SCI-RSC Demystifying reaction kinetics

Lloyd-Jones studied Chemical Technology (1989), including a year at ICI Pharmaceuticals, and then the kinetics of metal catalysed hydroboration (DPhil, 1992) with Brown. After a postdoc with Pfaltz he moved to Bristol (1996), and then Edinburgh (2013). He focuses on in situ mechanistic analysis of synthetic processes.

Jordi earned his Chemistry degree and PhD at the University of Barcelona with Prof. Vilarrasa. After postdoctoral research with Prof. Blackmond at Scripps, he began his independent career at Imperial College in 2013. In 2016, he was appointed Lecturer at The University of Manchester, progressing to Full Professor of Organic Chemistry in 2023. In 2024, he joined the ICIQ as an ICREA Research Professor.

I am interested in the development of catalytic reactions and associated technologies for C C or C X bond formations that are relevant to the pharmaceutical and fine chemical industries. I love to apply new engineering and data-driven approaches in our research, including flow chemistry, in situ kinetic studies to support reaction mechanisms, and process-enhancing tools. In 2019, I founded the ROAR Facility at Imperial College London White City campus, comprising of high-throughput robotic reaction platforms (batch and flow) to support data-enabled research. In 2023, I co-led (with BASF) a successful bid for an EPSRC Prosperity Partnership: “Innovative Continuous Manufacturing for Industrial Chemicals (IConIC)”, including partners across the chemical value chain, to design innovative flow chemistry processes for R&D labs and high-value manufacturing. A new spin-out company (SOLVE) was launched in April 2024 by Imperial College London and BASF, based on novel continuous flow techniques developed in our laboratory.