The Ortu Group
Main Group and f-Block Organometallic Chemistry
Welcome to the webpage of the Ortu Research Group
News
- 12/2025: Fabs gives an invited talk at the Tokyo Institute of Science. Huge thanks to Prof. Yamashita for the great hospitality!
- 12/2025: Fabs gives an invited talk at the first Materials Science of Electride and Floating Electron System symposium, as part of the Materials Research Meeting 2025 in Yokohama (Japan). Huge thanks to Prof. Hosono and Prof. Matsuishi for the kind invitation.
- 09/2025: Shifaa Xec Daudo (PhD), Chenyang Kan (PhD) and Sukhdip Singh (MChem) join the group. Welcome everyone!
- 09/2025: Aaisha Jagot and Jake Oliver join the group for a 2-week placement, in collaboration with colleagues from the School of Geology, Geography and the Environment. Some fantastic work as part of this project, well done Aaisha and Jake!
- 06/2025: New group paper out now in Communications Chemistry, work led by Matthew and Archie, in collaboration with Daniel Reta and Luis Lezama (UPV, Spain). Great work everyone!
Who we are and what we do
Our research group is based at the School of Chemistry, University of Leicester. At the heart of our research interests is a focus on the fundamental properties of main group and f-block metals. Together with improving our fundamental understanding of these elements, we want to exploit their physicochemical properties to design new functional materials, and also to develop methodologies applicable to materials recycling and sustainable chemistry. Go to our Research page to know more about this, or visit the Group page to meet our team.
As you can see, we love Schlenk-line chemistry…
Research
Find out more about our research interests and current research themes
Opportunities
Go here to find out about opportunities to join our Team
Dr Fabrizio Ortu
Go here to know more about Fabs, his academic CV and favourite pastimes
Publications
List of publications in peer-reviewed journals from the Fabs and the Group
Meet the Team
Get to know our Research Team and find out more about each Group member
News archive
Hot (and cold) off the press…
Contact details
Fabrizio Ortu, PhD MRSC
Office 2.19, School of Chemistry
University of Leicester
LE1 7RH Leicester
UK
Tel: +44(0)116 294 4670
E: fabrizio.ortu@leicester.ac.uk
T: @FabOrtu
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