ProfessorAlex Bissember
Professor
Chemistry
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- ProfessorChemistry
- 03 6226 2158 (Work)
- University of Tasmania, School of Natural Sciences – Chemistry, PO Box 845, Sandy Bay, Tasmania, 7006
SUPERVISION AND TEACHING SUMMARy
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Organic, Organometallic, and Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis
TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES
KRA114 Chemistry 1B
KRA241 Chemistry 2A Organic and Inorganic Chemistry
KRA341 Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry
Chemistry Honours Coordinator
RESEARCH SUPERVISION
As a teacher/ scholar, I am particularly committed to better integrating teaching and research in chemistry and my research (and teaching) practice expressly aims to improve this situation. As part of this, I strive to integrate undergraduates into my research group and increase their participation in research more generally. I am the University of Tasmania Chemistry Undergraduate Research Coordinator.
Organic, Organometallic, and Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis
TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES
KRA114 Chemistry 1B
KRA241 Chemistry 2A Organic and Inorganic Chemistry
KRA341 Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry
Chemistry Honours Coordinator
RESEARCH SUPERVISION
As a teacher/ scholar, I am particularly committed to better integrating teaching and research in chemistry and my research (and teaching) practice expressly aims to improve this situation. As part of this, I strive to integrate undergraduates into my research group and increase their participation in research more generally. I am the University of Tasmania Chemistry Undergraduate Research Coordinator.
SUPERVISION & TEACHING
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONOriginal metal-catalysed cascade reactions for the synthesis of alkaloids and other complex molecules28 Oct 2026
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONSynthetic Applications of Sustainable Transition Metal-Based Catalysts2 Jun 2026
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONNew platforms for the diversity-oriented synthesis of organic molecules15 May 2026
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONMagnetic materials: from electronic structure to functional materials7 May 2026
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONDesign of electrophoretic system for analysis of trace nutrients in seawater6 May 2026
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONMetal-based catalysts for CO2 activation16 Apr 2026
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONPhoto-Enhanced Small Molecule Activation with Frustrated Lewis Pairs (FLPs)28 Feb 2026
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONDeveloping original reactions via electrosynthesis.20 Oct 2025
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONNew electrocatalysts for sustainable chemical synthesis14 Oct 2025
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONOptimisation and Validation of In-Capillary Matrix Elimination and Concentration by Transient Isotachophoresis-Capillary Electrophoresis for Environmental Analysis8 Aug 2025
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONSynthesis of new photoactive molecules31 Mar 2025
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONDiscovering new chemical reactions through photocatalysis and photocrystallography4 Mar 2025
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONDeveloping new catalytic reactions for chemical synthesis26 Apr 2024
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONSynthesis of alkaloid natural products3 Apr 2024
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONNew Methods for Polymer Synthesis4 Mar 2024
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONSemi-synthetic Cannabinoid Therpeutics9 Feb 2024
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONGreen Approaches to Polymer Synthesis23 Jan 2023
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONThe Isolation and Therapeutic Activity of Phytochemicals from Tasmanian Endemic Plants5 Dec 2022
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONSynthesis of dinuclear radical bridge clusters3 Oct 2022
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONSynthesis and Reactivity of Nitrogen Containing Heterocycles9 Sep 2021 - 26 Aug 2026
- COMPLETED MASTERS SUPERVISIONPhytochemical Screening and Guided Natural Products Isolation Facilitated by Liquid Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry2 Nov 2020 - 28 Apr 2023
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONMission Imphossible: Trapping pretransmetalation intermediates in Suzuki-Miyaura reactions28 Oct 2020 - 28 Aug 2024
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONNatural Products from Fungal Endophytes of Dodonaea viscosa ssp. spatulata & Tasmannia lanceolata14 Sep 2020 - 27 Aug 2025
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONBiomass Residues: Assessing the potential16 Mar 2020 - 18 Dec 2024
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONNatural Products Isolation Studies of Australian Native Plants16 Jan 2020 - 20 Mar 2024