Kirstine Anderson
Kirstine has worked as a publishing editor at the Royal Society of Chemistry since September 2022. After completing a PhD in protein structure at Imperial College London, she took a postdoctoral position at the University of Leeds before spending 13 years teaching A-level chemistry. She secretly wants to be a novelist, but is happy to occasionally write for Chemistry World instead.
Outside of work, Kirstine keeps busy parenting three of the noisiest children in the UK, alongside volunteering with a youth organisation and as a school governor. On the rare occasion that she has some spare time, she builds Lego, crafts, reads or attempts to learn piano.
ResearchAmino acid sequences used to predict enzyme stereoselectivity
Team behind tool hope to dramatically reduce the experimental workload of scientists using directed evolution to develop biocatalysts
ResearchPillar[5]arene gets fully furnished with bulky aromatics
Synthesis developed by pillararene pioneers overcomes steric hindrance while preserving macrocycle’s pillar-shaped structure
ResearchRegioselective nitrogen-insertion reaction is latest addition to skeletal editing toolbox
Protocol transforms arenols into benzazepines
ResearchNew silicon-based protecting group removable with blue light
Benzoyldiisopropylchlorosilane protects primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols, and also works alongside other protecting groups