Fields of Research

F-block chemistry
Organometallic chemistry
Transition metal chemistry
Bioprocessing, bioproduction and bioproducts

Research Objectives

Expanding knowledge in the chemical sciences
Organic industrial chemicals (excl. resins, rubber and plastics)
Treatment of human diseases and conditions
Inorganic industrial chemicals

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

Alkali Metal Inclusion Capabilities as a Destabilising Effect in Macrocyclic Organolanthanide Complexes Leading to Complete Metal Exchange; XXIXth International Symposium on Macrocyclic Chemistry
Buckling under Strain: Relief of Steric Pressure Occurs Differently for Samarium(III) Porphyrinogen Complexes of the ð-bound Auxiliary Ligands Cyclopentadienyl and Cyclooctatetraenediyl; Organometallics
DFT Studies of Lanthanide Imide Complexes; 2005 Inorganic Chemistry Symposium of the RACI Victorian Branch
Dinitrogen and related chemistry of the lanthanides: a review of the reductive capture of dinitrogen, as well as mono- and di-aza containing ligand chemistry of relevance to known and postulated metal mediated dinitrogen derivatives ; Materials
Fucoidan as an inhibitor of pro-inflammatory cytokines: potential candidate for treating inflammatory-related conditions; Experimental Biology 2022
Lanthanide complexes of calix[4]pyrrolides: macrocycle synthesis, structural control, unusual reactivity (catalytic Sm(II) readucing agents?); XXIX International Symposium on Macrocyclic Chemistry
Lanthanide Complexes of Modified Calix[4]pyrrolides; OZOM5: 5th Australian Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry
Lanthanide Complexes of Modified Calix[4]pyrrolides; International Symposium on Homogeneous Catalysis, ISHC-XVI
Lanthanide Imides - A Synthetic Investigation; IC07: Royal Australian Chemical Institute Conference of the Inorganic Division
Lanthanide Imides - A Theoretical Investigation; IC07: Royal Australian Chemical Institute Conference of the Inorganic Division
Lanthanide metal complexes of modified calix[4]pyrrolides; PacifiChem 2005
Reduction of a chelating bis(NHC) palladium(II) complex to [{mu-bis(NHC)}2Pd2H]<+>+<->: A terminal hydride in a binuclear palladium(I) species formed under catalytically relevant conditions; Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Reduction of Chelating Bis(NHC)Pd(II) Complexes to [{mu-bis(NHC)}2PD2H]+: Novel Pd(I)-Pd(I) Bonded Species with a Terminal Hydride and a Pd(I)-H-Pd(I) Complex Lacking a Pd-Pd Bond; ICCC39: Internatonal Conference on Coordination Chemistry
Reduction of Chelating Bis(NHC)Pd(II) Complexes to [{mu-bis(NHC)}2Pd2H]+: Novel Pd(I)-Pd(I) Bonded Species with a Terminal Hydride and a Pd(I)-H-Pd(I) Complex Lacking a Pd-Pd Bond; OZOM5: 5th Australian Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry
Synthesis of 2,5-Bis{(diethyl-3'-indolyl)methyl}furan and its N,N'-Dimetallated Complexes (Lithium, Sodium and Potassium): X-ray Crystal Structures of 2,5-Bis{(diethyl-3'-indolyl)methyl}furan and the Polymeric Tetrahydrofuran Adduct of the Dilithiated Complex; Journal of Organometallic Chemistry
Theoretical studies of lanthanide imides stabilised by modified calix[4]pyrrolides; OZOM3: 3rd Australian Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry
Trans-dioxaporphyrinogen Stabilised Lanthanide Imides; OZOM3: 3rd Australian Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry
Trans-dioxaporphyrinogen stabilised lanthanide imides; 2005 Inorganic Chemistry Symposium of the RACI Victorian Branch

Research Projects

Research Candidate Supervision