About the DReaM Facility

The Facility was established in 2016 with an EPSRC strategic equipment grant, to monitor homogeneous chemical reactions in real-time.
Discover the equipment housed by the DReaM Facility and some of the research undertaken by our users.
The Facility was established in 2016 with an EPSRC strategic equipment grant, to monitor homogeneous chemical reactions in real-time.
Learn more about the equipment and instruments that are part of the Dynamic Reaction Monitoring Facility.
Read on to find out about the research recently undertaken using the Dynamic Reaction Monitoring (DReaM) Facility.
Find out more about the team behind DReaM
Uli is an inorganic chemist and chemical engineer working on homogeneous catalysis. He is currently a RS URF and acts as the Scientific Director of DReaM.
Matthew is Professor of Sustainable Chemical Technologies and Director of the CSCT. He leads the internal management and chairs the advisory board of DReaM.
Anneke works on how the Research Infrastructure at Bath can be made the best.
John is an NMR Spectroscopist with primary responsibility for managing the NMR facilities based in the Department of Chemistry.
Catherine oversees the DReaM Facility and also jointly manages the University’s NMR spectrometers.
We are a group of University of Bath staff and external members, from academia and industry.
There are two calls for proposals each year, in January and July. The next call will open in January 2024, for facility time scheduled between May and October 2024. The application process, guidance and pricing can be found below.
If you are a University of Bath researcher, read on to learn how to book the DReaM Facility
A call for proposals will be open twice a year for external users to apply for pay-for-use time at the DReaM Facility.
Once your application has been approved, this guide outlines how to prepare prior to arrival, so that you can make the most of your paid time.
For users working to a tight timeframe or on industrially-sensitive projects, the DReaM facility can allocate priority access for an additional charge.
Read about recent activity and events from the DReaM Facility
The 4th Reaction Monitoring Symposium was held at the University of Bath on the 9th June 2022, and attracted both local and international delegates.
Please visit the links below to find out more about our industrial partners.