School of Chemistry

Academics

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Head of School
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Stephen Wilson

Stephen Wilson

email: swilson

Ph:+61 2 42213505
Location: 18.102a

Atmospheric Chemistry,
especially UVB,
aerosol optical depth, greenhouse gas emissions,
isotopic signatures of greenhouse gases

Atmospheric Chemistry

Physical Chemistry

Analytical Chemistry

Professors
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Jenny Beck

Jenny Beck

email: jbeck

Ph:+61 2 42214177
Location: 18.132

Metalloenzymes: structure, function, mechanism

Applications of electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) to study interactions between biomolecules

Nonenzymatic post-translational modifications of proteins: effects of drug administration, aging and metabolic disease.

Biological chemistry

Medicinal chemistry

Structural biology

General chemistry
Stephen Blanksby

Stephen Blanksby

email: blanksby

Ph:+61 2 42215484
Location: 18.223

Gas Phase reactions.

Free radicals and antioxidants.

Lipidomics.

Mass spectrometry.

Analytical Chemistry

Molecular Structure & Spectroscopy

Organic Chemistry

Nick Dixon

Nick Dixon

email: nickd

Ph:+61 2 42214346
Location: 18.G10

 

Protein structure and function

Protein-protein interactions in large dynamic molecular machines

The bacterial DNA replication machinery as a target for antibacterial drugs

New technologies for protein chemistry

 

 

David Griffith

David Griffith

email: griffith

Ph:+61 2 42213515
Location: 18.217

Carbon cycle and climate

Atmospheric remote sensing

Greenhouse impacts of agriculture

Biosphere -atmosphere exchange of trace gases

Isotopic analysis of atmospheric trace gases

FTIR spectroscopy applications to atmospheric chemistry

Greenhouse gas emissions from Agriculture
 

Physical chemistry

Spectroscopy

Atmospheric Chemistry

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David Officer

email: davido

Ph: + 61 2 42214698
Location: iC 231.G22

Intelligent Polymer Research 
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William Price

email: wprice

(Dean of Science)

Ph:+61 2 42213529
Location: 41.258a

Electro functional Materials based on Inherently Conducting Polymers

Analysis of phytoestrogens, their health benefits and environmental effects

Nanotechnology

Food Analysis and Processing

Dynamic Properties and Structure in Fluids

Oz Aquarec Project

Physical Chemistry

Analytical Chemistry

Food Chemistry

General Chemistry

Stephen Pyne

Stephen Pyne

email: spyne

Ph:+61 2 42213511
Location: 18 121

New methods for the asymmetric synthesis of bioactive molecules.

The total synthesis of bioactive natural products.

Natural Products Chemistry.

Fullerene chemistry.

Organic Chemistry

Organic synthesis

Organic spectroscopy

Organic stereochemistry

Gordon Wallace

 

email: gwallace

Ph:+61 2 42214989
Location:iC 231.G18 

Intelligent Polymer Research

  

 

Associate Professors
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Marc in het Panhuis

Marc in het Panhuis
(Future Fellow)

email: panhuis


Ph: +61 2 4221 3155
Location: Innovation Campus.  G21

Polymers, surfactants and carbon nanotubes

Multi-functional and Intelligent Materials

Nanotechnology
Paul Keller

Paul Keller

email: keller

Ph:+61 2 42214692
Location: 18.222
 

Computer-Aided Molecular Modelling of Drug-Protein Interactions

Medicinal Chemistry

Synthetic Bio-Organic Chemistry

 Medicinal Chemistry

 

Aaron OakleyAaron Oakley

email: aarono

Ph: +61 2 4221 4347
Location:  18.G20
Protein structure and function

Protein evolution

Drug discovery

DNA replication
 
3rd year chemistry
Stephen Ralph

Stephen Ralph

email: sralph

Ph:+61 2 42214286
Location: 18.226

Bio-inorganic chemistry

Supramolecular chemistry

Conducting Polymers

First Year Chemistry

Inorganic Chemistry

Advanced materials & nanotechnology

Medicinal Chemistry

Senior Lecturers
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 Carolyn Dillon

Dr Carolyn Dillon

email: carolynd

Ph:+61 2 42214930
Location: 18.129

Bioinorganic Chemistry

Medicinal Chemistry

Synchrotron Microprobe

Electron Microscopy

Environmental Analytical Chemistry

Food Chemistry

Medicinal Chemistry

General Chemistry

Dr Dianne Jolley

email: djolley

Ph:+61 2 42213516
Location: 18.125

Analytical Chemistry

Environmental Chemistry

Environmental Toxicology

Analytical and EnvironmentalChemistry

Environmental Chemistry

Medicinal Chemistry - Toxicology module
Michael Kelso

Dr Michael Kelso

email: mkelso

Ph:+61 2 42215085 Location: 18.115

Medicinal Chemistry

Drug design and synthesis

Anti-cancer and anti-microbial drug discovery

Asymmetric synthesis

Organic Chemistry

Medicinal Chemistry

Pharmacology

Food Chemistry

 Garry Mockler

 Dr Garry Mockler

email: gmm

Ph:+61 2 42213514
Location: 18.218
 

Bioinorganic Chemistry

Model compounds of copper proteins.

First year Chemistry

Inorganic Chemistry
 

 Clare MurphyDr Clare Murphy

email: clarem


Ph:+61 2 42215065
Location: 18.221

Development of novel techniques for tracking emissions from biomass burning

Fourier transform spectroscopy of atmospheric composition for monitoring climate change

Measurement of atmospheric aerosols

Development of instrumentation and analysis techniques for remote sensing of the atmosphere

Measurement of Isotopic ratios in atmospheric gases

Instrumental Analysis

Environmental Chemistry

Physical Chemistry

Molecular Structure, Reactivity and Change
Glennys O'Brien

Dr Glennys O'Brien

email: gobrien

Ph:+61 2 42213072
Location: 18.112

Environmental chemistry
- water and sediment chemistry
- trace metals in sediments
- water and sediment quality
First year Chemistry
Danielle Skropeta

Dr Danielle Skropeta

email: skropeta

Ph:+61 2 42214360
Location: 18.213

Marine Natural Products

Carbohydrate Chemistry

Medicinal Chemistry

First year Chemistry

Organic Chemistry

Organic Spectroscopy

Adam TrevittDr Adam Trevitt

email: adamt

Ph: +61 2 42215545
Location:  18.224

Microdroplet laser-based spectroscopy.

Radical-neutral gas-phase chemistry.

Synchrotron photoionization mass spectrometry.

Combustion chemistry - including biofuels.

Physical Chemistry

Spectroscopy

 
Lecturers
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Simon BedfordDr Simon Bedford

email: sbedford

Ph: +61 2 42213294
Location: 18.G20
 
Quantitative Chemistry

Technology Enhanced Teaching

Problem Based Learning

Teacher Training
First Year Chemistry.
Second year Chemistry.
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Dr Chris Hyland

email: chris_hyland

Ph:  +61 2 42214953
Location:  18.126
 

Developing new transition metal-catalysed reactions for the synthesis of small organic molecules.Organic Chemistry

Inorganic Chemistry

Pharmacology

Analytical Chemistry
Chris RichardsonDr Chris Richardson

email: crichard

Ph: +61 2 42213254
Location: 18.114
 
Metal-organic materials and coordination polymers

Medicinal chemistry/biomedical nanotechnology

Supramolecular Chemistry

Catalysis
 
First Year Chemistry

Nanotechnology
Haibo YuDr Haibo Yu
(Future Fellow)

email: hyu

Ph: +61 2 4221 4235
Location: 18.G26
 
Development of multiscale simulation methods for complex (bio)molecular and nanoscale systems;

The thermodynamics and kinetics in protein-DNA recognition;

Mechanism and regulation in enzyme catalysis;
Physical Chemistry
Research Fellows

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Dr Moeava Tehei

email: moeava

Ph: +61 2 4221 4780
Location:
18.G21

 

Research:
- Protein structure, dynamics and function
- Biological systems dynamics using neutron scattering
- Targeted Nano-Therapies
- Drugs or nanoparticles and Radiations combined effects on cancer cells
Teaching:
- Protein structure, dynamics and function
- Physical Chemistry

 

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Dr Berwyck Poad

email:
bpoad

Ph: +61 2
42213281
Location:
18.120
 

 
NMR Facility Manager
Wilford Lie

 Dr Wilford Lie

email: wilford

Ph: +61 2 42213473
Location: 18.G03

NMR Facility Manager

NMR Spectroscopy Lecturer
Mass Spectrometry Facility Manager
 

Jennifer Saville (M-T)email: jsaville

Dr. Celine Kelso (W-F) email: celine

Ph - Office: +61 2 42213501
Ph - Lab: +61 2 42215943
Location: 18.104

Mass Spectrometry Facility Manager
Honorary Principal Research Fellow

A. Prof. Margaret Sheil

Ph:+61 2 4221 3509

Biological Mass Spectrometry
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A. Prof. Audrey Wilson

email: awilson

Ph:+61 2 4221 4255
Location: 18.123

Chemical Education
Aspects of learning and teaching in chemistry and how these can be made more effective
 Emeritus Professor
 Emeritus Prof. John Bremner

email: jbremner

Ph:+61 2 42214255
Location: 18.120

 Medicinal chemistry

Synthetic heterocyclic chemistry

Natural products chemistry

 

 

Last reviewed: 26 September, 2012

 

 SEMINAR NOTICES
 

Speaker:  Dr. Deanna M. D'Alessandro

School of Chemistry, University of Sydney

Title:  Redox-active Metal-Organic Frameworks and Porous Coordinating Polymers

Date:  Tuesday 28th May, 2013

Time:  12.30 - 1.30 p.m.

Venue:  18.108