Andrew Mcdonagh
Associate Professor
Centre for Forensic Science
University of Technology Sydney
Australia
Biography
Andrew McDonagh received his PhD from the Australian National University in 1999 for work investigating the nonlinear optical properties of some transition metal acetylide complexes. He then took up a post-doctoral research position at the University of Bristol, UK. He was awarded a UNSW Vice-chancellor's Post-doctoral Research Fellowship at the University of New South Wales in 2001 and was made lecturer in 2002. He joined UTS in 2003 as a lecturer in chemistry. He is currently an ARC Post-doctoral Research Fellow.He has expertise in the design and synthesis of functional molecules together with experience in the construction of micro- and nanoscale devices. His projects involve the design and synthesis of light-harvesting ruthenium-based dyes, nanoparticles for forensic fingermark detection, light-responsive molecular structures, molecules for electrochemical switching of nonlinear optical properties, and new types of self-assembled monolayers.
Research Interest
synthesis of light-harvesting ruthenium-based dyes, nanoparticles for forensic fingermark detection, light-responsive molecular structures, molecules for electrochemical switching of nonlinear optical properties, and new types of self-assembled monolayers.
