Welcome to the Langton Group

We are a synthetic chemistry group working in the areas of supramolecular chemistry, biological chemistry, and nanotechnology.

If you would like to join us, visit the Work With Us section of the website for details on PDRA vacancies, DPhil, and Part II opportunities.

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Rear: Richard Lai, Elin Grählert, Ivan Smolyar, Elsa Brudy Rigollet, Anna Duncan, Amy Hawkins, Manzoor Ahmad, Salvatore Nigrelli, Xiangyu Chao, Vita Rottenberg, Gracie Lewis, Terng Tor Keat

Front: Charlotte Lim, Elena Chan, Nicholas Hadjipaschalis, Kel Britton, Matthew Langton, Gurshinder Kaur, Chiara Pigaiani

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Current Vacancies

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Artificial Molecular Machines
Closing date: 26th August 2026, 12:00
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Latest News

July 2026

Anna's paper is published in Chem. Sci.


July 2026

Gurshinder's paper is published in Chem. Sci.


June 2026

Major congratulations to our Part II students for submitting their Master's theses!


January 2026

We welcome Kel and Xiangyu back to the lab as our new PDRAs!


December 2025

Manzoor and collaborators' paper is published in Angew. Chem.


December 2025

And a third congratulations to Kel for passing her DPhil viva!


December 2025

Congratulations now go to Xiangyu for passing his DPhil viva!


November 2025

Congratulations to Martin for passing his DPhil viva!