Academic qualifications

B.Sc.(Hons), University of Adelaide, 1975, Top first class honours, (Organic Chemistry). Ph.D., Australian National University, 1979 (with Prof. L. N. Mander). Positions held

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Purdue University, USA, April 1979-June 1981 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard University, USA, July 1981-July 1983 Research Fellow, LaTrobe University, Victoria, October 1983 to January 1985 Lecturer (1985-88), Senior Lecturer (1989-92), A. Professor (1993-7), Professor (1998-2013), Senior Professor (2014-) School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong

New methods for the asymmetric synthesis of bioactive molecules. The total synthesis of bioactive natural products, especially alkaloids, and natural product-like scaffolds for new drug discovery. The discovery of new metal catalysed reactions. Natural products and fullerene chemistry.

Synthesis of Hyacinthacine B3 and purported Hyacinthacine B7, C. W. G. Au, R.J. Nash and S. G. Pyne, Chem Commun. 2010, 46, 713-715. Total synthesis of uniflorine A, casuarine, australine, 3-epi-australine, and 3, 7-diepi-australine from a common precursor, T. Ritthiwigrom, A.C. Willis, and S.G. Pyne, J. Org. Chem. 2010, 75, 815-824. Concise synthesis of steviamine and analogues and their glycosidase inhibitory activities, N. Jiangseubchatveera, M. E. Bouillon, B. Liawruangrath, S. Liawruangrath, R.J. Nash, S.G. Pyne, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2013, 11, 3826–3833. Alkaloids from the roots of Stichoneuron caudatum Ridley (Stemonaceae) and their acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activities, R.A. Ramli, W. Lie, S.G. Pyne, J. Nat. Prod. 2014, 77, 894–901. Fullerene van der Waals Oligomers as Electron Traps, T.E. Shubina, D.I. Sharapa, C. Schubert, D. Zahn, M. Halik, P.A. Keller, S.G. Pyne, S. Jennepalli, D.M. Guldi, T. Clark, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 10890–10893. Regioselective and Diastereoselective Borono-Mannich Reactions with Pinacol Allenylboronate, T. Thaima, S.G.; Pyne, Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 778–781.