ProfessorLuke Henderson

Professor, Materials Chemistry

Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/Institute for Frontier Materials

  • Professor, Materials Chemistry
    Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/Institute for Frontier Materials
  • +61 3 522 72767 (Work)
  • Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

TEACHING EXPERTISE

All levels of chemistry with a specialisation in Organic Chemistry.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

  • UNIT TAUGHT
    SLE155; SLE214; SLE318.
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    The Role of Oxygen on the Surface Chemistry of MXenes
    Kevinilo Perez - Institute for Frontier Materials
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Carbene-Derived Surface Modification of Carbon Fibers
    Warnakulasuriya A M B Fernando - Institute for Frontier Materials
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Electrolyte Optimisation for Structural Energy Storage Applications
    Timothy Cormac Harte - Institute for Frontier Materials
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Exploring the Energy Harvesting Properties of Reclaimed Carbon Fibers (RCFs)
    Muhammad Aqeel - Institute for Frontier Materials
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Modifying the interfacial properties of High-Performance Thermoplastics
    Jaineel Kinjal Shah - Institute for Frontier Materials
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Controlled Alignments of MXene Nanosheets in Carbon Fibre Composites for Electro Magnetic Interference Shielding Applications
    Nilupuli Charunika Rathnayaka - Institute for Frontier Materials
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Synthetic derivatization of aryl ketones and diazomethanes for surface modifications
    Nicola PICCOLO - Institute for Frontier Materials
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    3D-printing polymer-MXene composite architectures for advanced multifunctional materials.
    Finn Murray - Institute for Frontier Materials
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    SYNTHESIS OF FLAVONOIDS AND FLAVONOID-BASED DESIGNED MULTIPLE LIGANDS FOR HYPERTENSION
    Megan Thornton - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2013
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Realising the potential of gene therapy: non-viral DNA vectors
    Jennifer Squire - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2013
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    The Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel, C2-Symmetric Organocatalysts
    Josh Delaney - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2013
  • 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
    Peptide Mimics Targeting Bacterial Membranes
    Simren Khosa - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2014
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Understanding and Applying Fused [n]Polynorbornane Scaffolds in Supramolecular Chemistry
    Benjamin Long - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2014
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Development of Fluorescent and Class Selective HDAC Inhibitors
    Cassandra Fleming - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2015
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Conformationally preorganised hosts for Anion recognition and Sensing
    Mark Johnstone - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2014
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Organic functionalisation of carbon fiber toward enhanced fiber-matrix adhesion
    Linden Servinis - Institute for Frontier Materials - 2015
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Norbornane-based Peptidomimetics as Antibacterial Agents
    Shane Hickey - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2015
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Investigations into 1,2,3-Triazoles for use in Medicinal Chemistry
    Jarrad Altimari - Institute for Frontier Materials - 2016
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Platform Technology Towards the Chemical Fingerprinting of Methamphetamine from Ephedrine Pathways
    Luke Andrighetto - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2016
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Further supramolecular chemistry of fused [n]polynorbornanes in solution and solid-state
    Ryan Robson - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2017
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Optimising Surface Functionalisation of Carbon Fibre to Enhance Interfacial Adhesion
    Kathleen Manson Beggs - Institute for Frontier Materials - 2018
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Modelling Structure/Property Relationships of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composites
    Baris Demir - Institute for Frontier Materials - 2017
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Investigating novel stabilization treatments for economical polyacrylonitrile-based carbon fibre manufacture
    Maxime Robert Maghe - Institute for Frontier Materials - 2018