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AIDAN MCFORD

Patent Technical Assistant
Chemistry

London

Aidan is a trainee patent attorney in our chemistry team.

Areas of Expertise

  • Transition metal catalysis
  • Computational modelling of small molecules
  • New synthetic routes
  • Pharmaceuticals

Background

Aidan has an MSci degree in Chemistry and a PhD in Chemical Synthesis from the University of Bristol. During his undergraduate degree, Aidan undertook several sponsored research projects, gaining experience in biofuel catalysis, molecular modelling, carbohydrate chemistry for antimicrobial probes, and gold redox catalysis. His doctoral research focused on autonomous rotary motion at the molecular level, wherein he investigated cyclic reaction networks based on transition metal catalysis. Aidan has also published papers in the area of computational chemistry.

Aidan joined Mewburn Ellis in 2022.