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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)
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
Professor Gordon Miskelly
Associate Professor 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
Associate Professor Fan Zhu
Forensic Science
Professor SallyAnn Harbison
Professor Gordon Miskelly
Associate Professor Lisa I. Pilkington
Dr Joel Rindelaub
Green Chemistry
Dr Christopher Larsen
Dr Joel Rindelaub
Dr Tristan de Rond
Professor Viji Sarojini
Professor Jonathan Sperry
Associate Professor Cameron Weber
Professor James Wright
Inorganic chemistry
Professor Christian Hartinger
Dr Christopher Larsen
Associate Professor Erin Leitao
Dr. Rosalyn Falconer
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
Professor Viji Sarojini
Professor Jonathan Sperry
Physical and materials chemistry
Associate Professor 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
Associate Professor Cameron Weber
Professor David E Williams
Professor Geoff Willmott
Wine Science
Neill Culley
Dr Rebecca Deed
Professor Bruno Fedrizzi
Professor Paul Kilmartin
Dr Danae Larsen
Chemistry teaching and laboratories
Dr Kaitlin Beare
Dr Ruth Cink
Dr Courtney Ruha
Research Fellows
Dr Mohammed Abdelbassit
Dr Alireza Akbarinejad
Dr Alan Cameron
Dr Xiaobo Ding
Dr Alexander Elliott
Dr Muhammad Hanif
Dr Yann Hermant
Dr Rebecca Jelley
Dr JingWen Jia
Dr Katryna van Leeuwen
Dr Freda Li
Dr Masoume Malmir
Dr Yu Mao
Dr Jennifer Muhl
Dr Mitchell Nascimento
Dr Michel Nieuwoudt
Dr Urawadee Rajchakit
Dr David Rennison
Dr Joe Russell
Dr Joel Rindelaub
Dr Hannah Sheridan
Dr Benjamin Smit-Colbran
Dr Kaleb Winefield
Dr Billy Yi Yang
Dr Yongfang Zhou
Dr Bicheng Zhu
You can search for our people or find a supervisor.
Social media
Researchers on Twitter
- @BrimbleM – Distinguished Professor Dame Margaret Brimble
- @chartinger – Professor Christian Hartinger
- @ptolemytortoise - Professor Cather Simpson
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)
Renuka Gopi
Betty Jen-Hsing
Facilities Coordinator