News

Thanks to our placement students from Australian School of Science and Mathematics and Seaview High School for their excellent contributions this week

June 17, 2016

Justin is named Co-State Secretary in South Australia for the Australian Rhodes Scholarships

May 17, 2016

"Students on the Beamlines" collaborators from Evan Hardy Collegiate present their research at the Canadian Light Source

Apr 26, 2016

Justin hosts a segment on the Network Ten science show Scope [from 19:10]

Mar 5, 2016

Max and Justin contribute to an episode of ABC Catalyst on mercury pollution - watch here.

Mar 2, 2016

Our research in mercury capture is profiled in the March issue of Chemistry in Australia (pp 7, 16)

Feb 24, 2016

Max Worthington is named Finalist for the Flinders Ports Environmental Award, part of the prestigious Channel 9 Young Achiever Awards.

Feb 8, 2016

A warm welcome to Lisa Alcock. Lisa will join as a PhD student in February and investigate the chemical biology of sulfenic acids

Jan 28, 2015

Justin visits MONA for discussion of Heavy Metal project - a collaboration of science and art

Jan 22, 2015

Justin visits Hobart for invited lectures at the University of Tasmania

Jan 21, 2015

Our recent work on mercury-binding polysulfides is profiled by Chemical Engineering magazine

Jan 4, 2015

A warm welcome to new group members from 2015: Michael Zalavari (Honours), Kyle Farrell (Honours), Naseem Alghamdi (Masters), Renata Kucera (placement), Isaac Watson (placement), and Salah Alboaiji (placement).

Dec 21, 2015

Justin gives invited presentation at Pacifichem's symposium on New Organosulfur Chemistry

Dec 17, 2015

Max Worthington earns first class honours in his research. Read about his studies in Angewandte Chemie

Dec 12, 2015

Justin gives invited presentation at the 2015 Theo Murphy Australian Frontiers of Science: Materials for the 21st centrury

Dec 9, 2015

Our latest research on a polymer that removes mercury from water and soil is profiled by:

Oct 22, 2015

Our paper on a novel polysulfide that removes mercury from water is published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition. This project is an international collaboration with The University of Tulsa, the Institue of Molecular Medicine at the University of Lisbon, and the University of Cambridge. Congrats!

Oct 22, 2015

Our recent paper on preparing lidocaine using flow chemistry, a collaboration with the Raston Lab, is profiled by:

Sept 28, 2015

A warm welcome to Kymberley Scroggie - she will start her PhD in our lab this month. Her project is a collaboration with the Perkins lab on the synthesis and study of new tools for PET imaging.

Sept 4, 2015

Up to four Summer Scholarships available for second year Australian undergraduates in our lab for 2015-2016

Sept 4, 2015

Allyl Sulfides: Reactive Substrates for Olefin Metathesis. Our latest paper in the Australian Journal of Chemistry

Aug 31, 2015

Justin presents at Fresh Science, South Australia. Event to promote discoveries of early-career researchers

Aug 25, 2015

Research from Honours Student Max Worthington and Dr Justin Chalker highlighted by Flinders University

Aug 21, 2015

Benefits of replacing scripted teaching labs with student-driven inquiry: our latest paper in The Chemical Educator

Aug 20, 2015

Justin and fellow Flinders scientists host the RACI Chemisty Show at Science Alive in Adelaide

Aug 7-9, 2015

Our paper on inquiry-driven teaching labs is accepted for publication in The Chemical Educator. This paper is a collaboration with Rebekah Moorman, Moujtaba Kasmani and Christopher Peeples from The University of Tulsa. Congrats!

Aug 6, 2015

Justin is selected to present at Fresh Science: Stories of Discovery from Early-Career Researchers around Australia

July 23, 2015

Allyl Sulphides: Reactive Substrates for Olefin Metathesis. Accepted for publication in the Australian Journal of Chemistry

July 21, 2015

Our latest paper is published in Chemistry - A European Journal. This is a collaborative project with the Raston Research Group featuring amide synthesis in flow, with application to the preparation of pharmaceuticals.

June 21, 2015

Justin will give a seminar at The University of Adelaide on June 19th from 12-1PM (Macbeth Lecture Theatre)

Sulphur Chemistry for Synthesis, Materials, and Biology

June 12, 2015

Our paper Rapid Vortex Fluidics: Continuous Flow Synthesis of Amides and Local Anaesthetic Lidocaine is accepted for publication in Chemistry - A European Journal. This research is a collaboration with Joshua Britton and Colin Raston. Congrats!

May 15, 2015

Justin presents Cysteine Chemistry in the Study of Protein Post-Translational Modifications at SynthCon3

April 21, 2015

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Allyl Sulphides: Reactive Substrates for Olefin Metathesis. Accepted for publication in the Australian Journal of Chemistry