Molecular Design and Synthesis
Research
The School currently conducts research in: catalyst design; computational chemistry; free radical chemistry; ligands and metal complexes; macromolecules; supramolecular chemistry; templates
People
Brendan Abrahams, crystal engineering, supramolecular chemistry
Colette Boskovic, polynuclear metal complexes, ligand synthesis, coordination chemistry
Paul Donnelly, coordination chemistry, macrocyclic chemistry, metal-based drugs, new electroactive materials
Ken Ghiggino, polymer synthesis, photoactivated pro-drugs
Franz Grieser, sonochemical synthesis of polymers, free radical reactions
Craig Hutton, natural products, synthetic organic chemistry, amino acids, cyclic peptides
David Jones, design and synthesis of organic semiconducting materials
Anastasios Polyzsos, visible light photoredox catalysis, transition metal catalysis, C-H activation, synergistic catalysis, novel reaction discovery, medicinal chemistry, flow chemistry
Gavin Reid, post translational modifications, amino acids, peptides
Mark Rizzacasa, total synthesis of natural products, bioactive molecule synthesis
Richard Robson, new inorganic materials
Alessandro Soncini, polynuclear metal complexes with large magnetic anisotropy
Tony Wedd, polyoxometalate clusters
Jonathan White, stereoelectronic effects, structure correlation principle, DNA-binding radiomodifiers
Uta Wille, radical reactions, synthetic methodology, photochemistry, electrochemistry, computational chemistry
Spencer Williams, carbohydrates, flavonols, sulfation
Wallace Wong, controlled polymerisation, supramolecular chemistry, fullerene chemistry
Associate Professor Brendan Abrahams
Associate Professor & Reader
Email: bfa@unimelb.edu.au
Location: Room 267, Chemistry Building, Parkville Campus
Address: School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
Phone: +61 3 8344 0341
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Associate Professor Colette Boskovic
Associate Professor
Email: c.boskovic@unimelb.edu.au
Location: Room 272, Chemistry Building, Parkville Campus
Address: School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
Phone: +61 3 8344 4971
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
Professor Franz Grieser
Professor of Chemistry
Email: franz@unimelb.edu.au
Location: Room 251, Chemistry Building, Parkville Campus
Address: School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
Phone: +61 3 8344 6476
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
Dr David Jones
Senior Research Fellow
Email: djjones@unimelb.edu.au
Location: Room 438, Bio21 Institute, Parkville Campus
Address: Bio21 Institute, 30 Flemington Road, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
Phone: +61 3 8344 2371
Dr Anastasios Polyzos
Senior Lecturer
Email: anastasios.polyzos@unimelb.edu.au
Location: Room 276, Chemistry Building, Parkville Campus
Address: School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
Phone: +61 3 8344 8264
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 Richard Robson
Professor
Email: r.robson@unimelb.edu.au
Location: Room 508, Chemistry Building, Parkville Campus
Address: School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
Phone: +61 3 8344 6469
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
Associate Professor Alessandro Soncini
Associate Professor
Email: asoncini@unimelb.edu.au
Location: Room 280, Chemistry Building Parkville Campus
Address: School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
Phone: +61 3 8344 6484
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
Dr Wallace W.H. Wong
Senior Lecturer
Email: wwhwong@unimelb.edu.au
Location: Room 438, Bio21 Institute, Parkville Campus
Address: Bio21 Institute, 30 Flemington Rd, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
Phone: +61 3 9035 6154