{{Short description|Organic chemist and academic}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}} {{Use British English|date=June 2017}} {{BLP sources |date=December 2010}}

{{Infobox scientist | name = Iain Coldham | work_institution = University of Sheffield <br> University of Exeter | field = Organic chemistry | alma_mater = University of Cambridge }}

'''Iain Coldham''' is an organic chemist<ref>{{cite web |last1=Coldham |first1=Iain |title=Photocatalysis and Kinetic Resolution by Lithiation to give Enantioenriched 2-Arylpiperazines |url=https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.orglett.3c00074 |language=en |date=3 February 2023}}</ref> 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. 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

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==External links== * [https://sites.google.com/sheffield.ac.uk/coldhamgroup/home Coldham group website]

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