Iain Coldham

Iain Coldham is an organic chemist and Emeritus Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Sheffield. He obtained his PhD from the University of Cambridge and conducted postdoctoral research in Austin, Texas (1989–1991). He was a lecturer and senior lecturer at the University of Exeter and moved to the University of Sheffield in 2003. Iain Coldham's research areas include chiral organolithium chemistry, azomethine ylide and nitrone dipolar cycloaddition reactions, and natural product synthesis.

Academic career 1991: Lecturer in Organic Chemistry - University of Exeter 1998: Senior Lecturer in organic Chemistry - University of Exeter 2003: Reader in Organic Chemistry - University of Sheffield 2008: Professor of Organic Chemistry - University of Sheffield

Research Chiral organolithium chemistry Azomethine ylide cycloaddition Natural product synthesis