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School of Chemistry Annual Report 2012

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HEAD OF SCHOOL REPORT 3

Mission Statement 5

School of Chemistry Organisation Chart 6

School of Chemistry Committees – 2012 7

Academic Responsibilities 8

ACADEMIC STAFF 9

RESEARCH 36

Overview 2012 36

Research Highlights 38

School Postgraduate Seminars 42

School Seminars – Invited Speakers 44

TEACHING AND LEARNING 47

Overview 47

Honours Program 49

Postgraduate Programs and Courses 49

Postgraduate Research 49

Asia Pacifi c Institute of Nuclear Science Short Courses 49

Outreach Activities 50

Degrees Awarded 51

Scholarships 54

Practicum Students 54

Programs and Activities 54

STUDENTS 57

School of Chemistry Undergraduate Student Prizes 57

Postgraduate Student Awards and Prizes 59

Students of Chemistry Society 61

SCHOOL 63

Staff 63

Invited Lectures & Conference Presentations 66

Publications & Patents 69

Grants and Research Fellowships 79

Industry and Community Interaction 83

Undergraduate and Postgraduate Enrolments 86

Conference Presentations – Students 91

Conference Posters 93

SCHOOL VISITING COMMITTEE 98

OBITUARIES 100

SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY ANNUAL REPORT 2012

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In 2012, the School of Chemistry continued to build on its strengths. With the Excellence in Research Australia assessment process for 2012 complete, the discipline of chemistry at UNSW was ranked as one of the top in the country with an overall rating of “5”, and the areas of both Analytical Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry also rated at “5”. Other measures of research success include the publication output in international journals and the amount of research funding, both of which increased signifi cantly in 2012, confi rming the growth in research occurring in the School.

The School continued to grow in terms of staff numbers. We were fortunate to appoint Dr Neeraj Sharma as an AINSE fellow, continuing our ties with ANSTO. Scientia Professor Justin Gooding was recognized for his outstanding research contributions yet again with the award of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute R.H. Stokes Medal for Electrochemistry for 2012. A/Prof Naresh Kumar was promoted to Professor, a well-deserved recognition of the signifi cant contribution that Professor Kumar makes to the University in research, teaching and outreach. Professor Kumar was also awarded the UNSW Staff Award for Excellence in Community Outreach in 2012 and Dr Pall Thordarson was recognized for his important contribution to Health and Safety in the School with a commendation at the presentation of University staff excellence awards.

The PhD students in the School made a tremendous contribution again this year. With the numbers of PhD students steady at 80, we graduated 14. The PhD students were successful with a number of awards at local and international conferences, showing off the talents and success of the School to a wide audience. The School had been working towards a new fi rst year syllabus over 2011 (chaired by Dr Thordarson), and the new syllabus was introduced to the students in 2012. At the same time, the outcomes of the assessment review

process were also rolled out across all undergraduate courses of the School. The undergraduate student numbers continued to increase, with our higher level fi rst year course intake growing to nearly 500 students, from a number of only 200 in 2006.

2012 also saw the introduction of a series of initiatives made possible by the generous bequest of the late Theo Howard. Two new programs, visits to regional high schools (organized by Dr Luke Hunter) and the UNSW Chemistry Video Competition (A/Prof Naresh Kumar) were a great success. Another initiative funded from the bequest was a visiting lectureship, and the fi rst of these was held in 2012. The lectureship enables an outstanding academic from another institutions (typically international) to spend a few weeks in Chemistry at UNSW and provide some advanced undergraduate lectures to third year and honours students, along with a research seminar. The lectureship should encourage collaborations and interactions with academics from outside the School, and broaden our student’s horizons.

The School has also continued to grow it’s community engagement by building strong links with the Science Teachers’ Association of NSW (STANSW). The School hosted high school students from a number of schools across Sydney as part of its School Visit program, and also hosted Year 10 work experience students

2012 was a very busy year, with many successes and a signifi cant commitment from all members of the School. I would like to thank all of the staff and students who have contributed enthusiastically to the continued success of the School in 2012.

PROFESSOR BARBARA MESSERLE


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Mission Statement

The School of Chemistry aspires to continue as a leading chemistry School in the region.

We aim to develop cutting edge knowledge to solve key challenges in the world today. Our research is focused in three research clusters Nanoscience, Medicinal Chemistry, and Catalysis and Energy. These research areas provide a base from which we take our research from the fundamentals of chemistry through to practical applications.

We aim to excel in the education of our future scientifi c leaders and community members. We will continue to expand our interactions with institutions across the world, and build strong ties with our community, in particular industry and schools.

Goals:In order to remain a leading School in the region in both

research and teaching, the School aims to grow to a

size of 30 academic staff over the next fi ve years. The

growth will be targeted to maintain a balance of the three

research clusters

To increase our research funding and broaden the

funding base of the research groups we will target

international funding schemes and industry support.

A key goal is to achieve high quality publications in

leading international journals with continued growth in

terms of volume of output in publications with of higher

impact. Postgraduate research students form the core of

our research strength and we need to continue to grow

the quality and number of our higher degree students,

with particular focus on attracting the best UNSW

students and high quality international students into

postgraduate studies.

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As a School we constantly seek to improve our

already high quality of teaching. We will achieve this

by ensuring that the latest research developments in

chemistry are included in our curricula and that our

teaching materials both challenge our undergraduate

students and nurture their love of chemistry. By

engaging the students we aim to promote their life long

learning of chemistry.

To lead debate, we plan to expand our infl uence in

the broader community. Our community engagement

program will continue to target high schools across

NSW and we will develop a new approach to our

marketing strategy for students. We will grow the

level of interactions with our alumni and focus on the

inclusion of our alumni in the life of the School today.


Head of School

Deputy Head of School

Office

Administrator

Marketing

Honours Coordinator

Undergraduate Teaching

Coordinators

1st Year Coordinator

Outreach Coordinator

Postgraduate Coursework Coordinator

Postgraduate Administrator

Postgraduate Coordinator

Undergraduate Administrator

Stores

Technical Staff

Director of Research Technical & Building Manager

School Manager Director of Teaching

Postdocs

Academic Staff

Deputy Director

of Teaching

Student Services Manager

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School of Chemistry Committees – 2012

School Executive Committee

A/Prof. John Stride

Prof. Barbara Messerle (Chair)

Dr Gavin Edwards

Scientia Professor Justin Gooding

School Advisory Committee

Prof. Barbara Messerle (Chair)

A/Prof. John Stride

A/Prof. Jonathan Morris

A/Prof. Naresh Kumar

A/Prof. Shelli McAlpine

Dr Pall Thordarson

Dr Gavin Edwards

Dr Toby Jackson

Mr Rick Chan

Mr Sveto Videnovic/

Research Committee A/Prof. John Stride (Chair)

Teaching Committee Dr Gavin Edwards (Chair)

Postgraduate Committee A/Prof. Jonathan Morris (Chair)

Outreach Committee A/Prof. Naresh Kumar (Chair)

Health & Safety Committee Dr Pall Thordarson (Chair)

Search Committee Prof. Barbara Messerle (Chair)

Building & Space Committee A/Prof. John Stride (Chair)

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Academic Responsibilities

Responsibility Staff Member

Director of Research A/Prof. John Stride

Director of Teaching Dr Gavin Edwards

Deputy Director of Teaching Dr Jason Harper

Deputy Head of School Scientia Professor Justin Gooding

Postgraduate Coordinator A/Prof. Jonathan Morris

Honours Coordinator A/Prof. Marcus Cole

Higher Year Coordinator (2-3rd year) Dr Pall Thordarson

Higher Year Laboratory Coordinator A/Prof. Steve Colbran

1st Year Coordinator Dr Nick Roberts

1st Year Laboratory Coordinator Dr Ron Haines

Postgraduate Coursework Coordinator Prof. Brynn Hibbert

Degree Program Coordinators A/Prof Jonathan Morris – Medicinal Chemistry

A/Prof. Marcus Cole- Nanotechnology

Seminar Coordinator Dr Chuan Zhao

Outreach A/Prof. Naresh Kumar

OHS Dr Pall Thordarson

IT Dr Ron Haines

Scientia Prof. Justin Gooding, A/Prof Steve Colbran, Prof. David Black, Dr Chuan Zhao, Dr Jason Harper, Prof. Barbara Messerle (Head of School), Visiting Fellow A/Prof. Roger Read, Dr Leigh Aldous, Dr Luke Hunter, Visiting Fellow A/Prof. Mike James, Dr Neeraj Sharma, Dr Pall Thordarson, Dr Nick Roberts, Dr Ron Haines, A/Prof. Jonathan Morris

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Dr Leigh Aldous B.Sc (Hon), Leeds, CAST Ph.D. Queen’s University Belfast

Born in 1982, Dr Aldous completed his undergraduate degree at Leeds (2004) and

postgraduate work at Queen’s University, Belfast (2007). He became a Postdoctoral Fellow at

Queen’s University, Belfast (2007-2009), and then at The University of Oxford (2009 - 2011).

Dr Aldous was appointed as a Lecturer at UNSW in 2011.

Current research Activities:

Biomass and Ionic Liquids: Dissolution and conversion of biomass into sustainable chemical source

Electroanalysis, with particular emphasis on nanomaterials

Ionic Liquids and hydrogen storage.

Selected Publications:

“Ionic Liquids for Lignin Processing: Dissolution, Isolation, and Conversion” M. M. Hossain; L. Aldous,

Australian Journal of Chemistry 2012, 65, 1465-1477

“Clean, effi cient electrolysis of formic acid via formation of eutectic, ionic mixtures with ammonium formate” L. Aldous; R. G. Compton, Energy & Environmental Science 2010, 3(10), 1587-1592.

“The mechanism of hydrazine electro-oxidation revealed by platinum microelectrodes: role of residual oxides” L. Aldous; R. G. Compton, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2011, 13(12), 5279-5287.

“Towards Mixed Fuels: The Electrochemistry of Hydrazine in the Presence of Methanol and Formic Acid” L. Aldous; R. G. Compton, ChemPhysChem 2011, 12(7), 1280-1287.

“The electrochemistry of quinizarin revealed through its mediated reduction of oxygen” Batchelor-McAuley, C.; Dimov, I. B.; L. Aldous; R. G. Compton, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of

the United States of America 2011, 108(50), 19891-19895.Professional Activities:

Professional Activities:

International Society of Electrochemistry (member).

Electrochemistry Society (member).

Royal Society of Chemistry (member).

Royal Australian Chemical Institute (member).

Invited Lectures, Conference and Media Presentations:

18th Australian Electrochemistry Conference, Perth, Australia (15th April 2012; presentation).

10th International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE) Spring Meeting, Perth, Australia (15th-18th April 2012; presentation).

5th Australasian Symposium on Ionic Liquids (ASIL5), Melbourne, Australia (3rd May 2012; poster).

The 2012 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN), Perth, Australia (5-9th February 2012; presentation).

BIT’s 2nd Annual World Congress on Nanoscience & Technology 2012, Qingdao, China (26th-28th October 2012; presentation).

Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia (8th February 2012; seminar at the Department of Chemistry).

National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan (30th October 2012; seminar at the Department of Chemistry).

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Dr Graham Edwin Ball B.Sc., Ph.D. Sheffi eld

Born in 1965, Dr Ball completed his Undergraduate and Postgraduate work at the University

of Sheffi eld gaining his B.Sc. (1986) and Ph.D. (1990). He became a Postdoctoral Fellow at

the University of British Columbia (1990-91), and then at the University of California, Berkeley

(1991-1994). Dr Ball was appointed University of New South Wales NMR Facility Manager and

Adjunct Lecturer in 1995 and Senior Lecturer in 2005.

Current Research Activities:

Chemical and biological applications of NMR

spectroscopy

Characterisation of reactive intermediates in

organometallic chemistry

Computational chemistry

Investigations of drug-DNA interactions

Structure elucidation


Young, R.D.; Lawes, D.J.; Hill, A.F.; Ball, G.E. “Observation of a tungsten alkane σ-complex showing selective binding of methyl groups using FTIR and NMR spectroscopies” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 8294–8297.

Young, R.D.; Hill, A.F.; Hillier, W.; Ball, G.E. “Transition Metal-Alkane σ-Complexes with Oxygen Donor Co-ligands” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133, 13806-13809.

Ball, G.E.; Brookes, C.M.; Cowan, A.J.; Darwish, T.A; George, M.W.;. Kawanami, H.K.; Portius, P.; Rourke, J.P. “A delicate balance of complexation vs. activation of alkanes: NMR and TRIR studies of the interaction of alkanes with [Re(Cp)(CO)(PF3)].” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA., 2007, 104, 6927.

Ball, G.E.; Darwish, T.A; Geftakis, S.; George, M.W.; Lawes, D.J.; Portius, P.; Rourke, J.P. “Characterization of an Organometallic Xenon Complex using NMR and IR Spectroscopy.” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA., 2005, 102, 1853.

Geftakis, S.; Ball, G.E. “Direct Observation of a Transition Metal Alkane Complex, CpRe(CO)2(cyclopentane), Using NMR Spectroscopy,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1998, 120, 9953.


RACI Inorganic Division, NSW Representative.


Plenary Speaker, RACI Victorian Division Inorganic

Chemistry Symposium, Melbourne, November 2012.

Oral presentation, XXV International Conference

on Organometallic Chemistry, Lisbon, Portugal,

September 2012.

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Professor David St Clair Black M.Sc. Syd., Ph.D. Camb., AMusA, CChem, FRACI

Born in 1938, Professor Black completed his postgraduate work at the University of Sydney

(MSc, 1960) and then at the University of Cambridge (PhD, 1963). He was a Post Doctoral

Research Associate at Columbia University (1963 – 1964). He was appointed as Lecturer

at Monash University (1965), promoted to Senior Lecturer (1971) and Reader in Organic

Chemistry (1975). He was appointed Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of New

South Wales in 1983.


Synthetic organic chemistry including methods of

synthesis, heterocyclic chemistry (especially indole

chemistry), photochemistry.

Organic aspects of coordination chemistry including

ligand design and synthesis, macrocycles,

organometallic chemistry.

Polymer chemistry - new polyamides, polyesters and

modifi ed peptides. Self-assembly studies involving

hydrogen bonding.

Development of mild and effi cient new metal complex

catalysts related to Green Chemistry.

Natural products chemistry - constituents of Endiandra

and Beilschmiedia species, indole alkaloids.


Black, D. St.C., Editor, Science of Synthesis, Volume 15, Hetarenes and related ring systems: six-membered hetarenes with one nitrogen or phosphorus atom, pub. Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart, 1320 pp (2004).

Wahyuningsih, T. D., Kumar, N. and Black, D. StC., Synthesis of indolo[2,3-c]quinolines from 3- arylindole-2-ketoximes, Tetrahedron, 63, 6713-6719 (2007).

Cheah, W. C., Black, D. StC., Goh, W. K. and Kumar, N., Synthesis of antibacterial peptidomimetics derived from N-acylisatins, Tetrahedron Letters, 49, 2965-2968 (2008).

Chen, R., Bhadbhade, M., Kumar, N and Black, D. StC., Synthesis of cyclic tetraindolyls via oxidative coupling reactions, Tetrahedron Letters, 53, 3337-3341 (2012).

Somphol, K., Chen, R., Bhadbhade, M., Kumar, N. and Black, D. StC., A new strategy for calixindole formation: synthesis of a calix[3]indole with 2,2; 7,2; 7,7-methylene linkages and a new calix[4]indole with 2,2; 7,2; 7,7; 2,7-methylene linkages, Synlett, 24-28 (2013).


Secretary General, ICSU (2011-2014)

External Examiner, University of Malaya, Kuala

Lumpur, Malaysia

Member of National Committee for Chemistry

Member of NMI Reference Materials Review

Committee, National

Measurement Institute, Australian Government

Analytical Laboratory.


Black, D. StC., “Macrocyclic

Tetraindolyls: Indorphyrins and related structures

as potential new foundation molecules”, Gordon

Conference on Heterocyclic Compounds, Salve

Regina University, Newport, RI, USA, June 2012.

Awards:

Appointed Offi cer of the Order of Australia.S

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Associate Professor Stephen Boyd Colbran B.Sc, Ph.D Otago

Associate Professor Colbran gained his Ph.D from the University of Otago, New Zealand, in

1984. He then undertook post-doctoral research with Professor the Lord Jack Lewis, FRS,

and Professor Brian Johnson, FRS, at the University Chemical Laboratories, University of

Cambridge, England, 1984–1987. Steve was appointed to the academic staff of UNSW in 1987,

and he spent 1994 on leave from UNSW as a Visiting Scientist in the Department of Chemistry,

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.


Transition metal chemistry with an emphasis on:

Biological catalysis: using computational and synthetic models to uncover insights about multi-electron redox processes in biology.

Biomimetic catalysis: using biomimcry to prepare sophisticated catalysts for multi-electron reduction processes.

Catalyses for a sustainable future: multi-electron reduction of unsaturated organic substrates to produce high-value chemicals and of carbon dioxide to selectively produce formaldehyde or methanol.

Ligand ‘non-innocence’ in transition metal chemistry and its applications.

Electrochemistry and spectro-electrochemistry applied to transition metal systems.


McSkimming, A.; Bhadbhade, M. M.; Ball, G. E.; Colbran S. B., Rhodium complexes of a chelating ligand with imidazol-2-ylidene and pyridin-2-ylidene donors: the effect of C-metalation of nicotinamide groups on uptake of hydride ion, Inorganic

Chemistry, 2012, 51, 2191–2203.

McSkimming, A.; Bhadbhade, M. M.; Colbran S. B., Hydride ion-carrier ability in Rh(I) complexes of a nicotinamide-functionalised N-heterocyclic carbene ligand, Dalton Transactions, 2010, 39, 10581–10584.

Rawling, T.; Austin, C.; Buchholz, F.; Colbran S .B.; McDonagh A. M., Ruthenium phthalocyanine-bipyridyl dyads as sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells: Dye coverage versus molecular effi ciency, Inorganic Chemistry, 2009, 48, 3215–3227.

Moberg, V.; Mottaqlib, A. M.; Sauer, D.; Poplavskaya, Y.; Craig, D. C.; Deeming, A. J.; Colbran, S. B.; Nordlander, E., Chiral and achiral phosphine derivatives of alkylidyne tricobalt carbonyl clusters as catalysts for (asymmetric) inter- and intra-molecular Pauson-Khand reactions, Dalton

Transactions, 2008, 2442–2453.

Lonnon, D. G. Lee, S.-T.; Colbran S. B., Valence tautomerism and coordinative lability in copper(II)–imidazolyl–semiquinonate anion models for the CuB centre in cytochrome c oxidase, Journal of the

American Chemical Society, 2007, 129, 5800-5801.


Coordinator of Upper-level Laboratory Teaching for the School of Chemistry, UNSW

Member of the Teaching Committee, School of Chemistry, UNSW

Member of the Research Committee, School of Chemistry, UNSW

Chair, Assessment Committee, School of Chemistry, UNSW

Member of the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SBIC) and the American Chemical Society (ACS)

ARC assessor for ARC Grant applications

Referee for the journals: Journal of the American Chemical Society; Chemistry–A European Journal; Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Inorganic Chemistry; Organometallics; Dalton Transactions; European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry; Inorganic Chemistry Communications; Chemical Reviews

Editorial Board Member for the International Journal of Inorganic Chemistry (IJIC) and for the Journal of Chemical Science (JChem).

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Colbran, S. B, Biological and Bio-inspired

Multielectron Reduction Catalysis, Invited Lecture,

Department of Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry, Indian

Institute of Science (IIS), Bangalore, India, 16 Jan.

2012

Colbran, S. B, Biological and Bio-inspired

Multielectron Reduction Catalysis, Invited Lecture,

Chemical Physics Department, ChemiCentrum, Lund

University, Sweden, 6 Sept. 2012

Colbran, S. B, Transition Metal Chemistry of

Multifunctional Organohydride Ligands, Session

Lecture, International Coordination Chemistry

Conference (ICCC) 40, Valencia, Spain, 11 Sept.

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Associate Professor Marcus Lawford Cole B.Sc (Hons) Ph.D Cardiff

Cardiff University BSc (Hons I) (Medal) 1998, PhD 2001. Lecturer and Senior Lecturer,

University of Adelaide (2004-7). Royal Society and ARC research fellowships at Monash

University (2002-3). NSW Young Tall Poppy Science Award 2009. RACI Organometallic

Chemistry Award in 2010. Elected Fellow of the RACI in 2012.


Low oxidation state and hydrido complexes of the

main group elements.

Catalytic applications of N-heterocyclic carbenes.

Low oxidation state lanthanide chemistry and its

synthetic application.


Dunn, MD; Cole, ML; Harper JB: Effects of an

ionic liquid solvent on the synthesis of gamma-

butyrolactones by conjugate addition using NHC

organocatalysts, RSC Advances, 2012, 2, 10160-

10162.

McKay, AI; Ball, GE; Cole, ML: Low valent and

hydride complexes of NHC coordinated gallium and

indium, Dalton Trans, 2012, 41, 946-952.

Gyton, MR; Cole, ML; Harper JB: Ionic liquid effects

on Mizoroki-Heck reactions: more than just carbene

formation, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 9200-9202.

Alexander, SG; Cole, ML; Forsyth, CM: Tertiary

Amine and N-Heterocyclic Carbene Coordinated

Haloalanes - Synthesis, Structure and Application,

Chem. Eur. J., 2009, 15, 9201-9214.

Junk, PC; Cole, ML: Alkali metal bis(aryl)

formamidinates – A study of coordinative versatility,

Chem. Commun., 2007, 1579-1590 (feature article).


Secretary of the Inorganic Division, Royal Australian

Chemical Institute.

Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute,

member of the American Chemical Society.

Organising committee member for the 27th

International Conference on Organometallic

Chemistry (Melbourne, 2016).

Member of the Australasian discussion group on

organometallic chemistry.

Referee for A* journals of the ACS, RSC, Wiley-VCH

and Elsevier publishing houses.


Ionic Liquid Effects on Catalytic Reactions: More

Than Just Carbene Formation? – Australian

Symposium on Ionic Liquids, May 2012, Monash

University, Victoria.

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Born in 1960, Dr Edwards completed his PhD studies at Monash University with Dr (now

Professor) Glen Deacon and Professor David St Clair Black. He then undertook postdoctoral

research at Imperial College, London, with Dr (now Professor) Willie Motherwell from 1987-

1989. Dr Edwards was appointed as a Lecturer at UNSW in 1990 and Senior Lecturer in

1999. He is currently the Director of Teaching in the School of Chemistry. In 2011 he also

took on the role of Associate Dean (Undergraduate Programs) in the Faculty of Science.


Synthesis of novel DNA binding agents: new

bisintercalating threading molecules, and

organometallic drugs

Sulfones, sulfoxides and sulfoximines in organic

synthesis

Cyclometallated complexes as new catalysts


Beeren, S.R., Dabb, S.L., Edwards, G., Smith,

M.K., Willis, A.C., and Messerle, B.A., Improving

Intramolecular Hydroamination Rh(I) and Ir(I)

Catalysts Through Targeted Ligand Modifi cation,

New J. Chem., 2010, 34 1200-1208.

Edwards, G.L., Sinclair, D.J. “Sequential

cyclosulfonylation and alkylation as a versatile

strategy for dihydropyran synthesis.” Synthesis,

2005, 3613-3619.

Edwards, G.L., Black, D,St.C., Deacon, G.B.,

Wakelin, L.P.G. “In vitro and in vivo studies of

neutral cyclometallated complexes against murine

leukaemias.” Can. J. Chem. 2005, 83, 980-989.

Edwards, G.L., Black, D,St.C., Deacon, G.B.,

Wakelin, L.P.G. “Effect of charge and surface area

on the cytotoxicity of cationic metallointercalation

reagents.” Can. J. Chem. 2005, 83, 969-979.


Director of Teaching

Member: School of Chemistry Executive

Member: Faculty of Science Education Committee

Member: Faculty of Science Standing Committee

Member: Faculty of Science International Committee

Member: School of Chemistry Executive

Member: Faculty of Engineering Education

Committee

Member: UNSW Project 4-3-2-1 Admissions and

Conversions Group

Member: UNSW Enrolment and Admissions

Management Committee

Member: UNSW Early Intervention and Retention

Reference Group

Member: UNSW Student Safety and Wellbeing Committee

Member: Academic Domain – Business System

Owners Advisory Group

Member: Pre-University and Alternative Education

Committee

Member: Advisory Board of Organic Preparations

and Procedures International.

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Professor Leslie D. Field Ph.D., D.Sc. USyd

Ph.D. 1979 University of Sydney; D.Sc. 1991 University of Sydney; Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA 1979-1981; Research Fellow, Oxford University, UK, 1981-1982; 1982-2005 Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader/Professor University of Sydney; Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Sydney 1990 to 2005 and Head of the School of Chemistry from 1997 to 2001; Associate Dean for Research

in the Faculty of Science, Chair of the University Research Committee, Deputy Chair of the Academic Board and Acting Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the University of Sydney. Vice-President & Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at UNSW from April 2005.


Organometallic chemistry of coordinated dinitrogen - nitrogen fi xation.

C-H Bond activation and functionalisation

Organometallic chemistry of carbon dioxide

Applications of NMR spectroscopy in organic & organometallic chemistry

Transition metal catalysis in organic synthesis

Transition metal acetylides, organometallic polymers and new materials

Metallocene chemistry


Bott, G.; Field, L. D.; Sternhell, S., Steric Effects - a Study of a Rationally Designed System. J. Am.

Chem. Soc. 1980, 102 (17), 5618-5626.

Baker, M. V.; Field, L. D., Reaction of sp2 C-H Bonds in Unactivated Alkenes with Bis(Diphosphine) Complexes of Iron. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1986, 108 (23), 7433-7434.

Baker, M. V.; Field, L. D., Reaction of Ethylene with a Coordinatively Unsaturated Iron Complex, Fe(depe)2 - sp2 C-H Bond Activation without Prior Formation of a p-Complex. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1986, 108 (23), 7436-7438.

Field, L. D.; Turnbull, A. J.; Turner, P., Acetylide-bridged organometallic oligomers via the photochemical metathesis of methyl-iron(II) complexes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124 (14), 3692-3702.

Field, L. D.; Li, H. L.; Dalgarno, S. J.; Turner, P., The fi rst side-on bound metal complex of diazene, HN=NH. Chem. Commun. 2008, (14), 1680-1682.


Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute

Member of the American Chemical Society

Member of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance

Journal Reviewer: Organometallics, Inorganic Chemistry, Dalton Transactions, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nature Chemistry, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, Chemical Communications

Australian Research Council: Ozreader

Director and Chairman NewSouth Innovations Pty Ltd

Director Australian Technology Park Innovations Pty Ltd

Director Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute

Director Uniseed UITT Pty Ltd

Director Uniseed Management Pty Ltd

Director Spatial Information Systems Ltd (SISL)

Alternate Director of the Environmental Biotechnology CRC

National ICT Australia Ltd (NICTA) UNSW Member Representative

Board Member ARC Centre for Functional Nanomaterials Advisory Board

Member of the National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) Board of Management

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Immunosensors for detection of protein analytes (with a US based biosensing company)

Understanding electron transfer through a new class of molecular wires (with Professor Michael Paddon-Row, Chemistry UNSW).

Porous silicon photonic crystals for biological imaging and disease diagnosis (with Professor Mike Gal and Dr Peter Reece, Physics UNSW and Dr. Katharina Gaus, Medicine UNSW)

Modifi ed surfaces for controlling surface interactions with cells for biomaterials applications (with Dr. Katharina Gaus, Medicine UNSW)

Nanoparticle based biosensors labelling and detection in for medical diagnostics (with Professor Rose Amal, Chemical Engineering, UNSW).

Silicon quantum dots for biolabelling (with the Australian Centre for NanoMedicine)

Detection of microRNA (with Prof. Maria Kavallaris, Australian Centre for NanoMedicine).

The three dimensional printing of cells (with Australian Centre for NanoMedicine).


Gooding JJ, Wibowo R, Liu J, Yang W, Losic D, Orbons S, Mearns FJ, Shapter JG, Hibbert DB, Protein Electrochemistry using Aligned Carbon Nanotube Arrays, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125, 9006-9007 (2003).

K.A. Kilian, L.M.H. Lai, A. Magenau, S. Cartland, T. Böcking, N. Di Girolamo, M. Gal, K. Gaus, J.J. Gooding, Smart Tissue Culture: In Situ Monitoring of Cellular Secretion With Nanostructured Photonic Crystals NanoLett. 9 2021-2025 (2009).

D.J. Williamson, D.M. Owen, J. Rossy, M. Wehrmann, A. Magenau, J.J. Gooding, K. Gaus, Pre-existing LAT clusters do not participate in early T cell signaling events, Nature Immunology 12 655-662 (2011).

P.K. Eggers, N. Darwish, M.N. Paddon-Row, J.J. Gooding, Surface-Bound Molecular Rulers for Probing the Electrical Double Layer, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134 7539-7544 (2012).

L.M.H. Lai, I.Y. Goon, K. Chuah, M. Lim, F. Braet, R. Amal, J.J. Gooding, Biochemiresistor Sensor– A New Type of Biosensor Employing Magnetic Assembly of Gold Coated Magnetic Nanoparticles, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 51 6456-6459 (2012).


Co-Director of the Australian Centre for NanoMedicine

Leader, CSIRO Flagship Collaboration Fund Research Cluster of Sensing Systems for Monitoring Aquatic Environments

Fellow of the RACI and Past-Chair of the Electrochemistry Division of the RACI

Member of The International Society of Electrochemistry and Australian Regional Representative

Associate Editor (Handling) of Australian Journal of Chemistry

Scientia Professor John Justin Gooding B.Sc. (Hons) Melb., D.Phil.

(Oxon), CChem, MRACI

Graduate of Oxford University (D. Phil., 1994). Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Cambridge, (1994-1996). Vice-Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UNSW (1997-1998). Lecturer, Flinders University of South Australia (1998). Appointed Lecturer at UNSW (1999), Senior Lecturer (2002), Associate Professor (2006), Professor (2006) Scientia Professor (2011). NSW Young Tall Poppy Science Prize (2004), Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (2005), University of Canterbury Erskine Fellow (2007), Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) Analytical Chemistry Division Lloyd Smythe Medal (2007), Vice-Chancellors Teaching Award for Post-

graduate Supervision (2008), Eureka Prize for Scientifi c Research (2009), ARC Australian Professorial Fellow (2010-2014), RACI H.G. Smith Medal (2011), RACI Electrochemistry Division R.H. Stokes Medal (2012), Royal Society of Chemistry Australasian Lecturer (2012) Co-Director of the Australian Centre for NanoMedicine.

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Member of the editorial board of the journals Electrochemistry Communications, Electroanalysis, Sensors, Nanobiotechnology, Sensors and Actuators B, Sensor Letters, Journal of Nanoeducation, Analyst, Chemical Sciences, Biosensors

Member of the University Professorial Promotions Committee, School Advisory Committee, Post-Graduate Research Student Committee, Analytical Centre Solid State Advisory Group and Australian National Fabrication Facility UNSW node access committee.

Referee for the journals Nature Materials, Nature Nanotechnology, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Analytical Chemistry, Langmuir, Journal of Physical Chemistry B., Electroanalysis, Electrochemistry Communications, Talanta, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Sensors, Australian Journal of Chemistry, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Biosensors Bioelectronics, Nucleic Acids Research, The Analyst, Chemical Communications, Journal of Immunological Methods, Journal of Material Science.

Referee for grant applications for the Refereed Grants for ARC, City University Research Grant Program, Hong Kong, A*star Singapore, NSERC, Canada.

Consultant for AgaMatrix Inc. and Inventia Pty Ltd


B. Guan, L.M.H. Lai, K. Chuah, I.Y. Goon, A. Magenau, M. Lim, P.J. Reece, N. Di Girolamo, K. Gaus, Rose Amal, J.J. Gooding, Nanoparticle Based Biosensors for Diagnostics and Personalised Medicine, MQ Biofocus Research Centre 2012 Conference, Stamford Grand North Ryde, 14 Dec (2012). Plenary

J.J. Gooding, New sensing technologies with potential for nanotoxicology, International Workshop on the Risk Assessment of Manufactured Nanomaterials, University of South Australia, 8-9 October (2012). Invited Talk

J.J. Gooding, A.L. Gui, G.Z. Liu, A. Barfdokht, N.A. Darwish, S. Ciampi, C.C.A. Ng, Electrodes that resist protein fouling when used in biological fl uids: Applications for biosensing, cell biology and implantable electrodes, 3rd International NanoMedicine Conference, Sydney, Australia 2-4 July (2012). Keynote presentation

S. Ciampi, A. Ng, M. Choudhury, S.G. Parker, G. Le Saux, K. Gaus, J.J. Gooding, Making Silicon Water Friendly: An Approach To Producing Stable Oxide Free Silicon for Electrochemical Applications, 10th International Society of Electrochemistry Spring Meeting, Perth, Australia, 15-18 April (2012). Keynote Speaker

J.J. Gooding, L.M.H. Lai, I.Y. Goon, K. Chuah, E. Murago, M. Lim, R. Amal, Dispersible Electrodes: Gold Coated Magnetic Nanoparticles for Electrochemical Sensing, 18th Australian Electrochemistry Symposium, Electrochemistry Division of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Curtin University, Perth 15 April 2012. R.H. Stokes

Medal Award Lecture

J.J. Gooding, Nanotechnology and biosensors: From detecting small molecules to monitoring the activity of whole cells, 27th Philippines Chemical Congress, Manila, Philippines, 11-13 April (2012) Opening

Plenary Address

J.J. Gooding, Nanotechnology and biosensors: From detecting small molecules to monitoring the activity of whole cells, Workshop on Biotechnological Advances for Defence Applications, Defence Scientifi c and Technology Organisation (DSTO), 18 March 2012, Invited Speaker

J.J. Gooding, L.M.H. Lai, I.Y. Goon, K. Chuah, G. Liu, E. Murago, E. Luais, M. Lim, R. Amal, Nanostructured materials for novel biosensing applications, 14th Asia Pacifi c Confederation of Chemical Engineering Congress, APCChE 2012, Singapore, 21-24 February (2012). Invited Speaker

J.J. Gooding, L.M.H. Lai, I.Y. Goon, K. Chuah, G. Liu, E. Murago, E. Luais, M. Lim, R. Amal, Nanostructured materials for novel biosensing applications, International Conference of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 2012, Perth, Australia, 5-9 February (2012). Invited Speaker

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M. James, S. Ciampi, T. Darwish, T. Hanley, J. Gooding, Water, Water Everywhere... Nanoscale Condensation of Water on Self-Assembled Monolayers and Click- Functionalized Surfaces, International Conference of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 2012, Perth, Australia, 5-29 February (2012).

78. Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, 30/11/12, Making Silicon Water Friendly for Electrochemical, Cell Biology and Molecular Electronic Applications

School of Chemistry, The University of Tasmania, Hobart, 14/11/12, Nanotechnology and biosensors: From detecting small molecules to monitoring the activity of whole cells

School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, 1/11/12, Self-Assembled Monolayers: A History at UNSW that is more than just biosensors

School of Chemistry, Monash University, Melbourne, 10/10/12, Nanotechnology and biosensors: From detecting small molecules to monitoring the activity of whole cells

School of Chemistry, University of Auckland, Auckland, 24/9/12, Biosensors: Then Pathway to Portable Analytical Devices Environmental Analysis

73. Department of Chemistry, University of Waikato, Hamilton, 21/9/12, Nanotechnology and biosensors: From detecting small molecules to monitoring the activity of whole cells

72. Department of Chemistry, Massey University, Palmerston North, 19/9/12, Nanotechnology and biosensors: From detecting small molecules to monitoring the activity of whole cells

Department of Chemistry, Victoria University, Wellington, 18/9/12, Why are biosensors not even more successful? Some of the issues, some of the solutions.

70. Department of Chemistry, The University of Canterbury, Christchurch, 17/9/12, Nanotechnology and biosensors: From detecting small molecules to monitoring the activity of whole cells

69. Department of Chemistry, The University of Otago, Dunedin, 14/9/12, Nanotechnology and biosensors: From detecting small molecules to monitoring the activity of whole cells

School of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 5/9/12, Nanotechnology and biosensors: From detecting small molecules to monitoring the activity of whole cells

School of Chemistry and Physics, The University of Adelaide, 3/9/12, Nanotechnology and biosensors: From detecting small molecules to monitoring the activity of whole cells

RACI, NT branch, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, 12/6/12, Biosensors: The Pathway to Portable Analytical Devices Environmental Analysis

School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales 8/5/12, Writing a Paper: Who’s Job is It?

School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 21/2/12, Biosensors: Then Pathway to Portable Analytical Devices Environmental Analysis

School of Chemistry, Deakin University 17/2/12, Some advantages of nanomaterials for biosensing.

62. School of Chemistry, Sydney University, 15/2/12, Why are biosensors not even more successful? Some of the issues, some of the solutions.

Schools Talk: “Biosensors: What are they, who cares?” Marrara Christian College, Darwin, June 12th 2012.

Awards:

The Royal Society of Chemistry, Australasian Lecturer for 2012

The Royal Australian Chemical Institute, 2012 R.H. Stokes Medal for Electrochemistry

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Dr Ronald Stanley HainesB.Sc. (Hons 1, University Medal), Ph.D. UNSW

Postdoctoral Research Associate with Prof. B.J. Orr, UNSW, 1982-1983; Senior Tutor, School of

Chemistry, UNSW 1983-1989; Principal Tutor, School of Chemistry, UNSW 1989-1992; Lecturer

in Physical Chemistry, UNSW 1992-present. First Year Laboratory Coordinator 2008 - present.


Chemical education and educational technology

Applications of computers and computer networks to chemical problems including chemical kinetics, data acquisition


Bogaard M.P., Haines R., Raman Intensities and Cartesian Polarizability Derivatives, Mol. Phys, 41(6), 1980, 1281-1289

Duval A.B., King D.A., Haines R., Isenor N.R., Orr B.J., Coherent Raman Spectroscopy of Glyoxal Vapour, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 17(2), 1986, 177-182

Haines R, Teaching Computer Concepts to Undergraduate Chemists, J. Chem. Educ., 1998, 75, 785-787

Haines R.S., Woo, D.T., Hudson, B.T., Mori, J.C., Ngan, E.S.M., Pak, W-Y Interdisciplinary Educational Collaborations: Chemistry and Computer Science, J. Chem. Educ., 2007, 84, 967-970

Haines, R.S., Wu, A.H.F., Lamb, R., Hua Zhang, Coffey, J., Huddle, T., Lafountaine, J.S., Lim, Zhi-Jun, White, E.A. and Tuong, N.T., Self-Cleaning Surfaces: A Senior Undergraduate Research Project, J. Chem. Educ. 2009, 365-367


Member, School of Chemistry Honours Thesis Reading Committee

School of Chemistry IT Coordinator.

Member, School of Chemistry Teaching Committee

Member, Faculty of Science IT Committee.

Member, UNSW IT End-User Hardware Procurement Steering Committee

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Dr Jason Brian Harper B.Sc. Adel., B.Sc. (Hons), Ph.D. ANU

Born 1974. Undergraduate work carried out at the University of Adelaide (B.Sc. 1995) and in

The Faculties, Australian National University (B.Sc. (Hons) 1996). Shell Australia Postgraduate

Scholar, Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University (Ph.D. 2000). C.J. Martin

Postdoctoral Fellow, University Chemical Laboratory, Cambridge (2000-2002). Associate

Lecturer, The Open University in East Anglia (2001). Appointed to the School of Chemistry,

University of New South Wales as Lecturer in 2002 and Senior Lecturer in 2007. SSP at Boston

College (2009).


Application of physical organic chemistry to

understanding organic processes, including:

The development of an understanding of ionic liquids as novel reaction media, and their application.

The examination of the chemical and physical properties N-heterocyclic carbenes, particularly those based on ionic liquid cations (in collaboration with Assoc. Prof. Marcus Cole, School of Chemistry, UNSW)

The investigation of novel NMR spectroscopic methods for monitoring reaction kinetics (in collaboration with Dr James Hook, UNSW Analytical Centre).


Yau, H. M.; Croft, A. K.; Harper, J. B.: “One-Pot Hammett Plots: A General Method for the Rapid Aquisition of Relative Rate Data”, Chemical Communications 2012, 48, 8937-8939.

Yau, H. M.; Croft, A. K.; Harper, J. B.: “Investigating the origin of entropy-derived rate accelerations in ionic liquids”, Faraday Discussions 2012, 154, 365-371.

Gyton, M. R.; Cole, M. L.; Harper, J. B.: “Ionic liquid effects on Mizoroki-Heck reactions: More than just carbene complex formation”, Chemical Communications 2011, 47, 9200-9202.

George, S. R. D.; Edwards, G. L.; Harper, J. B.: “The effect of ionic liquids on azide-alkyne cycloaddition reactions”, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry 2010, 8, 5354-5358.

Jones, S. G.; Yau, H. M.; Davies, E.; Hook, J. M.; Youngs, T. G. A.; Harper, J. B.; Croft, A. K.: “Ionic liquids through the looking glass: theory mirrors experiment and provides further insight into aromatic substitution processes”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2010, 12, 1873-1878.


Director, Faculty of Science Talented Students Programme

Deputy Director of Teaching, School of Chemistry

Co-Chair and Bid Developer, Local Organising Committee, 23rd IUPAC Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry (Sydney 2016)

Treasurer, Southern Highlands Conference on Heterocyclic Chemistry

Member, Australian Chemistry Discipline Network

Member, Royal Australian Chemical Institute

Member, American Chemical Society (ACS)


Keynote lecture, 21st IUPAC Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry.

Invited lecture, 5th Australasian Symposium on Ionic Liquids

Invited lectures at Cardiff and Griffi th Universities and the Universities of Bristol and Queensland.

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Professor David Brynn Hibbert B.Sc., Ph.D. Lond. C.Chem FRSC FRACI

Brynn Hibbert completed his degrees in chemistry at the University of London, King’s College

(BSc 1972, PhD 1976). After a research assistantship at The City University, London, he became

a lecturer in Physical Chemistry at Bedford College, University of London. In 1987 he was

appointed to the Chair of Analytical Chemistry at UNSW. He served as Head of School from

1993 to 1996.


Chemometrics and statistics in chemistry

Metrology and quality assurance in chemistry

Mass spectrometry and drug analysis

Electrochemical sensors and biosensors, electronic nose technology

Education with an electronic laboratory notebook


De Bièvre, P.; Dybkaer, R.; Fajgelj, A.; Hibbert, D. B., Metrological traceability of measurement results in chemistry: Concepts and implementation (IUPAC Technical report). Pure Appl. Chem. 2011, 83, 1873-1935.

Ebrahimi, D.; Li, J. F.; Hibbert, D. B., Classifi cation of weathered petroleum oils by multi-way analysis of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry data using PARAFAC2 parallel factor analysis. Journal of

Chromatography A 2007, 1166, (1-2), 163-170.

Hibbert DB (2007) Quality Assurance for the

Analytical Chemistry Laboratory Oxford University Press, New York, pp310 ISBN 0195162137.

Fleury, V., Kaufman, J.H. and Hibbert, D.B., A

Mechanism of Morphology Transition in Ramifi ed

Growth, Nature 367, 435-438, (1994).

Hibbert D Brynn, Bell Graham, A method of

predicting the source of data sampled from an

unknown source, Australian Patent 2006904660. Filed 28 August, 2006, PCT/AU/2007 001214.


University Committees

Member, e-research coordination group.

Membership of Committees

Australian representative to the General Assembly of IUPAC, 2006 –

Secretary, IUPAC Analytical Chemistry Division Committee (V), 2008 – 2012

Project leader, IUPAC project team for Terminology in Chemometrics

IUPAC representative on the Joint Committee for Guides in Metrology, Working Group 1. (BIPM, Paris)

Chair of Pure Reference Materials Review Committee, National Measurement Institute.

Chair of Matrix Reference Materials Review Committee, National Measurement Institute.

Australian representative to International Chemometrics Society.

Member Chemical Testing Accreditation Advisory Committee, NATA (National Association of Testing Authorities)

Member Reference Materials Accreditation Advisory Committee, NATA.

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Membership of learned societies

Member Australian Academy of Forensic Science (Council, 2009 –)

Royal Society of New South Wales: (Council, 2009–2011, Vice President 2011–)

Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute

Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry.

Editorships

International Advisory Board of Accreditation and Quality Assurance in the Analytical Laboratory (ACQUAL), Springer

Book review editor, ACQUAL

Australasian Editor, Sensors, MDPI, Basel.


Plenary presentation “Science in Court” - South Western Association of Forensic Scientists, Scottsdale Arizona, November 2012.

Workshop –“Bayesian Methods in Analytical Chemistry”, South Western Association of Forensic Scientists, Scottsdale Arizona, November 2012

Plenary presentation “Crooks, Cranks and Charlatans”, - The Australian Academy of Forensic Scientists, February 2012.

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Dr Luke Hunter B. Ad.Sc (Hon), Ph.D, USyd

Born in 1979, Dr Hunter completed his Undergraduate and Postgraduate work at The

University of Sydney gaining his B. Ad.Sc (1999) and Ph. D (2004). He went on to Postdoctoral

positions at The University of Melbourne (2005), The University of St Andrews (2005 – 2008),

The University of NSW (2008 – 2009) and The University of Sydney (2009 – 2011). He was

appointed Senior Lecturer at UNSW in 2011.


Natural product total synthesis

Fluorinated amino acids

Antimicrobial cyclic peptides

GABA receptor ligands for treatment of stroke

RGD peptides for treatment of cancer


Hunter, L.; Kirsch, P.; Slawin, A. M. Z.; O’Hagan, D.,

“Synthesis and structure of stereoisomeric multi-

vicinal hexafl uoroalkanes,” Angewandte Chemie

International Edition 2009, 48, 5457.

Hunter, L.; Kirsch, P.; Slawin, A. M. Z.; O’Hagan,

D., “Synthesis and conformation of multi-vicinal

fl uoroalkane diastereoisomers,” Angewandte Chemie

International Edition 2007, 46, 7887.

Hunter, L.; Chung, J. H., “Total synthesis of unguisin

A,” Journal of Organic Chemistry 2011, 76, 5502.

Hunter, L.; Jolliffe, K. A.; Jordan, M. J. T.; Jensen,

P.; Macquart, R. B., “Synthesis and conformational

analysis of α,β-difl uoro-γ-amino acid derivatives,”

Chemistry: A European Journal 2011, 17, 2340.

Yamamoto, I.; Jordan, M. J. T.; Gavande, N.;

Doddareddy, M. R.; Chebib, M.; Hunter, L. “The

enantiomers of syn-2,3-difl uoro-4-aminobutyric acid

elicit opposite responses at the GABAC receptor,”

Chemical Communications 2012, 48, 829.


MRACI CCHEM

Member, American Chemical Society


ACS Spring Meeting, San Diego, USA: “Fluorinated

amino acids: building blocks for the synthesis of

shape-controlled bioactive peptides.”

Departmental seminar, The University of Melbourne:

“Fluorinated amino acids: building blocks for the

synthesis of shape-controlled bioactive peptides.”

Departmental seminar, The University of Queensland:

“Fluorinated amino acids: building blocks for the

synthesis of shape-controlled bioactive peptides.”

Departmental seminar, CSIRO (Clayton): “Fluorinated

amino acids: building blocks for the synthesis of

shape-controlled bioactive peptides.”

Contributed lecture, International Conference on

Organic Synthesis, Melbourne: “Fluorinated amino

acids: building blocks for the synthesis of shape-

controlled bioactive peptides.”

Awards:

ARC DECRA

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Design and synthesis of quorum-sensing inhibitors

Development of synthetic methodologies for the preparation of biologically important natural products and their analogues

Novel antimicrobial biomaterials

Heterocyclic chemistry

Calixarene chemistry


Iskander G, Zhang R, Chan D, Black DStC, Alamgir

M, Kumar N, An effi cient synthesis of brominated

4-alkyl-2(5H)-furanones, Tetrahedron Letters, 2009,

50, 4613-4615.

Cheah WC, Wood K, Black DStC, and Kumar

N, Facile ring-opening of N-acylisatins for the

development of novel peptidomimetics. Tetrahedron

2011, 67, 7603-7610.

Devakaram R, Black DStC, Andrews KT, Fisher

GM, Davis RA, Kumar N, Synthesis and antimalarial

evaluation of novel benzopyrano[4,3-b]benzopyran

derivatives. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry,

2011,19, 5199-5206.

Ho K, Cole N, Chen R, Willcox MDP, Rice S, Kumar,

N. Immobilisation of antibacterial dihydropyrrol-2-

ones onto functional polymer supports to prevent

bacterial infections in vivo, Antimicrobial Agents and

Chemotherapy, 2012, 56, 1138-1141.

Eugene MH, Pasqueir E, Iskander G, Black DStC,

and Kumar N, Synthesis of novel isofl avene-

propranolol hybrids as anti-tumor agents, Bioorganic

&. Medicinal Chemistry, 2013, 21,1652-1660.


Internal:

Academic in charge: B Med Chem program

Member: School of Chemistry Research Management Committee

Member: School of Chemistry Postgraduate Committee

Member: School of Chemistry Search Committee

Member: School of Chemistry Visiting Committee

External:

Member, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI)

Member, American Chemical Society

Chair, RACI (NSW) Natural Products Chemistry Group 2013

Assessor for ARC Discovery and Linkage Projects

Assessor for ARC Future Fellowship applications

Reviewer for NHMRC Project Grant applications

Research project evaluation for King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia

Reviewer for Academic Research Fund applications, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

MSc and PhD thesis examiner for national and international universities

Referee for Tetrahedron Letters, Tetrahedron, Current Medicinal Chemistry, Synlett, Synthesis, Australian Journal of Chemistry, Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, Journal of Organic Chemistry, Chirality, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Biofouling, and Acta Biomaterialia

Invited Lectures, Conference and Media

Associate Professor Naresh Kumar M.Sc. Punj. Ph.D. W’gong., CChem, MRACI

A/Prof Naresh Kumar completed his PhD in organic chemistry at Wollongong University in

1983, and after working as a Research Scientist at the School of Chemistry, University of NSW

was appointed a Lecturer in 2003. He moved through the ranks to become an Associate

Professor in chemistry in 2009.

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Presentations:

Kumar N, Synthesis of novel biologically active scaffolds based on fl avones and isofl avones, School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong 14 May 2012.

Kumar N, Synthesis of novel biologically active scaffolds based on fl avones and isofl avones, ICOS19/RACIOC24 19th International Conference on Organic Synthesis, Melbourne, 05 July 2012.

Kumar N, Novel antimicrobial coatings based on antimicrobial peptides and quorum sensing inhibitors, Asian Network for Natural and Unnatural Materials II, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 03-05 October 2012.

Kumar N, Novel antimicrobial coatings based on antimicrobial peptides and quorum sensing inhibitors, 1st International Conference on Emerging Advanced Nanomaterials, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 22-25 October 2012.

Kumar N, Novel antimicrobial coatings, 3rd Biennial International Conference on Drug Discovery from Natural Products and Traditional Medicines (DDNPTM-2012), National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), India, 22-24 November 2012.

Awards:

UNSW Staff Award for Excellence in Community Outreach

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Associate Professor Shelli Renee McAlpine Ph. D. UCLA

Born in 1969, A/Prof. McAlpine was awarded her PhD from The University of California,

Los Angeles, in 1997. She then spent three years as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Harvard

University before being appointed as an Assistant Professor at San Diego State University in

2000. Shelli was promoted to Associate Professor in 2006 and Professor in 2010. In 2011 Shelli

joined UNSW as an Associate Professor.


Synthesis of Natural Products and their analogues

Development of new antibiotics

Investigating Hsp90 inhibitors as potential chemotherapeutics

Mechanistic evaluation of natural products

Creating delivery methods for our biologically active molecules


Erinprit K. Singh, Deborah M. Ramsey, and Shelli R.

McAlpine* Org. Lettv14, p1198-1201. 2012

Melinda R. Davis, Erinprit K. Singh, Hendra

Wahyudi, Leslie D. Alexander, Joseph Kunicki,

Lidia A. Nazarova, Kelly A. Fairweather, Andrew

Giltrap, Katrina A. Jolliffe, and Shelli R. McAlpine*

Tetrahedron, v68, p1029-1051, 2012

Veronica C Ardi, Leslie D. Alexander, Victoria

Johnson, and Shelli R. McAlpine, ACS Chemical

Biology v6, p1357, 2011

Leslie D. Alexander, James Partridge, David Agard,

and Shelli R. McAlpine, Bioorganic and Med. Chem.

Lett. v21, p7068-7071, 2011


American Chemical Society: Member Executive comm. (Med Chem Division) Mar 2011-Mar 2014

Section Editor for Oncology for Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry Nov 2009- current

Advisory board member for “Current Topics in Medicinal ChemistrySept 2009- current

American Chemical Society: Member Executive comm. (Organic Division) Mar 2009-Mar 2012


Macrocyclic peptides: the perfect tools to explore

protein function; H3-D Symposium, Cape Town,

South Africa – plenary speaker, October

Hsp90 inhibitors that modulate the immunophilins;

Swedish society for biochemistry, biophysics, and

molecular biology, Sweden – Keynote speaker,

September

Hsp90 inhibitors that modulate the immunophilins;

University of Western Australia (Biology department),

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Macrocyclic peptides: confi rmation that dictates

biological activity: University of Western Australia

(Chemistry department), July


protein function; University of Auckland NZ, July


protein function; University of Tasmania, May


protein function; Howard Florey Institute, May


protein function; University of Wollongong, May


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Professor Barbara Anne Messerle Ph. D. Syd

Ph.D. University of Sydney 1987. Postdoctoral Fellow ETH Zürich, Switzerland 1987-1989,

Gritton Research Fellow, University of Sydney 1990-1991; ARC Queen Elizabeth II Fellow 1992-

1997, and ARC Senior Research Fellow 1997-1998, at the University of Sydney. Appointed

to UNSW as ARC Senior Research Fellow 1999-2002, Senior Lecturer 2002-2003, Associate

Professor 2004-2007 and Professor 2008. Head of School 2007 - current.


Enhancing the economic viability and the energy

effi ciency of chemical transformations is of fundamental

importance in the chemicals industry. Organometallic

catalysts are an increasingly important means of

providing new and more effi cient routes for chemical

processes. Our research projects involve the design and

synthesis of metal catalysts for:

The formation of C-X bonds in heterocycles (X=N,O,S)

The synthesis of amines via the hydrosilation and hydrogenation of imines.

Our projects also involve developing

Novel bimetallic catalysts for enhancing catalyst effi ciency

New approaches to catalysed multiple step reactions for the synthesis of amines and spiroketals

Novel approaches to the immobilization of transition metal catalysts on surfaces

New methods using parallel synthesis for developing catalysts for multistep processes


Carol Hua, Khuong Q. Vuong, Mohan Bhadbhade and Barbara A. Messerle New Rhodium(I) and Iridium(I) Complexes Containing Mixed Pyrazolyl-1,2,3-Triazolyl Ligands as Catalysts for Hydroamination, Organometallics, 2012, 31 (5),1790–1800

Joanne Hui Hui Ho, Sandra Choy, Stuart Macgregor, Barbara A. Messerle “Cooperativity in Bimetallic Dihydroalkoxylation Catalysts built on Aromatic Scaffolds: Signifi cant Rate Enhancements with a Rigid Anthracene Scaffold”, Organometallics, 2011,

30(21), 5978–5984.

Torstein Fjermestad, Joanne H. H. Ho, Stuart A. Macgregor, Barbara A. Messerle, and Deniz Tuna, Computational Study of the Mechanism of Cyclic Acetal Formation via the Iridium(I)-Catalyzed Double Hydroalkoxylation of 4-Pentyn-1-ol with Methanol Organometallics, 2011, 30(3), 618-626. ERA ranking A*

Michael J. Page, Jörg Wagler, and Barbara A.

Messerle “Pyrazolyl-N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes of Rhodium as Hydrogenation Catalysts: The infl uence of Ligand Steric Bulk on Catalyst Activity”, Dalton Trans, 2009, 7029-7038

Serin Dabb, Barbara Messerle,* Gottfried Otting, Jörg Wagler and Anthony Willis “Ruthenium Complexes of Substituted Hydrazine - Novel Solution and Solid State Binding Modes”, Chem Eur J., 14(32), 10058-10065, 2008


Head of School

Member of the Excellence in Research Australia (ERA) panel, 2012

Chair of National NMR Steering committee (ANZMAGnet) for developing a National NMR Facility

Chair, University Committee on Management of Hazardous Materials and Dangerous Goods

Member, Selection committee for HOS, School of Mathematics and Statistics

Member, Selection committee for HOS,

Member, University Committee on IT Business domain strategy on HR systems

Member, University of Sydney Committee for the award of a DSc

Member, Committee for University Prizes Process Review

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Reviewer, International Granting Agencies: American Chemical Society Petroleum research fund, USA

Member, Asia Pacifi c NMR 2013 Scientifi c committee

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Journal Reviewer 2012: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Dalton, Chemical Communications, Organometallics, Inorganic Chemistry, Dalton, Angewandte


M. Timerbulatova, S. W. S. Choy, M. J. Page, S. A. Macgregor and B. A. Messerle, “Cooperativity in Bimetallic Catalysts – The Relationship Between Structure and Catalyst Effi ciency” 25th International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry (ICOMC25), Lisbon, Portugal, 2nd-7th September 2012.

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Total synthesis of biologically active natural products

Design of inhibitors of kinases that regulate alternative splicing [with Prof D. Bates (Nottingham) and Prof S. Knapp (Oxford)]

Applications of the Diels-Alder reaction to the synthesis of biologically active molecules

Design of phosphatase activators (with Dr Anthony Don, Lowy Cancer Centre and Dr Nikki Verrills, University of Newcastle)

Medicinal chemistry (projects with Prof Peter White, BABS and the Centre of Vascular Research).


Anderson, R. J.; Hill, J. B.; Morris, J. C., Concise

Total Syntheses of Variolin B and Deoxyvariolin B, J.

Org. Chem., 2005, 70, 6204.

Bungard, C.J.; Morris, J.C., Total Synthesis of

the 7,3’-Linked Naphthylisoquinoline Alkaloid

Ancistrocladidine, J. Org. Chem., 2006, 71, 7354.

Bettayeb, K.; Tirado, O. M.; Marionneau-Lambot, S.;

Ferandin, Y.; Lozach, O.; Morris, J.C.; Mateo-Lozano,

S.; Drückes, P.; Schächtele, C.; Kubbutat, M.; Liger,

F.; Marquet, B.; Joseph, B.; Echalier, A.; Endicott, J.;

Notario, V.; Meijer, L., Meriolins, a new class of cell

death-inducing, cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors

with enhanced selectivity for CDK9, Cancer

Research, 2007, 67, 8325-8334

Echalier, A.; Bettayeb, K.; Ferandin, Y.; Lozach, O.; Clement, M.; Valette, A.; Liger, F.; Marquet, B.; Morris, J.C.; Endicott, J.; Joseph, B.; Meijer, L., Synthesis, protein kinase inhibitory activity and cytotoxicity of 3-(pyrimidin-4-yl)-7-azaindoles (meriolins). CDK2/cyclin A/meriolin and CDK2/cyclin A/variolin B crystal structures, J. Med. Chem. 2008, 51, 737.


Postgraduate Coordinator, School of Chemistry.

Program Director, Bachelor of Medicinal Chemistry (until June)

Member, School Advisory Committee, School of Chemistry, UNSW

Member, Research Committee, School of Chemistry, UNSW

Member, Faculty of Science Higher Degree Committee

Faculty of Science representative, UNSW PhD Review Implementation Committee

Member, First Year Curriculum Review committee.

Chair, RACI NSW Branch Organic Division One Day Symposium.

Member, Royal Australian Chemical Institute and American Chemical Society.

Referee for ACS, RSC, Wiley and Elsevier Journals.

Associate Professor Jonathan Charles MorrisB.Sc UWA, Ph.D ANU

A/Prof Morris obtained his B.Sc. (Hons) degree from the University of Western Australia.

He completed his Ph.D. degree at the Australian National University in 1994. After a

postdoctoral appointment at the University of Texas at Austin (1994-1996), he joined the

faculty at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. In 2004, he moved to the University of

Adelaide. In late 2009, he was appointed as Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at

the University of New South Wales.

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Synthesis and Reactions of Volatile Zinc Carbamates for Chemical Vapour Deposition.

Synthesis and Reactions of Volatile Aluminium Carbamates for Chemical Vapour Deposition.


Petrella AJ, Deng H, Roberts NK, and Lamb RN, Single-source chemical vapor deposition growth of ZnO thin fi lms using Zn4O(CO2NEt2)6, Chemistry of Materials 14 (10): 4339-4342 Oct 2002.

Heterobimetallic calix[4]arene complexes: Interconversion of dimeric (Ca, Sr or Ba)/TiIV complexes with a monomeric K/TiIV complex. Petrella, Antonella J.; Roberts, Nicholas K.; Raston, Colin L.; Craig, Donald C.; Thornton-Pett, Mark; Lamb, Robert N. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry (2003), (23), 4153-4158.

A heterobimetallic K2Ti2 complex incorporating two calix[5]arenes: A diverse array of metal-ligand interplay. Petrella, Antonella J.; Roberts, Nicholas K.; Craig, Donald C.; Raston, Colin L.; Lamb, Robert N., Chemical Communications (2003), (14), 1728-1729.

Dialkylcarbamato magnesium cluster complexes: precursors to the single-source chemical vapour deposition of high quality MgO thin fi lms. Hill MR, Jones AW, Russell JJ, Roberts NK, Lamb RN, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 14 (21): 3198-3202, 2004

Towards new precursors for ZnO thin fi lms by single source CVD: the X-ray structures and precursor properties of zinc ketoacidoximates. Hill, MR; Jones, AW; Russell, JJ; Roberts, NK; Lamb, RN, Inorganica Chimica Acta (2005) 358(1): 201-206.

Dr Nicholas Kenneth Roberts B.Sc.(Hons) Ph.D. University of Western Australia

Born in 1952 Dr Roberts gained his BSc (Hons), 1973 and PhD, 1979, with Dr S. Bruce Wild,

University of Western Australia. Post-doctoral research followed with Prof. Bryce Bosnich at

Lash-Miller Laboratories, University of Toronto, Canada, between 1979 and 1981. Research

Fellow, Australian National University with Professor Martin A. Bennett 1981 to 84. Appointed as

a lecturer in the School of Chemistry, UNSW in 1984 and senior lecturer in 2005. Dr. Roberts is

the current coordinator of fi rst year classes.


Director of First Year Chemistry

Member: Teaching Committee

Member of the Royal Australian Chemical Society

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Dr Neeraj Sharma B.Sc. Ph.D, University Sydney

Dr Sharma completed his Undergraduate (2006) and Postgraduate (2010) work at the

University of Sydney. He then became a postdoctoral researcher at the Bragg Institute,

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO). Dr. Sharma was

appointed as a Lecturer at UNSW in conjunction with an Australian Institute of Nuclear

Science and Engineering (AINSE) Research Fellowship.


Structural investigations of new materials using synchrotron X-ray and neutron scattering

In situ studies of materials functioning in real-life devices

Development of new ionic conductors


N. Sharma, G. Du, Z. Guo, J. Wang, Z. Wang, V.

K. Peterson, Direct evidence of concurrent solid-

solution and two-phase reactions and the non-

equilibrium structural evolution of LiFePO4, Journal

of the American Chemical Society, 134, 7867-7873

(2012)

R. J. Gummow, N. Sharma, V. K. Peterson, Y.

He, Crystal chemistry of the Pmnb polymorph of

Li2MnSiO4, Journal of Solid State Chemistry 188, 32-

37, (2012) cover

N. Sharma, V. K. Peterson, In situ neutron diffraction

experiments on lithium-ion batteries, Journal of Solid

State Electrochemistry, 16, 1849-1856 (2012)

D. Li, Y. D. Huang, N. Sharma, Z. X. Chen, D. Z. Jia,

Z. P. Guo, Enhanced electrochemical properties of

LiFePO4 by Mo-substitution and graphitic carbon-

coating via a facile and fast microwave-assisted

solid-state reaction, Physical Chemistry Chemical

Physics, 14, 3634-3639 (2012)

W. Miiller, M. Avdeev, Q. Zhou, B. J. Kennedy, N.

Sharma, R. Kutteh, G. J. Kearley, S. Schmid, K.

S. Knight, P. E. R. Blanchard, C. D. Ling, Giant

magnetoelastic effect at the opening of a spin-gap

in Ba3BiIr2O9, Journal of the American Chemical

Society, 134, 3265-3270 (2012)


Seminar Coordinator, Chair of the UNSW Chemical Society

Secretary Materials Division, RACI

Member of the International Society of Electrochemistry, Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Society of Crystallographers in Australian and New Zealand, Australian X-Ray Analytical Association

Invited lectures, conference & media presentations:

Investigating Materials for Lithium-ion Batteries using Neutron Diffraction, 10th Spring Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, Perth, Australia

Using neutrons and X-rays to study lithium-ion batteries, Meeting of the Chemistry Education group of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Sydney

Awards:

RACI Nyholm Lecturship

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Associate Professor John Arron StrideB.Sc. (Hons), Ph.D., University of E. Anglia, UK.

Dr. Stride obtained his B.Sc.(Hons.) in Chemistry in 1991 and a Ph.D. in 1996 from the

University of East Anglia, UK. He then held Post-Doctoral Fellowships at the Hahn-Meitner

Insitute, Germany, (1995-1998) and at the Laboratoire Léon Brillouin, France, (1998-2000)

before taking on the role of instrument scientist in the Time-of-Flight Group at the Institute Laue-

Langevin, France, (2000-2005). He moved to UNSW in 2005.


Molecular and low dimensional magnetism

Molecular dynamics and solid state structures

Inorganic functional materials

Neutron scattering

Nano-structured materials & grapheme


A fl exible copper based microporous metal-

organic framework displaying selective adsorption

of hydrogen over nitrogen. M.A. Nadeem, A.W.

Thornton, M.R. Hill and J.A. Stride, Dalton Trans.,

2011, 40, 3398.

Gram-scale production of graphene based on

solvothermal synthesis and sonication. M. Choucair,

P. Thordarson and J.A. Stride, Nat. Nanotechnol.,

2009, 4, 30.

The central atom size effect on the structure of

Group XIV tetratolyls. M.C.C. Ng, D.J. Craig, J.B.

Harper, L. van-Eijck and J.A. Stride, Chemistry, Eur.

J., 2009, 15, 6569.

Structure and dynamics of a discotic liquid

crystalline charge transfer complex. O. Kruglova,

E. Mendes, Z. Yildirim, M. Wübbenhorst, F.M.

Mulder, J.A. Stride, S.J. Picken and G.J. Kearley,

ChemPhysChem., 2007, 8, 1338.

Symmetry and Topology Determine the MoV-CN-MnII Exchange Interactions in High Spin Molecules, E. Ruiz, G. Rajaraman, S. Alvarez, B. Gillon, J. Stride, R. Clérac, J. Larionova and S. Decurtins, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed, 2005, 44, 2711.


Chair: Research Committee, Research Director

Member: Faculty of Science Research Management Committee, School Research Committee, School Advisory Committee, School Executive Committee.

Member: Instrument Advisory Teams for Pelican, Lyrebird and Emu, Bragg Institute, ANSTO

Invited lectures, conference & media presentations:

Magnetic Materials: Complexity and porosity, Italy-Australia Bilateral Meeting on Magnetic Materials, October 2012.

Graphene and nanostructured carbons as templates, scaffolds or supports, ICAEN2012 Brisbane, October 2012.

Graphene and nanostructured carbons as templates, scaffolds or supports, ANNUM2012, Singapore, October 2012.

Functional Materials: Sustainable futures, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, April 2012.

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Dr Pall Thordarson B.Sc. (Iceland), Ph.D. USyd, CChem, MRACI

A/Prof. Pall Thordarson obtained his BSc. in Chemistry from the University of Iceland in 1996

and a PhD in Organic Chemistry from The University of Sydney, Australia in 2001. After a

Marie Curie Post-doc in the Netherlands he returned to the University of Sydney as a research

fellow in 2003. He was appointed at UNSW in 2007 and he is now an ARC Future Fellow and

Associate Professor in the School of Chemistry at UNSW He received the Australian NSW

Young Tall Poppy Science Award in 2008, the International SPP/JPP Young Investigator Award

for 2010 and the 2012 Le Fèvre Memorial Prize from the Australian Academy of Science for

outstanding basic research in Chemistry by a Scientist under the age of 40.


Light-activation in bioelectronics

Self-assembled gels for biomedical applications and electroactive displays

Application of microscopy in chemistry

Non-linear interactions in supramolecular chemistry


Pall Thordarson, Determining Association Constants from Titration Experiments in Supramolecular Chemistry, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2011, 40, 1305-1323.

David Hvasanov, Jörg Wiedenmann, Filip Braet and Pall Thordarson, Induced Polymersome Formation from a Diblock PS-b-PAA Polymer via Encapsulation of Positively Charged Proteins and Peptides, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 6314-6316.

Joshua R. Peterson, Trevor A. Smith and Pall Thordarson, Synthesis, characterization and room temperature photo-induced electron transfer in biologically active bis(terpyridine)ruthenium(II)-cytochrome c bioconjugates and the effects of solvents on the bioconjugation of cytochrome c, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2010, 8, 151-162.

Katie W. K. Tong, Sabrina Dehn, James E. A. Webb, Kio Nakamura, Filip Braet and Pall Thordarson, Pyromellitamide Gelators: Exponential Rate of Aggregation, Hierarchical Assembly and their Viscoelastic Response to Anions, Langmuir, 2009, 25, 8586-8592.

James E. A. Webb, Maxwell J. Crossley, Peter Turner and Pall Thordarson, Pyromellitamide Aggregates and Their Response to Anion Stimuli, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129, 7155-7162.


Editorial board member – Commissioning Editor, the Australian Journal of Chemistry.

Advisory Board Member, Biomedical Imaging Facility, Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre, UNSW.

Member, Faculty of Science, Special International Strategy Committee, Faculty of Science, UNSW.

Chair, Safety Committee, the School of Chemistry, UNSW.

Membership of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, The American Chemical Society, The Icelandic Chemical Society, Society of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines (SPP), The Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Society and the Marie Curie Fellowship Association.


The role of electrostatic interactions in forming self-assembled gels and functional polymersomes in water, 7th International Conference on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry (ICMSC-7), Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand, 29th Jan – 2nd Feb 2012

Self-assembly in water: From autocatalytic gels to photosynthesis-respiration hybrid mimics, 19th IUPAC International Conference on Organic Synthesis (ICOS-19) & 24th Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) Organic Conference (RACIOC-24), Melbourne, Victoria, 1-6th July 2012

A light-driven protein bioconjugate proton pump in a polymersome – what molecular machines can teach us about protein delivery, 4th International Nanomedicine Conference 2012, Coogee, Sydney, 2-4th July 2012

Bioactive peptides and their release from self-assembled gels, Drug Delivery Australia 2012, Melbourne, Victoria, 26-27th November 2012.

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Dr Zhao received his PhD in 2002 with an excellence award from Northwest University. He then

completed 4 years of postdoctoral research at the University of Oldenburg, Germany. In 2006,

he moved to Monash University as a senior research fellow. He joined UNSW in Oct 2010, and

is currently a Senior Lecturer. He also holds an ARC Australian Research Fellowship.


Ionic liquid electrochemistry and applications for energy.

Electrocatalysts for clean energy.

Scanning electrochemical microscopy

Biosensors and bionics.


C. Zhao, A. M. Bond, X. Lu, Determination of water in

room temperature ionic liquids by cathodic stripping

voltammetry at a gold electrode, Anal. Chem. 2012,

84 (6), 2784–2791

C. Zhao, D. R. MacFarlane and A. M. Bond,

Modifi ed thermodynamics in ionic liquids for

controlled electrocrystallization of nanocubes,

nanowires and crystalline thin fi lms of silver-

tetacyanoquinodimethane. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009,

131, 16195–16205

C. Zhao, A. M. Bond, Photoinduced oxidation of

water to oxygen in ionic liquids BMIMBF4 as a

counter reaction for fabrication of exceptionally long

semiconducting polymeric AgTCNQ nanowires. J.

Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 4279-4287

C. Zhao, I. Witte and G. Wittstock, Switching on cell

adhesion with microelectrodes. Angew. Chem. Int.

Ed., 2006, 45, 5469-5471..

C. Zhao and G. Wittstock, An SECM detection

scheme with improved sensitivity and lateral

resolution: detection of galactosidase activity with

signal amplifi cation by glucose dehydrogenase.

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2004, 43, 4170-4172.


Chair of 4th Asian Pacifi c Conference on Ionic Liquids/ 6th Australian Syposium on Ionic Liquids

Organizing committee member for 18th Australian Electrochemistry Conference (18AEC) / 10th International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE) Spring Meeting

Member Chartered Chemist of Royal Australian Chemistry Institute (RACI).

Member of American Chemical Society (ACS).

Executive committee member, treasurer of Electrochemistry Division RACI

Chair of UNSW Chemical Society.

Member of International Electrochemistry Society


3rd Asia Pacifi c Conference on Ionic Liquids and Green Process, “Electrochemical aspects of water in ionic liquids” Beijing, China, 16- 19 Sept. 2012

5th Australasian Symposium on Ionic Liquids, “Water in ionic liquids: electrochemical concerns “ Melbourne, Australia, 3- 4 May. 2012.

10th Spring Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, “Electrochemical aspects of water in ionic liquids” Perth, Australia, 15- 18 April. 2012

Faculty of Life Science, Xi’an Jiaotong University, “Nanoelectrochemical techniques and their applications in bionics and clean energy” Xi’an, Oct 2012

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Nornal University, “Electrochemistry of ionic liquids and its implications in clean energy”, Xi’an, Oct 2012

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RESEARCH Overview 20122012 saw the continued evolution of the School of Chemistry at UNSW, bringing

new staff on-board and extending the high standards set over previous years.

2012 also saw the second round of the government’s Excellence in Research for

Australia (ERA), with UNSW consolidating its position with an overall top grade

of ‘5’ in Chemical Sciences and ‘5’s in both Analytical and Macromolecular

Chemistries. Whilst rankings alone do not paint a full picture, this audit of research

strengths is yet another example of the progressive stance of the School over

recent years.

It is therefore perhaps no surprise that the research of several of our staff and

students were recognised with a number of national and international awards and

accolades;

Scientia Professor Justin Gooding was named as the Royal Society of Chemistry, Australasian Lecturer for 2012 and was awarded the Royal Australian Chemical Institute R.H. Stokes Medal for Electrochemistry for 2012.

Stephen Parker (supervisor Scientia Professor Gooding) was awarded a poster prize at the 10th Spring Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, Perth, Australia.

David Hvasanov (supervisor: Dr Pall Thordarson) won a poster prize at the 2012 International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry, ISMSC-7, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Xunyu Lu (supervisor: Dr Chuan Zhao) won the RACI Bloom-Gutmann Prize, which is awarded to the best student presentation at the Australasian Electrochemistry Conference, Perth.

In addition to these notable examples, a number of students also were recipients

of local and regional awards for presentations at grass root meetings - well done to

all of you.

In a highly competitive environment, particularly in relation to international

students, the research student enrolments in 2012 were maintained at around 80

over the year. However this simple oversight is blind to the increased number

of graduating HDR students – the increased intake over the last 3-4 years

was refl ected in an increased number of completing students, highlighting the

effi ciency of the School in moving HDRs through to completion.

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We also saw the ranks of academics boosted with the

arrival of Dr. Neeraj Sharma late in 2012, recruited as

an AISNE Fellow. Neeraj comes to us from the Bragg

Institute, ANSTO and prior to that he completed his

PhD at the University of Sydney. He has a very strong

research focus on battery and energy related materials

and his research makes use of a range of diffraction

techniques – from lab-based X-rays through to synchrotron

and neutron techniques. We welcome Neeraj and wish

him every success in his career at UNSW.

Research income and outcomes also saw signifi cant

gains in 2012, with the award of new ARC Discovery

Projects (Dr Jason Harper; Associate Professor Steve

Colbran, Dr Graham Ball & Professor Les Field;

Professor Barbara Messerle and Associate Professor

Pall Thordarson); an ARC DECRA to Dr Leigh Aldous, an

ARC Future Fellowship to Dr Pall Thordarson, Dr Neeraj

Sharma’s AINSE Fellowship and a NHMRC grant to

Associate Professor Shelli McAlpine; new funding to

the collective tune of $3.3M. More importantly these

outcomes mean that more of our staff now hold external

grants, spreading the gains across the School. Staff

were also successful in securing funding from a more

diverse range of sources including international and

industry related schemes. The year-on-year increases

in funding and staffi ng over the last 3-4 years are

now being realised in signifi cant growth of research

publications. 2012 produced 147 peer-reviewed articles

published, the majority of which were in high-ranking

journals; this represents a 12% increase over 2011. In all

measures of research metrics, 2012 was a remarkable

year that saw the School set new records. We foresee

this growth continuing due to the fi rm foundations upon

which research in the School now stands.

And so another year’s reporting of the research

successes of the School passes – a task made far more

easy by the wonderful achievements of all of our staff

and students that are evident in the outcomes, but more

importantly the clear direction that the School is taking

in its research focus. The School of Chemistry at UNSW

is in good shape and like a good wine is aging well. The

School when looked at through metrics is simply a sum

of its parts; however I sense that with the rejuvenation

of the staff profi le over recent years it has within it a

research culture that is far greater than simply the sum

of dollars, papers or citations, promising positive futures

for all on-board. As Director of Research, I would like to

take this opportunity to thank everyone who has played

a role in shaping 2012, a year not without adversity. At

times an individual makes progress in leaps and bounds,

at other times seemingly falteringly; collectively however

that makes a journey and as such the School’s progress

along the bumpy road of research is gaining pace...

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR JOHN STRIDE

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Modulators of the central nervous system:

Molecules that can selectively bind to targets in the

central nervous system (CNS) have potential value as

treatments for conditions such as depression, insomnia

and stroke. To that end, we are developing fl uorinated

analogues of several natural CNS-active molecules,

in order to increase their potency and selectivity. For

example, we have created fl uorinated analogues of the

neurotransmitter GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid),2,3

and we have shown that these fl uorinated analogues

exhibit shape-dependent GABA receptor selectivity.4

In another example, we have created fl uorinated

analogues of a plant-derived fl avonol molecule, thereby

modifying its GABA receptor activity from agonism to an

antagonism.

Antimicrobial cyclic peptides:We are investigating cyclic peptide natural products

as leads for the discovery of novel antimicrobials. The

cyclic heptapeptide unguisin A has been reported to

possess antibacterial activity, and the cyclic octapeptide

pohlianin C has been reported to possess antimalarial

activity. Importantly, both of these cyclic peptides are

rather fl exible molecules, and so we are exploiting

fl uorine chemistry to create conformationally-restricted

analogues with the aim of increasing the antimicrobial

potency.5

Research Highlights

Dr Luke Hunter

Medicinal Chemistry Cluster

Research in the Hunter group focuses on the design and synthesis of functional molecules.

We have a particular interest in using organofl uorine chemistry to optimise molecules’

properties: selectively incorporating fl uorine atoms into molecules can be valuable in terms

of controlling the molecular conformation, increasing the molecular stability, or tweaking

molecules’ electronic properties. We are exploring all of these applications, with the

primary motivation being the development of biologically active molecules. Our research is

interdisciplinary in nature, and we collaborate extensively to analyse the properties of the molecules that we create.

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Blocking the growth of solid tumours:Integrins are cell-surface receptors that mediate

a variety of processes related to cell adhesion: for

example, αVβ3 integrin is involved in angiogenesis,

and is therefore a target for the treatment of solid

tumors. Many different integrin receptors recognise

the same tripeptide sequence, RGD (arginine-glycine-

aspartate), but selectivity is determined by the ligand’s

3D conformation. To exploit this, we are creating

αVβ3-selective integrin ligands by synthesising shape-

controlled fl uorinated RGD analogues.6 Our fl uorinated

ligands are currently being investigated in integrin-

binding assays and angiogenesis assays, with the aim

of developing a drug that can block the blood supply to

solid tumours.

New synthetic methods:

Modern synthetic chemists have an obligation to

minimise energy consumption and waste. One way

to achieve this is to develop more effi cient catalysts,

and within this area organocatalysts in particular have

received much recent attention. In the Hunter group,

we are investigating fl uorinated amino acids (eg.

4-fl uoroproline) as next-generation organocatalysts that

have improved conformational rigidity and lead to higher

optical selectivity than their non-fl uorinated counterparts.

Selected publications

1. Hunter L., Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, doi:

10.3762/bjoc.6.38

2. Hunter L., Jolliffe K. A., Jordan M. J. T., Jensen P.,

Macquart R. B., Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 2340

3. Wang Z., Hunter L., J. Fluorine Chem. 2012, 143, 143

4. Yamamoto I., Jordan M. J. T., Gavande N.,

Doddareddy M. R., Chebib M., Hunter L., Chem.

Commun. 2012, 48, 829

5. Hunter L., Chung J. H. J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 5502

6. Hunter L., Butler S., Ludbrook S.B., Org. Biomol.

Chem. 2012, 10, 8911

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Dr Neeraj Sharma

Catalysis and Energy Cluster

I joined the School of Chemistry UNSW in late 2012 after a postdoctoral research position at

the Bragg Institute, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO). My

research interests are in solid state and materials chemistry, where I investigate the crystal

structures of compounds and manipulate them to optimise their physical properties. Arguably

the key to my work is structural analysis using diffraction methods and my group specialises

in in situ structural characterisation, i.e., structural characterisation whilst undergoing some

chemical process. These processes may include formation studies (e.g. characterising the structural changes

occurring during synthesis and determining optimal synthetic conditions) and ion extraction/insertion from compounds.

Below I highlight some of my research and methodology.

Synthesis and characterisation of energy-related materialsFundamentally, my research is based on using a

variety of synthetic techniques to make new materials,

or modify existing materials so that they can be used

as components in energy-related devices. Structural

characterisation of the synthesized materials is

undertaken using the Rietveld method with both

neutron and X-ray diffraction data. Characterisation

of the physical properties of the materials includes

fundamental investigations of the magnetisation and

conductivity, but also more applied studies in which,

for example, an entire battery is constructed and

the properties of the materials are studied within the

functioning device. An example of the link between the

crystal structure and properties is demonstrated by our

recent work on a battery cathode material that has the

potential to double the amount of energy stored in a

lithium-ion battery. However, this electrode can deliver

this energy only a few times, limiting its applicability in

rechargeable batteries. The major reason for this is that

the structure collapses (Figure 1) when too much lithium

is removed (during charge); we are now investigating

ways to avoid this structural collapse to yield more

powerful batteries.

In situ neutron and synchrotron X-ray diffraction studies

of lithium-ion batteries

Lithium-ion batteries are found in the majority of portable

applications available today, such as mobile electronic

devices and power tools. However there is a need to

improve the amount of energy stored, safety and rates

for charging of these batteries if they are to play an even

larger role in society, e.g., providing an alternative to

combustion engines for automotive applications and

energy storage for renewable energy generation. My

research group uses in situ techniques to probe how

the crystal structure of the components within lithium-

Figure 1. A fi t of the structural model (top right) to neutron powder diffraction data (left) of a cathode material with potentially twice the energy density of currently-available commercial cathodes. The structure of the completely de-lithiated form of the cathode (bottom right), which is unfortunately unstable.

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ion batteries, namely the electrodes and electrolyte (if

crystalline), evolve during charge-discharge cycling. In

so doing, we build a detailed picture of the evolution of

lithium-ion battery components as they actually function

or work.

The image below shows the time-resolved changes in

both the anode and cathode Bragg refl ections as the

battery is charged and discharged at slower and faster

rates (Figure 2). Faster rates of discharge may occur

when a laptop is used at a higher brightness setting on

the screen requiring more energy, while slower rates are

found when a dimmer screen setting is used. Recently,

our work has tracked how lithium-ions move out of the

cathode and insert into the anode during charge and

the reverse during discharge – effectively tracking the

atomic level battery function (Figure 3). This information

provides unique insights on the structure-function

relationship from which we can develop new materials

and a rationale for improvements.

Figure 2. Time-resolved in situ neutron powder diffraction patterns of a commercial cylindrical battery (right) represented in a 2D plot (selected region) with Bragg refl ections of the cathode and anode indicated. Two current rates are employed and these are also labelled.

Figure 3. A custom made battery for in situ neutron diffraction experiments (left), a cathode Bragg refl ection evolving during charge/discharge (middle) and the derived crystal structures from Rietveld analysis showing the lithium evolution (shading on the green spheres, right).

Outlook

My research aspirations are not only limited to

batteries, we are also exploring fuel cells and

hydrogen storage materials. Effectively, we explore

materials for better devices by understanding and

manipulating the atomic-scale arrangements (crystal

structure) of the materials within these devices.

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School Postgraduate SeminarsAs part of the School’s monitoring and mentoring system, postgraduate students present seminars at various stages

of their candidature. The students giving these presentations present their latest research fi ndings and provide the

School with the opportunity to give feedback and advice. A panel of academic staff assesses each presentation,

and the student is given feedback. As detailed below, there was a wide range of topics presented. In 2012, the

seminars were held Tuesday lunchtimes and attended by the majority of the School. As in the past, the standard of the

presentations was particularly impressive.

March

Stephen George Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Synthesis and effects of non-planarity on reactivity

April

Wei Jiang Measuring and Controlling the Cluster State of Gold Nanoparticles in Simulated Biological Systems

Jiabin Gao Synthesis and crystal engineering of bicyclo[3.3.0]octane derivatives

Venty Suryanti The Chemistry of N-acylisatins

Yeng Ying Lee Developing Ruthenium-Based Redox Labels for Electrochemical Biosensors

May

Scott Jamieson Unconventional growth: The formation of a family of organogels

Murat Bingul Synthesis of novel heterocyclic compounds that enhance the anti-cancer effects of SAHA

Moinul Choudhury Development of Light-Addressable Electrode Arrays

Ethan HoweBio-Inspired Supramolecular Architecture Towards Switchable Ion-Pair Receptors and Catalytic Molecular Cages

Xin Chen Modifi cation of indium tin oxide for biosensor application

Giulia Mancano Ir(I)/Rh(I) complexes for catalysing the synthesis of amines

Zhiyong Wang Synthesis of fl uorinated cyclic RGD peptides

Joshua Ginges Simplifi ed Blocked Electrochemical Sensor Technology

Aravind Ramachandran Modifi ed Electrodes to Probe Extracellular Electron Transfer in Bacteria

Amirul Islam Identifying novel antibacterial agents from natural product libraries

Alex Weremfo Effectiveness of Roughened Platinum Microelectrodes in Neural Stimulation

June

Dimple Rananaware Target-specifi c approach for elucidation, selection and synthesis of anti-cancer drugs

Marcin MielczarekDesign, synthesis and antimicrobial activity of novel small molecule RNA polymerase - transcription initiation factor σ70 interaction inhibitors

Worawan Tantisantisom Synthesis of Sanguinamide B derivatives

Christopher Gardner Synthesis and Characterization of Retinoid Enhancers for Anti-Cancer Therapies

August

Warren Truong Interactions of Self-Assembling Gels with Living Systems

Alex McSkimming Transition metal complexes with ligands containing an organo-hydride domain

Alasdair McKay Hydride Complexes of the Heavy Group 13 Metals

Thanh Le Studies towards the development of novel antimicrobials

Matthew GytonRing Expanded Chiral Carbenes and Low Valent Scandium Chemistry

Hamish ToopDevelopment of Synthetic Protocols for Application in the Syntheses of Biologically Interesting Molecules

Elizabeth MuragoAu@Fe3O4 nano-electrodes: Their electro-analytical performance as 'dispersible electrodes' and their use as sensors

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September

Xiaoyu (Jet) Cheng Silicon quantum dots: fabrication, surface engineering and bioapplications

Dominic Francis Towards Functional Fluorous Surfactants

Andrey Tregubov Rh (I) complexes anchored on carbon supports - recyclable catalysts

Mark Gatus Homo and Heterobimetallic Complexes For Tandem One-Pot Reactions

October

Bradley Butler The effect of ionic liquids on reactions at phosphorus centres

Xunyu (Rain) Lu Advanced Electrolytes and Catalysts for Effi cient Water Oxidation Reactions

Stephen Parker Towards Single-Cell Isolation Using Electrochemically-Switchable Surfaces

Michelle Dunn Solvent effects on the acidity of heterocyclic carbon acids - correlations with organocatalytic activity

Kyloon Chuah Towards single-molecule detection using nanoparticle-based nanopore biosensor

Hendra Wahyudi Development of Macrocyclic peptides into Lead structures

Roya TavallaieTowards the biomedical applications of gold coated magnetic nanoparticles: Detection of serum circulating MicroRNAs as cancer markers

Seong Jong Kim Exploring Macrocycles as potential anticancer drug leads

Bakul Gupta Porous silicon photonic crystals for in vivo detection of protease activity

Ying Zhu Patterning of Self-assembled Monolayers on Porous Silicon Biosensor: Toward Single Cell Monitoring

November

Ekaterina Nam Surface-bound Light-activated Redox Enzyme Cascades

Sunhwa Lee Approach to Biologically Active Compounds

Veronica Tecchio Design of inhibitors for kinases that regulate alternative splicing

Swahnnya De Almeida Development of a Circulating MicroRNA Biosensor for the Detection and Monitoring of Lung Cancer

Iqbal Ahmed Conformational Fine-Tuning of Cyclic Peptides

Nripendra Biswas Novel Small Molecules for the Modulation of Bacterial Signaling Pathways

Toby Mills Analysis of micro-organism derived compounds for drug discovery

Abbas Barfi dokht Distance-Dependent Electron Transfer at Passivated Electrodes Decorated by Gold Nanoparticles

Asim Khan Oxygen reduction reaction in ionic liquids

Mokarrom HossainLignin Processing in Ionic Liquid: Electrochemical approaches towards Dissolution and Depolymerisation

Raju Cheerlavancha Synthesis of alpha, beta, gamma-trifl uoro- delta-amino acids

Lachlan Carter Nanoparticle-mediated electrochemical gating: application to electroanalysis

Sandra Choy Understanding Cooperative Catalysis with Bimetallic Rhodium(I) Complexes

Xun Lu Super-resolution Fluorescence microscopy for Surface Characterisation

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School Seminars – Invited Speakers

January

Prof Mark Rutland KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SwedenNanotribology in the Cross Hairs, with a short digression into Vibrational Sum Frequency Spectroscopy of interfaces

February

A/Prof Joohoon Kim Kyung Hee University, KoreaDevelopment of Chip-based Analytical Devices for Their Applications to Chemo/Bioanalysis

Prof Jan van Esch Delft University of Technology, NetherlandsDynamic surfactants, polymers, and networks: in control of soft matter properties by dynamic covalent and dissipative self-assembly

Prof Kelly Chibale Cape Town University, South Africa

Medicinal chemistry of antimalarial agents: integration of synthetic chemistry and pre-clinical pharmacology with drug metabolism and pharmacokinetic studies

Ian Dance UNSWNitrogenase reduces N2 to NH3 and CO to hydrocarbons. What chemistry is used?

A/Prof Shuhei Furukawa Kyoto University, JapanCrystal Interface Engineering of Porous Coordination Polymers

March

A/Prof Spencer Williams Melbourne UniversitySweet medicine: Molecular studies of the roles of carbohydrates in disease and well-being

Dr Yun Hau NgARC Centre of Excellence for Functional Nanomaterials

Development of semiconductor photoanodes for photoelectrochemical cells and water splitting

Dr Christopher Richardson University of WollongongPlaying tag with metal-Organic Frameworks: A tale of two Ligands

Dr Ashok NanjundanInstitute for Nanoscience and Cryogenics, France

New developments in the functionalization chemistry of carbon based nanostructures: Synthesis, characterization and properties

Prof. Guoxiu Wang University of Technology, SydneyElectrochemical Energy to Power a Sustainable Future

April

A/Prof. Lianzhou Wang The University of QueenslandDesigning layered metal oxide semiconductors for photocataltyic and electrochemical energy conversion

Prof. Dale Boger Scripps, USA Redesign of Vancomycin for Resistant Organisms

Prof. Huijun Zhao Griffi th UniversityFabrication of Nanostructured Materials: New Approaches and Control Growth Mechanisms

May

Dr Justin Hodgkiss Victoria University of WellingtonMolecular semiconductor aggregates: from photophysical dynamics to peptide-driven structures

Prof Peter Junk Monash University New metal based syntheses in rare earth chemistry

Prof Maria Forsyth Deakin UniversityNovel Electro–materials and Interphases: from Energy to Sustainable Infrastructure

A/Prof Louis Rendina University of SydneyNew Frontiers in the Therapeutic Application of Boron and Gadolinium

July

Prof Claude SpinoUniversité de Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

Half a Life Time of Making Chiral Quaternary Carbons

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August

Dr Jun Chen University of WollongongNanoCarbon Composite Materials for Energy Application

A/Prof Nathan Gianneschi University of California, San DiegoEnzymes, peptides, and nucleic acids for programming nanoparticle morphology and the nanoscale properties of materials

Dr Bun Chan University of Sydney What Can Computers Do For Chemists

Dr Anand Bhatt CSIROTowards the next generation of lithium batteries: enabling the cycling of lithium metal electrodes using ionic liquid electrolytes

Dr William Alex Donald University of MelbourneDissecting the Insect Detoxifi cation Machinery with Twin Ion Metabolite Extraction (TIME) Mass Spectrometry

Dr Malcolm McLeod The Australian National UniversityGone to the dogs: how organic chemistry can help in the fi ght against doping in sport

A/Prof Mark Coster Griffi th UniversityMolecular Probes for Pancreatic Cancer: Synthesis and Evaluation of Natural Product Inspired Anti-Austerity Agents

September

A/Prof. Richard TilleyVictoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Synthesis and Applications of Nanoparticles

A/Prof Marc in het Panhuis University of WollongongHydrogel composite materials

Prof Phil Baran Scripps, USAHoward Lecture: Studies in Natural Product Synthesis Part 2

Dr Wallace Wong University of MelbourneOrganic Solar Cells – From Material Design to Printed Devices

October

Prof Max Crossley University of SydneyFunctionalisation of the porphyrin periphery

Dr Aditya Rawal UNSWSolid-State NMR: Materials and Molecular Structures

A/Prof Chialiang Zhang Chang Gung University, TaiwanGraphene-based Nanocomposite Materials for Energy and Biosensor Applications

November

Dr David Lupton Monash UniversityDiscoveries in Catalysis using Nucleophilic N-heterocyclic carbenes

Dr Peter Duggan CSIROBiological applications of fl uorinated and boronated amino acids, peptides and peptide mimics

A/Prof Dusan Losic The University of AdelaideSelf-ordered nanopore and nanotube arrays for emerging applications

December

Prof Dan Li Monash UniversityGraphene + water = A new class of functional soft materials?

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OverviewProviding fi rst class teaching means a School cannot

afford to rest on its laurels and for this reason a revised

fi rst year syllabus was rolled out in 2012. As mentioned

in last year’s report, Dr Pall Thordarson chaired the

review committee and he also oversaw the introduction

of the new syllabus. The formal distinction between

“Essentials of Chemistry” and “Higher Chemistry” at fi rst

year was long overdue and the introduction of some

more advanced material into the higher-level courses

was appreciated by students (and staff!). The syllabus

review also provided the opportunity to induct a couple

of our newer staff members into fi rst year teaching and

Dr Palli Thordarson and A/Prof. Shelli McAlpine both

made excellent debuts.

One fascinating and encouraging trend is the increasing

popularity of the Higher Chemistry fi rst year courses

compared with the regular versions. From 2006 to 2012

the enrolments in Higher Chemistry 1A have skyrocketed

from the low 200’s to almost 500 students. While not

all students progress to Higher Chemistry 1B, we have

seen enrolments in the 1B course increase from 104 in

2006 to almost 300. At the same time enrolments in the

regular level courses (the “Essentials” level) have held

their own so we have seen a dramatic increase in level

I enrolments. This has resulted in an increase in higher

year enrolments: while this is in part due to students

in the new Bachelor of Medicinal Chemistry program

moving into higher years, the BMedChem program is not

the sole contributor.

One initiative funded from the bequest of the late Theo

Howard was an undergraduate visiting lectureship,

and the fi rst of these was held in 2012. The aim of the

lectureship is for outstanding academics from other

institutions to visit UNSW for a short period (typically 4

to 6 weeks) and provide some advanced undergraduate

lectures in our “Topics in Contemporary Chemistry”

courses (where both third year and Honours students

can take the Topics), along with a research seminar.

Our fi rst Howard undergraduate lecturer was Associate

Professor Richard Tilley from the Victoria University of

Wellington (New Zealand). As an expert in the synthesis

of quantum dots and the use of techniques such as

transmission electron microscopy, Richard was an ideal

inaugural lecturer to present a nanomaterials-themed

Topic. By all reports the students loved his lectures and

he has set a very high standard.

DR GAVIN L. EDWARDS


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Dr Luke Hunter with his research group.

Dr Chuan Zhao with his research group.

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Honours ProgramThe term ‘Honours Program’ in the School of Chemistry

covers several UNSW undergraduate Programs. Our

Honours cohort includes students enrolled in the Bachelor

of Science majoring in Chemistry, the Bachelor of

Advanced Science majoring in Chemistry, and the Bachelor

of Science in Nanotechnology.

In the fi rst two ‘chemistry’ focused degrees, students

undertake their entire fourth year in the School of Chemistry.

This comprises a research project in collaboration with a

member of the academic staff and contemporary chemistry

courses delivered by formal lectures.

The BSc Nanotechnology students undertake a research

project that represents just over 80% of their fi nal year. This

is carried out in the School of Chemistry, as per the BSc

Chemistry majors, and is supplemented by a number of

undergraduate courses taught by the Schools of Chemistry,

Physics and Materials Science and Engineering.

In 2012, 15 students completed Honours through the Bachelor

of Science and Advanced Science BSc Programs, with a

further three beginning Honours in July 2012. Ten students

completed their Bachelor of Science in Nanotechnology with

research projects in the School of Chemistry.

Postgraduate Programs and Courses

Chemical Analysis and Laboratory Management

The numbers in all programs reached record numbers

in 2010 and have stabilised in 2012, with the Masters in

Science and Technology being the most popular of the

courses. Numbers of international students have fl uctuated,

but local students from industry and recent graduates

seeking a postgraduate qualifi cation have contributed

to the cohort. Most courses had enrolments around 20

students.

It will be recalled that a major review was undertaken in

2011 with external experts from industry and academia.

The review showed strong support for the programs and

offered fi fteen recommendations for improvement of the

course. In 2012 the courses from the Australian School

of Business have been rationalised in line with the

recommendations, and the internal review team is

working with the University on further restructuring. In

2012 UNSW undertook a review of its postgraduate

coursework program model due to changes in AQF

requirements. This has resulted in the development of a

new policy and procedure for Postgraduate Programs,

which have impacted on the CALM courses. It is

proposed to offer only the Graduate Certifi cate and

Masters programs (to be renamed ‘Master of Chemical

Analysis and Laboratory Analysis’), but retain the

Graduate Diploma as an exit qualifi cation. The changes

will be made during 2013.

Postgraduate ResearchPostgraduate research (HDR) student enrolments

continue to grow, with 21 new HDR students enrolled

over both the sessions. In 2012, the School had 80

PhD, 4 MSc and 3 MPhil students actively enrolled.

Concurrent with this healthy growth, we have seen a

signifi cant increase in completions of HDR degrees,

with 14 PhD students submitting their theses in 2012.

The School also had its fi rst MPhil completion in 2012.

The quality of our students and their research was

recognised with a number of externally awarded prizes

for oral presentations at conferences.

Asia Pacifi c Institute of Nuclear Science Short CoursesThe APINS short course continued successfully in July

and November this year.

The ‘Radiation Safety for X-Ray Equipment Personnel’

course aims to equip participants who are seeking

a license for the installation and servicing of X-ray

equipment with the knowledge necessary to recognise

potential hazards and to minimise exposure to external

ionising radiation. This course is an accredited training

course across Australia.

The course presenters in 2012 were Dr Ron Rosen, Mr

Colin Hockings and Mr Paul Cardew.

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Outreach ActivitiesThe School of Chemistry outreach program was

established in 2007 to foster stronger links with high

schools and to stimulate an interest in science and

technology in high school students. The School has

organised a variety of programs and events in the past

year to meet these goals.

School visits

The School of Chemistry has once again been very

active in hosting visits from various high schools near

and far in the past year. The schools hosted this year

included Sydney Technical High School and Mount Sinai

College, in addition to regular attendees.

The School of Chemistry has put together a

comprehensive set of hands-on chemistry experiments

for Year 10 students. The students took an active part in

experiments, which involved fatty acid analysis of an oil

sample, preparation of biodiesel and demonstrations on

magic bottles, luminol reactions, and atomic absorption

and infrared spectroscopy.

The students thoroughly enjoyed the visit and the

feedback from the high schools has been extremely

positive. In particular the students enjoyed working in

real Chemistry laboratories and undertaking advanced

experiments that exposed them to new equipment and

modern chemical techniques.

UNSW visits to Schools

The School of Chemistry took the outreach activities to

the local schools participating in Newington College

Science Festival and giving chemistry demonstrations

at St George Girls High School. Our demonstrations on

ocean acidifi cation (dry ice + water), forensics (luminol

reaction), biofuel, redox reactions (“magic bottle” colour

changes) and equilibrium (“clock” reactions) were

quite popular and well attended. The School also did a

presentation on Haber Process for Year 12 students at

the St Aloysius College.

Presentations at the Science Teachers’ Association of NSW (STANSW) Chemistry Workshops

The School has continued to maintain strong links with

the Science Teachers’ Association of NSW (STANSW).

As part of STANSW’s teacher professional day, the

School was invited to deliver a presentation on the

HSC topic “Chemical Equilbria & Haber Process”

at the STANSW Chemistry Day, as well as a talk on

“Misconceptions in Chemistry” at the STANSW Annual

conference. The teachers really appreciated the

opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the topic

area and links to new resources. The feedback from the

teachers from the events was extremely positive.

The following is a quote from Margaret Watts, President,

Science Teachers’ Association of NSW:

“Colleagues, I have now been given an account of the STANSW Chemistry day. It is obvious that you have all contributed to a most successful day with engaging and instructive presentations that enhanced the professional learning of teachers of Chemistry in NSW. The children of NSW will be the benefi ciaries of the efforts that you put into the preparation and delivery of your presentations. I also wish to acknowledge the hard work that went on behind the scenes during the organisation of this day. Please accept my sincere thanks and hearty congratulations for a job well done in the service of science education through STANSW”.

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Visits to Country High Schools and the UNSW Chemistry Video Competition

Two new programs, Visits to Country High Schools

(organized by Dr Luke Hunter) and the UNSW Chemistry

Video Competition, initiated this year were a great

success. These programs are funded by the generous

Howard bequest.

Participation in the outreach programs organised by the Faculty of Science

Science Parent/Student night

The School actively participated in this highly successful

event organised by the Faculty and answered a number

of queries from year 11 and year 12 students keen to do

science at the university level.

Nura Gili Winter Schools Program

A number of indigenous high school students took part

in the Science stream of this program, taking a tour of

the chemistry building and undertaking some chemistry

experiments. The students thoroughly enjoyed the day

and found it highly educating.

Science High School Information Day

The objectives of the UNSW Science Info Day is

to entice potential Year 12 students to UNSW by

showcasing the range of different Science experiences

available through lectures and hands-on activities in

laboratories. The School oranised hands-on chemistry

activities for the visiting students and presented a short

talk on options for studying chemistry at UNSW.

UNSW Open Day 2012

The School actively participated in the UNSW Open Day

2012, with academics stationed at the Scientia Advisory

Centre to answer questions regarding the chemistry

programs. Two presentations on “Chemistry – A Diverse

and Expanding Science” were delivered, and seminars

on “Medicinal Chemistry” and “Nanotechnology”

attracted signifi cant interest. Academics and an army of

postgraduate students ambushed passing high school

students at the chemistry marquee, which hosted a

variety of new and old favourite demonstrations which

had our visitors captivated. Overall the event was a

resounding success and there was a lot of interest in

Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry and Nanotechnology.

Hosting work experience students

This year the School of Chemistry hosted 10 work

experience students who worked under the supervision

of postgraduate mentors, experiencing fi rst-hand the

joys and thrills of research.

Degrees Awarded

Master of Science and Technology in Chemical Analysis and Laboratory Management (MSc Tech, Program 8708)

Eiman M ALAHMADI

Khadijah ALAITHAN

Rasha Ali ALASMARI

Karma ALBALAWI

Mashael Tayih S ALHARBI

Turki Hamid H ALHIJI

Hajar Hmoud ALHWAITI

Amenh Hmod ALJOHANI

Eman Abdullah ALJOHANI

Mohammad HABL ALMATIN

Anhar Ali ALMUBASHIR

Jameel Ali M ALQAHTA

Sooaad Awdah ALSHAHRANI

Khadijah ALSHANQITI

Fatemah ALSHEHRI

Raed Dakhel ALSOBHI

Anna Nina CHUA

Brent HARRISON

Huiping HUANG

Juo-Chieh LEE

Yuvixza LIZARME SALAS

Zhouyue LV

Thi Nguyet Thu NGUYEN

Kylie OLUFSON

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Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D, Program 1870)

Dr Renxun Chen and PhD graduate Samuel Kutty (Supervisor A/Prof Naresh Kumar)

A/Prof. Jonathan Morris (Supervisor), A/Prof. Marcus Cole (Supervisor), PhD graduate Milena Czyz and her proud parents.

Alex Mason (BSc. Honours Nanotechnology), Dr. Pall Thordarson (Supervisor), Dr. David Hvasanov (PhD Chemistry), Lev Lewis BSc. Honours Nanotechnology), Alistair Laos (BSc. Honours Science/Arts)

Candidate Research Area Supervisor

Renxun CHEN Novel antimicrobial biomaterials based on cationic peptides A/Prof. Naresh Kumar

Muthukumar CHOCKALINGAM

Development of cell based biosensor with dual detection using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and optical fl uorescence microscopy

Scientia Prof. Justin Gooding

Milena CZYZInvestigations into the synthesis and properties of atropisomeric N-heterocyclic carbenes


Chandramathi Sherman DURAI

Design and synthesis of DNA-binding agents using dynamic combinatorial chemistry

Prof. Margaret Harding

Lei GUIStable and low impedance anti-fouling coating formed from the reductive adsorption of aryl diazonium salts on electrode surfaces


Belinda HUFF The development of pyrrolopyrimidines as kinase inhibitors A/Prof. Jonathan Morris

Hakan KANDEMIR Synthesis of novel BIS-indole systems Prof. David Black

Sook Mei KHORExploring the scope of an electrochemical immunosensor for the direct detection of small molecules in complex matrices


Samuel KUTTY Novel nitric oxide donors as antimicrobial agents A/Prof. Naresh Kumar

Santosh RAJPUT Synthesis of novel heterocyclic analogues of isofl avones A/Prof. Naresh Kumar

Ibhraim SENGUL Synthesis of new heterocycle-linked bisindole systems Prof. David Black

Hon Man YAU

A systematic approach to understanding organic reactivity in ionic liquids: changes in cybotacticity-induced solvent heterogeneity as an important determinant In reaction outcomes of substitution processes

Dr Jason Harper

Ruonan ZHANG Synthesis of novel antimicrobial agents A/Prof. Naresh Kumar

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Postgraduate Research CompletionsThe following students have submitted their thesis and will graduate in 2013

Master of Science by Research (Program MSc 2910 & MPhil Program 2475)


Joana Da Rocha The development of pyrrolopyrimidine libraries A/Prof Jonathan Morris

William Rouesnel Silver nanocubes for surface nanostructure assembly Scienta Prof. Justin Gooding

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D, Program 1870)


Rui Chen Synthesis of novel Indole-based MacrocyclesProf Naresh Kumar, Prof. David Black

Eleanor Eiffe The synthesis of novel, biologically active isofl avone analoguesProf Naresh Kumar, Prof. David Black

Jiabin Gao Crystal engineering of bicyclo[3.3.0]octane derivatives Emeritus Prof. Roger Bishop

Ryan Gilbert-WilsonThe use of sterically bulky phosphine ligands in iron and ruthenium dinitrogen chemistry

Professor Les Field

Kitty Ka Kit HoThe development of novel antimicrobial coatings based on dihydropyrrolones

Prof Naresh Kumar, Prof. David Black

Camille HoltAn integrated synthetic and NMR spectroscopic study of photochemical organometallic bond activation

Dr. Graham Ball

David Hvasanov Light-harvesting bioconjugates as chloroplast mimics A/Prof. Pall Thordarson

Wei Jiang Analysis and toxicity of heavy metals in the environment Emeritus Prof. Brynn Hibbert

Adeline LukmantaraSynthesis and structure-activity relationships studies of novel thiosemicarbazone derivatives as potential anti-cancer agents

Prof Naresh Kumar, Prof. David Black

Giulia Mancano Organometallic chemistry and catalysis Prof. Barbara Messerle

Pauline Michaels Arsenic sensors Scienta Prof. Justin Gooding

Ellaine Munton Metrology in Analytical Chemistry Emeritus Prof. Brynn Hibbert

Thi Oanh NguyenIron, Rhodium and Iridium catalysts with N,N- and P,N-donor ligands for amine and alcohol synthesis

Prof. Barbara Messerle

Venty Suryanti Self-assembly and anion recognition studies of N-GlyoxylamidesProf Naresh Kumar, Prof. David Black

Marina Timerbulatova Bimetallic complexes as catalysts for tandem reactions Prof. Barbara Messerle

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Scholarships

Summer Scholarships

Supervisor

Raphael Hoikin Lam Faculty A/Prof. Naresh Kumar

Kiara Olrich Faculty Prof. Barbara Messerle

Erin Smith Faculty A/Prof. Jonathan Morris

Jonathon Ryan School A/Prof. Jonathan Morris

Stephen Wearmouth School A/Prof. Jonathan Morris

Kam Chung Hong School A/Prof. Naresh Kumar

Ming Han Eugene Yee School A/Prof. Naresh Kumar

Long Hua Chung School A/Prof. Steve Colbran

Tristan de Cure-Ryan School A/Prof. Steve Colbran

Christopher Redford School A/Prof. Steve Colbran

Christopher Barnett School Dr Jason Harper

Nicholas Konstandaras School Dr Jason Harper

James Caddy School Prof. Barbara Messerle

Brodie Cutmore School Scientia Prof. Justin Gooding

Practicum Students

Home Institution Supervisor

Erik Ekengard Lund University, Sweden A/Prof. Steve Colbran

Shay Mailoux Clarkson University, USA Scientia Prof. Justin Gooding

Chun Chieh Lin San Diego State University A/Prof Shelli McAlpine

Programs and Activities

Royal Australian Chemical Institute – NSW Branch Report

In 2012, the RACI NSW Branch once again benefi ted from its long-standing synergy with the School of Chemistry, UNSW. RACI deeply thanks the School for the continued provision of offi ce space, meeting rooms, and seminar facilities, and for its continued engagement with the Institute. Your continued support greatly encourages all our volunteers.

2012 was packed with lots of educational and exciting functions and seminars with RACI reaching out to members and the general public. Some of the special events organised by the Branch include the NSW Titration Competition, which was administered by the Chemical Education Group, with UNSW again providing one of the Sydney venues. The Nyholm Youth Lecture Series continued with Dr Joseph Bevitt, Branch Secretary and member of the Bragg Institute, delivering lectures on ‘Chemistry of the Nucleus” at various venues including University of New England (Armidale), University of Sydney, University of Western

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Sydney, and as always the University of New South Wales. In 2013, Dr Neeraj Sharma from the School of Chemistry, UNSW, will be delivering the Nyholm Lectures on “Energy for the Future”, commencing on 12th June at Armidale.

The Branch also continued its support of tours around NSW libraries of a series of International Year of Chemistry initiated and now Inspiring Australia program of the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science, Research and Tertiary Education–Questacon sponsored Exhibitions. In 2012, the “Healthy Chemistry” exhibition was installed in various metropolitan and country venues. During 2013 we have a different display, the “Material Futures” exhibition, visiting, in order, Orange, Singleton, Tamworth, Liverpool, Dubbo, Muswellbrook, Ryde, Questacon (ACT), Wagga Wagga, and Griffi th.

The NSW Branch has now kicked off the RACI Ambassador Program at the University of New South Wales, alongside Macquarie University and the University of Sydney, in the metropolitan area. Prof Martina Stenzel, National Hon Gen Secretary (CAMD, Chemical Engineering, UNSW), is leading this program with great support from the School of Chemistry. This program aims to reach out to all chemistry and chemistry related students, allowing RACI to provide valuable resources in terms of networking opportunities and information through seminars and symposia in 2013 and beyond. Ideas for future collaborative opportunities are always welcome.

RACI NSW Branch actively participated in the UNSW Open Day; it was a great honour to have had a table in the School of Chemistry section on the day, and our volunteer booth staff were pleased to fi eld questions and complement School of Chemistry demonstrations. Other 2012 events held at the University of New South Wales included the “Chemistry of Chocolate Evening”, as well as the “NSW Branch Organic Chemistry Group One Day Symposium” organised by A/Prof Jonathan Morris and Dr Luke Hunter, both from the School of Chemistry. In 2012, Dr Luke Hunter, in addition to his commitment in the Organic Chemistry Group, took up the role of the RACI NSW Branch Treasurer. Also, Stephen Parker of the Australian Centre for NanoMedicine, School of Chemistry, UNSW, became a member of the Analytical and Environmental Chemistry Group Committee. Members of the School were also recognised with awards. Firstly, undergraduate student, Vera Diachenko, won the RACI NSW Analytical Chemistry Group Prize for

best performance in Level 3 Analytical Chemistry in 2012. Associate Professors Shelli McAlpine and Marcus Cole were separately elected as new Fellows of the RACI, and Dr Pall Thordarson was awarded the Le Févre Memorial Prize from the Australian Academy of Science, an award administered by the RACI. It is noted that UNSW students were not amongst those receiving RACI Postgraduate Student Travel Awards in 2012. Student members are encouraged to apply for these and other RACI sponsored awards, including the Masson Memorial Prize (Honours thesis) and Cornforth Medal (PhD thesis). Staff members are of course open to various RACI research and educational National Awards.

Many thanks again to the School of Chemistry, especially to Prof Barbara Messerle, Jodee, Lucy, Anne, Nick, Rick, Ken, and Terry, also to Ian and our friends in the Chemistry Store. The RACI NSW Branch is, as always, indebted to the support given to us by the School of Chemistry.

John Zavras

President – The Royal Australian Chemical Institute, NSW

Branch

UNSW Chemical Society

The UNSW Chemical Society assists in the organisation

of the School Seminar Series, a weekly program of talks

from distinguished academics around Australia and the

world. In addition the society organises a number of

prestigious, endowed lectureships each year, and in 2012

it played host to an eminent academic, Professor Phil

Baran from the Scripps Research Institute. Apart from

presenting his Howard lecture titled “Studies in Natural

Product Synthesis”, another benefi t was the time he spent

in the School of Chemistry, interacting with both members

of staff and the student body.

The Howard Lecture, 18th September 2012

PROFESSOR PHIL BARAN,

Scripps Research Institute, USA

Studies in Natural Product Synthesis

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Honours Prize Winners

The CETEC Prizes

Best performance in Honours Thesis

Chin Min Wong

The Angyal Prize

Best performance in Honours

Chemistry

Chin Min Wong

Third Year Prize Winners

The Du Pont Prize

Best performance in B.Sc. 3 Year

Degree in Chemistry,

Overall “top” of Chemistry

Kiara Olrich

The School of Chemistry Prize

Best performance in Level 3 Analytical

Chemistry

Vera Diachenko

The University of New South wales Chemical Society Dwyer Prize

Best performance in Level 3 Inorganic

Chemistry

Kiara Olrich

The Inglis Hudson and Jeffery Bequest Prize

Best performance in level 3 Organic

Chemistry

Kiara Olrich

The Bosworth Prize

and Medal for best performance in

Level 3 Physical Chemistry

Kiara Olrich

The University of New South Wales Chemical Society Parke-Pope Prize

Meritorious performance in Level 3

Chemistry Course

Erin Smith

Second Year Prize Winners

The University of New South Wales Chemical Society George Wright Prize


Chemistry Courses

Sharon Yu


and School Medal for best

performance in Level 2 Chemistry

Max Guerry

STUDENTSSchool of Chemistry Undergraduate Student Prizes


First Year Prize Winners

The June Griffi th Memorial Prize

and School Medal for best

performance in Level 1 Chemistry

Courses

Ena Thea Luis

The University of New South Wales Chemical Society Prize


Chemistry Courses

Yas Eghtedari

Year 10 Prize Winner


For Excellence and Enthusiasm in

Chemistry for Year 10 Students

Charmaine Li

Undergraduate Scholarships and Awards

Howard Awards

Laura Jeffress

Stephen Butler

Paige Hawkins

UNSW Faculty of Science Summer Vacation Research Scholarships

Jeffrey Black

Jacqueline Liu

Albert Woffenden

Sharon Yu

UNSW Chemistry Video Competition

Individual Prizes:

Michael Park (1st prize)

Courtney Lum (Meritorious)

Team Prize

Francheska Domingo and Trisha Purvis

Postgraduate Prizes, Scholarships and Fellowships

Don Craig Memorial Prize

For excellence in research using X-Ray

crystallography

Alasdair McKay

Paddon-Row Scholarship

For the highest ranked commencing

local PhD student

Alexander Mason

Black Scholarship

For the highest ranked commencing

international student

Parisa Sowti Khiabani

Teaching Fellowship Holders

Jet Chang

Sandra Choy

Kyloon Chuah

Michelle Dunn

Dominic Francis

Chris Gardner

Mark Gatus

Ethan How

Sinead Keaveney

Alex Mason

Lyz Murago

Justin Nash

Andrew robinson

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Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE)

Stephen Parker (Supervisor, Scientia Professor Justin Gooding), Post Graduate Research Award (2011 – 2013)

International Society of Electrochemistry

Stephen Parker (Supervisor, Scientia Professor Justin Gooding), Poster Prize - “Towards Capture and Release of Circulating Tumour Cells (CTCs) Using Electrochemically-Switchable Surfaces”.

International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry

David Hvasanov (Supervisor, Dr Pall Thordarson), Poster Prize - “Photoinduced membrane proton pumping via polymersomes as chloroplast mimics”.

21st IUPAC Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry

Eden Tanner (Supervisor Dr. Jason Harper) Poster Prize - “Does the cation really matter? The effect of the modifying an ionic liquid cation on the outcome of an SN2 process”

NewSouth Innovation

Xunyu Lu (Supervisor, Dr Chuan Zhao), Finalist – Best New Invention Award.

RACI 18th Australasian Electrochemistry Conference

Xunyu Lu (Supervisor, Dr Chuan Zhao) Bloom-Gutmann Prize.

RACI Organic Division Travel Bursary

Dominic V. Francis (Supervisor Dr Jason Harper / A/Prof. Roger Read).

Royal Society of Chemistry

David Hvasanov (Supervisor – Dr Pall Thordarson) Poster Prize - Photoinduced membrane proton-pumping via polymersome as chloroplast mimics

School of Chemistry – Research Poster PrizesThe three School Poster Prizes were awarded to:

Postgraduate Student Awards and Prizes

Catalysis & Energy: Eden Tanner (Supervisor, Dr Jason Harper) “ Does the cation really matter? The effect of modifying an ionic liquid cation on an SN2 process”

Medicinal Chemistry: Ethan Howe (Supervisor, Dr Pall Thordarson) “Supramolecular Architecture Towards Mimicry of Allosteric Regulated Enzymes and Haem Proteins”

Molecular Devices: Roya Tavallaie (Supervisors, Scientia Professor Justin Gooding & Professor Brynn Hibbert) “Direct modifi cation of gold coated magnetic nanoparticles with nitrophenyl groups by electrochemical reduction of in situ generated monodiazonium cations”

UNSW Medicinal Chemistry Drug Discovery Symposium

Ming Han Yee (Supervisor A/Prof Naresh Kumar), Best oral presentation.

Dr Jason Harper and his research group.


Profess Barbara Messerle and her research group

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2012 was a hugely successful year for SOCS with all our

annual events and introduction of initiatives to get more

undergraduates involved.

The year started strong with the annual SOCS trivia

night. Hosted by Jason Harper, Jason Ashmore and

Stephen George. The night that was full of random facts,

glow sticks and rather obscure prizes that saw a new set

of trivia champions from the BAM and Field groups! This

year also saw the introduction of Battle of the Titans with

Mathew Gyton being declared champion.

First semester also included becoming affi liated with

Arc, having an O-Week stall, a number of undergraduate

morning teas, revamping of both the SOCS room and

lockers, a pub crawl and a number of BBQs.

Next up was the tenth annual Chemball, that saw a

record high 100 students dance the night away at

L’Aqua Goldroom at Darling Harbour. The evening

involved some chemistry games, the infamous chemistry

bingo and dry ice decorations. The night also included

a showdown over the best Gentleman and a special

rendition of Happy Birthday. The event was made

possible with a Student Community Development Grant

from Arc.

More recently, SOCS hosted it’s third annual international

food night. With food from accross the world, it’s now

becoming one of our most popular events. A big shout

out to the cooks on the night. We also hosted the annual

Honours hand in BBQ, along with the fi rst Sports afternoon

in conjunction with the School end-of-year Party.

This year also saw an increased number of

undergraduates getting involved due to both the

creation of new executive positions along with the

continued operation of Dalton G06 as a SOCS

common room, where students can study, relax and

eat their lunch.

SOCS had an amazing year due to the many hard

working students who volunteered their time and effort.

Some just to name a few include:

Michelle Dunn - President

Andrew Robinson - Treasurer

Eden Tanner- Secretary

Jonathan Carpentier - Activities Coordinator

Bradley Butler - Merchandising Offi cer

Stephen Parker - Publicity Offi cer

Ethan Truong – 3rd Year Representative

Students of Chemistry Society

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SCHOOLStaff

Administration

Head of School

Professor Barbara Ann Messerle, BSc PhD Syd.

Director of Research

Associate Professor John Arron Stride, BSc (Hons.) PhD E.Anglia


Dr Gavin Leslie Edwards, BSc PhD Monash, CChem, MRACI

Postgraduate Coordinator

Associate Professor Jonathan Charles Morris, BSc UWA, PhD ANU

Postgraduate Studies Coordinator – Coursework

Professor David Brynn Hibbert, BSc PhD Lond., CChem, FRSC, FRACI

Higher Year (2nd – 4th year) Coordinator

Dr Marcus Lawford Cole, BSc (Hons) PhD Cardiff

First Year Coordinator

Dr Nicholas Kenneth Roberts, BSc PhD W.Aust., CChem, MRACI

Laboratory Coordinator

Associate Professor Stephen Boyd Colbran, BSc PhD Otago

IT Coordinator

Dr Ronald Stanley Haines, BSc PhD UNSW

Seminar Coordinator

Dr Chuan Zhao, BSc Shaanxi, MSc PhD Northwest UT

Outreach Coordinator

Associate Professor Naresh Kumar, MSc Punj., PhD W’gong., CChem, MRACI

Administrative Offi cer

Rick Sai Kin Chan, BBus Curtin, CPA

Offi ce Administrator

Jodee Anning, BA UNSW


Teaching Staff

Professors

David St Clair Black, MSc Syd., PhD Camb., AMusA, CChem, FRACI

(Scientia Professor) John Justin Gooding, BSc Melb., DPhil Oxon

David Brynn Hibbert, BSc PhD Lond., CChem, MRSC, FRACI

Barbara Ann Messerle, BSc PhD Syd.

Associate Professors

Stephen Boyd Colbran, BSc PhD Otago

Marcus Lawford Cole, BSc (Hons) PhD Cardiff

Naresh Kumar, MSc Punj., PhD W’gong., CChem, MRACI

Shelli Renee McAlpine, BSc Ill, PhD UCLA

Jonathan Charles Morris, BSc UWA, PhD ANU

John Arron Stride, BSc (Hons.) PhD E.Anglia

Senior Lecturers

Graham Edwin Ball, BSc PhD Sheffi eld, MRACI

Gavin Leslie Edwards, BSc PhD Monash, CChem, MRACI

Jason Brian Harper, BSc Adelaide, BSc ANU PhD ANU

Nicholas Kenneth Roberts, BSc PhD W.Aust., CChem, MRACI

Pall Thordarson, BSc Iceland, PhD Syd

Chuan Zhao, BSc Shaanxi, MSc PhD Northwest UT

Lecturers

Leigh Aldous, BSc (Hon) Leeds, PhD Queen’s

Ronald Stanley Haines, BSc PhD UNSW

Luke Hunter, BSc(Adv)(Hons), PhD USYD

Neeraj Sharma, BSc (Hons) PhD USYD

Associate Lecturer

Anna Choy, BSc (Hons), UNSW

Research Staff Professor Leslie D. Field (Deputy Vice Chancellor –

Research)

Professor Margaret M. Harding (Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Strategy) & Dean of Graduate Research)

Research Associates

Manohari Abeysinghe, BSc, PhD Wales

Mahiuddin Alamgir, B.Pharm (Hons), M.Pharm Jahangirnagar, PhD UNSW

Simone Ciampi, BSc Modena, PhD UNSW

Renxun Chen, BSc (Hons), PhD UNSW

Milena Czyz, BSc Hons (Adelaide) PhD UNSW

Nadim Darwish, BSc Lebanese, PhD UNSW

James Garner, BSc, PhD N’cle (Aus)

Carolina Gimbert- Suriñach, PhD Universtat Autònoma de Barcelona

Bin Guan, PhD UNSW

Alice Gui, PhD UNSW

Xiang-Guo Hu, PhD, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

George Iskander, BSc MSc PhD Khartoum, FRSC, MRSC, RACI

Guozhen Liu, BSc Hubei N.U., MSc C.U. Geosciences, PhD UNSW

Hsiu Lin Li, BSc (Hons), PhD Monash

David Hvasanov, PhD UNSW

Xuechao Liu, BSc Normal, PhD Najing University

Stuart Lowe, PhD Imperial College, London

Alison Magill, BSc (Hons), PhD UTas

Thomas Martin, MChem, PhD, Bath University, UK

Boon Ng, BSc, PhD, UTAS

Michael Page, BSc (Hons 1), PhD, UNSW

Joshua Peterson, BSc Wash, PhD USyd

Matthew Peterson,

Deborah Ramsey, BSc Alabama, PhD Wake Forest

Abdoreza Salek

Alexander Soeriyadi, PhD UNSW

Gordon Sutton, BSc, PhD ANU

Khuong Vuong, BSc, USyd, BSc (Hons 1, University Medal), PhD, UNSW

James E.A. Webb, PhD, USYD

Kasey Wood, BSc, PhD, UNSW

Hon Man Yau, BSc, PhD, UNSW

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Visiting Fellows

Emeritus Scientia Professor

Michael Nicholas Paddon Row, BSc Lond, PhD ANU, CChem, FRSC, FRACI

Emeritus Professor

Stephen John Charles Angyal, OBE, PhD Bud., DSc UNSW, FAA, FRACI

Roger Bishop, BSc St And., PhD Camb., CChem, FRSC, FRACI

Conjoint Professors

Grainne Mary Moran, BSc PhD NUI, CChem, MRACI

Professorial Visiting Fellows

Alan Norman Buckley, BSc Syd., PhD Monash, MRACI

Michael James, BSc Syd, PhD Cambridge, MRACI

Ronald Postle PhD Leeds

Visiting Fellows

Dr Nicholas Armstrong, B.App.Sc (Hons 1st), PhD UTS

Dr Joseph John Brophy, BSc, PhD DSc UNSW, DipEd Monash, CChem, FRACI

Dr Adam Cawley, Australian Racing Forensic Laboratory, NSW

Dr Alex Falber, Algae Enterprises Ltd, Victoria, Australia

Dr Suresh Govindaraghavan, Network Nutrition Pty Ltd

A/Prof. Roger Read, BSc PhD Syd., DIC Lond., CChem, FRACI

A/Prof. Gary David Willett, BSc PhD LaT, CChem, MRACI

International Visiting Fellows

Prof. Phil Baran, Scripps Research Institute

Dr Ashok Nanjundan, Institute for Nanoscience and Cryogenics – Grenoble, France

Prof. Catherine Ngila, University of Johannesburg – South Africa

A/Prof. Soghra Khabnadideh, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

Prof. Scott Rychnovsky, University of California Irvine

1st Year Casual Teaching Staff

Dr Kakali Chowdhury, PhD, Uni New Dehli, India

Joan P. Ross, BSc Syd.

Professional and Technical Staff

Administrative Support

Anne Ayres

Kenneth Gerard McGuffi n, BA Syd

Computer Offi cer

Ray Arnhold

Laboratory Manager

Dr Toby Jackson

Technical Offi cers

Peta Di Bella, BSc (Hons) UQ

Lihn Cuba-Diem

Hitendra Gopal

Berta Litvak, BSc UTS, MEdAdmin UNSW

Michael McMahon

Dr Nancy Scoleri, BSc (Hon), PhD Adel.

Svetislav Videnovic, BChemEng, Sarajevo

School Store

Ian Aldred

Rama Anning


Emeritus Professor Roger Bishop

Gao J., Bishop R., Bhadbhade M.M., Conference: “What makes a better host?”, 7th International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry (ISMSC-7), Dunedin, NZ, 29 January – 2 February 2012.

Bishop R., Gao J., Djaidi D., Bhadbhade M.M., Invited lecture: “A clathrate uncertainty principle”, Symposium: Transformations and Structural Oddities in Molecular Crystals: In Honor of Bruce M. Foxman, American Crystallographic Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, USA, 28 July – 1 August 2012.

Gao J., Bishop R., Bhadbhade M.M., Conference: “Bicyclo[3.3.0]octane diols: a rich source of competing polymorph, co-crystal, solvate and apohost crystal forms”, Crystal & Graphene Science Symposium – 2012, Boston, MA, USA, 5 – 6 September 2012.

Gao J., Bishop R., Bhadbhade M.M., Conference: “United we stand, divided we fall: structures of double guest inclusions of a compound where a single guest fails to include”, Asian Crystallographic Association AsCA 12 – Crystal 28 2012, Adelaide, 2 – 5 December 2012.

Dr Joseph Brophy

Lawes, D., Brophy, J., Hnawia, E., Lebouvier, N., Nour, M. “Leaf Essential Oils of Some Eugenia (Myrtaceae) Species Endemic to New Caledonia”. RACI Natural Products Symposium, Sydney University, September 2012

Lawes, D., Brophy, J., Hnawia, E., Lebouvier, N., Nour, M. “Leaf, Wood and Bark Oils of Myodocarpus viellardii, a Species Endemic to New Caledonia”. RACI Organic Chemistry Symposium, UNSW, December 2012.

Professorial Visiting Fellow, Mike James

Invited Lectures:

M. James, “Neutron Scattering and Your Sense of Smell”, AsCA12, National Wine Centre, University of Adelaide, 5th December, 2012.

M. James, “Behind the Razor Wire”, Australian Synchrotron Careers Forum, National Centre for Synchrotron Science, Australian Synchrotron, 2nd October, 2012.

M. James, “Morphological Studies of Nanoscale Thin-Film Optoelectronic Devices Using Neutron Refl ectometry”, 15th International Conference on Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies, Novotel Wollongong Northbeach Hotel, 24th September, 2012.

M. James, “Molecular Deuteration of Biological and Chemical Species For Neutron Scattering”, Synchrotron and Neutron User Symposium, Australian Synchrotron, 9th July, 2012.

Conference Presentations:

M. James, “The Australian Synchrotron Introduction and Applications”, National Characterisation Council Annual General Meeting, CSIRO North Ryde, June 12th, 2013.

M. James, “Scientifi c Update From The Australian Synchrotron”, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, 28th May 2013.

M. James, “Studies of the nanoscale using very large (neutron and Synchrotron X-ray) facilities”, Issues in Nanotechnology Seminar Program, La Trobe University, April 16th, 2013.

M. James, “Synchrotron X-rays and Neutrons: Why stop at once shining light?...”, Spring-8, Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), Hyogo, Japan, March 7th, 2013.

M. James, “Investigations of Peptide Interactions with Biological Membranes Using X-ray and Neutron Refl ectometry”, Australian Colloid and Interface Symposium (ACIS2013), Outrigger Resort and Spa, Noosa, February 3rd-6th, 2013.

Invited Lectures & Conference Presentations – Emeritus & Visiting Fellows

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M. James, “Studies of Nanoscale Water”, ANSTO-SINAP Workshop, Lucas Heights Research Laboratories, Australia, 11th December 2012.

S. Ciampi, J. J. Gooding, M. James, ““Click” Chemistry for the Functionalisation of Silicon for Chemical and Biological Sensing”, Structure and Dynamics of Condensed Matter by Scattering Methods Workshop – Professor John W. White Symposium, at Mercure Resort Hunter Valley Gardens, Australia, 25th - 28th November 2012.

M. James, A. Nelson, S. Holt, T. Hsu, T. Saerbeck, D. Cortie, F. Klose, and A. Le Brun, “2009 – 2012: The Age of Platypus, Neutron Refl ectometry at Australia’s OPAL Reactor”, Structure and Dynamics of Condensed Matter by Scattering Methods Workshop – Professor John W. White Symposium, at Mercure Resort Hunter Valley Gardens, Australia, 25th - 28th November 2012.

M. James, “Neutron and X-ray Scattering at ANSTO”, SAS2012, International Small-Angle Scattering Conference, ANSTO, November 21st, 2012.

Tamim Darwish, Emily Luks, Greta Moraes, Peter Holden, Michael James, “Molecular Deuteration for Contrast Variation in Neutron Studies of Multi-Component Nanoscale Systems”, SAS2012, International Small-Angle Scattering Conference, Sydney Exhibition and Convention Centre, Sydney, November 18th-23rd, 2012.

M. James, “Complementary Techniques and Preliminary Characterisation”, Powder Diffraction at OPAL and at the Australian Synchrotron: Experiment Planning to Data Analysis, ANSTO, Lucas Heights, November 12th, 2012

M. James, A. Nelson, S. Holt, T. Hsu, T. Saerbeck, D. Cortie, F. Klose, and A. Le Brun, “2009 – 2012: The Age of Platypus Neutron Refl ectometry at OPAL”, AINSE / ANBUG Neutron Scattering Symposium 2012, AINSE Lucas Heights Research Laboratories, Australia, 7th-9th November 2012.

Peter. Holden, T. A. Darwish, A. P. Duff, M. Gillon, V. Lake, E. Luks, G. Moraes, A. Rekas, R. A. Russell, K. L. Wilde, R. Yepuri and M. James, “Molecular Deuteration at the National Deuteration Facility”, AINSE / ANBUG Neutron Scattering Symposium 2012, AINSE Lucas Heights Research Laboratories, Australia, 7th-9th November 2012.

P. Shaw, H. Cavaye, S. S. Y. Chen, M. James, I. R. Gentle and P. L. Burn, “Probing the absorption and release of nirtoaromatic vapours from fl uorescent dendrimer fi lms for the detection of explosives” AINSE / ANBUG Neutron Scattering Symposium 2012, AINSE Lucas Heights Research Laboratories, Australia, 7th-9th November 2012.

M. James, “Neutrons and Nanoscience”, University of Wollongong Nanoscience Course, ANSTO, 27th August 2012.

Fact or Fiction: A series of presentations for Science Week, University of Western Sydney, August 3rd, 2012.

Peter. Holden, T. A. Darwish, A. P. Duff, M. Gillon, T. Hanley, V. Lake, E. Luks, G. Moraes, V. L. Peterson, A. Rekas, R. A. Russell, A. Sokolova, K. L. Wilde and M. James, “Molecular Deuteration at the Australian National Deuteration Facility for Investigations Using Cold and Thermal Neutron Scattering”. American Conference on Neutron Scattering, Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center, Washington, DC 27th June, 2012.

P. Burn, A. R. G. Smith, K. H. Lee, A. Nelson, M. James, I. R. Gentle, “Probing morphology and interfaces in organic optoelectronic fi lms with neutrons”, ICONN2012, Perth Convention Centre, February 5-9, 2012.

Professorial Visiting Fellow, Ron Postle

Invited Professor, lecture courses and examinations,

University of Haute Alsace, ENSISA, Mulhouse, France,

Jan 2012 and Nov - Dec 2012:

Mechanics and Modelling of Soft Materials:

Ecole Doctorale, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Ingenieurs Sud Alsace; PhD qualifying entrance, Masters degree; Undergraduate degree courses for Mechanical Engineering and Textile Engineering students.

Plenary lecture, ‘Mechanics and Physics of Soft Matter: Knitted Fabrics’: 6th International Textile, Clothing & Design Conference, ITC&DC6, Dubrovnik, Croatia, October, 2012.

Research seminars, Heat and Mass Transfer through Absorbing Fibrous Materials. Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic, November, 2012.


Plenary lecture, ‘Micromechanics of Knitted Textile Structures as Soft Matter’. 19th International Conference Structure and Structural Mechanics of Textile Materials, Faculty of Textile Engineering, Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic and Czech. Section, The Textile Institute, Manchester, UK, December 2012.

Postgraduate research seminar, Micromechanics of Fibre Reinforced Composite Structures, University of Leeds, UK, Dec 2012.

Visiting Fellow, Associate Professor Roger Wayne Read

19th IUPAC International Conference on Organic Synthesis in conjunction with the 24th Royal Australian Chemical Institute Organic Conference, Melbourne, 1-6 July 2012.

Poster presentation: “Progress in the Development of Functional Fluorous Surfactants”, D. V. Francis, J. B. Harper, A. I. Mohammed, R. W. Read.

20th International Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry, Osaka, Japan, 22-27 July 2012,

Oral presentation: “Exploiting Functional Fluorous Triazoles and Tetrazoles”, D. V. Francis, A. I. Mohammed, R. W. Read, presented by D. V. Francis.

23rd Southern Highlands Conference on Heterocyclic Chemistry, Moss Vale, 26-28 August 2012.

Poster presentation: “Two dibenzodiazepinone molecules with dissimilar dimeric associations and apparent different tautomerism”, M. M. Bhadbhade, M. Keller, R. W. Read, presented by R. W. Read.

Royal Australian Chemical Institute NSW Branch Organic One-Day Symposium, UNSW, 5 December 2012.

Poster presentation: “Progress in the Development of Functional Fluorous Surfactants”, D. V. Francis, J. B. Harper, A. I. Mohammed, R. W. Read.

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Dr Leigh Aldous

‘Ionic Liquids for Lignin Processing: Dissolution, Isolation, and Conversion’ M. M. Hossain, L. Aldous, Australian Journal of Chemistry 2012, 65, 1465-1477.

‘Synthesis and characterization of carbon nanotubes covalently functionalized with amphiphilic polymer coated superparamagnetic nanocrystals’ J. C. Bear, P. D. McNaughter, K. Jurkschat, A. Crossley, L. Aldous, R. G. Compton, A. G. Mayes, G. G. Wildgoose, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2012, 383, 110-117.

‘The formal potentials and electrode kinetics of the proton/hydrogen couple in various room temperature ionic liquids’ Y. Meng, L. Aldous, S. R. Belding and R. G. Compton, Chemical Communications 2012, 48, 5572-5574.

‘One-step synthesis of fl uorescein modifi ed nano-carbon for Pd(II) detection via fl uorescence quenching’ J. Panchompoo, L. Aldous, M. Baker, M. Wallace and R. G. Compton, Analyst 2012, 137, 2054-2062.

‘A Green Approach to Fenton Chemistry: Mono-Hydroxylation of salicylic acid in aqueous medium by the electrogeneration of Fenton’s reagent’, J. Panchompoo, L. Aldous, R. G. Compton, M. Kabeshov, B. Pilgrim and T. J. Donohoe, New Journal of Chemistry 2012, 36, 1265-1272.

‘The Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in a Room Temperature Ionic Liquid: Mechanism and Electrocatalyst Trends’, Y. Meng, L. Aldous, S. R. Belding and R. G. Compton, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2012, 14, 5222-5228.

‘Volatilisation of substituted ferrocene compounds of different sizes from room temperature ionic liquids: a kinetic and mechanistic study’, C. P. Fu, L. Aldous, E. J. F. Dickinson, N. S. A. Manan and R. G. Compton, New Journal of Chemistry 2012, 36, 774-780.

‘The adsorption of quinizarin on boron-doped diamond’, I. B. Dimov, C. Batchelor-McAuley, L. Aldous and R. G. Compton, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2012, 14, 2375-2380.

‘The Use of Nano-carbon as an Alternative to Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Modifi ed Electrodes for Adsorptive Stripping Voltammetry’, T. W. B. Lo, L. Aldous and R. G. Compton, Sensors & Actuators: B. Chemical 2012, 162, 361-368.

‘Electrochemistry of Zirconium Tetrachloride in the Ionic Liquid N-Butyl-N-methylpyrrolidinium Bis(trifl uoromethylsulfonyl)imide: Formation of Zr(III) and Exploitation of ZrCl4 as a Facile Ionic Liquid Drying Agent’, C. P. Fu, L. Aldous, N. S. A. Manan and R. G. Compton, Electroanalysis 2012, 24, 210-213.

‘Investigation of the optimal transient times for chronoamperometric analysis of diffusion coeffi cients and concentrations in non-aqueous solvents and ionic liquids’, L. Xiong, L. Aldous, M. C. Henstridge and R. G. Compton, Analytical Methods 2012, 4, 371-376.

Dr Graham E. Ball

Ball, G.E.; Andersen, R.A. “Stereodynamics in Eight-Coordination: A 2D NMR Spectroscopic and Computational Study of the Exchange Process in ThCl4(Me2NCH2CH2NMe2)2”, Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 10141–10147.

Young, R.D.; Lawes, D.J.; Hill, A.F.; Ball, G.E. “Observation of a tungsten alkane σ-complex showing selective binding of methyl groups using FTIR and NMR spectroscopies” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 8294–8297.

McSkimming, A.; Ball, G. E.; Bhadbhade, M. M.; Colbran, S. B. “Rhodium Complexes of a Chelating Ligand with Imidazol-2-ylidene and Pyridin-2-ylidene Donors: The Effect of C-Metalation of Nicotinamide Groups on Uptake of Hydride Ion” Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 2191.

Ball, G.E.; Cole, M.L.; McKay, A.I. “Low Valent and Hydride Complexes of NHC Coordinated Gallium” Dalton Trans, 2012, 41, 946.


Bishop R., Synthetic clathrate systems, in Supramolecular Chemistry: From Molecules to Nanomaterials, Gale P.A., Steed J.W. (eds.), Wiley, Chichester, pp. 3033-3056, ISBN 978-0-470-74640-0 (2012).

Publications & Patents


Bishop R., New aspects of aromatic ...π and C-H...π interactions in crystal engineering, Ch. 2, pp. 41-77, The Importance of Pi-interactions in Crystal Engineering: Frontiers in Crystal Engineering, Vol, III, Tiekink E. R. T., Zukerman-Schpector J. (eds.), Wiley, Chichester, ISBN 978-0-470-98014-9 (2012).

Bishop R., Design of clathrate compounds that use only weak intermolecular attractions, in the Research Front: Supramolecular Chemistry and Crystal Engineering, Aust. J. Chem., 2012, 65, 1361-1370.

Bishop R., Gao J., Djaidi D., Bhadbhade M.M., A clathrate uncertainty principle, Trans. Am. Crystallogr. Assoc., 2012, 43, 34-44.

Gao J., Bhadbhade M.M., Bishop R., Different crystal forms of a rich hydrogen bond acceptor compound resulting from alternative C-H…O and orthogonal C=O…C=O molecular interaction patterns, CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 138-146.

Gao J., Bhadbhade M.M., Bishop R., Polymorphic crystals formed by an achiral diol under ambient conditions, Cryst. Growth Des., 2012, 12, 5746-5756.

Hemtasin C., Ung A.T., Kanokmedhakul S., Kanokmedhakul K., Bishop R., Satraruji T., Bishop D., Synthesis of alkaloid-like compounds via the bridging Ritter reaction, Monatsh. Chem., 2012, 143, 955-963.

Suryanti V., Bhadbhade M., Bishop R., Black D.S.C., Kumar N., Self-assembly of alkyl N-acetylglyoxylic amides of varying chain length, CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 7345-7354.

Professor David St Clair Black

Devakaram, R., Black, D. StC. And Kumar, N., An effi cient synthesis of 2,4-disubstituted tetrahydroquinolines and quinolines, Tetrahedron Letters, 53, 2269-2272 (2012).

Devakaram, R., Black, D. StC., Choomuenwai, V., Davis, R. A. and Kumar, N., Synthesis and antiplasmodial evaluation of novel chromeno[2,3-b]chromene derivatives, Bioorg. Medicinal Chem., 20, 1527-1534 (2012).

Somphol, K., Santoso, M., Bhadbhade, M., Gardner, C., Kumar, N. and Black, D. StC., Synthesis of mixed cyclotriveratrylenes, Tetrahedron, 68, 1862-1868 (2012)

Chen, R., Bhadbhade, M., Kumar, N and Black, D. StC., Synthesis of cyclic tetraindolyls via oxidative coupling reactions, Tetrahedron Letters, 53, 3337-3341 (2012).

Deodhar, M., Wood, K., Black, D. StC., and Kumar, N., Oxidative dimerisation of isofl avones: synthesis of kudzuisofl avone A and related compounds, Aust. J. Chem., 65, 1377-1383 (2012).

Sengul, I. F., Wood, K., Bowyer, P. K., Bhadbhade, M., Chen, R., Kumar, N. and Black, D. StC., Synthesis of new di-(3-indolyl)arenes, Tetrahedron, 68, 7429-7434 (2012).

Mitchell, P. S. R., Sengul, I. F., Kandemir, H., Nugent, S. J., Chen, R., Bowyer, P. K., Kumar, N. and Black, D. StC., Bromination of 4,6-dimethoxyindoles, Tetrahedron, 68, 8163-8171 (2012).

Chawla, H, M., Santra, A., Pant, N., Kumar, N. and Black, D. StC., Evaluation of deep cavity imidazolylcalix[n]arenes for selective extraction of silver, J. Incl. Phenom. Macrocycl. Chem., 73, 55-65 (2012).

Suryanti, V., Bhadbhade, M., Bishop, R., Black, D. StC. and Kumar, N., Self-assembly of alkyl N-acetylglyoxylic amides of varying chain lengths, Cryst. Eng. Comm., 14, 7345-7354 (2012).

Sengul, I. F., Wood, K., Kumar, N. and Black, D. StC., Synthesis of macrocyclic systems derived from di-(2-indolyl)heteroarenes, Tetrahedron, 68, 9050-9055 (2012).

Dr Joseph Brophy

Hnawia, E., Brophy, J.J., Craven, L.A., Lebouvier, N., Cabalion, P., Nour, M., A preliminary examination of the leaf essential oils of the endemic Melaleuca (Myrtaceae) species of New Caledonia. J. Essent. Oil Res., 24, 273-278 (2012).

Professorial Visiting Fellow, Alan Buckley

Parker, G.K., Hope, G.A., Woods, R., Numprasanthai, A., Buckley, A.N., McLean, J. Investigation of n-octanohydroxamate reagent interaction with the surface of oxide copper minerals and copper metal. Separation Technologies for Minerals, Coal, and Earth Resources, C.A. Young, G.H. Luttrell, Editors, SME Inc., Colorado, 2012, pp. 497–508.

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Hope, G.A., Buckley, A.N., Parker, G.K., Numprasanthai, A., Woods, R., McLean, J. The interaction of n-octanohydroxamate with chrysocolla and oxide copper surfaces. Minerals Eng., 36–38 (2012) 2–11.

Hope, G.A., Numprasanthai, A., Buckley, A.N., Parker, G.K., Sheldon, G. Bench-scale fl otation of chrysocolla with n-octanohydroxamate. Minerals Eng., 36–38 (2012) 12–20.

Parker, G.K., Buckley, A.N., Woods, R., Hope, G.A. The interaction of the fl otation reagent, n-octanohydroxamate, with sulfi de minerals. Minerals Eng., 36–38 (2012) 81–90.

Cui, J., Hope, G.A., Buckley, A.N. Spectroscopic investigation of the interaction of hydroxamate with bastnaesite (cerium) and rare earth oxides. Minerals Eng., 36–38 (2012) 91–99.

Buckley, A.N., Denman, J.A., Hope, G.A. The adsorption of n-octano hydroxamate collector on Cu and Fe oxide minerals investigated by static secondary ion mass spectrometry. Minerals, 2 (2012) 493–515.

Associate Professor Stephen Boyd Colbran

McSkimming, A.; Bhadbhade, M. M.; Ball, G. E.; Colbran S. B., Rhodium complexes of a chelating ligand with imidazol-2-ylidene and pyridin-2-ylidene donors: the effect of C-metalation of nicotinamide groups on uptake of hydride ion, Inorganic Chemistry, 2012, 51, 2191–2203.

Nilsson, J; Colbran, S. B.; Behrens, U.; Rehder, D.; Nordlander, E. The redox interaction between vanadyl cation and tris(6-(2-hydroxymethl)pyridylmethyl)amine, Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2012, 392, 490–493.

Gimbert-Surinach, C.; Bhadbhade, M.; Colbran, S. B. Bridgehead hydrogen atoms are important: unusual electrochemistry and proton reduction at iron dimers with ferrocenyl substituted phosphide-bridges, Organometallics, 2012, 31, 3480–3491.

Redford, C.; Gimbert-Surinach, C.; Bhadbhade, M.; Colbran, S. B. trans-Chloridobis(4-picoline)(4,4’,4’’-tritert- butyl-2,2’:6’,2’’-terpyridine)ruthenium(II) hexafl uorophosphate acetone solvate, Acta Crystallographica Section E, 2012, E68, m300.

Associate Professor Marcus Lawford Cole

Dunn, MD; Cole, ML; Harper JB: Effects of an ionic liquid solvent on the synthesis of gamma-butyrolactones by conjugate addition using NHC organocatalysts, RSC Advances, 2012, 2, 10160-10162.

McKay, AI; Ball, GE; Cole, ML: Low valent and hydride complexes of NHC coordinated gallium and indium, Dalton Trans, 2012, 41, 946-952.

Bruce, MI; Büschel, S; Cole, ML; Scoleri, N; Skelton, BW; White, AH: Some chemistry of trans-Ru(C≡C-C≡CH)2(dppe)2: Syntheses of bi- and tri-metallic derivatives and cycloaddition of tcne, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2012, 382, 6-12.

Professor Leslie D. Field

Gilbert-Wilson, R., Field, L. D. and Bhadbhade, M.

M., New Super-hindered Polydentate Polyphosphine

Ligands P(CH2CH

2PtBu

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Chloride Complexes, Inorg. Chem., 2012, 51 (5), pp

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Leslie D. Field, Hsiu L. Li, Scott J. Dalgarno,

Ruaraidh D. McIntosh, Side-on Bound Complexes of

Phenyl- and Methyl-diazene, Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51,

3733-3742.

Rumble, Sarah L.; Page, Michael J.; Field, Leslie D.; Messerle, Barbara A., In Situ Catalysts for the

Intramolecular Hydroamination of Aminoalkynes –

What Ligand Properties Determine Catalyst Activity?,

Eur J. Inorg. Chem., 2012, 2012(13), 2226-2231.

Leslie D. Field, Multiple-quantum spectroscopy in

liquid crystalline solvents, in Encyclopedia of NMR,

Harris, Robin Kingsley; Wasylishen, Roderick E

(Eds), John Wiley&Sons, Chichester, UK, 2012, 5,

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Scientia Professor J. Justin Gooding

S. Ciampi, B. Guan, N. Darwish, Y. Zhu, P.J. Reece, J.J. Gooding, A Multimodal Optical and Electrochemical Device for Monitoring Surface Reactions: Redox Active Surfaces in Porous Silicon Rugate Filters, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 14 16433-16439 (2012).


X.Y. Cheng, R. Gondosiswanto, S. Ciampi, P.J. Reece, J.J. Gooding, One-pot synthesis of colloidal silicon quantum dots and surface functionalization via thiol-ene click chemistry, Chem. Comm. 48 11874-11876 (2012).

N. Darwish, P.K. Eggers, S. Ciampi, Y. Tong, S. Ye, M.N. Paddon-Row, J.J. Gooding, Probing the effect of the solution environment around redox active moieties using rigid anthraquinone terminated molecular rulers, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134 18401−18409 (2012).

B. Guan, S. Ciampi, M. James, P.J. Reece, J.J. Gooding, Depth-resolved Chemical Modifi cation of Porous Silicon by Wavelength-tuned Irradiation, Langmuir 28 15444-15449 (2012).

X. Chen, X.Y. Cheng, J.J. Gooding, Detection of trace nitroaromatic isomers using indium tin oxide electrodes modifi ed using β-cyclodextrin and silver nanoparticles, Anal. Chem. 84 8557-8563 (2012).

N. Darwish, I. Díez-Pérez, S. Guo, N. Tao, J.J. Gooding, M.N. Paddon-Row, Single molecular switches: electrochemical gating of a single anthraquinone-based norbornylogous bridge molecule, J. Phys. Chem. C 116 21093-21097 (2012).

D.D. Liana, B. Raguse, J.J. Gooding, E. Chow, Recent Advances in Paper-Based Sensors, Sensors 12 11505-11526 (2012).

J.Q. Liu, R. Wang, L. Cui, J. Tang, Z. Liu, Q. Kong, W. Yang, J.J. Gooding, Using Molecular Level Modifi cation to Tune the Conductivity of Graphene Papers, J. Phys. Chem. C 116 17939-17946 (2012).

S. Ciampi, B. Guan, N. Darwish, P.J. Reece, J.J. Gooding, Redox-Active Monolayers in Mesoporous Silicon, J. Phys. Chem. C 116 16080-16088 (2012).

C.C.A. Ng, A. Magenau, S.H. Ngalim, S. Ciampi, M. Chockalingham, J.B. Harper, K. Gaus, J.J. Gooding, Using Electrical Potential to Reversibly Switch Surfaces between Two States for Dynamically Controlling Cell Adhesion, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 51 7706-7710 (2012).

G.Z. Liu, S.G. Iyengar, J.J. Gooding, An Electrochemical Impedance Immunosensor Based on Gold Nanoparticle-Modifi ed Electrodes for the Detection of HbA1c in Human Blood, Electroanalysis 24 1509-1516 (2012).

X. Chen, E. Luais, N. Darwish, S. Ciampi, P. Thordarson, J.J. Gooding, Studies on the Effect of Solvents on Self-Assembled Monolayers Formed from Organophosphonic Acids on Indium Tin Oxide, Langmuir 28 9487-9495 (2012).

L.M.H. Lai, I.Y. Goon, K. Chuah, M. Lim, F. Braet, R. Amal, J.J. Gooding, Biochemiresistor Sensor– A New Type of Biosensor Employing Magnetic Assembly of Gold Coated Magnetic Nanoparticles, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 51 6456-6459 (2012).

J.Q. Liu, J. Tang, J.J. Gooding, Strategies for Chemical Modifi cation of Graphene, J. Mater. Chem. 22 12435-12452 (2012).

Y. Lu, J.R. Peterson, J.J. Gooding, A.N. Lee, Development of Sensitive Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assays (ELISAs) for Monitoring Bisphenol-A in Foods and Beverages, Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 403 1607-1618 (2012).

P.K. Eggers, N. Darwish, M.N. Paddon-Row, J.J. Gooding, Surface-Bound Molecular Rulers for Probing the Electrical Double Layer, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134 7539-7544 (2012).

X. Chen, X. Cheng, J.J. Gooding, Multifunctional Modifi ed Silver Nanoparticles as Ion and pH Sensors in Aqueous Solution, Analyst 137 2338-2343 (2012).

N. Darwish, I. Diez-Pérez, P. Da Silva, N.J. Tao, J.J. Gooding, M.N. Paddon-Row, Observation of Electrochemically Controlled Quantum Interference in a Single Anthraquinone-based Norbornylogous Bridge Molecule, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 51 3203-3206 (2012).

K. Chuah, L.M.H. Lai, I.Y. Goon, R. Amal, J.J. Gooding, Ultrasensitive electrochemical detection of prostate-specifi c antigen (PSA) using gold-coated magnetic nanoparticles as ‘dispersible electrodes’, Chem. Comm. 48 3503-3505 (2012).

J. J. Gooding, N. Darwish, The Rise of Self-Assembled Monolayers for Fabricating Electrochemical Biosensors – An Interfacial Perspective, The Chemical Record 12 92-105 (2012).

G.Z. Liu, S.M. Khor, S.G. Iyengar, J.J. Gooding, Development of an Electrochemical Immunosensor for the Detection of HbA1c in Serum, Analyst 137 829-832 (2012).

S. Ciampi, M. James, G. Le Saux, K. Gaus, J.J. Gooding, Electrochemical ‘Switching’ of Silicon(100) Modular Assemblies for Cell Biology, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134 844-847 (2012).

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N. Darwish, P.K. Eggers, P. Da Silva, Y. Zhang, Y. Tong, S. Ye, J.J. Gooding, M.N. Paddon-Row, Electroactive self-assembled monolayers of unique geometric structures using rigid norbornylogous bridges, Chem. Eur. J. 18 283-292 (2012).

T. Bö cking, K.A. Kilian, P.J. Reece, K. Gaus, M. Gal, J.J. Gooding, Biofunctionalization of free-standing porous silicon fi lms for self-assembly of photonic devices, Soft Matter 8 360-366 (2012).

C. Hua, W.H. Zhang, S.R.M. De Almeida, S. Ciampi, D. Gloria, G. Liu, J.B. Harper, J.J. Gooding, A Novel Route to Copper Detection Using ‘Click’ Chemistry-Induced Aggregation of Gold Nanoparticles, Analyst 137 82-86 (2012).

J.J. Gooding, G.Z. Liu, A.L. Gui, The use of Aryl Diazonium Salts in the Fabrication of Biosensors and Chemical Sensors, in Aryl Diazonium Salts – New Coupling Agents in Polymer and Surface Science, Ed. M.M. Chehimi, Wiley-VCH, Germany Ch 9 pp197-218 (2012), ISBN 978-3-527-32998-4.

B. Gupta, B. Guan, P.J. Reece, J.J. Gooding, Porous silicon photonic crystals for detection of infections, Biosensors and Nanomedicine V, San Diego 12 Aug (2012), Proc. SPIE 8460 Art. No. 846000Z (2012).

Patents:

J.J. Gooding, G. Liu, Electrochemical Sensor, Australian International Patent Application, 2006901394; Filing Date: 17/03/2006, PCT/AU2007/000337. (2007), European patent appl. EP07718585.8 (EP2005161) Licensed. US patent 12/293272 Granted 26/9/11; Australian patent 2007229320 Granted 10/1/2013

T. Böcking, J.J. Gooding, K.A. Kilian, M. Gal, K. Gaus, Method of Component Assembly on a Substrate, USA Complete No. 11/933541 (2007), PCT: AU08/001616, Chinese patent granted, Sold to Intellectual Ventures

Dr Jason Brian Harper

Dunn, M. H.; Cole, M. L.; Harper, J. B.: “Effects of an ionic liquid solvent on the synthesis of γ-butyrolactones by conjugate addition using NHC organocatalysts”, RSC Advances 2012, 2, 10160-10162.

Ng, M. C. C.; Harper, J. B.; Stampfl , A. P. J.; Kearley, G. J.; Rols, S.; Stride, J. A.: “Central atom size effects on the methyl torsions of group XIV tetratolyls”, Chemistry – A European Journal 2012, 18, 13018-13024.

Yau, H. M.; Croft, A. K.; Harper, J. B.: “One-Pot Hammett Plots: A General Method for the Rapid Aquisition of Relative Rate Data”, Chemical Communications 2012, 48, 8937-8939.

Ng, C. C. A.; Magenau, A.; Ngalim, S. H.; Ciampi, S.; Chockalingham, M.: Harper, J. B.; Gaus, K.; Gooding, J. J.: “Using Electrical Potential to Reversibly Switch Surfaces between Two States for Dynamically Controlling Cell Adhesion,” Angewandte Chemie, International Edition 2012, 51, 7706-7710.

Yau, H. M.; Croft, A. K.; Harper, J. B.: “Investigating the origin of entropy-derived rate accelerations in ionic liquids”, Faraday Discussions 2012, 154, 365-371.

Hua, C.; Zhang, W. H.; De Almeida, S. R. M.; Ciampi, S.; Gloria, D.; Liu, G.; Harper, J. B.; Gooding, J. J.: “A novel route to copper(II)detection using ‘click’ chemistry- induced aggregation of gold nanoparticles” Analyst 2012, 137, 82-86..

Professor D. Brynn Hibbert

Hibbert, D. B. Experimental design in chromatography: A tutorial review. J. Chromatogr. B, 910 (2012) 2– 13. DOI:10.1016/j.jchromb.2012.01.020

Munton, E., Liu, F.-H., Murby, E. John, & Hibbert, D. Brynn (2012). Certifi cation of steroid carbon isotope ratios in a freeze-dried human urine reference material. Drug Testing and Analysis, 4(12), 928 – 933. DOI: 10.1002/dta.1366

Wei Jiang, D. Brynn Hibbert, Grainne Moran and Rabeya Akter, Measurement of gold and sulfur mass fractions in L-cysteine-modifi ed gold nanoparticles by ICP-DRC-MS after acid digestion: validation and uncertainty of results, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27 (9), 1465 – 1473

W. Bich, M.G. Cox, R. Dybkaer, C. Elster, W.T. Estler, B. Hibbert, H. Imai, W. Kool, C. Michotte, L. Nielsen, L. Pendrill, S. Sidney, A.M.H.v.d. Veen, W. Wöger, Revision of the ‘Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement’ Metrologia, 49 (6) (2012) 702 - 705.


Dr Luke Hunter

Yamamoto, I.; Jordan, M. J. T.; Gavande, N.;

Doddareddy, M. R.; Chebib, M.; Hunter, L. “The

enantiomers of syn-2,3-difl uoro-4-aminobutyric acid

elicit opposite responses at the GABAC receptor,”

Chemical Communications 2012, 48, 829.

Hunter, L. “α,β-Difl uoro-γ-amino acids: synthesis

and applications,” Chimica Oggi [Chemistry Today]

2012, 30, 20.

Wang, Z.; Hunter, L. “Synthesis of difl uorinated β-

and γ-amino acids: investigation of a challenging

deoxyfl uorination reaction,” Journal of Fluorine

Chemistry 2012, 143, 143.

Hunter, L., Butler S.; Ludbrook S. B., “Solid-phase

synthesis of peptides containing backbone-

fl uorinated amino acids,” Organic and Biomolecular

Chemistry 2012, 10, 8911.

Harty, D. S.; Farahani, R. M.; Simonian, M. R.; Hunter,

L.; Hunter, N. “Streptococcus gordonii FSS2 challisin

affects fi brin clot formation by digestion of the

αC region and cleavage of the N-terminal region

of the Bβ chains of fi brinogen,” Thrombosis and

Haemostasis 2012, 108, 236.

Professorial Visiting Fellow, Mike James

B. Guan, S. Ciampi, E. Luais, M. James, P. J.

Reece, J. J. Gooding, “Depth-resolved Chemical

Modifi cation of Porous Silicon by Wavelength-tuned

Irradiation”, Langmuir, 28(44), 15444−15449 (2012).

DOI: 10.1021/la303649u

D. I. Fernandez, A. P. Le Brun, T. C. Whitwell, M.-A.

Sani, M. James and F Separovic, “The antimicrobial

peptide aurein 1.2 disrupts model membranes

via the carpet mechanism”, Physical Chemistry

Chemical Physics, 14(45), 15739-15751 (2012).

DOI: 10.1039/c2cp43099a

T. A. Darwish, Y. Tong, M. James, T. L. Hanley, Q.

Peng and S. Ye, “Characterizing the Photoinduced

Switching Process of a Nitrospiropyran Self-

Assembled Monolayer Using In Situ Sum Frequency

Generation Spectroscopy”, Langmuir, 28(39), 13852-

13860 (2012). DOI: 10.1021/la302204f

D. L. Cortie, K-W. Lin, C. Shueh, X. L. Wang,

M. James, H. Fritzsche, S. Brück, and F. Klose,

“Exchange bias in a nanocrystalline hematite/

permalloy thin fi lm investigated with polarised

neutron refl ectometry”, Physical Review B, 86(5),

054408 (2012). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.054408

T. Saerbeck, F. Klose, A.P. Le Brun, J. Füzi, A. Brule,

A. Nelson, S. Holt, and M. James, “Polarization

‘Down Under’: The polarized time of fl ight

neutron refl ectometer PLATYPUS”, Review of

Scientifi c Instruments, 83(8), 081301 (2012). DOI:

10.1063/1.4738579

D. Hong, Y. Yoon, K. Shin, M. James, G. Tae,

“Mimicking the receptor-aided binding of HIV-1 Tat

protein transduction domains onto phospholipid

monolayers at the air/water interface”, Soft Matter,

8(33), 8616-8623 (2012). DOI: 10.1039/c2sm25885d

P.-W. Yang, T.-L. Lin, I-T. Liu, Y. Hu and M. James, “In-

situ Neutron Refl ectivity Studies on the Adsorption

of DNA by Charged Diblockcopolymer Monolayer at

the Air-water Interface”, Soft Matter, 8(27), 7161-

7168 (2012). DOI: 10.1039/c2sm25297j (IF: 4.39)

M. Dimitrijev-Dwyer, L. He, M. James, A. Nelson,

L. Wang, A. P. J. Middelberg, “The effects of acid

hydrolysis on protein biosurfactant molecular,

interfacial, and foam properties: pH responsive

protein hydrolysates”, Soft Matter, 8(19), 5131-5139

(2012). (IF: 4.39) DOI: 10.1039/c2sm25082A

A. P. Le Brun, J. Y. H. Chow, A. Nelson, A. S. Weiss

and M. James, “Molecular Orientation of Tropoelastin

is Determined by Surface Hydrophobicity”,

Biomacromolecules, 13(2), 379-386 (2012). DOI:

10.1021/bm201404x

A. R. G. Smith, K. H. Lee, A. Nelson, M. James, P.

L. Burn and I. R. Gentle, “Diffusion – the Hidden

Menace in Organic Optoelectronic Devices”,

Advanced Materials, 24(6), 822-826 (2012). DOI:

10.1002/adma.201104029

T. A. Darwish, A. R. G. Smith, I. R. Gentle, P. L. Burn,

E. Luks, G. Moraes, M. Gillon, P. J. Holden and

M. James, “Deuteration of conjugated aromatic

heterocycles for morphological studies of organic

light emitting devices”, Tetrahedron Letters, 53,

931–935 (2012). DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2011.12.032

S. Ciampi, M. James, G. Le Saux, K. Gaus, and

J. J. Gooding, “Electrochemical ‘Switching’ of

Silicon(100) Modular Assemblies”, Journal of the

American Chemical Society, 134, 844-847 (2012).

DOI: 10.1021/ja210048x

J.-P. Veder, K. Patel, M. Sohail, S. P. Jiang, M. James,

R. De Marco, “An Electrochemical Impedance

Spectroscopy/Neutron Refl ectometry Study of Water

Uptake in the Poly(3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene):

Poly(Styrene Sulfonate)/Polymethyl Methacrylate-

Polydecyl Methacrylate Copolymer Solid-Contact

Ion-Selective Electrode”, Electroanalysis, 24(1), 140-

145 (2012). DOI: 10.1002/elan.201100524

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Associate Professor Naresh Kumar

Chen, R., Willcox M. D. P., Cole, N., Ho, K. K. K., Rasul, R., Denman, J. A., and Kumar, N., (2012) Characterization of chemoselective surface attachment of the cationic peptide melimine and its effects on antimicrobial activity. Acta Biomaterialia 8:4371-4379.

Chen, R., Bhadbhade, M., Kumar, N., and Black, D. StC. (2012) Synthesis of macrocyclic tetraindolyls via oxidative coupling reactions. Tetrahedron Letters. 53:3337-3341.

Chawla, H. M., Santra, A., Pant, N., Kumar, S., Kumar, N., and Black, D. StC., (2012) Evaluation of deep cavity imidazolylcalix[n]arenes for selective extraction of silver. Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocyclic Chemistry. 73:55-65.

Deodhar, M., Wood, K., Black, D. StC., and Kumar, N. (2012) Synthesis of oxygenated 4-arylisofl avans and 4-arylfl avans. Tetrahedron Letters. 53:6697-6700.

Deodhar, M., Wood, K., Black, D. StC., and Kumar, N. (2012) Oxidative Dimerisation of Isofl avones: Synthesis of Kudzuisofl avone A and Related Compounds. Australian Journal of Chemistry. 65:1377-1383.

Sengul, I. F., Wood, K., Bowyer, P. K., Bhadbhade, M., Chen, R., Kumar, N., and Black, D. StC. (2012) Synthesis of new di-(3-indolyl)arenes. Tetrahedron. 68:7429-7434.

Devakaram, R., Black, D. StC., Choomuenwai, V., Davis, R. A., and Kumar, N. (2012) Synthesis and antiplasmodial evaluation of novel chromeno[2,3-b]chromene derivatives. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry 20: 1527-1534.

Somphol, K., Santoso, M., Bhadbhade, M., Gardner, C., Kumar, N., and Black, D. StC. (2012) Synthesis of mixed cyclotriveratrylenes. Tetrahedron 68:1862-1868.

Devakaram, R., Black, D. StC., and Kumar, N. (2012) An effi cient synthesis of novel 2,4-disubstituted tetrahydroquinolines and quinolines, Tetrahedron Letters 53(18): 2269-2272.

Gardner, C. R., Cheung, B. B., Koach, J., Black, D. StC., Marshall, G. M., and Kumar, N. (2012) Synthesis of retinoid enhancers based on 2-aminobenzothiazoles for anti-cancer therapy. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 20:6877-6884.

Ho, K., Cole, N., Chen, R., Willcox, M. D. P., Rice, S., Kumar, N. (2012) Immobilisation of antibacterial dihydropyrrol-2-ones onto functional polymer supports to prevent bacterial infections in vivo. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 56(2): 1138-1141.

Mitchell, P. S. R., Sengul, I. F., Kandemir, H., Nugent, S. J., Chen, R., Bowyer, P. K., Kumar, N., and Black, D. StC. (2012) Bromination of 4,6-dimethoxyindoles. Tetrahedron. 68:8163-8171.

Sengul, I. F., Wood, K., Kumar, N., and Black, D. StC. (2012) Synthesis of macrocyclic systems derived from di-(2-indolyl)heteroarenes. Tetrahedron. 68:9050-9055.

Suryanti, V., Bhadbhade, M., Bishop, R., Black, D. StC., and Kumar, N. (2012) Self-assembly of alkyl N-acetylglyoxylic amides of varying chain lengths. CrystEngComm. 14:7345-7354.

Patents

Willcox, M.D.P.; Kumar, N., Chen, R.; Cole, N. Antimicrobial compounds and uses thereof. PCT International Application (2012), PCT/IB2012/056599.

Willcox, M.D.P.; Kumar, N.; Cole, N. Antimicrobial peptides modifi ed for mammalian cell recognition and/or adhesion. Australian Provisional Patent Application (2012), 2012904455.

Kumar, N., Kutty, S.; Barraud, N., Rice, S. Dual action nitric oxide donors and their use as antimicrobial agents. Australian Provisional Patent Application (2012), 2012904909.

Associate Professor Shelli Renee McAlpine

Synthesis, structure-activity analysis, and biological evaluation of structurally related conformational isomers; Hendra Wahyudi, Worawan Tantisantisom, Xuechao Liu, Deborah M. Ramsey, Erinprit K. Singh, and Shelli R. McAlpine* J. Org. Chem. v77, p10596-10616, 2012

A new Hsp90 inhibitor that exhibits a novel biological profi le; Deborah M. Ramsey, Jeanette R. McConnell, Leslie D. Alexander, Kaishin W. Tanaka, Chester M. Vera, and Shelli R. McAlpine* Bioorganic and Med. Chem. Lett. v22, p3287-3290, 2012


Progress towards the synthesis of Urukthapelstatin A and two analogs; Chung-Mao Pan, Chun-Chieh Lin, Seong Jong Kim, Robert P. Sellers, and Shelli R. McAlpine* Tetrahedron Letters, v53, p4065-4069, 2012

Total Synthesis of Natural Product trans,trans- Sanguinamide B and its structurally related conformational isomers; Erinprit K. Singh, Deborah M. Ramsey, and Shelli R. McAlpine* Org. Lett. v14, p1198-1201, 2012

Synthesis of Sansalvamide A Peptidomimetics: Triazole Oxazole, Thiazole, and Pseudoproline containing compoundsMelinda R. Davis, Erinprit K. Singh, Hendra Wahyudi, Leslie D. Alexander, Joseph Kunicki, Lidia A. Nazarova, Kelly A. Fairweather, Andrew Giltrap, Katrina A. Jolliffe, and Shelli R. McAlpine* Tetrahedron, v68, p1029-1051, 2012

Professor Barbara Anne Messerle

Chin-Min Wong, Khuong Q. Vuong, Mark R. D.

Gatus, Carol Hua, Mohan Bhadbhade and Barbara

A. Messerle* Catalysed Tandem C-N/C-C Bond

Formation for the Synthesis of Tricyclic Indoles

using Ir(III) Pyrazolyl-1,2,3-Triazolyl Complexes,

Organometallics, 2012, 31 (21), 7500–7510,.

Katherine Gray, Michael J. Page, Jörg Wagler and

Barbara A. Messerle*, Ir(III) Cp* Complexes for

the Effi cient Hydroamination of Internal Alkynes,

Organometallics, 2012, 31 (17), 6270–6277

Carol Hua, Khuong Q. Vuong, Mohan Bhadbhade

and Barbara A. Messerle New Rhodium(I)

and Iridium(I) Complexes Containing Mixed

Pyrazolyl-1,2,3-Triazolyl Ligands as Catalysts

for Hydroamination, Organometallics, 2012, 31

(5),1790–1800

Sarah L. Rumble, Michael J. Page, Leslie D. Field,

Barbara A. Messerle, “ In situ Catalysts for the

Intramolecular Hydroamination of Aminoalkynes

– What Ligand Properties Determine Catalyst

Activity?”, Eur J. Inorg Chem., 2012, 13, 2226–2231.

Associate Professor Jonathan Charles Morris

Wilde, V. L.; Morris, J. C.; Phillips, A. J. “Marine Natural Product Synthesis”. In Handbook of Marine Natural Products; Fattorusso, E.; Taglialatela-Scafati, O.; Gerwick, W. H., Eds.; Springer, 2012; 601-673 (DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3834-0_11).

Kim, H. J.; Qiao, Q.; Toop, H. D.; Morris, J. C.; Don, A. S. ‘A fl uorescent assay for ceramide synthase activity’, J. Lipid Research, 2012, 53, 1701 – 1707.

Professorial Visiting Fellow, Ron Postle

‘Mechanics and Physics of Soft Matter: Knitted Fabrics’. The Magic World of Textiles. Proc 6th International Textile, Clothing & Design Conference, ITC&DC6, University of Zagreb, Croatia, October, 2012 (ISSN 1847-7275) pages 3-14;

Also published in the scientifi c journal Tekstil special edition 2012 (Croatian language).

‘Micromechanics of Knitted Textile Structures as Soft Matter’. Structure and Structural Mechanics of Textile Fabrics, STRUTEX, (ISBN 978-80-7372-913-4) Liberec, Czech Republic, 2012, (Also to be published, Journal of Composites, 2013).

‘Infl uence of Knitted Fabric Construction on the Ultraviolet Protection Factor of Greige and Bleached Cotton Fabrics’. Wai-yin Wong, Jimmy Kwok – Cheong Lam, Chi-wai Kan (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) and Ron Postle (UNSW), Textile Research Journal, publication online Nov 27, 2012, (DOI 10.1177/0040517512467078).

Honorary Associate Professor Roger Read

R. W. Read, X. Wang, A structure–function study of the surface tension changes of m-xylene in the presence of fl uorous 1H-1,2,3-triazoles and tetrazoles, J. Fluorine Chem., 2012, 135, 25-32.

M. Keller, M. M. Bhadbhade, R. W. Read, Two dibenzodiazepinone molecules with dissimilar dimeric associations and apparent different tautomeric forms, Acta Cryst., 2012. C68, o240–o246.

M. Hamzeloo Moghadam, H. Hajimehdipoora, S. Saeidnia, A Atoofi , R. Shahrestani, R. W. Read, Mahmoud Mosaddegh, Anti-proliferative Activity and Apoptotic Potential of Britannin, a Sesquiterpene Lactone from Inula aucheriana, Nat. Prod. Commun., 2012, 7, 979-980.

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Dr Neeraj Sharma

C.-Y. Chiang, H.-C. Su, P.-J. Wu, H. Liu, C.-W. Hu, N. Sharma, V. K. Peterson, H.-W. Hsieh, Y.-F. Lin, W.-C. Chou, C.-H. Lee, J.-F. Lee, B.-Y. Shew, Vanadium substitution of LiFePO4 cathode materials to enhance the capacity of LiFePO4-based lithium-ion batteries, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 116, 24424−24429 (2012)

Y. Sang, D. Yu, M. Avdeev, R. O. Piltz, N. Sharma, N. Ye, H. Liu, J. Wang, X-ray and neutron diffraction studies of fl ux and hydrothermally grown nonlinear optical material KBe2BO3F2, CrystEngComm, 14, 6079-6084 (2012)

Z. Peining, W. Yongzhi, M. V. Reddy, A. Sreekumaran Nair, P. Shengjie, N. Sharma, V. K. Peterson, B. V. R. Chowdari, S. Ramakrishna, TiO2 nanoparticles synthesized by the molten salt method as a dual function material for dye-sensitized solar cells, RSC Advances, 2, 5123-5126 (2012)

N. Sharma, G. Du, Z. Guo, J. Wang, Z. Wang, V. K. Peterson, Direct evidence of concurrent solid-solution and two-phase reactions and the non-equilibrium structural evolution of LiFePO4, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134, 7867-7873 (2012)

D. Li, Y. D. Huang, N. Sharma, Z. X. Chen, D. Z. Jia, Z. P. Guo, Enhanced electrochemical properties of LiFePO4 by Mo-substitution and graphitic carbon-coating via a facile and fast microwave-assisted solid-state reaction, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 14, 3634-3639 (2012)

W. Miiller, M. Avdeev, Q. Zhou, B. J. Kennedy, N. Sharma, R. Kutteh, G. J. Kearley, S. Schmid, K. S. Knight, P. E. R. Blanchard, C. D. Ling, Giant magnetoelastic effect at the opening of a spin-gap in Ba3BiIr2O9, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134, 3265-3270 (2012)

R. J. Gummow, N. Sharma, V. K. Peterson, Y. He, Crystal chemistry of the Pmnb polymorph of Li2MnSiO4, Journal of Solid State Chemistry 188, 32-37, (2012)

J. Auckett, A. J. Studer, N. Sharma, C. D. Ling, Floating-zone growth of Sr2Fe2O5 and observation of a chain-ordered superstructure by single-crystal neutron diffraction, Solid State Ionics 225, 432-436 (2012)

R. P. Rao, N. Sharma, V. K. Peterson, S. Adams, Variation in Structure and Li+-ion Migration in Argyrodite-type Li6PS5X (X = Cl, Br, I) Solid Electrolytes, Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 16, 1807-1813 (2012)

N. Sharma, V. K. Peterson, In situ neutron diffraction experiments on lithium-ion batteries, Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 16, 1849-1856 (2012)

R. J. Gummow, N. Sharma, V. K. Peterson, Y. He, Synthesis, structure and electrochemical performance of magnesium substituted lithium manganese silicate cathodes for lithium-ion batteries Journal of Power Sources, 197, 231-237 (2012).

Associate Professor John Arron Stride

Adsorption and Desorption Characteristics of 3-dimensional Networks of Fused Graphene; M. Choucair, N.M.K. Tse, M.R. Hill and J.A. Stride, Surf.

Sci., 2012, 606, 34.

The gram-scale synthesis of carbon onions; M. Choucair and J.A. Stride, Carbon, 2012, 50, 1109.

Engineering Solvothermal Reactions to Produce Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes; M. Choucair, B. Gong and J.A. Stride, J. Nano Part. Res., 2012, 14, 901.

Central atom size effects on the methyl torsions of group XIV tetratolyls; M.C.C. Ng, J.B. Harper, A.P.J. Stampfl , S. Rols, G.J. Kearley and J.A. Stride, Chem., Eur. J., 2012, 18, 13018.

Highly Luminescent Quantum Dots: New Tools for Biological Applications; F.M. Najafi Zadeha, F. Wang, P. Reece and J.A. Stride, NSTI-Nanotech 2012, 1, 441. ISBN 978-1-4665-6274-5..

Dr Pall Thordarson

Journal publications:

Ethan N. W. Howe, Mohan Bhadbhad and Pall Thordarson*, Highly sheared anti-parallel dipolar carbonyl•••carbonyl interaction in the crystal packing of strapped crown-3-pyromellitimide, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 2012, 65, 1384-1389.


Xin Chen, Erwann Luais, Nadim Darwish, Simone Ciampi, Pall Thordarson and J. Justin Gooding, Studies on the Effect of Solvents on Self-Assembled Monolayers Formed from Organophosphonic Acids on Indium Tin Oxide, Langmuir, 2012, 28, 9487-9495.

Adam J. Lowe, Frederick Pfeffer, Pall Thordarson, Determining binding constants from 1H NMR titration data using global and local methods: a case study using [n]polynorbornane based anion hosts, Supramolecular Chemistry, 2012, 24, 585-594.

Amy R. Mulholland, Pall Thordarson, Emily J. Mensworth, Steven J. Langford, Porphyrin Dyads Linked by a Rotatable 3,3’-Biphenyl Scaffold: A New Binding Motif for Small Ditopic Molecules, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2012, 10, 6045-6053.

K. Kobayashi, D. Cheng, M. Huynh, K. R. Ratinac, P. Thordarson, F. Braet, Imaging Fluorescently Labeled Complexes by Means of Multidimensional Correlative Light and Transmission Electron Microscopy: Practical Considerations, Methods in Cell Biology, 2012, 111, 1-20.

Book Chapters:

Pall Thordarson, “Binding Constants and their Measurement” in Supramolecular Chemistry: From Molecules to Nanomaterials, Vol 1, Ed. J. W. Steed and P. A. Gale, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, UK, 2012, 239-274.

D. Hvasanov, D. C. Goldstein and P. Thordarson, “Light-Activated Bioconjugate Complexes in Molecular Solar Fuels (Book Series: Energy), Ed. T. Wydrzynski and W. Hillier, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, Cambridge, UK, 2012, 426-447.

Dr Chuan Zhao

Chuan Zhao, Alan M. Bond and Xunyu Lu,

Determination of water in room temperature ionic

liquids by cathodic stripping voltammetry at a gold

electrode, Anal. Chem. 2012, 84 (6), 2784–2791

Xunyu Lu, Geoff Burrell, Frances Separovic and

Chuan Zhao, Electrochemistry of room temperature

protic ionic liquids: a critical assessment for use as

electrolytes in electrochemical applications, J. Phys.

Chem. B, 2012, 116, 9160−9170

Bryan H. R. Suryanto, Christian A. Gunawan, Xunyu

Lu and Chuan Zhao, Tuning the electrodeposition

parameters of silver to yield micro/nanostructures

from room temperature protic ionic liquids,

Electrochim. Acta, 2012, 81, 98-105

Christian A. Gunawan, Bryan H. R. Suryanto and

Chuan Zhao, Electrodeposition of metals from room

temperature protic ionic liquids, J Electrochem. Soc.,

2012, 159(10), D611-D615

Gianluca Bernardini, Anthony G. Wedd, Chuan

Zhao and Alan M. Bond, Photochemical oxidation

of water and reduction of polyoxometalate anions at

interfaces of water with ionic liquids or diethylether,

Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., 2012, 109, 11552-11557

Gianluca Bernardini, Anthony G. Wedd, Chuan

Zhao and Alan M. Bond, Electrochemical probing

of the photoreduction of molybdenum and tungsten

Dawson-type polyoxometalates in molecular and

ionic liquid media using water as an electron donor,

Dalton Trans, 2012, 41 (33), 9944 – 9954

Stefania Piantavigna, Muhammad E. Abdelhamid,

Anthony P. O’Mullane, Chuan Zhao, Xiaohu Qu, Bim

Graham, Leone Spiccia, Lisandra Martin, Binary

switch activity of the Tat peptide: from membrane

penetration to lytic action, Journal of Peptide

Science, 2012, 18, 80.

Patents

Chuan Zhao, “Determination of water in non-aqueous media”, Australian patent AU2012900577

Chuan Zhao, Xunyu Lu, “Stable and more effi cient carbon electrodes”, Australian Patent AU2012904329

Chuan Zhao, Xunyu Lu, “Carbon electrodes”, Australian Patent AU2012904330

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Grants and Research Fellowships

AUSTRALIAN RESESARCH COUNCIL

Discovery Projects (new & continuing funding)

Investigator(s) $ Project

Scientia Prof. JJ Gooding 230,000Making Silicon Even More Useful: Functionalising Silicon to Produce Stable Electronic Devices in Aqueous Environments

Kumar N; Prof. Black D; Prof. Willcox M 100,000Disrupting Chemical Communication in Bacteria: A Novel and Effective Antimicrobial Strategy

A/Prof M.L. Cole 110,000Thallium Hydride Complexes – Synthesis, stabilisation and synthetic Utility

Scientia Prof. JJ Gooding, Prof.PJ Reece 150,000Smart surfaces for monitoring cellular activity in real time: from multiple to single cells

Prof. D.B. Hibbert 100,000 Maximum entropy methods for Bayesian analysis in chemistry

Prof. A.F. Hill, Prof. B.A. Messerle 100,000Boron and silicon based pincer ligands for environmentally responsible catalysis

Dr C. Zhao 130,000 Tuning the electrolytes for high effi ciency star splitting of water

Dr L. Hunter 125,000Fluorinated amino acids: building blocks for the synthesis of shape-controlled bioactive peptides (New)

Prof. A.F. Hill, Prof. B.A. Messerle 130,000Turning homogeneous catalysts into heterogeneous catalysts: Robust linking of organometallic complexes onto inert carbon supports (New)

Dr P. Thordarson, Dr C. Zhao 110,000Photochemical and Electrochemical Control of Redox Enzyme Cascades (New)

LIEF Grants - Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities


Dr. Boecking, Prof. Gaus, Scientia Prof. Gooding, Prof. Gunning, Prof. Hardeman 250,000

Multi-mode fl uorescence microscope for visualising the dynamics of cellular processes at the single-molecule level,

Linkage Program (new & continuing funding)


Scientia Prof. J.J. Gooding & S Iyengar (AgaMatrix Inc) 115,000

New strategies for characterising and monitoring protein-surface interactions: application to a biosensor for diabetic’s blood glucose regime effectiveness

Prof. M. Manefi eld, Scientia Prof. J.J. Gooding, S. Lam

200,000In situ biomediation solutions for Australia’s organochlorine contaminated aquifi ers

A/Prof. N. Kumar, M. Willcox, N. Cole 97,000 Antimicrobial contact lens cases

Prof. M. Willcox, A/Prof. N. Kumar, N. Cole, N. James

100,000 Novel antimicrobial surface coatings for biomedical applications

Future Fellowship


Dr Pall Thordarson 102,857Moving Supramolecular Assembly of Functional Systems into Water


NATIONAL HEALTH & MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL


A/Prof K. Gaus, Scientia Prof J.J. Gooding 184,500The implications of focal adhesion organization on signal transduction

Prof. P. Lewis, A/ Prof. R. Griffi th, A/Prof N. Kumar

85,000Exploitation of bacterial transcription initiation as a target for new antimicrobials

Scientia Prof J.J. Gooding, A/Prof N. Di Girolamo, Prof D. Wakefi eld

147,000A nanomedicine strategy for detecting and modulating protease activity in vivo (New)

UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES GRANTS

Faculty Research Grants


Dr GE Ball 10,000 Metal-alkane complexes: are they stable enough to be isolated?

A/Prof SB Colbbran 24,000 Artifi cial transition metal hydrogenases

A/Prof JA Stride 18,500 Achieving switchable magnetism in framework materials

Major Equipment and Infrastructure Scheme


Dr L. Aldous, A/Prof JA Stride 89,539 Pfeiffer OmniStar - A Mass Spectrometer Attachment for TGA/DSC

Dr GE Ball, Dr JB Harper, A/Prof SB Colbran, Prof DB Hibbert

35,000Compact Linux cluster for applications in computational chemistry, and molecular modelling

Dr L. Hunter, A/Prof Jonathan Morris, A/Prof Shelli McAlpine, A/Prof Naresh Kumar, Dr Pall Thordarson, Prof Brett Neilan

90,375 Preparative HPLC

Dr P. Thordarson, Dr C. Zhao 89,546 Rheology facility for soft-material and ionic liquid characterization

Goldstar


Dr. JB Harper, Dr Lawrence T. Scott 40,000Getting the reaction outcomes you want in ionic liquids: Towards solvent-controlled reactivity

A/Prof P. Thordarson 40,000 Supramolecular gels: Molecular design of smart assemblies

ECR Funding


Dr Leigh Aldous 9,382Investigating chlorine oxide species in ionic liquids: towards green biomass processing

SFRGP Funding


Dr L. Hunter 13,215Fluorinated cyclic peptides: lead compounds for anti-angiogenic tumour therapy

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AUSTRALIAN GRANTS

Investigator(s) $ Project Source

Prof Ron Postle (and 10 others)10,000,000

(2007 – 2014)CRC for Sheep Industry Innovation

Australian Wool Testing Authority, CSIRO & The University of California

A/Prof N. Kumar 78,162 Isofl avone analogues Novogen Ltd

Scientia Prof JJ. Gooding3,250,000 (over 3 years)

Sensor Systems for Analysis of Aquatic Environments

CSIRO Flagship Collaboration

Dr JJ. Brophy, Dr LA. Craven, Dr JC Doran

8,000 The Melaleuca BookRural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC)

Dr P. Thordarson, Prof F. Braet (USyd)

50,000Self-assembled gels for local anti-cancer drug delivery

NSW Cancer Institute Research Innovation Grant

Prof DB Hibbert, Dr Frey, Prof Mocerino, A/Prof Todd, Miansup, Dr Quinnell

200,000

Extending the science curriculum: teaching instrumental science at a distance in a global laboratory using a collaborative electronic laboratory notebook

Australian Learning & Teaching Council

Dr P. Thordarson 8,430Structural evolution of self-assembled gels for biomedical applications

AINSE

Prof DB Hibbert 10,000Quality control of herbal medicine extracts

Network Nutrition

A/Prof JA Stride, A/Prof ML Cole, et al

101,139Synthesis and characterisation of Metal-Organic frameworks for CO2 capture

CSIRO SIEF

Prof DB Hibbert 100,000An Integrated Instrumental Approach for Tracking Pollution to Source

UNSW EPA Trust

Prof DB Hibbert 10,000 Analysis of arsenic in racehorses Australian Racing Forensic Laboratory

A/Prof Kumar N; Prof. Willcox M; Cole N

50,000Antimicrobial contact lens cases

Brien Holden Vision Institute

Dr N Verrills, Dr A Don, Dr A Enjeti, A/Prof JC Morris

120,000Activating a tumour suppressor for leukaemia therapy

Cancer Council NSW(New)

Dr N Verrills, Dr A Don, Dr A Enjeti, A/Prof JC Morris

100,000Activating a tumour suppressor for leukaemia therapy

Cure Cancer Australia Foundation (New)

Dr N. Sharma 100,000Developing improved materials for energy generation and storage

Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (New)

Dr A. Falber, Dr P. Thordarson 30,000Synthesis and optical properties of novel perylene arrays

Enterprise Australia – Researcher in Business Award (New)

Dr A. Falber, Dr P. Thordarson 11,000Development of Fluorescent media to enhance nutritional algae growth

Enterprise Australia – Researcher in Business Award (New)


INTERNATIONAL GRANTS

Investigator(s) $ Project Source

Prof. Ron Postle HK$450,000Ultraviolet protection of knitted textile materials and clothing

Hong Kong Research Grants Commission, in co-operation with Institute of Textile and Clothing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Prof. Ron Postle HK$1,770,000Designing and engineering lightweight knitwear fabrics with ultraviolet protection function

HK Innovation and Technology Programme, ITF

Prof. AJ Phillips, A/Prof JC Morris, Prof.CJ Stephenson

US$90,000 Robust New Chemistries for HeterocyclesNational Institutes of Health

A/Prof Shelli McAlpine

305,000Conformational based Design and development of antitumor agents”

National Institutes of Health

Profess Barbara Messerle and her research group

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Listed below are the companies, government authorities,

societies and educational institutions that academic staff

interacted with in 2012.

Dr Leigh Aldous

Collaboration with the following companies (plus donation of research samples):

SunRice Australia

Micro Milling Pty Ltd.

Macadamias Direct


Specialised Assessor for the ARC Future Fellowships and Discovery Projects Schemes.

Research Output & Career Standing Evaluator for the National Research Foundation of South Africa.

Member of Editorial Advisory Board of Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocyclic Chemistry, and of Current Organic Chemistry.

Member of the International Advisory Committee, International Conference on the Chemistry of the Organic Solid State (ICCOSS).

Assessor for the National Research Foundation of South Africa: Blue Skies Research Proposal.

Research Professor Assessor for the National University of Singapore.

Professorial Visiting Fellow Alan Buckley

Consultant for the following companies:

Australian Metallurgical Services Pty Ltd

Orica Mining Chemicals

Clariant (Australia) Pty Ltd

Associate Professor Stephen Boyd Colbran

PhD examiner for the following institution:

University of Queensland

Scientia Professor Justin Gooding

Consultant for the following companies:

AgaMatrix Inc

Inventia Pty Ltd

Dr Jason Brian Harper


University of Melbourne

Consultant:

Beacon Ionic Liquid Local Interest Group (BILLIG)

Goulbourn Valley Water

Professor D. Brynn Hibbert

Consultant:

Legal Aid NSW

Gajic Lawyers

LSB Lawyers

Network Nutrition

King & Mallesons

Carmody Lawyers

NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change

E-Nose Pty. Ltd

Australian Forensic Drug Laboratory

Australian Racing Forensic Laboratory

National Measurement Institute

Troy laboratories

Apex laboratories

Queensland Racing

NSW Government

Bannisters Lawyers

Industry and Community Interaction


Dr Luke Hunter


Monash University

Collaboration:

GlaxoSmithKline England & Wales

Visiting Professorial Fellow Mike James


University of New South Wales

MSc examiner for the following institution:

University of Auckland, NZ

Associate Professor Naresh Kumar

Collaborations:

Brien Holden Vision Institute

Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation

Lowy Cancer Research Centre

Network Nutrition Pty Limited

Associate Professor Shelli McAlpine

PhD examiner for the following institutions:

University of Cape Town, South Africa

San Diego State University, USA

Professor Barbara Ann Messerle


University of Sydney.

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Associate Professor Jonathan Morris


Monash University

The University of Sydney

The University of Queensland

Visiting Professorial Fellow, Ron Postle


Ecole Nationale Supériere des Ingeneurs, Sud Alsace, University of Haute Alsace, Mulhouse, France

Consultancies / Collaborations:

Australian member, Federation of Asian Professional Textile Associations, FAPTA

AWTA, Australian Wool Testing Authority, Melbourne. Wool fi bre measurement and tactile sensory perception

Australian Wool Innovation, AWI and University of California, Davis, USA. Development and calibration of PhabrOmeter instrument for quality control of textile chemical fi nishing in industry

Industry Research and Development, LMPT, Mechanics and Physics Laboratories, CNRS and Louis Pasteur University, University of Strasbourg, France. Medical textile applications: Vascular Graft and Heart Valve Prostheses

N. Schlumberger, Guebwiller, Alsace, France on recycling textile and composite materials

University of Nancy and Ecole des Mines, Paris. Computer imaging of three-dimensional textile materials and objective specifi cation of large complex deformations

Development of knitted fabric structures for ultraviolet protection in collaboration with fi bre, chemical, textile and apparel manufacturing industries in China and Hong Kong

Research and development for supersoft light-weight textile materials in collaboration with chemical and fi bre industries, Textile Machinery Society of Japan, Osaka

International Scientifi c Committees:

AUTEX (Association European University Textile Departments) annual conference, Dresden, Germany and Examiner, Simulation and Modeling Section

International Textile, Clothing and Design Conference, ITC&DC, Dubrovnik (Croatia), Oct 2012

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Structure and Structural Mechanics of Textile Materials, STRUTEX Conference, Technical University of Liberec, Faculty of Textile Engineering, Czech Republic, December 2012

Director, Genetic Eye Foundation, Department of Ophthalmology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney

Life member and former Chairman of Directors, Radio for the Print Handicapped Cooperative NSW Limited (2RPH)

Member and former President, Retina Australia

Honorary Visiting Associate Professor Roger Read


La Trobe University

University of Sydney

Consultant:

Shelston IP.

Referee for the following journals:

Tetrahedron

Chinese Journal of Chemistry

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Natural Product Reports

Australian Journal of Chemistry

Dr Neeraj Sharma


University of Auckland, New Zealand

Collaborations:

Advanced Lithium Electrochemistry Company, Taiwan

Ford Motor Company, Research and Advanced Engineering, USA

Representative:

Of UNSW at the National Youth Science Forum events

Associate Professor John Arron Stride


University of Sydney

Dr Pall Thordarson


University of Queensland.

University of Sydney (MSc review)

Consultant & contract research:

Algae Enterprise

Aquazure

Grant Review

Foundation for Polish Science

Dr Chuan Zhao

Collaboration & Consultantcy:

Cochlear Ltd. (collaboration)

Zenogen Pty Ltd, Sydney (consultancy)


Undergraduate and Postgraduate Enrolments

Enrolment statistics 2012

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

TOTAL EFTSU in the School of Chemistry 360 394 437 458 514 517 537

EFTSU: Undergraduate component 312 346 375 381 422 415 393

ENROLMENTS in CORE CHEMISTRY COURSES

First Year 1422 1575 1495 1521 1844 1966 1966

Second Year 282 257 256 231 219 336 352

Third Year 158 159 164 182 137 102 187

Level III CHEM electives 82 83 84 75 63 80 99

ENROLMENTS in SERVICE COURSES

First Year 647 741 824 878 898 954 1024

Second Year 85 74 103 98 94 275 367

Third Year 59 62 40 54 13 75 67

HONOURS 6 *31 *22 25 18 15 29

Total POSTGRADUATE COURSEWORK STUDENTSe

Master of Science and Technology (Program 8708)

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Graduate Diploma (Program 5648) 4 4 5 12 3 3 2

Graduate Certifi cate (Program 7428) 2 6 2 4 3 4 1

POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH STUDENTS

MSc (Research) Program 2910 1 2 4 4 4 6 8

PhD Program 1870 50 45 55 69 86 88 78

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Honours EnrolmentsThe following Honourts students were enrolled during all

or part of the 2012 reporting period.

Student Supervisor

Sam Andrews A/Prof. Naresh Kumar

Kai Buys A/Prof. Marcus Cole

Hubert Chan Dr Chuan Zhao

Kevin Coangharja Scientia Prof. Justin Gooding

Tristan de Cure-Ryan Prof. Brynn Hibbert / A/Prof. Grainne Moran

Rob Dwyer A/Prof. Jonathan Morris

Christian Gunawan Dr Chuan Zhao

Therese Hadjia Dr Leigh Aldous

Kenneth Hong A/Prof. Naresh Kumar

Peter Jurd Prof. Les Field/Dr Alison Magill

Sinead Keaveney Dr Jason Harper

Alistair Laos Dr Pall Thordarson

Aggie Lawer Dr Luke Hunter

Lev Lewis Dr Pall Thordarson

Devi Dwijayanthi Liana Scientia Prof. Justin Gooding

Ban Lieu A/Prof Naresh Kumar

Renecia Lowe Dr Luke Hunter

Alex Mason Dr Pall Thordarson

Clara Ng A/Prof. Marcus Cole

Chris PraceyDr Graham Ball/Dr Larry Wakelin

Richard Gondosiswanto Scientia Prof. Justin Gooding

Chris Redford A/Prof. Steve Colbran

Caroline Santoso A/Prof Naresh Kumar

Bryan Suryanto Dr Chuan Zhao

Eden Tanner Dr Jason Harper

Shaun Thomson A/Prof. Steve Colbran

Jonatan Wangsahardja Dr Luke Hunter

Chin Wong Prof. Barbara Messerle

Eugene Yee A/Prof. Naresh Kumar

Amy Zhang A/Prof. Jonathan Morris

Postgraduate Coursework Enrolments The following postgraduate coursework students were

enrolled during all or part of the reporting period for 2012

Graduate Diploma in Chemical Analysis and Laboratory Management (Program 5648)

Fiona COTTER

Wenwen FAN

Graduate Certifi cate in Chemical Analysis and Laboratory Management (Program 7428)

Huiping HUANG

Master of Science and Technology in Chemical Analysis and Laboratory Management (Program 8708 - MScTech)

Eiman M ALAHMADI

Khadijah ALAITHAN

Rasha Ali ALASMARI

Karma ALBALAWI

Mashael Tayih S ALHARBI

Mohammed Theyab ALHARBI

Turki Hamid H ALHIJI

Hajar Hmoud ALHWAITI

Amenh Hmod ALJOHANI

Eman Abdullah ALJOHANI

Mohammad HABL ALMATIN

Anhar Ali ALMUBASHIR

Jameel Ali M ALQAHTA

Thamer Sulaiman ALRADDADI

Sooaad Awdah ALSHAHRANI

Khadijah ALSHANQITI

Fatemah ALSHEHRI

Raed Dakhel ALSOBHI

Pankaj Kumar BARAI

Anna Nina CHUA

Brent HARRISON

Huiping HUANG

Juo-Chieh LEE

Yuvixza LIZARME SALAS

Tian LUO

Zhouyue LV

Thi Nguyet Thu NGUYEN

Oluseyi O. OHUNAYO

Kylie OLUFSON

Violeta STOJANOVIC

Johan VAN DEN BOSCH


Postgraduate Research EnrolmentsThe following postgraduate research students were enrolled during all or part of the reporting period for 2012

Master of Science by Research (Program MSc2910 & MPhil 2475)


Lachlan CARTER Nanoparticle-mediated electrochemical gating: application to electroanalysis


Joana DA ROCHA Design of pyrrolopyrimidines libraries A/Prof. Jonathan Morris

Mengchen GE Ionic Liquids-Based Gas Sensor Dr Chuan Zhao

Nidup PHUNTSHO New Applications of Indole Chemistry A/Prof. Naresh Kumar, A/Prof Steve Colbran

William ROUESNEL Differential modifi cation of nanoparticles Scientia Prof. Justin Gooding

Worawan TANTISANTISOMSynthesis of Sanguinamide B derivatives Synthesis of Sanguinamide B derivatives: Structure-Activity Relationship and mechanism of action


Ran XUPhotochemistry of Organic Reactive Intermediates Monitored with NMR Spectroscopy

Dr Graham Ball

Jo Hyeon YOON Studies towards the synthesis of Eupodienones A/Prof. Jonathan Morris, A/Prof. Roger Read

Doctor of Philosophy, Chemistry (Program 1870)


Moshiul ALAM Isolation of Mo from Uranium/Aluminium target plates at ANSTO A/Prof Marcus Cole

Iqbal AHMED Conformational Fine-Tuning of Cyclic Peptides Dr Luke Hunter

Abbas BARFIDOKHT Electrochemical sensors Scientia Prof. Justin Gooding

Murat BINGAL Synthesis of novel anti-cancer agent Prof. David Black, A/Prof. Naresh Kumar

Nripendra BISWAS Novel Small Molecules for the Modulation of Bacterial Signaling Pathways


Bradley BUTLER Ionic Liquids Dr Jason Harper

Raju CHEERLAVANCHA Synthesis of alpha, beta, gamma-trifl uoro- delta-amino acids Dr Luke Hunter

Rui CHEN New chemistry of reactive indoles and related heterocycles Prof. David Black

Xin CHEN Nanoparticles for sensing Scientia Prof. Justin Gooding

Xiaoyu (JET) CHENG Silicon luminescent nanoparticles Scientia Prof. Justin Gooding

Sandra CHOY Understanding Cooperative Catalysis with Bimetallic Rhodium(I) Complexes


Moinul Haque CHOUDHURY Nanoparticle modifi ed electrodes Scientia Prof. Justin Gooding

Kyloon CHUAH Nanoparticle – nanopore sensors Scientia Prof. Justin Gooding

Swahnnyia DE ALMEIDA Development of a Circulating MicroRNA Biosensor for the Detection and Monitoring of Lung Cancer


Michelle DUNN Carbenes in Ionic liquids A/Prof Marcus Cole

Eleanor EIFFE The synthesis of novel, biologically active isofl avone analogues A/Prof. Naresh Kumar

Dominic FRANCIS Flurous Chemistry Dr Jason Harper, A/Prof Roger Read

Samantha FURFARI Applications of N-Heterocyclic carbenes in inorganic chemistry A/Prof Marcus Cole

Jiabin GAO Organic chemistry and crystal engineering Prof. Roger Bishop

Christopher GARDNER Innovative utilisation of carbocation reactivity for the synthesis of biologically active fl avones and isofl avones


Mark GATUS Design of Multimetallic Complexes for C-X Bond Formation Prof. Barbara Messerle

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Stephen GEORGE Ionic liquids Dr Jason Harper

Ryan GILBERT-WILSON Organometallic chemistry of coordinated N2 Prof. Les Field

Joshua GINGES Immuno-biosensors Scientia Prof. Justin Gooding

Bakul GUPTA Nanoparticle self-assembly Scientia Prof. Justin Gooding

Mathew GYTON Ring Expanded NHCs for Asymmetric Catalysis A/Prof. Marcus Cole

Kitty HO Antimicrobial biomaterials based on dihydroprrolones A/Prof. Naresh Kumar

Camille HOLT An integrated synthetic and NMR spectroscopic study of photochemical organometallic bond activation

Dr Graham Ball

Mokarrom HOSSAIN Lignin Processing in Ionic Liquid: Electrochemical approaches towards Dissolution and Depolymerisation

Dr Leigh Aldous

Ethan HOWE Supramolecular chemistry and self-assemble Dr Pall Thordarson

David HVASANOV Membrane-bound light-harvesting bioconjugates as chloroplast mimics

Dr Pall Thordarson

Amirul ISLAM Antibacterial research developments A/Prof. Shelli McAlpine

Scott JAMIESON Self-assembled materials, supramolecular chemistry, application of gels in biomedicine and microscopy in chemistry

Dr Pall Thordarson

Cheng JIANG Protein resistant electrodes for biosensing Scientia Prof. Justin Gooding

Wei JIANG Analysis and toxicity of heavy metals in the environment Prof. Brynn Hibbert/ A/Prof. Grainne Moran

Asim KHAN Oxygen reduction reaction in ionic liquids Dr Chuan Zhao

Rima KHOURY Multi-way models of multi-way interactions between metal ions and oligopeptides

Prof. Brynn Hibbert

Seong KIM Synthesis of macrocyclic peptides A/Prof. Shelli

McAlpine

Thanh LE Systems of novel peptidomimetics A/Prof. Naresh Kumar

Yeng LEE Organometallic complexes for electrochemical bio-sensors Prof. Barbara Messerle

Xunyu (Rain) LU Nanomechanic and nanoparticle based sensors Dr Chuan Zhao

Yong LU Developing nanofabricated surfaces for cell biology and cell based biosensors


Xun (Luke) LU Super-resolution Fluorescence microscopy for Surface Characterisation


Adeline LUKMANTARA Design and synthesis of novel antimicrobial agents A/Prof. Naresh Kumar

Giulia MANCANO Organometallic chemistry and catalysis Prof. Barbara Messerle

Jeanette MCCONNELL Synthesis and mechanistic evaluation of hsp90 inhibitors as anticancer agents


Alasdair McKAY Hybrid complexes and photochemical studies by NMR A/Prof. Marcus Cole

Alexander McSKIMMING Inorganic chemistry A/Prof. Stephen Colbran

Pauline MICHAELS Arsenic sensors Scientia Prof. Justin Gooding

Marcin MIELCZAREK New heterocyclic compounds related to fl avones Prof. David Black

Toby MILLS Analysis of micro-organism derived compounds for drug discovery Prof. Brynn Hibbert

Ellaine MUNTON Metrology in Analytical Chemistry Prof. Brynn Hibbert

Elizabeth MURAGO Analytical chemistry of oils Prof. Brynn Hibbert

Ekaterina NAM Surface-bound Light-activated Redox Enzyme Cascades Dr Pall Thordarson

Justin NASH Synthetic Approaches to Rulepidanol and Embellistatin A/Prof Jonathan Morris

Thi Oanh NGUYEN Organometallic chemistry and catalysis Prof. Barbara Messerle

Maryam PARIZ Dual sensing of cells attachment and spreading using electrochemical impedance and optical fl uorescence microscopy




Stephen PARKER Switchable surfaces for cell biology Scientia Prof. Justin Gooding

Aravind RAMACHANDRAN Electroanalytical chemistry Scientia Prof. Justin Gooding

Dimple RANANAWARE Medicinal chemistry A/Prof. Shelli McAlpine

Andrew ROBINSON Therapeutic peptides and peptide hydrogels for medical application Dr Pall Thordarson

Yael SCHTEINMAN Porous silicon Theranostics Scientia Prof. Justin Gooding

Venty SURYANTI The Chemistry of N-acylisatins A/Prof. Naresh Kumar

Safura TAUFIK Development of an Electrochemical Biosensor based on Gold Nanoparticles for the Detection of Biomarkers


Roya TAVALLAIE Towards the biomedical applications of gold coated magnetic nanoparticles: Detection of serum circulating MicroRNAs as cancer markers

Prof. Brynn Hibbert

Ivan TAYLOR Theoretical/bioinorganic chemistry A/Prof. Steven Colbran

Marina TIMERBULATOVA Organometallic chemistry Prof. Barbara Messerle

Veronica TECCHIO The Development of Pyrrolopyrimidines as Kinase Inhibitors A/Prof. Jonathan Morris

Hamish TOOP Development of Synthetic Protocols for Application in the Syntheses of Biologically Interesting Molecules


Andrey TREGUBOV Rh (I) complexes anchored on carbon supports - recyclable catalysts


Warren TRUONG Interactions of Self-Assembling Gels with Living Systems Dr Pall Thordarson

Hendra WAHYUDI Development of Macrocyclic peptides into Lead structures A/Prof. Shelli McAlpine

Yao WANG Hsp90/Hsp70 dual inhibition study in cancer treatment and discovery of novel Hsp70 inhibitors


Alexander WEREMFO Effectiveness of Roughened Platinum Microelectrodes in Neural Stimulation

Prof. Brynn Hibbert

Ying YANG Light Controlled Electrochemistry on Silicon Electrodes: Application to the Capture and Release of Single Cells


Fatemeh MIRNAJAFI ZADEH Investigations into quantum dots A/Prof. John Stride

Ying ZHU Patterning of Self-assembled Monolayers on Porous Silicon Biosensor: Toward Single Cell Monitoring


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International Conference of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Perth, Australia, 25th – 29th February

A. Ng, S. Ciampi, A. Magenau, M. Chockallingham, E. Luais, G. Le Saux, S.H, Ngalim, J.B. Harper, K. Gaus, J.J. Gooding.

Switchable Surfaces for Cell Biology

RACI 18th Australian Electrochemistry Symposium, Curtin University, Perth, 15th April

A. Barfi dokht, E. Luais, J.J. Gooding.

Regain of Electrochemistry on Passivated Electrodes Decorated by Gold Nanoparticles: Thickness Dependence of the Passivating Layer

Xunyu Lu, Chuan Zhao

Tuning the ionic liquid electrolytes toward effi cient water splitting

10th International Society of Electrochemistry Spring Meeting, Perth, Australia, 15th – 18th April

D. Gloria, J.J. Gooding, G. Moran, D.B. Hibbert

Electrochemically Fabricated Three Dimensional Nanoporous Gold Films Optimized for Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering Applications

UNSW Medicinal Chemistry Forum, Sydney, Australia, 20th April

Hamish Toop

Developing the Biomedical Potential of AAL(S)

Conference Presentations – Students

21st Reactive Organometallic Symposium (21st ROMS) Australian National University, Canberra, 22nd June

Ryan Gilbert-Wilson

Three and a Half Years of Sterically Bulky Phosphines: The Highlights Reel

Peter Jurd

Carbon Dioxide Activation through Cyclometallated Complexes of Ruthenium and Iron

S. W. S. Choy and B. A. Messerle

Flat Rh(I) Complexes for Hydroalkoxylation and Dihydroalkoxylation Reactions

G. Mancano, M. J. Page and B. A. Messerle

Ir(I) Complex Catalysed Intra- and Inter-molecular Hydroamination

C. M. Wong, B. A. Messerle and K. Q. Vuong,

Metal Catalysed Cascade C-N/C-C Reactions for the Synthesis of Polycyclic Heterocycles

19th International Conference on Organic Synthesis (ICOS19) Melbourne, Australia, 1st – 6th July

Hamish Toop

Development of Synthetic Approaches to the Total Synthesis of Naphthalene Isoquinoline Alkaloids

3rd International NanoMedicine Conference, Sydney, Australia, 2nd – 4th July

Chen R, Cole N, Willcox MDP, Kumar N

Novel antimicrobial coatings based on antimicrobial peptides

X.Y.Cheng, P.J. Reece, K. Gaus, J.J. Gooding

A new route to the effi cient synthesis and functionalization of biocompatible silicon quantum dots.

B. Guan, A. Magenau, K. Gaus, P.J. Reece, J.J. Gooding

Fabrication of mesoporous silicon photonic crystal particles: towards single cell sensing.

KKK Ho, Cole N, Willcox MDP, Kumar N

Novel antimicrobial coatings based on antimicrobial peptides

S.H. Ngalim, J.J. Gooding, K. Gaus, T. Bocking

The cell fi nal verdict: Cell motility in the presence of adhesive and soluble cues.

S.G. Parker, S. Ciampi, J.J. Gooding

Towards Capture and Release of Circulating Tumour Cells (CTCs) Using Electrochemically-Switchable Surfaces

Warren Ty Truong, Yingying Su, Filip Braet, Pall Thordarson

Cell-Gel-Drug Interactions Visualised with Atomic Force Microscopy

Y. Zhu, P.J. Reece, J.J., Gooding

Selective Surface Functionalization for Porous Silicon Biosensor: Toward Single-Cell Microarrays


20th International Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry, Kyoto, Japan, 22nd – 27th July

Dominic Francis, Jason B. Harper, Adnan I. Mohammed and Roger W. Read

Progress in the Development of Fluorous Surfactants

RACI NSW Organic Group One-Day Symposium

Zhiyong Wang

Synthesis of fl uorinated cyclic RGD peptides

244th American Chemical Society National Meeting (ACS-244) Philadelphia, PA, USA, 19th – 23rd August

Scott A. Jamieson, Michael James, Pall Thordarson

Structural evolution in self-assembled gels

Asian Network for Natural and Unnatural Materials II, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 3rd – 5th October

A. Lukmantara, Richardson D, Kumar N

Synthesis and structural activity relationship studies of thiosemicarbazone based iron chelators as therapeutic agents

Cancer Therapeutics CRC (CTx) Annual Postgraduate Research Symposium, Bundoora, Victoria, 16th October

Hamish Toop


International Conference of Emerging Advanced Nanomaterials (ICEAN2012), Brisbane, Australia, October

F. Mirnajafi , D. Ramsey, S. MacAlpine, F. Wang, P. Reece and J.A. Stride

The Investigation of Cytoxicity of Water Soluble Quantum Dots in presence of colon cancer cells

Medical Chemistry Symposium, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 14th November

Worawan Tantisantisom

Synthesis of Sanguinamide B derivatives: Structure-Activity Relationship and Mechanism of Action

M. Yee, Pasquier E, Black D, Kumar N

Synthesis of isofl avene-propranolol hybrids as anti-tumour agents

22nd Reactive Organometallics Symposium, University of New South Wales, 19th November

A. Tregubov, K. Q. Vuong, E. Luais, J. J. Gooding and B. A. Messerle

Rh(I) Complexes Bearing N,N and N,P Ligands Covalently Bound to Carbon Surfaces– Recyclable Catalysts.

M. J. Page and B. A. Messerle

Bimetallic Carboxamide Complexes: Apparent Cooperativity from an Uncooperative Catalyst

M. R. D. Gatus, B. A. Messerle and G. L. Edwards

Homo- and Heterobimetallic Complexes for Tandem One-Pot Reactions

2nd Annual Student Symposium in inorganic Chemistry, Australian national University, 30th November

A. Tregubov, K. Q. Vuong, E. Luais, J. J. Gooding and Barbara Messerle

Rh(I) Complexes Bearing N,N and N,P Ligands Covalently Bound to Carbon Surfaces– Recyclable Catalysts

33rd Annual RACI Organic One-Day symposium, 5th December

Zhiyong Wang


Ethan Howe, P. Thordarson

Towards Switchable Anion Recognition

Australian Nanotechnology Network Early Career Symposium, Melbourne, Australia, 15th – 16th December


Carbon nanomaterials for energy conversion

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7th International Conference on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry (ICMSC – 7) Otago University, Dundedin, New Zealand, 29th January – 2nd February

Ethan Howe, Mohan Bhadbhade, Roger Bishop, Pall Thordarson

The role of solvent effects and allosteric interactions on the cation and anion recognition of a bis-isophthalamide crown ion-pair receptor

David Hvasanov, Filip Braet, Jörg Wiedenmann, Pall Thordarson

Photoinduced membrane proton-pumping via polymersome as chloroplast mimics

Scott Jamieson, Michael James, Pall Thordarson

Structural Evolution in Self-Assembled Gels

International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN2012), Perth, Australia, 5th February

F. Kanodarwala, JA Stride

Synthesis and Characterisation of CdSe Quantum Dots

24th Lorne Cancer Conference, Lorne, Australia, February

Jeanette McConnell

A Cytotoxic Macrocycle Induces Apoptosis of Colon Cancer Cells through an Hsp90-Controlled Mechanism

Medicinal Chemistry Research Symposium, UNSW, February

Jeanette McConnell

Allosteric modulators of hsp90

RACI Electrochemistry Division, Curtin University, Perth, Australia, 15th April

Christian Gunawan, Xunyu Lu, Bryan Suryanto, Chuan Zhao

Controlled electrocrystallization of metals from protic ionic liquids

P. Michaels, S. Ciampi, E. Luais, J.J. Gooding

Characterisation of DNA modifi ed Si(111) and Si(100) using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy.

E. Murago, R. Amal, D.B. Hibbert, J.J. Gooding

Towards a Multiple-Analyte Sensor by use of Dispersible Modifi ed Au@Fe3O4 Nanoelectrodes.

A. Ramachandran, M.J. Manefi eld, J.J. Gooding

Modifi ed Electrodes for Detecting Bacterial Activity

Bryan Suryanto, Christian Gunawan, Xunyu Lu, Chuan Zhao

Exploitation of protic ionic liquids as electrolytes for electrodeposition of metals

R. Tavallaie, D.B. Hibbert, J.J. Gooding

Surface Modifi cation of Gold Coated Magnetic Nanoparticles via Electrografting of In Situ Generated Aryl Diazonium Salt Cations.

10th International Society of Electrochemistry Spring Meeting, Perth, Australia, 15th – 18th April

A. Barfi dokht, E. Luais, J.J. Gooding

Regain of Electrochemistry on Passivated Electrodes Decorated by Gold Nanoparticles: Thickness Dependence of the Passivating Layer.

X. Chen, J.J. Gooding

Detection of trace Nitroaromatic Isomers Using AgNPs/b-Cyclodextrin Modifi ed ITO Electrodes.

M Choudrey, S. Ciampi, X. Lu, C. Zhao, J.J. Gooding

Light Addressable n-Type Silicon Photoelectrodes.

K. Chuah, R. Amal. J.J. Gooding, I.Y. Goon, L.M.H. Lai

Ultrasensitive Electrochemical Detection of Prostate-Specifi c Antigen (PSA) using Gold-Coated Magnetic Nanoparticles as ‘Dispersible Electrodes’.

Christian Andre Gunawan, Xunyu Lu, Bryan Harry Rahmat Suryanto, Chuan Zhao

Tuning the Electrodeposition Parameters to Yield Nanostructured Metals from Protic Ionic Liquid Electrolytes


Tuning the ionic liquid electrolytes toward effi cient water splitting

P. Michaels, S. Ciampi, E. Luais, J.J. Gooding

Characterisation of DNA modifi ed Si(111) and Si(100) using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy.

E. Murago, R. Amal, D.B. Hibbert, J.J. Gooding

Towards a Multiple-Analyte Sensor by use of Dispersible Modifi ed Au@Fe3O4 Nanoelectrodes.

S.G. Parker, S. Ciampi, J.J. Gooding

Towards Capture and Release of Rare Circulating Tumour Cells (CTCs) Using Electrochemically-Switchable Surfaces.

Conference Posters


19th IUPAC International Conference on Organic Synthesis (ICOS – 19), Melbourne, Australia, 1st – 6th July

Ethan Howe, Mohan Bhadbhade, Pall Thordarson

The role of solvent effects and allosteric interactions on the cation and anion recognition of a bis-isophthalamide crown ion-pair receptor

Inorganic Conference on Organic Synthesis, Sydney, Australia, 1st – 6th July

Dominic Francis, Jason B. Harper, Adnan I. Mohammed and Roger W. Read

Progress in the Development of Fluorous Surfactants

3rd International Nanomedicine Conference, Sydney, Australia, 2nd – 4th July

K. Chuah, P.J. Reece, A.P. Micolich, J.J. Gooding

Solid-state Nanopore for Single Protein Molecule Detection.

B. Gupta, B. Guan, P.J. Reece, K. Gaus, J.J. Gooding

Porous Silicon Photonic Crystals for the detection of infections.

X. Lu, Y. Yuan, C.S. Liu, J.J. Gooding

Surface Charge Infl uences Cytotoxicity of SiO2 Nanoparticles in Human Hepatoma HepG2 Cells.

Warren T. Truong, Iman J. H. Pour, Galina Schevzov, Peter Gunning, Pall Thordarson

The Effect of Matrix Elasticity on Cell Behaviour

19th International Conference on Organic Synthesis, Melbourne, 5th July

R. Chen, Black D, Kumar NSynthesis of New Macrocyclic Systems Based on Novel Biindolyls

Samuel Kutty, Barraud N, Pham A, Rice S, Black D, Kumar NNovel nitric oxide donors based on fi mbrolides as antimicrobials

Gordon Research Seminar on Organometallic Chemistry, Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode island, USA, 7th – 13th July

Ryan Gilbert-Wilson.

Sterically Bulky Phosphine Ligands on Iron and Ruthenium: Dinitrogen, Iron(I) and Ruthenium(I) Complexes

20th International Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry, Osaka, Japan, 22nd – 27th July

Dominic Francis, A. I. Mohammed, R. W. Read.

Exploiting Functional Fluorous Triazoles and Tetrazoles

UNSW Faculty of Science Poster Competition, 9th August

Hendra Wahyudi

Derivatives of Sanguinamide B: Exploring the SAR of a Novel Macrocyclic Peptide

Medicinal Chemistry Symposium, UNSW, August

Yao Wang

Heat Shock Protein Inhibitors

A. Ramachandran, M.J. Manefi eld, J.J. Gooding

Modifi ed Electrodes for Detecting Bacterial Activity

Bryan Harry Rahmat Suryanto, Christian Andre Gunawan, Xunyu Lu, Chuan Zhao

Electrodeposition of Metals from Room Temperature Protic Ionic Liquid

R. Tavallaie, D.B. Hibbert, J.J. Gooding

Surface Modifi cation of Gold Coated Magnetic Nanoparticles via Electrografting of In Situ Generated Aryl Diazonium Salt Cations.

RACI One-Day Symposium, University of Sydney, 31st May

Md. Amirul Islam

Screening of Eskitis Compounds to Identify Novel Antibacterial Agent

Pharmaxis Medicinal Chemistry Symposium, 1st June

Hamish Toop


RACI Biomolecular Chemistry Division, Sydney University, 30th June

Worawan Tantisantisom

Synthesis of Sanguinamide B derivatives and its effect on type IV pili of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

International Conference of Nanotechnology, Santa Clara, California, USA, June

Fatemeh Mirnajafi

Highly Luminescent Quantum Dots: New Tools for Biological Applications

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244th American Chemical Society National Meeting (ACS-244) Philadelphia, USA, 19th – 23rd August

Warren T. Truong, Pall ThordarsonTherapeutic Release from within Self-Assembling Hydrogels at Physiological Conditions

The Southern Highlands Conference on Heterocyclic Chemistry, Moss Vale, Australia, 26th – 28th August

Ethan Howe, Roger Bishop, Pall ThordarsonSupramolecular Architecture Mimicry Towards Allosteric Regulated Enzymes and Haem Proteins

Samuel Kutty, Barraud N, Pham A, Rice S, Black D, Kumar NNovel nitric oxide donors based on fi mbrolides as antimicrobials

Pall Thordarson, Joshua R. Peterson, Alexander F. Mason, David HvasanovSelf-assembled Light-Driven Proton Pump Based on an Artifi cial Hybrid Photosynthetic-Respiratory Electron Transport Chain

V. Suryanti, Bishop R, Black D, Kumar NSelf-assembly of alkyl N-acetylglyoxylic amides of varying chain length

RACI Natural Products Chemistry Group One-Day Symposium, Sydney – 28th September

Eleanor Eiffe, Black D, Kumar N

Biologically Active Isofl avone Analogues

KKK Ho, Cole N, Willcox MDP, Kumar NImmobilization of antibacterial dihydropyrrol-2-ones for the prevention of bacterial infections

Md. Amirul Islam

Novel Marine Natural Products Target the Gram-Positive Cell Wall

25th International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, Lisbon, Portugal – 2nd – 7th September

Matthew R. Gyton

Studies of the Metal Organoamide Chemistry of a Sterically Demanding 1,3-Triazenide.

A. Tregubov, K. Q. Vuong, E. Luais, J. J. Gooding and B. A. MesserleGlassy Carbon Anchored Rh(I) Complexes Bearing N,N and N,P Ligands- Recyclable Hydroamination Catalysts

International Coordination Chemistry Conference (ICCC) 40, Valencia, Spain 12th September

Carolina Gimbert-Suriñach

Ferrocene-substituted Fe2-hydrogen evolution catalysts, Session Lecture.

21st IUPAC Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry, Durham, UK, 9th – 13th September

Bradley J. Butler and Jason B. Harper The effect of ionic liquids on reaction at phosphorus.

Michelle H. Dunn, Marcus L. Cole and Jason B. Harper Structure and solvent effects on the basicity of N-heterocyclic carbenes

Eden E. L. Tanner, Hon Man Yau, Anna K. Croft and Jason B. Harper

Does the cation really matter? The effect of the modifying an ionic liquid cation on the outcome of an SN2 process

RACI Natural Products Group One Day Symposium, University of Sydney, 28th September

Veronica Tecchio

Pyrrolopyrimidine Libraries

Sunhwa Lee

Synthesis of Bicyclic Heterocyclic Libraries

Asian Network for Natural and Unnatural Materials II, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 3rd – 5th October

M. Mielczarek, Devakaram R, Kandemir H, Ma C, Black DStC, Griffi th R, Lewis P, Kumar N

Novel bis-indoles and tetra-indoles as bacterial RNA polymerase-transcription initiation σ factor interaction inhibitors

1st International Conference on Emerging Advanced Nanomaterials, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 22nd – 25th October

R. Chen, Cole N, Willcox MDP, Kumar NNovel antimicrobial coatings based on antimicrobial peptides

F. Kanodarwala, JA Stride

Synthesis and Characterisation of CdSe Quantum Dots

H3D Drug Discovery Symposium, Capetown, South Africa, October

Jeanette McConnell,

Hsp90 inhibitors that modulate the immunophilins


UNSW Medicinal Chemistry Symposium, Sydney, Australia, 14th November

Iqbal Ahmed

Ring-expanded analogues of the anticancer peptide sansalvamide A

Raju Cheerlavancha

Towards the synthesis of an a,b,g-trifl uoro-d-amino acid

Eleanor Eiffe, Black D, Kumar NSynthesis of Novel, Synthesis and anti-cancer activity of 2-substituted isofl av-3-enes

Samuel Kutty, Barraud N, Pham A, Rice S, Black D, Kumar NDual action nitric oxide donors based on fi mbrolides as novel antimicrobials

Aggie Lawer

Conformationally biased analogues of the antimalarial cyclic peptide pohlianin C

M. Mielczarek, Devakaram R, Kandemir H, Ma C, Black DStC, Griffi th R, Lewis P, Kumar N

Novel bis-indoles and tetra-indoles as bacterial RNA polymerase-transcription initiation σ factor interaction inhibitors

Hamish Toop


Zhiyong Wang


Drug Delivery Australia 2012, Melbourne, Australia 26th – 27th November

Warren T. Truong, Pall ThordarsonTherapeutic Release from within Self-Assembling Hydrogels at Physiological Conditions

2nd Annual Student Symposium in Inorganic Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, 30th November

M. R. D. Gatus, K. Q. Vuong and B. A. MesserleHomo and Heterobimetallic Complexes for Tandem One-Pot Reactions

M. J. Page and B. A. MesserleBimetallic Carboxamide Complexes: Apparent Cooperativity from an Uncooperative Catalyst

S. W. S. Choy and B. A. MesserleFlat Rh(I) Complexes for Catalysed Hydroalkoxylation and Dihydroalkoxylation Reactions

Cancer Therapeutics CRC (CTx) Annual Retreat, Melbourne, 5th – 7th december

Hamish Toop


33rd Annual RACI Organic One Day Symposium, 5th December

Bradley J. Butler and Jason B. HarperStructure and solvent effects on the basicity of N-heterocyclic carbenes

Dominic Francis, J. B. Harper, A. I. Mohammed, R. W. ReadProgress in the Development of Functional Fluorous Surfactants

Scott Jamieson, Michael James, Tamin Darwish, Rao Yepuri, Aditya Rawal, James Hook, Pall ThordarsonStructural studies of selectively deuterated self-assembled gels

Seong Jong Kim

Synthetic Strategies Targeting Potent Anticancer Agent: Urukthapelstatin A

Chun Chieh Lin

A structure-activity relationship study of compounds containing sequential oxazoles and thiazoles

Alexander F. Mason, David Hvasanov, Pall ThordarsonDevelopment of a Light-Controlled Polymersome Nanoreactor

Veronica Tecchio

Pyrrolopyrimidine Libraries

Worowan Tantisantisom

Synthesis of Sanguinamide B derivatives: Structure-Activity Relationship and Mechanism of Action

Warren T. Truong, Pall ThordarsonSelf-assembled Hydrogels for Biomedical Applications

Ran Xu

Monitoring laser irradiation intensity via the formation of organic reactive intermediates using NMR spectroscopy

Australian Nanotechnology Network Early Career Symposium, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia, 15th – 16th December

F. Mirnajafi , D. Ramsey, S. MacAlpine, F. Wang, P. Reece and J. A. StrideThe Investigation of Cytoxicity of Water Soluble Quantum Dots in presence of colon cancer cells

F. Kandarwala and J.A. StrideSynthesis and Characterisation of CdSe Quantum Dots

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SCHOOL VISITING COMMITTEE


The Committee has representatives from our key stakeholder organisations –

industry, government, schools and government research institutes. The terms of

reference for the committee are as follows:

1. To appraise the School programs in light of the needs of the School

stakeholders (industry, government, schools and research institutions).

2. To provide advice about the direction that the School should take to best

enhance future interactions with our stakeholders.

3. To provide advice about the changing needs of industry, research and

government organisations to best prepare the School’s graduates for future

opportunities.

4. To receive and discuss the School of Chemistry’s Annual Report.

5. To aid the development of the School in any other way possible.

The committee meeting with the School was very successful and we look forward

to the 2013 meeting.

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External Representatives from Industry, Government and Education

Dr Attila Tottszer (Chair) Business & Development Manager, Advanced Analytical Laboratories

Dr Christopher Armstrong Associate Director, Science, CRC Liaison Offi cer, Ministry for Science and Medical Research

Dr Greg Simpson Acting Director, CSIRO Niche Manufacturing Flagship

Dr Herma Buttner Senior Advisor, Research Management and Science Policy – ANSTO

Mr Roger Leigh Senior Project Manager, Cochlear

Mr Gary Molloy Science Teacher, St Aloysius College

Mr Jeff Stanger Head Science Teacher, St George Girls High School

Ex Offi cio MembersProfessor Barbara Messerle Head, School of Chemistry

Scientia Professor Justin Gooding Deputy Head, School of Chemistry

A/Prof. John Stride Director of Research, School of Chemistry

Dr Gavin Edwards Director of Teaching, School of Chemistry


It was with great sadness that we farewelled three of our former friends and colleagues in

2012.

Emeritus Professor Stephen Charles AngyalThe School of Chemistry records with sadness and regret the death of Professor Stephen

Angyal, a distinguished former Dean and outstanding fi gure in Australian chemistry.

Professor Angyal was 97.

Although he formally retired from UNSW in 1979, he continued working with us for another

two decades, maintaining a laboratory until the School of Chemistry moved to a new

building in 2006.

As the present Head of the School of Chemistry, Professor Barbara Messerle recalls,

Professor Angyal was 90 when he published the last of his more than 200 research

papers: “It was a sole-author paper, and relied on experimental work he had done. He

continued to ski until he was 92.”

Stephen Angyal was born in Budapest, Hungary, on 21 November 1914. His father,

Dr Charles Engel, was a medical practitioner (Stephen later changed his surname to

Angyal, due to anti-German sentiment in Hungary at the time). His father introduced him

to literature and music as well as science. He studied science at the Royal Hungarian

University of Science and completed a PhD in carbohydrate chemistry at the University

for Technology and Engineering, in Budapest.

With war escalating in Europe, he left Hungary and sailed for Australia from Milan on the

Viminale, the last Italian ship to reach Australia before Italy entered the war. He arrived

in Sydney in March, 1940. Unable to fi nd work, he teamed up with another chemist, Dr

Andrew Ungar, to establish their own company, producing chemical products from a

laboratory they put together in a disused garage. The company, Andrew’s Laboratories,

was successful and ultimately acquired by Johnson and Johnson.

He moved to Melbourne in 1941 to join Nicholas Pty Ltd, makers of Aspro, as a research

chemist and met Helga Steininger, whom he married in 1942. The company was involved

in producing essential wartime supplies for Australian troops in New Guinea.

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Returning to Sydney in 1946, he took up a post at the

University of Sydney as a chemistry lecturer, despite

having given only one public lecture in English. Here he

taught and began his research into inositols – a family

of simple carbohydrates. In 1950, he gave an address

to the Sydney Chemical Society and in the audience

was Alexander Todd, then a visiting professor at Sydney

University. Todd was impressed and invited Angyal to

spend his study leave in Todd’s laboratory at Cambridge

University. Todd later won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry,

in 1957. Another researcher in the lab at the time, Har

Gobind Khorana, also won a Nobel in 1968.

In early 1953, Angyal joined the fl edgling NSW

University of Technology (now UNSW) as an Associate

Professor of organic chemistry.

“Their School of Chemistry was taken over from the

Sydney Technical College and I knew it well,” Angyal

recalled in a memoir. “It was built up by the energetic

Dr R. K. Murphy, who recruited good people. Chemistry

was at university level even then and it was probably

the strongest element of the new university. Amongst

the fi rst professors appointed were those of chemistry,

chemical engineering and metallurgy; the institution

was sometimes facetiously referred to as ‘University of

Chemistry’.

In 1960 he was appointed to a new Chair as Professor

of Organic Chemistry. Helga Angyal became involved

in university affairs as well through her fund-raising

activities as a founding member of the U Committee

(in 1999, the university’s 50th anniversary, Helga was

awarded the Jubilee Medallion “for dedicated service

well beyond any norm and a truly major contribution to

the work and life of the University”).

Stephen Angyal was elected a Fellow of the Australian

Academy of Science in 1962 and received the fi rst

Doctorate of Science (DSc) awarded by UNSW in 1964.

From 1970 to 1979, he served as Dean of the Faculty of

Science.

In 1977 he was made an Offi cer of the Order of the

British Empire (OBE).

He travelled widely to conferences and spent further

periods working at the University of California at

Berkeley, the Natural Products Institute at Gif-sur-Yvette

near Paris, and the University of Grenoble, Oxford

University, Imperial College London, and the ETH in

Zürich. He is credited with making a major contribution

to Australian chemistry, not only through his research but

also in attracting leading chemists to travel to Australia

to lecture and take part in conferences.

He was a keen swimmer and skier, and had a wide

range of cultural interests, especially music. He was

a staunch admirer and supporter of the Australia

Ensemble (resident at UNSW) since its formation in

1980. The Ensemble dedicated a performance of the

Tchaikovsky Piano Trio to his memory.

During the International Year of Chemistry in 2011,

Chemistry in Australia, published by the Royal Australian

Chemical Institute, named him as one of the “living

luminaries of Australian chemistry”. In an interview at the

time, he said his greatest achievement was “to put the

chemistry of carbohydrates on a fi rm ground”.

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Asked to choose a famous historical fi gure to dine with,

he said: W. Somerset Maugham. In my young days I

read most of his books and learnt much of my English

from him.”

Asked what advice he would offer to chemistry

professionals just starting out, he said: “There are many

ways to use your knowledge. Good chemists are wanted

in education and industry; for legal advice and for

research. Look before you decide.”

The present Dean of the Faculty of Science, Professor

Merlin Crossley, paid tribute to Professor Angyal:

“Stephen was one of the giants of the age when new

scientifi c universities like UNSW were established. He

set the foundations of excellence and continued to

support the School of Chemistry and university long after

his formal retirement. We are very fortunate to have had

people of his calibre as role models and supporters.”

**Thanks to David Black, who assisted in compiling this

report, most of which is extracted from Stephen Angyal’s

own memoir.

On a sad endnote, Stephen’s wife of many years, Helga,

passed away peacefully in her sleep on 30th November

2012.

Professor Peter Steele ClezyPeter Clezy was born in Melbourne on 21 January

1930 and at the age of 10 moved with his family to

Hobart (his father was a bank clerk). He matriculated

from Hobart High School where he was a Class

Captain and Head Prefect and went to the University

of Tasmania in 1947, with the intention of completing a

medical degree. In those days, a fi rst year start could

be made in Hobart, but the medical degree had to be

completed in Melbourne. Peter did well in Chemistry,

Botany and Physics but failed Zoology, so repeated

the year, as that was the requirement for entry into

Medicine. In the repeat year, organic chemistry became

a major part of the chemistry course and Peter was

completely hooked. He therefore stayed in Hobart and

completed his BSc in 1950. He did Honours in 1951

and worked with Dr John Polya on an “Investigation

of the Microchemical Constituents of the Tasmanian

Fern Tmesipterus” and graduated with Second Class

Honours. He continued on to PhD studies with Dr Ralph

Bick, who had recently returned from Cambridge as a

new lecturer. He completed his PhD in 1955 (graduating

in 1956) and his thesis was titled “Studies in the Field of

Bisbenzylisoquinoline Alkaloids”.

Although he was aiming for an academic career, he had

no desire to travel overseas, and accepted a position

as Teaching Fellow at the newly founded University

of Technology in Sydney. It was there that he became

closely associated with (now Emeritus Professor) Ken

Cavill, and after a second year as Teaching Fellow,

he took up a research position in the Biochemistry

Department of the Royal North Shore Hospital. This

was to be a defi ning time in his chemical career, as he

worked together with Dr David Morell and under the

direction of Dr Rudi Lemberg, on the chemistry of the

porphyrins, centrally important molecules of life. This

was to become Peter’s research fi eld for the rest of

his career. In 1960 he moved to a lectureship at the

NSW University of Technology, in the process declining

a similar offer from the University of Melbourne. He

was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1964 at what was

then the University of New South Wales, and became

Associate Professor in 1973. He was awarded a DSc

by UNSW in 1983 and promoted to a Personal Chair

in 1985. Until his retirement in 1994, Peter developed

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a superb research record with the help of a relatively

small but unusually talented group of postgraduate and

postdoctoral associates, and became a world leader

in porphyrin chemistry. He developed new synthetic

approaches to porphyrins with unique substitution

patterns, and his advice was widely sought by porphyrin

chemists worldwide. Peter eventually travelled overseas

for a year of study leave in 1967 with Dr John Cornforth

(now Sir John Cornforth, Nobel Laureate) at the Milstead

Laboratory of the Shell Company in Kent.

Peter’s entire career was marked by complete honesty

and integrity in everything he did. He was a great

teacher, both to undergraduate and postgraduate

students, but shunned any thought of seeking rewards

for this. His publications ran to a total of 129, including

a superb series of 71 papers under the generic title

“The Chemistry of Pyrrolic Compounds”. One could not

have wished for a better colleague, as Peter contributed

unstintingly in every possible way for the good of his

colleagues, the chemistry school and the university. He

was totally reliable and dedicated at all times.

Peter was a quiet and self-contained person but with

great inner passion and a delightful sense of humour.

In 1955 he married Charlotte Hope (universally known

as “Chip” as in “off the old block”) and had two

daughters and a son. His father was a keen sportsman

and a member of the Melbourne Cricket Club, and

he put Peter down for membership at an early age.

Peter became a member in 1956 and sought every

opportunity to see a cricket test match or watch his

beloved Melbourne Demons play Australian Rules

football. Peter was himself very talented in both sports

and actively participated throughout his younger years.

In later years, on Monday mornings, his colleagues

enjoyed many amusing conversations, suitably coloured

by the events of the weekend.

Peter Clezy will be remembered with great affection

and respect not only by his colleagues, but also by

many chemistry students at UNSW. He was indeed a

wonderful man!

Teresa EllisTeresa began with the School of Chemistry as a tea-lady

for the academic staff in 1985, and eventually became a

laboratory assistant. Teresa always had a cheery “hello

luv” for everyone and managed to make all around her

see a brighter side of life. She retired from the School of

Chemistry in February 2011.

Teresa lost her long battle with ovarian cancer on

22nd October 2012. Her many friends and colleagues

attended the service and will miss her always.

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