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Chemical Sciences office

School of Chemical Sciences
Science Centre,
Room 620
Level 6, Building 302
23 Symonds Street
Auckland Central
Location map (Google)

Phone: +64 9 373 7599 ext 88805
Email: a.khan@auckland.ac.nz

Postal Address
School of Chemical Sciences
University of Auckland
Private Bag 92019
Auckland 1142
New Zealand

Chemistry Store Deliveries
Building 302, Level B, Room B10
Science Centre
DELIVERIES VIA: Carpark 40
Upper Wellesley Street East
Auckland 1010
New Zealand

Student advisers

Academic advisers for undergraduate subjects and majors

Academic advisers for postgraduate students

Search for Chemical Sciences staff

To contact a member of our staff you can browse the research categories listed below or search for their profile.

Key academic staff

Head of School
Professor Duncan McGillivray

Deputy Head of School (Academic)
Associate Professor Viji Sarojini

Deputy Head of School (Research) 
Professor David Barker

Deputy Head of School (Engagement)
Associate Professor Daniel Furkert

Analytical chemistry
Professor Bruno Fedrizzi
Professor Paul Kilmartin
Associate Professor Gordon Miskelly
Dr Lisa I. Pilkington
Dr Tristan de Rond
Dr Joel Rindelaub

 

Biological chemistry
Professor Bob Anderson
Professor Duncan McGillivray
Dr Davide Mercadante
Dr Tristan de Rond

 

Food science 
Dr Danae Larsen
Professor Siew-Young Quek
Dr Peter Swedlund
Dr Fan Zhu

 

Forensic Science
Associate Professor SallyAnn Harbison
Associate Professor Gordon Miskelly
Dr Lisa I. Pilkington
Dr Joel Rindelaub

Green Chemistry
Dr Christopher Larsen
Dr Joel Rindelaub
Dr Tristan de Rond
Associate Professor Viji Sarojini
Professor Jonathan Sperry
Dr Cameron Weber
Dr Zoe Wilson
Professor James Wright

 

Inorganic chemistry
Professor Christian Hartinger
Dr Christopher Larsen
Dr Erin Leitao
Professor Tilo Söhnel
Professor James Wright

 

Organic and medicinal chemistry
Professor David Barker
Distinguished Professor Dame Margaret Brimble
Professor Brent Copp
Associate Professor Daniel Furkert
Associate Professor Paul Harris
Dr Tristan de Rond
Associate Professor Viji Sarojini
Professor Jonathan Sperry
Dr Zoe Wilson

 

Physical and materials chemistry

Dr Jianyong Jin
Dr Christopher Larsen
Professor Duncan McGillivray
Dr Davide Mercadante
Professor Cather Simpson
Professor Tilo Söhnel
Professor Jadranka Travas-Sejdic
Dr Ziyun Wang
Professor Geoffrey Waterhouse
Dr Cameron Weber
Professor David E Williams
Associate Professor Geoff Willmott

 

Wine Science
Neill Culley
Dr Rebecca Deed
Professor Bruno Fedrizzi
Professor Paul Kilmartin
Dr Danae Larsen

 

Chemistry teaching and laboratories
Dr Malini Arewgoda
Dr Kaitlin Beare
Dr Ruth Cink
Dr David Ware

 

Research Fellows
Dr Mohammed Abdelbassit
Dr Marzieh Ahangarpour
Dr Alireza Akbarinejad
Dr Alan Cameron
Dr Xiaobo Ding
Dr Alexander Elliott
Dr Pascal Engelhardt
Dr Muhammad Hanif
Dr Yann Hermant
Dr Ali Hosseini
Dr Rebecca Jelley
Dr Katryna van Leeuwen
Dr Freda Li
Dr Masoume Malmir
Dr Yu Mao
Dr Michel Nieuwoudt
Dr David Rennison
Dr Joel Rindelaub
Dr Hannah Sheridan
Dr Kai Sun
Dr Cherie Tollemache
Dr Kaleb Winefield
Dr Billy Yi Yang
Dr Samuel Yick
Dr Yongfang Zhou
Dr Bicheng Zhu

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Professional staff

Group Services Manager
Michael Groom

Group Services Team Leader
Anna-Marie Simcock

Group Services Coordinator
Hien Tran

Group Services Administrator
Aisha Khan

Technical manager
Tim Layt

Teaching Laboratories Team Leader
Katrina Graaf

Research Instruments Team Leader
Stuart Morrow

Research Laboratories Team Leader
Radesh Singh

Associate Finance Business Partner
Rene Tablizo

Research Programme Manager
Jing Liu

Research Programme Coordinator(s)
Farnaz Sheikh
Betty Jen-Hsing

Facilities Coordinator

Lynette Carter