Ronald Shimmon
Laboratory Manager
Centre for Forensic Science
University of Technology Sydney
Australia
Biography
Ronald Shimmon received his PhD from the University of Technology Sydney in 2005 for work investigating the Bipyridyl Endiyne and transition complexes as antitumor and antimalarial agent.He joined UTS in 2003 as professional staff in nuclear magnetic resonance. Then in 2005 he joined forensic science in synthesis of novel fingerprint reagent. Currently are the research manager of chemistry and forensic science at Faculty of Science University of technology Sydney.He has expertise in the design and synthesis of functional molecules together with experience of the characterisation of the impurities in illicit drug. His projects involve the design and synthesis of new fingerprint reagent and identification of impurities in new design illicit drug. He has more than 15 publishing paper and one patent in fingermark detection.He was awarded in 2012 a UTS Vice-chancellor’s in a Career & Professional development for high performing in research.
Research Interest
He has expertise in the design and synthesis of functional molecules together with experience of the characterisation of the impurities in illicit drug.
