Welcome to Nick Magann, a new PhD candidate who commenced studies in the group in August. Nick completed his Honours degree mid-2014 at the University of New England, working in Dr Michelle Taylor’s group.

25th Southern Highlands Conference on Heterocyclic Chemistry in Bowral 31 August to 2 September 2014.

Lew Mander’s 75th Birthday Symposium in Bowral 2-3 September 2014.

Mander Symposium in Canberra at the Shine Dome 4 September 2014.

Erik Lindeboom’s work on Tetravinylethylene has been featured in Synfacts by Timothy M. Swager and John B. Goods: The Return of Tetravinylethylene.

Nick Green has been selected as a finalist for the 2014 Reaxys PhD Prize and will attend the 2014 Reaxys Inspiring Chemistry Conference in Grindelwald, Switzerland.

The 45 finalists were selected from nearly 540 applicants from around the world and represent some of the brightest young chemists, performing research in a wide variety of areas. This is an outstanding achievement, well done Nick!

Erik Lindeboom’s work on Tetravinylethylene has been featured as a “research highlight” in Nature Chemistry by Claire Hansell: Conjugated Hydrocarbons: Vinyl Destination.

Erik Lindeboom’s work on Tetravinylethylene has been published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition, well done Erik!

Thomas Fallon’s work on Furanodendralenes has been published in the Journal of Organic Chemistry, well done Thomas!

Andy Lawrence has taken up a lecturer position at the University of Edinburgh, congratulations Andy!

Nick Green’s work on the Domino Cycloaddition Organocascades of Dendralenes has been published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition, well done Nick!

Mick spoke to Liam Cochrane from ABC Radio Australia about the biomimetic kingianin synthesis. For the press release click here.