Our research is aimed at the discovery and development of new classes of drugs inspired by Nature. Our main research themes are in the following areas:

Isolation / Structural Elucidation • Marine natural products • Novel anticancer and antiviral agents Synthesis • Isatin-based anticancer agents • Bioactive cyclic peptides • Biomimetic natural product synthesis Chemical Ecology • Chemical deterrence • UV Tolerance in Antarctic moss

2014: Visiting Researcher with Prof. Dr. M. Bastmeyer, Cell and Neurobiology, Zoological Institute, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany 2014: Visiting Researcher with Prof. K. Brindle, Molecular Imaging, Cambridge Research UK & Biochemistry Department, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK 2014: Visiting Researcher with Prof. M. L. Lopez Rodriguez, Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Organic Chemistry I, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain 2009- : Senior Lecturer, School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong 2006-8: Lecturer, School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong 2004-5: Senior Research Fellow with Prof. K-A. Rye, Heart Research Institute, Camperdown, NSW 2003-4: Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. K. Jolliffe, University of Sydney, NSW 2001-2: Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. R.R. Schmidt, Konstanz University, Konstanz, Germany 2000: Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. P. Francesco, University of Trento, Trento, Italy 1999: PhD (Supervisor: Prof. R. Rickards), Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 1994: BSc(Hons), Monash University, Clayton, Vic