Associate ProfessorFred Pfeffer
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences/Centre for Sustainable Bioproducts
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- Associate Professor of ChemistryFaculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences/Centre for Sustainable Bioproducts
- +61 3 522 71439 (Work)
- Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216
TEACHING EXPERTISE
I teach organic chemistry concepts, transformations and applications at all levels from 1st year undergraduate (SLE155) to specialist honours (SLE453).
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
- UNIT TAUGHTSLE155, SLE210, SLE214, SLE318, SLE313, SLEhons(chem)
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONNew Supramolecular Hosts for Cations & Anions using Fused [n]Polynorbornane Based Architectures
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONMetal Organic Frameworks as chemical sensors for probing chirality
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONNaphthalimides for sensing applications
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONHighly functionalised noscapine derivatives as anti-cancer agents
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONUsing SuFEx chemistry to functionalise naphthalimides: scope and potential applications
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONBiomimetic, tissue adaptive nanofiber membrane for guided tissue regeneration
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONNew Approaches to Chemically Masking Illicit Drugs and Controlled Precursors
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONExtraction, characterization, and identification of fluorescent molecules from corals and reef-associated biota and investigating their significance in enhancing coral resiliance under climate change
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONNew electrochemiluminescence detection systems to measure the biomarkers of traumatic brain injury
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONGenetic Code Expansion of Self Assembling Proteins for Neural Regeneration
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONSynthesis and biological evaluation of novel structured ether liquids
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONApplications and Fundamental understanding of Selected Analytically important Chemiluminescence Reactions
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONA Novel Palladium-Catalysed Approach to Functionalised N-Heterocycles
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONSetting the Foundation for Molecular Nuts and Bolts
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONThe Design and Evaluation of Two Types of Chemical Sensor
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONNovel Conducting Polymer Films and Coated Textiles
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONSYNTHESIS OF FLAVONOIDS AND FLAVONOID-BASED DESIGNED MULTIPLE LIGANDS FOR HYPERTENSION
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONInnovative Analytical Chemistry for Monitoring Wine Producation
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONThe Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel, C2-Symmetric Organocatalysts
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONNorbornenes and [n]Polynorbornanes as Molecular Scaffolds for Anion Recognition
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONPeptide Mimics Targeting Bacterial Membranes
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONUnderstanding and Applying Fused [n]Polynorbornane Scaffolds in Supramolecular Chemistry
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONThe Determination of Bioactive Compounds using HPLC with Chemiluminescence Detection
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONChemiluminescence from reactions of tris(2,2'-bipyridyl)ruthenium(III) with benzyl and phenylpiperazines