Jamie completed his BSc(Hons) in Chemistry with Industrial Training at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 2004, before completing an MSc at the same institution in 2005.
He then completed a PhD in the University of Liverpool under the supervision of Professor Matthew J. Rosseinsky FRS in 2009, working on chiral, porous metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) thesis titled “Synthesis and Characterisation of Amino Acid Derived Frameworks”. During the course of his PhD, Jamie gained an interest in crystallography and began collaborating with the Moggach group in the University of Edinburgh, investigating the effect of high-pressure on amino acid derived MOFs. After completing his PhD, Jamie secured his own funding as an EPSRC PhD Plus Postdoctoral Researcher, working on the post-synthetic modification of MOFs, specifically the integration of molecular machines into these materials.
Jamie joined the group of Victor Chechik in 2010 as a postdoctoral fellow to study the radical nature of gold nanoparticles in organic and biological media. This work is funded by the EPSRC, and is in collaboration with the Biomedical Tissue Research group led by Dr Paul Genever in the biology department.
A metal-organic framework with a covalently prefabricated porous organic linker, S. I. Swamy, J. Bacsa, J. T. A. Jones, K. C. Stylianou, A. Steiner, L. K. Ritchie, T Hasell, J. A. Gould, A. Laybourn, Y. Z. Khimyak, D. J. Adams, M. J. Rosseinsky, A. I. Cooper, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010, 132, 12773–12775
Nanoporous amino acid derived material formed via in-situ dimerization of aspartic acid, J. A. Gould, J. Bacsa, H. Park, J. B. Claridge, A. M. Fogg, V. Ramanathan, J. E. Warren, M. J. Rosseinsky, – Crystal Growth and Design, 2010, 10, 2977.
A homochiral three-dimensional zinc aspartate framework that displays multiple coordination modes and geometries, J. A. Gould, J. T. A. Jones, J. Bacsa, Y. Z. Khimyak, M. J. Rosseinsky, Chemical Communications, 2010, 46, 2793.
Nitric oxide chemisorption in a postsynthetically modified metal?organic framework, M. J. Ingleson, R. Heck, J. A. Gould, M. J. Rosseinsky, Inorganic Chemistry, 2009, 48, 9986.
A family of nanoporous materials based on an amino-acid backbone, R. Vaidhyanathan, D. Bradshaw, J.-N. Rebilly, J. P. Barrio, J. A. Gould, N. G. Berry, M. J. Rosseinsky, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2006, 45, 6495.
2009 – RSC Coordination Chemistry Group Discussion Meeting University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, “The distinct chemistry of zinc with aspartic acid in the formation of coordination polymers”
2008 – RSC Solid State Group Christmas Meeting Southampton Solent University conference centre, Southampton, UK, “A novel homochiral three-dimensional zinc aspartate framework that displays multiple coordination modes and geometries”