Chemistry Research
Research Profiles of Chemistry Staff
Course Coordinator
Dr Dan Bedgood (BS George Mason University, PhD Montana State University)
Research Interests:
- Chemistry of Olive Oil Quality and Processing
- Platinum anti-cancer drugs
Total Refereed Publications: 26
Dr Andrea Bishop (BSc (Hons) PhD Monash)
Research interests:
- Instrumental Analysis, especially Spectroscopy
- Polymers and Materials Science
- Applications of Chemistry in Environmental and Food Sciences
- Chemistry Education
Total Refereed Publications: 29
Dr Greg Doran (BSc La Trobe MAppSc RMIT PhD CSU)
Research interests:
- The role of sedminents in the fate of pesticides in rice bays
Total Refereed Publications: 6
Course Coordinator - Dr Stuart Helliwell (DipAppChem TCAE PhD Regina)
Research interests:
- Pesticide Impacts on Ecosystems
Total Refereed Publications:
Dr Igor Novak (BSc MChem DScience Zagreb)
Research interests:
- Computational Chemistry, molecular modelling and molecular electronic structure
- Molecular (Photoelectron) spectroscopy
- Chemical Education
- Scientific Methodology (philosophical, sociological, historical aspects of science)
Total Refereed Publications: 175
Most Recent Publication: http://journals.iucr.org/e/issues/2007/02/00/issconts.html
Dr Paul Prenzler (BSc (Hons) PhD)
Research interests:
- Chemistry of phenolics: antioxidant properties in olives in wine
- Chemical ecology of organic carbon
Professor Kevin Robards (BSc PhD UNSW)
Research interests:
- Applications of analytical science to study of quality in food-based systems
- Natural products chemistry with emphasis on plant biophenols
Total Refereed Publications: 107 publications in international journals including 6 books/book chapters
Dr Danielle Ryan (BAppSc (Hons) PhD CSturt)
Research interests:
- Natural products analysis; food, wine, plants
- Novel extraction and chromatography techniques
Total Refereed Publications: 23