Staff profile

• •Design of rare-earth and transition metal complexes
• •Organic fluorophores
• •Chirality, luminescence and circularly polarised luminescence
• •Imaging, sensing and targeting
• •Magnetism
• •Polymers and sustainability

Journal Article

• Starck, M., Fiandra, E. F., Binks, J., Si, G., Chilton, R., Sivik, M., Thompson, R. L., Li, J., Wilson, M. R., & Mahon, C. S. (2025). Surface Modification of Polyesters Using Biosourced Soil-Release Polymers. JACS Au, 5(2), 666-674. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.4c00908
• Price, B. D., Sojka, A., Maity, S., Chavez, I. M., Starck, M., Wilson, M. Z., Han, S., & Sherwin, M. S. (2024). Field-domain rapid-scan EPR at 240GHz for studies of protein functional dynamics at room temperature. Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 366, Article 107744. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmr.2024.107744
• De Rosa, D. F., Starck, M., Parker, D., & Pal, R. (2024). Unlocking same‐sign CPL: solvent effects on spectral form and racemisation kinetics in nine‐coordinate chiral europium(III) complexes. Chemistry - A European Journal, 30(9), Article e202303227. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202303227
• Dubroca, T., Wang, X., Mentink-Vigier, F., Trociewitz, B., Starck, M., Parker, D., Sherwin, M. S., Hill, S., & Krzystek, J. (2023). Terahertz EPR spectroscopy using a 36-tesla high-homogeneity series-connected hybrid magnet. Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 353, Article 107480. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmr.2023.107480
• Maity, S., Price, B. D., Wilson, C. B., Mukherjee, A., Starck, M., Parker, D., Wilson, M. Z., Lovett, J. E., Han, S., & Sherwin, M. S. (2023). Triggered Functional Dynamics of AsLOV2 by Time‐Resolved Electron Paramagnetic Resonance at High Magnetic Fields. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 62(13), Article e202212832. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202212832
• Fiandra, E. F., Shaw, L., Starck, M., McGurk, C. J., & Mahon, C. S. (2023). Designing biodegradable alternatives to commodity polymers. Chemical Society Reviews, 23(52), 8085-8105. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3cs00556a
• Fradgley, J. D., Starck, M., Lamarque, L., & Parker, D. (2022). Comparative Analysis of a Series of pH‐Responsive Sulphonated Europium Complexes for Bioassays Monitoring Acidification. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2022(32), Article e202200426. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202200426
• Parker, D., Fradgley, J. D., Delbianco, M., Starck, M., Walton, J., & Zwier, J. M. (2022). Comparative analysis of lanthanide excited state quenching by electronic energy and electron transfer processes. Faraday Discussions, 234, 159 - 174. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1fd00059d
• Starck, M., Fradgley, J. D., De Rosa, D. F., Batsanov, A. S., Papa, M., Taylor, M. J., Lovett, J. E., Lutter, J. C., Allen, M. J., & Parker, D. (2021). Versatile Para‐Substituted Pyridine Lanthanide Coordination Complexes Allow Late Stage Tailoring of Complex Function. Chemistry - A European Journal, 27(71), 17921-17927. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202103243
• Starck, M., Fradgley, J. D., Pal, R., Zwier, J. M., Lamarque, L., & Parker, D. (2021). Synthesis and Evaluation of Europium Complexes that Switch On Luminescence in Lysosomes of Living Cells. Chemistry - A European Journal, 27(2), 766-777. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202003992
• Fradgley, J. D., Starck, M., Laget, M., Bourrier, E., Dupuis, E., Lamarque, L., Trinquet, E., Zwier, J. M., & Parker, D. (2021). Targeted pH switched europium complexes monitoring receptor internalisation in living cells. Chemical Communications, 57(47), 5814-5817. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cc01029h
• Starck, M., Fradgley, J. D., Di Vita, S., Mosely, J., Pal, R., & Parker, D. (2020). Targeted Luminescent Europium Peptide Conjugates: Comparative Analysis Using Maleimide and para-Nitropyridyl Linkages for Organelle Staining. Bioconjugate Chemistry, 31(2), 229-240. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.9b00735
• Starck, M., MacKenzie, L. E., Batsanov, A. S., Parker, D., & Pal, R. (2019). Excitation modulation of Eu:BPEPC based complexes as low-energy reference standards for circularly polarised luminescence (CPL). Chemical Communications, 55(94), 14115-14118. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9cc07290j
• Shah, A., Roux, A., Starck, M., Mosely, J. A., Stevens, M., Norman, D. G., Hunter, R. I., El Mkami, H., Smith, G. M., Parker, D., & Lovett, J. E. (2019). A Gadolinium Spin Label with Both a Narrow Central Transition and Short Tether for Use in Double Electron Electron Resonance Distance Measurements. Inorganic Chemistry, 58(5), 3015-3025. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b02892
• Aulsebrook, M. L., Starck, M., Grace, M. R., Graham, B., Thordarson, P., Pal, R., & Tuck, K. L. (2019). Interaction of Nucleotides with a Trinuclear Terbium(III)–Dizinc(II) Complex: Efficient Sensitization of Terbium Luminescence by Guanosine Monophosphate and Application to Real-Time Monitoring of Phosphodiesterase Activity. Inorganic Chemistry, 58(1), 495-505. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b02731
• Frawley, A. T., Linford, H., Starck, M., Pal, R., & Parker, D. (2018). Enantioselective cellular localisation of europium(iii) coordination complexes. Chemical Science, 9(4), 1042-1049. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7sc04422d
• Shuvaev, S., Starck, M., & Parker, D. (2017). Responsive, Water-Soluble Europium(III) Luminescent Probes. Chemistry - A European Journal, 23(42), 9974-9989. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201700567
• Starck, M., Pal, R., & Parker, D. (2016). Structural Control of Cell Permeability with Highly Emissive Europium(III) Complexes Permits Different Microscopy Applications. Chemistry - A European Journal, 22(2), 570-580. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201504103