Welcome to my research pages! I am a Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Chemistry at Lancaster University, leading a research programme in Supramolecular Chemistry.
My primary research interests are in the investigation of Host-Guest Recognition and Self-Assembly. I am looking to build upon the knowledge and expertise I have gained through the study of interlocked molecules and chiral lanthanide complexes, to prepare functionally useful molecules, complexes and supramolecular assemblies.
Please feel free to explore! For those who are new to supramolecular chemistry you might like to start with this introduction. Details on my current and past research may be found on these pages.
If you have any enquiries, please contact me. For those who are interested in joining my group, check out the postgraduate and undergraduate opportunities pages for advice.
Dr Nick Evans
Latest News
October 2025: Welcome back to Lydia, who is commencing a MSc by Research focusing on hydrogen bond templated mechanically chiral interlocked molecules.
September 2025: Congratulations to Bec for winning a prize at the Lancaster Chemistry Research Conference, for her talk that covered the key results on [1]rotaxane synthesis from her post-doc. Nick presents a talk at the 1st Symposium of the Mechanical Bond in Biology held at the Francis Crick Institute.
February 2025: Bec and Nick’s review on pretzelanes, [1]rotaxanes and molecular figures-of-eight is online at Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry.
January 2025: BSc project students Lydia and Scott start their lab work.
See the News Archive for older news items.