
Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate
B.Sc. (Hons I), Ph.D. (Monash)
Ph.D. student
Ph.D. student
Ph.D. student
Ph.D. student
Honours student
Stephen P. Gallagher, Ph.D. (1987)
An Investigation into the Mechanism of the Hydroboration Rearrangement
Barbara A. Messerle, Ph.D. (1987).
Pulsed Methods in Proton/Heteronuclear NMR Spectroscopy
Executive Dean, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
Murray V. Baker, Ph.D. (1988)
Reactions of Iron Phosphine Complexes with Carbon-Hydrogen Bonds
Professor of Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia
Jennifer S. Protopopoff, M.Sc. (1989)
Synthesis and Reactions of Cobalt and Rhodium Organometallic Complexes
Gregory K. Pierens, Ph.D. (1990)
Multiple Quantum NMR Spectroscopy of Molecules aligned in Liquid Crystalline Solution
Senior Research Manager, Centre for Advanced Imaging, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Sue E. Boyd, Ph.D. (1992)
Studies in Coordination Chemistry
Senior Lecturer, School of Biomolecular & Physical Sciences and Manager of Griffith University Magnetic Resonance Facility, Griffith University, Nathan Campus, Queensland, Australia
Benita C. K. Yau, Ph.D. (1992)
Organometallic Chemistry of Phosphine Complexes of Iron and Ruthenium
Charles M. Lindall, Ph.D. (1992)
Transition Metal Complexes of the Pentaphenylcyclopentadienyl Ligand
(Supervisor: Dr A. F. Masters)
Director of Business Development and Commercial, CSIRO Manufacturing, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Devin R. Latimer, M.Sc. (1992)
New Derivatives of the Pentaphenylcyclopentadienyl Ligand
(Supervisor: Dr A. F. Masters)
Nick Bampos, Ph.D. (1993)
NMR studies of small iron and ruthenium organometallic complexes with tetraphosphine ligands: their structure and C-H activation.
Lecturer, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Matthew P. Wilkinson, Ph.D. (1995)
Synthesis and reactions of Organometallic Complexes containing Trifluoromethylated Phosphines
Technical and Operations Manager, Callington Haven Pty Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Elizabeth Y. Malouf, Ph.D. (1995)
Controlled Synthesis of Conjugated Organometallic Complexes
(Co-supervisor: Dr A. V. George)
Julie C. Cheung, Ph.D. (1995)
(Supervisor: Professor S. Sternhell)
Ronald J. Smernik, Ph.D. (1996)
Structure and Reactions of Iron Complexes with tripodal tetraphoshine ligands
(Associate Supervisor: Dr B. A. Messerle)
Research Fellow, School Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Iain P. Thomas, Ph.D. (1996)
C-H activation using bidentate phospholane complexes of iron
Head of Life Sciences at Cambridge Enterprise, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Sarah H. Elgafi, Ph.D. (1996)
Rhodium and Iridium Complexes containing polyimidazole ligands
(Associate Supervisor: Dr B. A. Messerle)
Senior Research Scientist, Johnson Matthey Technology Centre, Sonning Common, UK
Antony J. Ward, Ph.D. (1998)
The Chemistry of Phosphine Complexes of Cobalt, Rhodium and Iridium
(Associate Supervisor: Dr A. V. George)
Research Associate, School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Graham R. Purches, Ph.D. (1998)
The Chemistry of Ruthenium and Iron Acetylide Complexes
(Associate Supervisor: Dr A. V. George)
Senior Project Manager, ResMed, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Stuart R. Pike, Ph.D. (1998)
The Chemistry of Iron Acetylide Complexes
(Associate Supervisor: Dr A. V. George)
Ian J. Luck, Ph.D. (1999)
Synthesis and Chemistry of Multidentate Mixed Donor Ligands
Professional Officer, School of Chemistry Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Anthony J. Turnbull, Grad. Dip. Sci. [1995] Ph.D. (2000)
Substituent effects on arylacetylenes in the formation of bisacetylide complexes of iron
Chemistry of Acetylenic Iron Complexes
Saadallah Ramadan, Ph.D. (2000)
Multiple Quantum Liquid Crystal NMR Spectroscopy
Research Academic, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia
Brian J. Petteys, Ph.D. (2000)
Components for Novel Bilayer Membranes
(Associate Supervisors: Dr C. J. Burns, Professor D. D. Ridley)
International Strategic Insights Manager, Genentech, San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA
Warren J. Shaw, Ph.D. (2001)
Reactivity of Hydrido-Iron Phosphine Complexes toward Heteroallenes
Suzanne Burling, Ph.D. (2001)
Cationic Rhodium and Iridium Catalysts for the Hydroamination Reaction
(Associate Supervisor: Dr B. A. Messerle)
Senior Hydrometallurgist, ANSTO Minerals, Lucas Heights, New South Wales, Australia
Jim Onishi, Ph.D. (2002)
Photoactive components for Bilayer Membranes
(Associate Supervisors: Dr C. J. Burns, Professor D. D. Ridley)
Senior Associate, Houlihan2 Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Nilay Hazari, MSc. (2003)
Organometallic activation of molecular nitrogen
Associate Professor of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Adelle Shasha, Ph.D. (2007)
Metal-catalysed hydroamination
Technical Officer, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility, Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales , Australia
Ruth W. Guest, Ph.D. (2008)
Synthesis and Reactions of Iron and Ruthenium Dinitrogen Complexes
Senior Economic Analyst and Planning Portfolio Adviser, Santos Ltd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Ashley Tronoff, Ph.D. (2008)
Chloride Abstraction from Ruthenium Alkyl Bis-diphosphine Dichlorides
Chemist, Queensland Health and Forensic and Scientific Services, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Timothy K. Shearer, Ph.D. (2009)
Controlled Synthetic Approach to Di- and Tri-nuclear Ruthenium Acetylide Complexes
(Co-Supervisor: Dr A. M. Magill)
Assistant Dean, Warrane College, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ryan J. Gilbert-Wilson, Ph.D. (2013)
The Use of Sterically Bulky Phosphine Ligands in Iron and Ruthenium Dinitrogen Chemistry
(Co-Supervisor: Dr H. L. Li)
Scientist, SABIC, Houston, Texas, USA
Peter M. Jurd, Ph.D. (2018)
Reactivity of Carbon Dioxide with Organometallic Iron Phosphine Complexes
(Co-Supervisor: Dr H. L. Li)
Michael L. Terry, B.Sc. (Hons I, University Medal) [1983]
Evaluation of Synthetic Routes to 4-(trans-4'-Pentylcyclohexyl)benzonitriles and the Application of INEPT to NMR Spectroscopy in Liquid Solvents
Jennifer S. Protopopoff, B.Sc. (Hons I) [1984]
Ortho-Metallation Reactions of Electron-Deficient Organo-iron Complexes
Anita M. Lamb, B.Sc. (Hons I) [1984]
Reactions of Organo-iron Dihydrides
Bruce D. Jacobs, B.Sc. (Hons II-1) [1984]
DNMR Studies of Sterically Hindered Molecules from SRN 1 Reactions
Elizabeth A. Knox, B.Sc. (Hons I) [1986]
Organometallic reactions of Bidentate Phosphine Ligands
Roberto Pavan, B.Sc. (Hons II-1) [1986]
Synthesis of Novel Branched and Polycyclic Phosphine Ligands
Gregory K. Pierens, B.Sc. (Hons I) [1986]
NMR Spectroscopy Using Liquid Crystal Solvents
Andreas Klein, B.Sc. (Hons II-1) [1986]
Synthesis of Sterically Restricted Bis -phosphine Ligands for Metal Complexation
Paul G. Lloyd, B.Sc. (Hons I) [1987]
Synthetic Approaches to Bis(phosphino)ethanes - New Ligands for Metal Complexation
Nick Bampos, B.Sc. (Hons I) [1988]
Organometallic Complexes with Polydentate Phosphine Ligands
Jacqueline A. Warner, B.Sc. (Hons I) [1988]
The Mechanism of Carbon-Hydrogen Bond Activation by Iron Diphosphine Complexes
Benita C. K. Yau, B.Sc. (Hons I, University Medal) [1988]
Preparation and Reactions of Ruthenium Bis(diphosphine) Complexes
Charles M. Lindall, B.Sc. (Hons I) [1988]
Development of Synthetic Routes to Decaphenylmetallocenes
Lionel G. Glendenning, B.Sc. (Hons I) [1988]
A Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study of Heteroatom-stabilised Allylic Carbanions
Elizabeth Y. Malouf, B.Sc. (Hons I) [1989]
Conjugated Iron Acetylides
Josy Meyer, B.Sc. (Hons I) [1989]
Synthesis of Deuterated Liquid Crystals
Matthew P. Wilkinson, B.Sc. (Hons I) [1990]
The Mechanism of Alkane Activation by Iron Bisphosphine Complexes
Ingrid H. M. Slip, B.Sc. (Hons II-1) [1990]
Reactions of Iron Acetylide Complexes
Ronald J. Smernik, B.Sc. (Hons I, University Medal) [1991]
Synthesis and Structural Characterisation of Metal Complexes Containing a Novel Tripodal Phosphine Ligand
Graham R. Purches, B.Sc. (Hons II-1) [1991]
Synthesis and Reactions of Iron Complexes with coordinated Butenyne Ligands
Sarah H. Elgafi, B.Sc. (Hons II-1) [1992]
Metal Complexes of Diazabutadiimine Ligands
Andrew Farmer, B.Sc. (Hons II-1) [1992]
Synthesis and Reactions of new arylacetylenes with electron withdrawing and electron donating properties
Ian J. Luck B.Sc. (Hons I) [1992]
Synthesis and Complexation of Polydentate Mixed-donor Ligands
Stuart R. Pike B.Sc. (Hons I) [1992]
Conjugated Iron Complexes with Mixed Acetylide and Nitrile Ligands
Linnea P. Soler B.Sc. (Hons I) [1993]
Ruthenium Complexes of Polydentate Heterocyclic Ligands
R. C. Y. Chan B.Sc. (Hons II-1) [1993]
High Pressure Diels-Alder Reactions of Pyrroles
Howard Wilton B.Sc. (Hons I) [1994]
Tribochemistry
Michelle A. Morris B.Sc. (Hons II-1) [1994]
The Activation of Hydrocarbons using Alkyl Iron Hydrides
Brian J. Wallace B.Sc. (Hons II-1) [1994]
Reactions of Butadiynes with Complexes of Iron(II)
Joanna Daponte B.Sc. (Hons II-1) [1994]
Reactions of Organometallic Complexes with Strained Hydrocarbons
Carl F. N. Anderson B.Sc. (Hons 1) [1995]
Approaches to the Synthesis of unsymmetrical tripodal ligands
Neil G. Jones B.Sc. (Hons 1, University Medal) [1996]
Chemical Transformations involving metal-nitrogen double bonds
Rebecca Read B.Sc. (Hons 1, University Medal) [1999]
Catalysts for alkyne metathesis
Thirri Winn B.Sc. (Hons) [2001]
Components for Bilayer Membranes
Kevin Woo B.Sc. (Hons) [2001]
Novel Components for Bilayer Membranes
Adelle Shasha B.Sc. (Hons II-1) [2002]
Catalytic cyclisation of aminoalkynes
Nilay Hazari B.Sc. (Hons 1, University Medal) [2002]
The Chemistry of Coordinated Nitrogen
Amaruka Hazari B.Sc. (Hons 1) [2005]
Towards the Activation of Dinitrogen
Timothy K. Shearer B.Sc. (Hons 1) [2005]
Ruthenium Acetylide Complexes
Susan de Boer B.Sc. (Hons 1) [2009]
The Organometallic Reactivity of Carbon Dioxide
Peter M. Jurd B.Sc. (Ad, Hons 1) [2012]
Carbon Dioxide and Carbon Disulfide Activation by Cyclometallated Complexes of Ruthenium and Iron
Tanya Tan B.Sc. (Ad, Hons 1) [2013]
Ruthenium Acetylide Complexes
Thomas O. Peters B.Sc. (Ad, Hons II-1) [2015]
Nitrogen Fixation By Tetradentate Phosphine Complexes of Iron and Ruthenium
Surabhi Naik B.Sc. (Hons 1) [2017]
Dinuclear Acetylide-bridged Ruthenium Complexes
Silviu Dobrota B.Sc. (Hons 1) [2019]
Reactivity of Ruthenium Acetylido Complexes Towards Carbon Dioxide
Dylan Oakes B.Sc. (Hons II-1) [2019]
Synthesis of Acetylide Bridges for Organometallic Polymers
Joshua Tse B.Sc. (Ad, Hons 1) [2020]
Ruthenium-Catalysed Transfer Hydrogenation
Stephen Cameron B.Sc. (Ad, Hons 1) [2020]
Synthesis of Rhodium and Iridium Complexes for Nitrogen Fixation