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Tom DAVIS
Professor
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Room 511 F10 |
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9385 4371 |
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9385 5966 |
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t.davis@unsw.edu.au |
School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering
The University of New South Wales
UNSW Sydney, NSW 2052 Australia
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| Qualifications | University of Salford, Salford, M5 4WT, England.
- 1983-87 Ph.D: Polymer chemistry.
- 1979-83 B.Sc.(Hons) First Class: Applied Chemistry.
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| | Awards and Honours | - ESSO Award for innovation in Industrial Chemistry (2000)
- ESSO Award for innovation in Industrial Chemistry (2000)
- Australian Professorial Fellowship (2002-2006)
- UNSW Scientia Professorship (2003-2007)
- RACI Polymer Division Citation (2003)
- HG Smith Memorial Medal (2004)
- CRC Chairman''s Award (2005)
- ARC Federation Fellowship (2005) Australian Professorial Fellowship (2002-2006)
- UNSW Scientia Professorship (2003-2007)
- RACI Polymer Division Citation (2003)
- HG Smith Memorial Medal (2004)
- CRC Chairman''s Award (2005)
- ARC Federation Fellowship (2005)
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| | Employment | - 1993- University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. School of Chemical Engineering & Industrial Chemistry Currently Scientia Professor
- 1992 - ICI Chemicals & Polymers. Acrylics R&T Group. Runcorn, UK. Senior Research Scientist.
- 1989 - University of Waterloo, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Ontario, Canada. Postdoctoral Fellow.
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| | Other Appointments | - Scientific Advisory Board of Polymerat
- Scientific Advisory Board of Warwick Effect Polymers, UK
- RACI Polymer Division Chair, 2001
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| | Research Interests | - Polymers for Biotechnology applications Free radical polymerisation kinetics New synthetic routes to macromolecules Enzymatic synthesis Molecular modelling of polymerisation reactions
- Hydrogels, biomaterials & biocompatibility Membrane fabrication and degradation Molecular weight analysis (multi-detector GPC and MALDI-TOF-MS)
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| | Selected Publications | 230 Refereed papers and book chapters.
190 Non-refereed conference papers and abstracts
1 co-edited book "Handbook of Radical Polymerization", J.Wiley & Sons (2002)
6 PCT/ National Patents
Recent Publication Examples
- R.A.Evans, T.L.Hanley, M.A.Skidmore, T.P.Davis, G.K.Such, L.H.Yee, G.Ball, D.A.Lewis (2005) The Generic Enhancement Of Photochromic Dye Switching Speeds In A Rigid Polymer Matrix. Nature Mater. 4, 249-253
- A.Feldermann, M.L.Coote, M.H.Stenzel, T.P.Davis C.Barner-Kowollik, (2004) Consistent Experimental And Theoretical Evidence For Long Lived Intermediate Radicals In Living Free Radical Polymerization (RAFT). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126, 15915-15923
- M.Hales, C.Barner-Kowollik T.P.Davis, M.H.Stenzel, (2004) Nano-Sized Thermosensitive Shell Cross-linked Vesicles Made From Block Copolymers Of Poly(D,L-Lactide)-b- Poly(N--Isopropyl Acrylamide). Langmuir 20, 10809-10817
- M.H.Stenzel, T.P.Davis, C.Barner-Kowollik (2004) Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Star Polymers Prepared Via MADIX/RAFT Polymerization. Chem. Comm. 1546-1547
- C.Barner-Kowollik, T.P.Davis, M.H,Stenzel. (2004) Probing Mechanistic Features Of Living, Catalytic And Conventional Free Radical Polymerizations Using Soft Ionization Mass Spectrometric Techniques. Polymer 45, 7791-7805 (invited feature article)
- L.Albertin, T.P.Davis, M.H.Stenzel, L.J.R.Foster, C.Barner-Kowollik (2004) Well-Defined Glycopolymers From RAFT Polymerization: Poly(6-O-Methacryloyl-_-D-Methylglucoside) And Its Block Copolymer With 2-Hydroxyethyl Methacrylate. Macromolecules 37, 7530-7537
- A. Ah Toy, P.Vana, T.P.Davis, C.Barner-Kowollik (2004) Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer (RAFT) Polymerization Of Methyl Acrylate: Detailed Structural Investigation Via Coupled Size Exclusion Chromatography-Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry (SEC-ESI-MS). Macromolecules 37, 744-751
- C.Barner-Kowollik, H.Dalton, T.P.Davis, M.H.Stenzel.(2003) Nano- And Micro- Engineering Of Ordered Porous Blue Light-Emitting Films By Templating Well-Defined Organic Polymers Around Condensing Water Droplets. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 42, 3664-3668
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| | Societies | - 1998 - The Royal Society of Chemistry.(RSC)
- 1988 - IUPAC Working Party on free-radical polymerisation.
- 1993 - American Chemical Society.(ACS)
- 1993 - The Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI)
- 1993 - Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) NSW Polymer Branch [Committee Member]
- 1994 - RACI National Polymer Division Standing Committee (PDSC)
- 1995 - Advisory Editorial Board of Journal Of Macromolecular Science - Reviews.
- 1996 - International Advisory Editorial Board of Journal of Materials Chemistry
- 1997 - Treasurer NSW RACI Industrial Chemistry Division
- 2001 - Chair of the RACI Polymer Division
- 2002 - Advisory Editorial Board of Macromolecules
- 2002 - Editorial Board of the Australian Journal of Chemistry
- 2003 - Editorial Board of the Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry
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| | Professional Contributions | - Research Director, School of Chemical Engineering & Industrial Chemistry (2000- )
- Director, Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design (2001- )
- Project Leader, Co-operative Research Centre (CRC) for Polymers (1997-2001)
- Management Board, UNSW Centre for Water and Waste Technology (2003- )
- Management Board, UNSW Centre for Marine Bio-fouling and Bio-Innovation (2003- )
- Vice-Chancellor''s Post-Doctoral Committee (2003- )
- UNSW-Asia Research Working Group (2004-)
- UNSW NMR Management Committee (2005-)
- Engineering Faculty Research Committee
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