chemistry.
• Situation appraisal, problem solving and decision making.
• Solvent and ligand selection by mapping the chemical space.

Education

• PhD Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin;
• The synthesis of selected heterocyclic compounds as potential inhibitors of O⁶-alkylguanine-DNA-alkyltransferase.
• BA (Hon.) Natural Science (Chemistry), Trinity College Dublin.

Memberships

• The Society of the Chemical Industry.
• The Royal Society of Chemistry.