Raymond Lau

Technician - Teaching & Research
Responsibilities
Technical Lead for: CH1PRA intro, CH1PRA org, CH1PRA inorg, CH1PRA phys, CH2PRA phys and CH2PRA inorg.
Lab coordinator.
Professional experience:
Senior scientist (Discovery division) at Biofocus plc
Senior scientist (Discovery division) at Evotec AG
Analytical chemist (Traditional Chinese Medicine) at Europharm laboratoires (HK)
Education/ professional registration/ professional membership:
BSc (Hons) Chemistry at University College London
PhD Chemistry at University College London
Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Registered Scientist (RSci)
Additional skills and interests:
8 years industrial experience in synthetic organic synthesis.
Awards/ honours:
University of Reading - Outstanding performance and lasting contribution as a member of the support staff to the undergraduate students of the Chemistry department.
University of Reading - Celebrating Success Award.
University of Reading - Lump Sum Award for demonstration excellence.
University of Reading - Nominated for the RUSU support staff Excellence Award.
Publications and involvement in projects:
Styrylsulfonamides; US 7,208,526 B2; 24/04/2007.
Heteroarylethenyl derivatives, their manufacture and use as pharmaceutical agents; US 2007/0010564 A1; 11/01/2007.
Heterocyclic benzylamino derivatives, their manufacture and use as pharmaceutical agents; WO 2007/014707 AI; 08/02/2007.
A commentary on the self-assembly and properties of a chiral titanium alkoxide cyclic trimer, P. Hegarty, R. Lau, W.B. Motherwell, Tetrahedron Letters, 44 (2003) 1851-1853.
- Email: raymond.lau@reading.ac.uk