We had a busy time last week with a brand new group photo for 2023, featuring the current Sumby Doonan group (and bonus special guests).
Plus, we celebrated Tyla’s Honours completion following her oral exam, as well as Pol’s PhD completion.
Congratulations to Pol and Tyla!
This week we were treated to some fascinating talks from the 2023 Honours Chemistry cohort, including our very own Tyla Jones. Tyla has been studying Crystallographic Snapshots of Photochemically Reactive Species, and was supported during her Honours year by an AINSE Honours Scholarship. It’s not quite over yet though, with thesis submission and an oral exam still to come…
But in the meantime, congratulations Tyla on an excellent presentation!
This semester we have been joined by third year student Kate Rathjen for her Principles & Practice of Research laboratory placement. Kate had been working with Thomas and Rashid on the structuralisation of MOFs and presented a great poster on her work earlier this week.
Well done Kate!
As we approach the end of the year it’s a good time to mention a number of HDR students from the group who completed their MPhil and PhD programs this year.
Joe Milne and Josephine Smernik both completed their MPhil, graduating in September.
Afshin Karami, co-supervised by Chris, completed his PhD in Chemical Engineering. Afshin’s thesis was entitled: Lanthanide doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) for biomedical applications, and he recieved a Dean’s Commendation for Thesis Excellence.
And finally, Pol Gimeno i Fonquernie submitted his revised PhD thesis just this week, after receiving fantastic examiner reports!
Congratulations to Joe, Josie, Afshin, and Pol!
A couple of new papers from the group are now available online.
Josie’s first paper from her MPhil - “Understanding the structural landscape of Mn-based MOFs formed with hinged pyrazole carboxylate linkers” is in CrystEngComm, showcasing an array of 2D and 3D MOFs, linking together our original work on MnMOF-1 and more recent structures containing tetratopic linkers. Congratulations to Josie and the team - the author list is a great “who’s-who” of past and present students, post-docs, and collaborators!
Kate’s paper - “Protein-induced modifications in crystal morphology of a hydrogen-bonded organic framework” is also out in J. Mat. Chem. A. This work continues our collaboration with the Falcaro and White groups at TU Graz and ANU respectively, to explore enzyme encapsulation in HOFs.
Congratulations to all!
