Dr Marc Reid
Senior Lecturer
Pure and Applied Chemistry
Personal statement
Marc was born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland.
He completed his Masters in Chemistry at the University of Strathclyde in 2011. In 2015, he completed his Carnegie Trust-sponsored PhD in Chemistry at Strathclyde. From 2015-16, Marc was a postdoctoral research associate with at the University of Edinburgh. During that time, he was inducted into the SciFinder Future Leaders in Chemistry programme.
In 2016, Marc won the prestigious Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship and rejoined the Department of Pure & Applied Chemistry at Strathclyde from 2017-20. This position was supported by GlaxoSmithKline, and he was thus the first Strathclyde-GSK Early Career Academic. In 2018, Marc was selected to participate in the Scottish Crucible leadership program, the Merck Innovation Cup, and was part of the Converge Challenge Entrepreneurship Competition Top 30. In 2020 Marc became a CPACT-supported Research Fellow and then Lecturer for Innovation in Education at the University of Bristol.
Most recently, Marc was awarded a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship, joining the Department of Pure & Applied Chemistry at Strathclyde.
He holds a visiting lectureship at the University of Bristol, and a visiting Enterprise Fellowship in the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship at the University of Strathclyde.
His interests include physical organic chemistry, computer vision, cheminformatics, virtual reality, process safety, and the psychology of the imposter phenomenon.
He is the author of the book You Are (Not) a Fraud: A Scientist's Guide to the Imposter Phenomenon.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-marc-reid-18974554/
Website: www.dr-marc-reid.com
Area of Expertise
Expertise
- Chemical Kinetics
- Computer Vision
- Cheminformatics
- Computational Chemistry
- Synthetic Chemistry
Facilities
- Synthetic chemistry laboratory.
- 3D printing and small-scale electronics.
- Computer vision software.
- Multiple machine vision cameras.
- Supercomputer access (local and via ArCHIE WeSt).
- Statistical modeling and computer programming tools.
Prize And Awards
- IChem Hanson Medal
- Recipient
- 2021
- Scottish Crucible 2018 - selected participant
- Recipient
- 2018
- Prof. Patrick D. Ritchie Prize for Best PhD Thesis in 2014/15
- Recipient
- 2017
- Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship
- Recipient
- 2016
- SciFinder Future Leaders in Chemistry
- Recipient
- 2016
- Gavin Forsyth Award for Most Meritorious PhD Student at 2nd Year stage
- Recipient
- 2015
Qualifications
Academic Qualifications
- NEBOSH Certificate in Process Safety Management (RRC International, 2019).
- PhD in Chemistry (University of Strathclyde, 2015).
- MSci Chemistry (University of Strathclyde, 2011).
Professional Bodies
- Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC).
- Scotland Group committee member for the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI).
Publications
- Presumptive tests for xylazine-a computer vision approach
- Chang Hui Yun, Donnachie Kristin, McCabe Timothy J D, Barrington Henry, Carlysle-Davies Felicity, Ceniccola-Campos Kristin, Reid Marc
- Analytical Science Advances Vol 6 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ansa.70008
- Parallel and high throughput reaction monitoring with computer vision
- Barrington H, McCabe T JD, Donnachie K, Fyfe Calum, McFall A, Gladkikh M, McGuire J, Yan C, Reid M
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition Vol 64 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202413395
- C–H activation and hydrogen isotope exchange of aryl carbamates using iridium(I) complexes bearing chelating NHC-phosphine ligands
- Zorzatto Renan, Mulrainey Paul T, Reid Marc, Tuttle Tell, Lindsay David M, Kerr William J
- Chemistry - A European Journal Vol 30 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202403090
- Directing hydrogen isotope exchange with aryl carboxylic acids
- Mudd Richard J, Reid Marc, Paterson Laura C, Atzrodt Jens, Derdau Volker, Kerr William J
- Synlett Vol 35, pp. 2201-2206 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2239-6965
- A computer vision approach towards verifying CFD models of stirred tank reactors
- Fyfe Calum, Barrington Henry, Gordon Charles M, Reid Marc
- Organic Process Research and Development Vol 28, pp. 3661-3673 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.oprd.4c00229
- Non-contact computer vision enables analysis of the dynamic performance of naphthalene diimide electrochromic films †
- Murray Nicholas R, McCabe Timothy J D, Reid Marc, Draper Emily R
- Journal of Materials Chemistry C Vol 12, pp. 12483-12490 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1039/d4tc02096k
Teaching
Marc is as passionate about teaching as research. Following timeless examples set by accomplished teachers such as Richard Feynman, Marc enjoys public speaking and exploring new ways to teach old concepts.
During his PhD and postdoc, Marc's teaching experience spanned undergraduate, masters, PhD, and postdoc supervision.
In his current post, Marc teaches The Practice & Pitfalls of Studying Organic Reaction Mechanisms - a self-made physical organic chemistry video lecture series taught to ScotCHEM and GSK postgraduates. The series now openly available on YouTube. Marc also teaches on the 3rd Year undergraduate Organic Chemistry module, and guest lectures in Dr Lucrezia Casulli's Mindset Lab.
Research Interests
Our emerging multidisciplinary research team focuses on the data-driven understanding of process chemistry. We combine structured experimental data with computational modeling and informatics to build a predicitive overview of industrially-relevant chemical processes.
Current interests include:
- Computer vision in chemical kinetics.
- Process safety training technologies.
- Industry-friendly reagent design.
Professional Activities
- Kineticolor: Computer Vision for Chemical Reaction Monitoring
- Speaker
- 29/7/2024
- You Are (Not) a Fraud
- Speaker
- 15/6/2024
- PhD Thesis, University of Glasgow (Private Defence)
- Examiner
- 17/5/2024
- PhD Thesis, University of Cape Town (Private Defence)
- Examiner
- 10/5/2024
- Strategic Themes: EPSRC Multi-Disciplinary IM3AGES Facility Workshop
- Participant
- 26/2/2024
- Royal Society of Chemistry Poster Conference 2024
- Participant
- 2024
Projects
- Computer Vision for Analytical Chemistry (CVAC): Scalable Productivity for Chemical Manufacturing- UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship Renewal
- Reid, Marc (Principal Investigator)
- UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship Renewal (£567k)
- 03-Jan-2025 - 02-Jan-2028
- Computer Vision for Analytical Chemistry (CVAC)
- Reid, Marc (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2028
- A Computer Vision Platform to Widen the Analytical Bottleneck in High Throughout Chemistry (Carnegie RIG)
- Reid, Marc (Principal Investigator)
- 02-Jan-2023 - 01-Jan-2024
- DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Donnachie, Kristin
- Reid, Marc (Principal Investigator) Nelson, David (Co-investigator) Donnachie, Kristin (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 01-Jan-2027
- Computer Vision for Analytical Chemistry (CVAC): Scalable Productivity for Chemical Manufacturing- UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship | Donnachie, Kristin
- Reid, Marc (Principal Investigator) Nelson, David (Co-investigator) Donnachie, Kristin (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 01-Jan-2027
- DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Fyfe, Calum
- Reid, Marc (Principal Investigator) Palmer, David (Co-investigator) Fyfe, Calum (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2027
Contact
Dr
Marc
Reid
Senior Lecturer
Pure and Applied Chemistry
Email: marc.reid.100@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 4519