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We are currently looking for a new PhD student to join our team, and will shortly be advertising a postdoctoral research position. Please check www.findaphd.com and www.jobs.ac.uk for further details on these exciting opportunities!

We are excited to welcome new PhD students Sophie and Thomas, MChem students Ellis and Amelia, as well as visiting PhD student Sarbojit to the group. We look forward to their valuable contributions to our group!



















Professor R. L. Melen

Cardiff Catalysis Institute
​Translational Research Hub
Maindy Road, Cathays
Cardiff, CF24 4HQ

E-mail: MelenR@cardiff.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)29 20879667
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Melen Research Group, October 2026
Mak, D.H.-P., Das, S., Westphäling, J., Jeans, T., Gorecka, A., Wirth,* T., Pramanik,* M., Baik,* M.-H., Melen,* R.L., “Hydrogen bonding interactions in HFIP enabling the cascade synthesis of sulfenylated 2H-chromenes”, Chem. Commun., 2026, 62, 14821.