ProfessorPaul Francis

Professor

Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences/Centre for Sustainable Bioproducts

  • Professor
    Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences/Centre for Sustainable Bioproducts
  • +61 3 522 71294 (Work)
  • Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

TEACHING EXPERTISE

Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry
Molecular Spectroscopy

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Exploring the fundamental mechanisms of photoredox catalysis
    Catherine Fraser - School of Life and Environmental Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Luminescent Metal Complexes and Their Application in Electrochemiluminescence
    Ovini Thilakshi Jayawardana Dematagoda Kankanamalage - School of Life and Environmental Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Synthesis and Applications of Iridium(III) Complexes With Improved Visible Light Absorption
    Piumi Ayesha Lakmini Peiris Kaththri Thanthri Hewage - School of Life and Environmental Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Sacrificial Electron Donors in Energy-Transfer Technologies
    Shelby Katya Semjanov - School of Life and Environmental Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Expanding the Scope of Available ECL Luminophores Through Alternative Metal Complexes
    Michael Lasalle Pattuwage - School of Life and Environmental Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Mechanisms of Photophysical Phenomena in Cyclometalated Iridium(III) Complexes
    Oliver Stansfield - School of Life and Environmental Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Advancing the Fundamental Understanding and Application of Electrochemiluminescent Systems
    Callum Hadden - School of Life and Environmental Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    New electrochemiluminescence detection systems to measure the biomarkers of traumatic brain injury
    Ellie Martin - School of Life and Environmental Sciences
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Investigations into Reactions Involving Manganese (IV) Chemiluminescence
    Allyson Brown - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2010
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Innovative Analytical Chemistry for Monitoring Wine Producation
    Shona Crawford - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2008
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Detection of nitro-explosive compounds using derivatisation and tris(2,2'-bipyridyl)ruthenium(II) chemiluminescence
    Dave Donaldson - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2014
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Enhancing the Chemiluminescence Determination of Biologically and Forensically Important Molecules
    Jessica Terry - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2012
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Evaluation of Selected Platinum Group Metal Complexes as Chemiluminescence Reagents
    Elizabeth Zammit - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2013
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Determination of Antioxidants using Chemiluminescence Detection
    Geoffrey McDermott - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2012
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    A 3D CELL-CULTURE AND GRADIENT-GENERATOR MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE
    Masoomeh Tehrani Rokh - School of Engineering - 2014
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Chemiluminescence from reactions of tris(2,2'-bipyridyl)ruthenium(III) with benzyl and phenylpiperazines
    Rebecca Waite - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2014
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Tris(2,2'-bipyridyl)ruthenium(III) Chemiluminescence based Determination of tin(II) and other Inorganic Compounds
    Michelle Gange - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2010
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Mechanisms of Light Producing Chemical Reactions
    Christopher Hindson - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2012
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Investigating Tris(2.2'-bipyrdyl) Ruthenium(II) Cheminuluminescence
    Bree Gorman - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2007
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Extending the Analytical Utility of Acidic Potassium Permanganate Chemiluminescence
    Teo Slezak - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2012
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Investigations into Reactions with Manganese Based Chemiluminescence Reagents
    Zoe Smith - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2014
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Exploring Two-Dimensional Chromatography and Chemiluminescence Selectivity for Complex Sample Analysis
    Brendan Holland - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2015
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Studies on Microfluidic Chip Design for Chemical Analysis
    Kara Spilstead - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2018
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Electrochemical and Luminescence Studies of Ruthenium and Iridium Metal Chelates
    Emily Kerr - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2017
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Innovative separation and detection protocols for compounds of forensic importance
    Ashton Theakstone - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2019