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Dr Siobhan Wills

Dr Siobhan Wills

Senior Lecturer
Science
School of Chemistry

Siobhán completed her BSc International (Hons) in Chemistry and French at the University of Western Australia (UWA). She then continued her studies at UWA, completing a PhD in carbohydrate chemistry under the supervision of A/Prof Keith Stubbs. After her PhD, she headed to Frankfurt, Germany, and joined the research department of Bayer Crop Science as a postdoctoral researcher, before returning to Australia to take up a position as a Lecturer in the School of Chemistry at UNSW.

At UNSW, her focus is on chemistry education and the scholarship of teaching and learning. She still has a keen interest in carbohydrate chemistry and small molecule synthesis is a secondary research focus.
Phone
+61 2 9385 6477
E-mail
siobhan.wills@unsw.edu.au
  • Journal articles | 2018
    Wills SS; Raston CL; Stubbs KA, 2018, 'Integrating thin film microfluidics in developing a concise synthesis of DGJNAc: A potent inhibitor of α-N-acetylgalctosaminidases', Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 28, pp. 3748 - 3751, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2018.10.015
    Journal articles | 2017
    Anandan A; Evans GL; Condic-Jurkic K; O'Mara ML; John CM; Phillips NJ; Jarvis GA; Wills SS; Stubbs KA; Moraes I; Kahler CM; Vrielink A, 2017, 'Structure of a lipid A phosphoethanolamine transferase suggests how conformational changes govern substrate binding', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114, pp. 2218 - 2223, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1612927114
    Journal articles | 2017
    Sato M; Liebschner D; Yamada Y; Matsugaki N; Arakawa T; Wills SS; Hattie M; Stubbs KA; Ito T; Senda T; Ashida H; Fushinobu S, 2017, 'The first crystal structure of a family 129 glycoside hydrolase from a probiotic bacterium reveals critical residues and metal cofactors', Journal of Biological Chemistry, 292, pp. 12126 - 12138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M117.777391
  • Conference Papers | 2023
    Wills S; Chinchen C; Jackson K; Wijenayake Gamachchige N; Stansby J, 2023, '“I try my very best and then I send it to the wizards, who make up numbers” Science students’ perceptions of (in)effective assessment and feedback practices', Hobart, Tasmania, AUS, presented at The Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education (2023), Hobart, Tasmania, AUS, 30 August 2023, https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/IISME/article/view/17438
    Conference Papers | 2022
    Wills S; Black J, 2022, 'Equitability factors impacting attitudes relating to digital assessment', Perth, Western Australia, presented at The Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education (2022), Perth, Western Australia, 28 September 2022, https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/IISME/article/view/16266
    Conference Papers | 2022
    Wills S; Jackson K; Wijenayake Gamachchige N, 2022, 'On the same page: Science students' assessment literacy', Perth, Western Australia, presented at The Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education (2022), Perth, Western Australia, 29 September 2022, https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/IISME/article/view/16238
    Conference Abstracts | 2022
    Wills S; McKemmish L, 2022, 'When Writing the Question Becomes the Assessment: Fostering Creativity and Confidence', in When Writing the Question Becomes the Assessment: Fostering Creativity and Confidence, Brisbane, QLD, presented at Royal Australian Chemical Institute 2022 National Congress, Brisbane, QLD, https://www.raci2022.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/RACI-2022-Oral-abstracts-010722.pdf
    Conference Papers | 2021
    Wills S; Maisey S; McKemmish L, 2021, 'WHEN WRITING THE ASSESSMENT BECOMES THE ASSESSMENT', Online, Aus, presented at The Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education (2021), Online, Aus, 29 September 2021, https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/IISME/article/view/15448