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Chemistry - staff research interests
Dr Maribel Navarro Acosta
Toxic trace elements behaviour in bayer liquors.
Dr David Batka
Discovering the chemistry of sulfur in the Bayer liquors used for alumina production, with special attention to the electrochemical behaviour of the element.
Professor Glenn Hefter
Solution chemistry, particularly thermodynamics of ion solvation, chemical speciation and solubility studies in complex systems of industrial and environmental interest, calorimetry, and dielectric relexation spectroscopy.
Dr David Henry
My research is in the area of computational chemistry and materials simulation. My current research interests include (a) designing gallium based nanocatalysts (b) studying the formation and aggregation of nanoparticles and (c) investigating the reactivity of coordination complexes in biological environments.
Dr Leonie Hughes
Resource recovery from waste.
Dr Allan Knight
Synthesis of natural products and their derivatives (especially 1,8-cineole derivatives) and assessment of their biological activity.
Dr Erich Koenigsberger
Development and application of physicochemical property models for electrolyte solutions; thermodynamic simulation of industrial processes.
Dr Lanchi Koenigsberger
Physicochemical properties and complex formation constants in aqueous media; application to hydrometallurgical processes.
Dr Damian Laird
Isolation and characterisation of natural products, using wastewater for the production of microbial biopolymers, analysis and reactivity of organic compounds in industrial processes, chemotaxonomy, chemical ecology, bioactive compounds from marine sources.
Professor Peter May
Chemistry of aluminate solutions (with Associate Professor Glenn Hefter). Cyanide in the environment. Chelation in biological fluids. Applied chemical speciation studies. Solution equilibria and transport.
Dr Danielle Meyrick
Use of radioisotopes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions such as cancer and neurological disorders. Gamma emitting (e.g. technetium-99m) and positron emitting (e.g. copper-64) radionuclides, if bound to a suitable chemical vector, can provide diagnostic images of both human anatomy and function. Beta-emitting radionuclides (e.g. lutetium-177) can deliver higher, therapeutic doses of radiation directly to diseased sites. In both cases, it is important that the radiation reach only the target area. The challenge for the chemist lies in identifying suitable targeting agents (e.g. peptides, antibodies) and devising chemical methods for binding the appropriate radionuclide to the chosen targeting agent. This is an exciting and rapidly expanding area of health care.
Dr David Ralph
Interactions between micro-organisms and minerals. Mine tailings treatment. Bio-oxidation of sulphides. SX colonies at soil - water interfaces in solvent extractions.
Dr Kate Rowen
Development of methods for the synthesis of biologically active compounds. Methods for rapid derivatisation of chemical warfare agent degradation products. Reactions of organic compounds in the Bayer alumina process.
Dr Manickam Minakshi Sundaram
Battery Materials, Energy Storage, Electrowinning, Surface Science, Electrochemistry, and Material Characterization.
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Dr Chun Yang Yin
Minerals engineering/processing..
Synthesis of colloidal carbon microspheres via hydrothermal carbonization of biomass.
Synthesis / modification of nanoporous materials for various applications.
Synthesis of ionic liquids for CO2 removal.
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