Dr Valery Kozhevnikov

Associate Professor

School: Geography and Natural Sciences

After his PhD (2000), in synthetic organic chemistry at Urals State University, Ekaterinburg, Dr Valery N. Kozhevnikov chose the area of luminescent materials to further his career and has already successfully taken part in many interdisciplinary projects. He took several postdoctoral fellowships: firstly an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship at the Universität Regensburg in the group of Professor Burkhard König, (luminescent chemosensors), followed by EU Marie Curie Incoming International Fellowship in the group of Professor Duncan W. Bruce at York University (phosphorescent liquid crystals) and later in the group of Professor Martin Bryce at Durham University (phosphorescent iridium(III) cyclometallated complexes). In September 2009 he was appointed as a lecturer at Northumbria University and in 2012 was promoted to a Senior Lecturer. He is beginning to establish his own independent research group working in the area of luminescent metal complexes. His current research is focused on design of new phosphorescent metal complexes by exploiting concepts of supramolecular chemistry, and is funded by Northumbria university, EPSRC and industrial partners.

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

click chemistry
1,2,4-triazines
luminescent metal complexes

Key Publications

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Evidence for thermally activated delayed fluorescence in iridium(iii) complexes, Pander, P., Nastula, D., Marek-Urban, P., Kozhevnikov, V., Williams, J. 31 Mar 2026, In: Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
Pyreno-1,2,4-triazines as multifunctional luminogenic click reagents, Alshaikh, H., Parsons, J., Askwith, G., Deary, M., Nicholson, C., Sims, M., Kozhevnikov, V. 28 Nov 2025, In: Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
A concise synthesis of anti-bicyclo[6.1.0]nonyne carboxylic acid, Weir, M., Vaccari, B., Matthews, A., Turnbull, G., Kozhevnikov, V. 21 Nov 2024, In: RSC Advances
A Dual-Purpose Non‐Canonical Amino Acid for the Expanded Genetic Code: Combining Metal‐Binding and Click Chemistry, Day, G., Zaytsev, A., Brewster, R., Kozhevnikov, V., Jarvis, A. 20 Dec 2024, In: Angewandte Chemie
Annealing 1,2,4-triazine to iridium (III) complexes induces luminogenic behaviour in bioorthogonal reactions with strained alkynes, Cooke, L., Gristwood, K., Adamson, K., Sims, M., Deary, M., Bruce, D., Antoniou, A., Walden, H., Knight, J., Antoine-Brunet, T., Joly, M., Goyard, D., Lanoe, P., Berthet, N., Kozhevnikov, V. 7 Oct 2024, In: Dalton Transactions
Trinuclear Cyclometalated Iridium(III) Complex Exhibiting Intense Phosphorescence of an Unprecedented Rate, Shafikov, M., Zaytsev, A., Kozhevnikov, V. 15 Jan 2024, In: Inorganic Chemistry
Aligning π-Extended π-Deficient Ligands to Afford Submicrosecond Phosphorescence Radiative Decay Time of Mononuclear Ir(III) Complexes, Shafikov, M., Zaytsev, A., Kozhevnikov, V., Czerwieniec, R. 16 Jan 2023, In: Inorganic Chemistry
Catching up with tetrazines: coordination of Re(i) to 1,2,4-triazine facilitates an inverse electron demand Diels–Alder reaction with strained alkynes to a greater extent than in corresponding 1,2,4,5-tetrazines, Sims, M., Kyriakou, S., Matthews, A., Deary, M., Kozhevnikov, V. 21 Aug 2023, In: Dalton Transactions
Effect of cyclic substituents on the anti-cancer activity and DNA interaction of ruthenium(II) bis-phenanthroline dipyridoquinoline, Nyong-Bassey, E., Hicks, A., Bergin, P., Tuite, E., Kozhevnikov, V., Veuger, S. 18 Oct 2023, In: Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
Electroluminescence of Tetradentate Pt(II) Complexes: O^N^N^O versus C^N^N^O Coordination, Pander, P., Gomes Franca, L., Dias, F., Kozhevnikov, V. 10 Apr 2023, In: Inorganic Chemistry

PGR Supervision

Mya Ashley-Smith Mononuclear and Polynuclear Metal Complexes for Electrocatalysis of Ammonia Oxidation Start Date: 02/10/2025
Mya Ashley-Smith Mononuclear and Polynuclear Metal Complexes for Electrocatalysis of Ammonia Oxidation Start Date: 02/10/2025 End Date: 17/10/2025