Gary Schenk

Biography

I obtained a Diploma in Chemistry from the University of Berne in Switzerland in 1992. Upon receiving the award of an International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS) I joined The University of Queensland (in 1993) to carry out research towards a PhD in Biochemistry (supervisors: Assoc. Profs. Peter Nixon and Ron Duggleby). I graduated in 1997 and continued postdoctoral research at The University of Queensland under the guidance of Profs John de Jersey, Susan Hamilton and Graeme Hanson. During this period I was awarded Fellowships from both the Wellcome Trust and The University of Queensland. In 2000 I spent several months in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, collaborating with Prof. Geoff Sykes, and later that year I commenced a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Chemistry Department at Stanford University (advisor: Prof. Edward Solomon). In 2003 I was appointed to a Lectureship in (Bio)physical Chemistry at The University of Queensland. In 2006 I was promoted to Senior Lecturer. Following the award of a University of Queensland Foundation Research Excellence Award (in 2007) I was promoted to Associate Professor (in 2009). Since 2011 I also hold a professorial appointment at the National University of Ireland - Maynooth (NUIM). Most recently, in 2012, I have been awarded an ARC Future Fellowship (commences in April 2013).

Research Interest

Physical Chemistry - Structure, function, mechanism and pharmaceutical potential of metalloenzymes