Biological and Medicinal Chemistry
Research
The School currently conducts research in: biological macromolecules; biophysics; biotechnology; metalloenzymes and model complexes; molecular nutrition; pharmaceutical chemistry
People
Muthupandian Ashokkumar, biofunctional materials, protein microspheres for drug and flavour delivery, value-added food and dairy ingredients
Stephen Best, electrochemistry, spectroelectrochemistry
Paul Donnelly, metal chemistry in biology, medicine and synthesis
Ken Ghiggino, fluorescence analysis, fluorescence probes
Craig Hutton, lysine biosynthesis, enzyme inhibitors, peptides, peptide-mimetics
Guy Jameson, iron containing metalloenzymes, kinetics and spectroscopy, Mössbauer spectroscopy
Spas Kolev, transport and uptake mechanism in metal hyperaccumulating plants
Richard O'Hair, mass spectrometry of biomolecules
Gavin Reid, biomolecular structure analysis, protein structural biology
Mark Rizzacasa, medicinal chemistry
Frances Separovic, biophysics, membranes, lipid-peptide interactions, structural biology, biological solid-state NMR
Trevor Smith, fluorescence imaging and ultrafast spectroscopy of biomolecules
Tony Wedd, molecular nutrition, copper transport proteins, metal transport in hyperaccumulating plants
Jonathan White, DNA-binding radiomodifiers
Uta Wille, radical reactions, synthetic methodology, photochemistry, electrochemistry, radical induced damage to biomolecules, computational chemistry
Spencer Williams, carbohydrate processing enzymes, sulfatases, tuberculosis, leishmania, cardiovascular disease, medicinal chemistry
Professor Muthupandian Ashokkumar
Professor
Email: masho@unimelb.edu.au
Location: Room 279, Chemistry Building, Parkville Campus
Address: School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
Phone: +61 3 8344 7090
Dr Stephen Best
Senior Lecturer
Email: spbest@unimelb.edu.au
Location: Room 359, Chemistry Building, Parkville Campus
Address: School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
Phone: +61 3 8344 6505
Professor Paul Donnelly
Professor
Email: pauld@unimelb.edu.au
Location: Room 506, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute
Address: Bio21 Institute, School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
Phone: +61 3 8344 2399
Professor Ken Ghiggino
Masson Professor of Chemistry
Email: ghiggino@unimelb.edu.au
Location: Room 358, Chemistry East Building, Parkville Campus
Address: School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
Phone: +61 3 8344 8939
Dr Yuning Hong
McKenzie Fellow
Email: yuningh@unimelb.edu.au
Location: Room B09, Chemistry East Building, Parkville Campus
Address: School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
Phone: +61 3 9035 8129
Associate Professor Craig A Hutton
Associate Professor & Reader
Email: chutton@unimelb.edu.au
Location: Room 502, Bio21 Institute, Parkville Campus
Address: Bio21 Institute, 30 Flemington Road, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
Phone: +61 3 8344 2393
Associate Professor Guy Jameson
Associate Professor
Email: guy.jameson@unimelb.edu.au
Location: Room 486, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, 30 Flemington Road, Parkville
Address: School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
Phone: +61 3 8344 7098
Professor Spas Kolev
Professor
Email: s.kolev@unimelb.edu.au
Location: Room 374, Chemistry Building, Parkville Campus
Address: School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
Phone: +61 3 8344 7931
Professor Richard O'Hair
Professor
Email: rohair@unimelb.edu.au
Location: Room 554, Bio21 Institute
Address: Bio21 Institute, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
Phone: +61 3 8344 2452
Professor Gavin E. Reid
Professor of Bioanalytical Chemistry
Email: gavin.reid@unimelb.edu.au
Location: Room 431, Bio21 Institute
Address: Bio21 Institute, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
Phone: +61 3 8344 2650
Professor Mark A. Rizzacasa
Professor
Email: masr@unimelb.edu.au
Location: Room 505, Bio21 Institute
Address: Bio21 Institute, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
Phone: +61 3 8344 2397
Professor Carl Schiesser
Professor
Email: carlhs@unimelb.edu.au
Location: Room 538, Bio21 Institute
Address: 30 Flemington Road, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
Phone: +61 3 8344 2432
Professor Frances Separovic
Professor
Email: fs@unimelb.edu.au
Location: Room 550, Bio21 Institute
Address: 30 Flemington Road, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
Phone: +61 3 9035 7539 or +61 3 8344-7137
Associate Professor Trevor Smith
Associate Professor & Reader
Email: trevoras@unimelb.edu.au
Location: Room 269, Chemistry Building Parkville Campus
Address: School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
Phone: +61 3 8344 6272
Professor Tony Wedd
Senior Research Fellow
Email: agw@unimelb.edu.au
Location: Room 431, Bio21 Institute, Parkville Campus
Address: 30 Flemington Road, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
Phone: +61 3 8344 2383
Professor Jonathan White
Professor
Email: whitejm@unimelb.edu.au
Location: Room 551, Bio21 Institute, Parkville Campus
Address: 30 Flemington Road, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
Phone: +61 3 8344 2445
Professor Uta Wille
Professor
Email: uwille@unimelb.edu.au
Location: Room 534, Bio21 Institute, Parkville Campus
Address: 30 Flemington Road, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
Phone: +61 3 8344 2425
Professor Spencer Williams
Professor
Email: sjwill@unimelb.edu.au
Location: Room 532, Bio21 Institute, Parkville Campus
Address: Bio21 Institute, 30 Flemington Rd, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
Phone: +61 3 8344 2422