Physical & Theoretical Chemistry
Research
The School currently conducts research in: photochemistry; sonochemistry; spectroscopy; surface science; theoretical and quantum chemistry
People
- Muthupandian Ashokkumar, sonochemistry, sonoluminescence, ultrasound technology, photocatalysis, sonophotocatalysis, cavitation dynamics
- Evan Bieske, optical spectroscopy and MS of trapped nanoparticles, fluorescent nanoparticles, single particle spectroscopy, IR of charged complexes and clusters, molecular anions, photodissociation spectroscopy
- Ken Ghiggino, molecular photophysics, photochemistry
- Lars Goerigk, theoretical and computational quantum chemistry
- Dr James Hutchison, Exciton-polaritons, Surface plasmon photonics, Single molecule/particle spectroscopy, SERS, Molecular photophysics, 2D materials
- Spas Kolev, extracting polymer liquid membranes and beads, flow injection analysis, membrane separation, ultrasound applications in flow analysis
- Paul Mulvaney, nanostructured materials, nanoparticles, quantum dots, nanomechanics, AFM, waveguides, ellipsometry, fluorescence, surface plasmon spectroscopy, single particle spectroscopy, exciton emission, plasmonics
- Richard O'Hair, mass spectrometry of biomolecules, fundamental and applied mass spectrometry
- Frances Separovic, biophysics, membranes, NMR spectroscopy, structural biology, solid-state NMR
- Alessandro Soncini, theoretical and computational chemistry, spin Jahn-Teller instabilities in antiferromagnetic spin clusters, modelling NMR and EPR spectroscopy, ab initio methods for molecular response to electromagnetic field
- Georgina Such, Nanotechnology, advanced materials characterisation, flow cytometry, spectroscopy, surface chemistry, colloid science, biosensors

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

Professor Evan Bieske
Professor
Email: evanjb@unimelb.edu.au
Location: Room 260, Chemistry Building, Parkville Campus
Address: School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
Phone: +61 3 8344 7137

Dr Rachel A. Caruso
Associate Professor & Reader
Email: rcaruso@unimelb.edu.au
Location: Room 363, Chemistry Building, Parkville Campus
Address: School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
Phone: +61 3 8344 7146

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 Lars Goerigk
Senior Lecturer
Email: lars.goerigk@unimelb.edu.au
Location: Room 172b, Chemistry Building, Parkville Campus
Address: School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
Phone: +61 3 8344 6784

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 James Hutchison
ARC Future Fellow
Email: james.hutchison@unimelb.edu.au
Location: Room 268, Chemistry Building, Parkville Campus
Address: School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
Phone: +61 3 8344 5395

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 Paul Mulvaney
Professor of Chemistry
Email: mulvaney@unimelb.edu.au
Location: Room 287, Bio21 Institute
Address: 2nd Floor North, Bio21 Institute, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
Phone: +61 3 8344 2429

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 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 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

Dr Georgina Such
Senior Lecturer
Email: gsuch@unimelb.edu.au
Location: Room 268, Chemistry Building Parkville Campus
Address: School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
Phone: +61 3 8344 5258