Charlie McTernan

Charlie McTernan is a Group Leader in the Physical Sciences at the Francis Crick Institute in London, and a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Chemistry at King’s College London. He is a Supramolecular Chemist, investigating how Artificial Molecular Machines and Metal-Organic Capsules can be applied in Biomedical Science.
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He joined Prof. David Leigh’s group in 2013 working on the synthesis of artificial molecular machines, switchable catalysts, and rotaxanes. In September 2017 he joined the Nitschke Research Group as a postdoctoral researcher, then Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellowship, where he investigated the synthesis and post-assembly modification of diverse metal-organic capsules, and ways to tie molecular knots in single molecules.

In 2021, he started his independent career at the Francis Crick Institute and King’s College London, exploring how interlocked architectures and metal-organic capsules can be applied in biological settings. In 2022, he was awarded a Future Leader Fellowship.