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喬納森·剋萊登（Jonathan Clayden），曼徹斯特大學有機化學專業教授；尼剋·格裏弗斯（Nick Greeves），利物浦大學高級講師；斯圖亞特·沃倫（Stuart Warren），劍橋大學《有機化學》過去的讀者，也是劍橋大學丘吉爾學院的研究員。

喬納森·剋萊登是曼徹斯特大學有機化學專業的一名教授，在那裏，他和自己的團隊緻力於研究有確定形狀的分子結構——那些控製構造與限製靈活性的地方尤為重要。喬納森在劍橋大學丘吉爾學院獲得瞭學士學位（自然科學領域），他和斯圖亞特完成博士課程之前，一直都在劍橋大學。自1994年開始，喬納森任教於曼徹斯特大學。

尼剋•格裏弗斯（Nick Greeves）是利物浦大學化學係主管教學的係主任。他畢業於劍橋大學，通過與斯圖亞特•沃倫閤作完成的立體選擇霍納維蒂希反應研究，於1986年在那裏獲得博士學位。之後，尼剋獲得瞭威斯康星大學麥迪遜分校和加利福尼亞州斯坦福大學的哈剋尼斯奬學金。1989年，在加盟利物浦大學前，他還獲得過劍橋大學的研究奬學金。目前，尼剋是利物浦大學的高級講師。

斯圖亞特•沃倫（Stuart Warren）曾是劍橋大學化學係的講師和丘吉爾學院的研究員。他畢業於劍橋大學三一學院，在前往哈佛大學從事博士後研究之前，他與馬爾科姆·剋拉剋（Malcolm Clark）在劍橋大學完成瞭博士階段的課程。1971年，斯圖亞特成為瞭劍橋大學丘吉爾學院兼任教學工作的研究生，直到2006年退休，他一直在劍橋大學擔任講師和研究者。