Tuesday, 7th July Royal Australian Chemical Institute National Congress 2026

Kick-start your conference morning with Coffee Roulette — a casual networking experience connecting delegates over coffee at local cafés near the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, designed to spark new conversations, collaborations and connections across the chemistry community.

Location: TBC - Cafés near the Perth Convention Centre

• Targeting Cell Death Pathways: From Fundamental Biology to First-in-Class Therapeutics - Guillaume Lessene
• Lighting the pathway towards solutions to antimicrobial resistance: antibiotic-derived fluorescent probes - Mark A.T. Blaskovich
• The development of a modular platform for visible-light controlled organelle-targeting photocages - Carla Lin
• Molecular Hybridisation of Corticosteroids and Nitroxides: A Therapeutic Platform for Multifunctional Agents with Tunable Redox Bioactivity - Carl Soltau
• Structural optimization of FRET-PET sensors for pH sensing and imaging in cellular organelles - Chandrapaul Mukherjee

• The complete configuration spaces of arbitrary coordination centres AB_n - unexpected complexity and surprising phenomena revealed - Peter J Canfield
• Spectroscopic and chomatographic tools to understand how molecules interact in complex systems - Alison Rodger
• Ion pairing behaviour in the prenucleation of calcium phosphate coatings for marble artworks             - Ria Stephenson

• Chemical signatures of resistance: rapid phenotypic AMR detection by vibrational spectroscopy.    - Kamila Kochan
• A comprehensive ion chromatography/mass spectrometry (IC/MS) method for saccharide analysis - Natasha L. Hungerford
• Metals in plant-pathogen interactions: a suit of armour or a knife in the back? - Meg Willans
• Characterisation of tunable cuticular wax coatings to investigate plant-pathogen interactions - River Pachulicz
• Alternative light sources for the visualisation of chemical threats - fluorescence signatures as a screening tool - Nastasia I. Bartlett

• Thermochemistry of battery materials and devices. - Neeraj Sharma
• Anisotropic Semiconductor Nanocrystal Quantum Dots - Guohua Jia
• Structure-performance relationships of nanostructured copper sulfide films in aqueous zinc-ion batteries - Timothy J Biddle

• Flexible Organic Bioelectronic Platforms: Design and Implementation - Damia Mawad
• Structure design of nitroxide radicals for electrochemical applications - Zhongfan Jia
• Structure factor line shape model gives approximate nanoscale size of polar aggregates in pyrrolidinium- and imidazolium-based ionic liquids - Ralph A Wheeler
• Challenges in Aqueous-Phase NaBH₄ Electrosynthesis: A Comparative Analysis of Reported Methods and Replication Studies - Peter O Conghaile
• Mechanochemical method for surface modification of silicon - Abdelrahman Abdelrahman

• Closing the loop on silicone through depolymerisation-repolymerisation and vitrimer strategies - Erin M Leitao
• Making and unmaking poly(trisulfides) using pulsed LED irradiation - Thomas P Nicholls
• Thermal imaging using sulfur polymer optics - Justin Chalker
• Sulfonyl fluoride-containing polymers via alternating copolymerisation or C-H functionalisation.  - Joel F Hooper
• Magnetic polymeric sorbents for efficient removal of perfluorinated compounds from landfill leachate - Xiao Tan
• Step by step wavelength resolved analysis of photoinduced Diels-Alder step growth synthesis - Lewis Chambers

• Pyrazole-Carboxylate Functionalised Indium-Based MOFs: Post-Synthetic Metalation and Interpenetration - Mei Tieng Yong
• Synthesis and Studies of Water-Soluble Luminescent Iridium(III) Complexes - Liam Barron
• Charting the chemical space of Siderophores - Samuel V Feeney
• Tuning the reduction potential of fluorescent hypoxia sensors - Manal Alwahsh
• Phosphorescent Iridium Complexes for Photodynamic Detection and Therapy - Emily R McGowan
• Hemilabile Ligands in Iron Half-Sandwich complex formation and C-C cross coupling reactions - Diego Andres Cordova Marino

• Molecular designs and catalysts to enhance NMR signals: Some magnetic moments - Philip L Norcott
• Photocatalytic generation of alkyl carbanions from aryl alkenes - Milena L Czyz
• Microplastics: Towards understanding their environmental effects and forward thinking towards more safe and sustainable solutions - George Vamvounis
• Innovative Cu-catalysed electrochemical atom transfer radical addition (eATRA) for sustainable C–C bond formation - Chuyi Su
• Improving efficiency of electro-organic synthesis with magnetism  - William T McLeod

• The Pursuit of Low-Dimensional Diamond - Sam Chen
• Designing Improved Photocatalysts and Electrocatalysts for Cleaner Energy and a Healthier Environment - Rachel A Caruso
• Development of Modified Semiconductor Heterojunctions for Efficient Visible-Light-Driven CO₂ Reduction  - Yakubu A. Alli
• Halogen assisted diamond growth at atmospheric pressure - Sadeepa Amarathunga

• Green and controllable synthesis of hierarchical copper-based metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) using supercritical CO2 for improved catalytic performance - Huan Doan
• 3D/4D Printing of Functional Polymer and Hydrogel Systems   - Ruirui Associate Professor Qiao
• Skeletal reorganisation via azide-enolate cycloaddition and rearrangement processes - Dan P Furkert
• Singlet–triplet gaps for evaluating thermally activated delayed fluorescence: which one is the (b)E_ST?   - Andrew Danos
• Sustainable strategies for high-performance hydrogels: biomimetic network design and light-driven fabrication - Jing Zhang
• Synthesis of biomedical polyurethanes in flow guided by Bayesian reaction optimisation - Max J. H. Worthington

• Fluorescent Strategies for Nanoscale Biological Imaging - Amandeep Kaur
• Developments in thiosemicarbazone and semicarbazone chelator design for radiopharmaceuticals - Brett M Paterson
• Investigating the therapeutic potential of synthesised TA/TMIO hybrids for age-related macular degeneration  - Neil Delos Reyes
• 1,8-Naphthalimide lipid droplet imaging agents and their application in cell biology - Shane Hickey

• Theoretical studies of radical boron heterocycles - David Wilson
• Assignment of the triplet to triplet absorption spectrum of pyrene - Jeffrey Reimers
• Protons as radical initiators - Asja A. Kroeger

• Applications of Magnetic Metal-Organic Frameworks for Micro/Nanoplastics Separation and Analysis - Fernando Maya Alejandro
• Electrochemical Eyes on Water   - Shaneel Chandra
• The use of near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy to screen for microplastic contamination in the value chain of black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) valorisation of food waste - Adam Kolobaric
• High-resolution electrochemical imaging and microscale printing of porous conducting polymers - Kevin Krause
• Improving LC–MS/MS Detection of Plastic-Associated Endocrine Disruptors Using Ammonium Fluoride as a Mobile-Phase Modifier. - Jaya Ajay Singh

• Metal Phenolic Network Nanolayer Coatings on Anode and Cathode Active materials for Lithium Ion Battery Performance - Amanda Ellis
• Development of aptasensors for detection of diseases and pathogens - Renee V Goreham
• Wiring proton gradients with light-activated molecular switches - Dong Jun Kim
• Upcycling waste pet textiles into PFAS-free hybrid coatings for durable superhydrophobic and antifouling surfaces - Mahshab Sheraz

• Electrochemical Upgrading of Carbon Dioxide - Jie Zhang
• Unveiling the material’s photo/electrochemical properties correlated with its electronic structures - Dawei Su
• Examining the Effects of Hydrophobicity in the Design of Cathode GDE for Gas-Fed, Zero Gap CO2 Electrolyser - YUEN LEONG CHOW
• Thickness dependent effects of plasma treatment on wo3 photoanodes for solar water splitting - Elham Jassemi Zargani

• Direct Fabrication of Hierarchical Nanostructured Materials via Controlled 3D Photopolymerization - Cyrille Boyer
• Brushing It Off: Subtractive Photopatterning of Polymer Brushe   - Hendrik Frisch
• Depolymerisation of polyethylene terephthalate under mild conditions using Lewis-Brønsted acidic deep eutectic solvents and energy-assisted methods - Marietjie M Lutz
• Highly Efficient and Cytocompatible Photoinitiators for Photopolymerization and Additive Manufacturing - Pu Xiao

• Large-area transfer of nanometre-thin C₆₀ films - Jack Hogan
• Molecular Confinement Effects on Pressure-Driven Structural Evolution of C₆₀ - Chengyi Liu

• Innovative RF-sputtered catalysts for selective CO₂ reduction to ethylene. - Kurt Macri
• Developing a Two-Enzyme Biocatalytic Platform for C1 Assimilation - Trishnamoni Gautom
• Effect of NaOH on cellulose pyrolysis - Arjeta Kryeziu
• Development of High-Performance Electrolytes for Metal-CO₂ Batteries - Fangli Zhang
• Enhancing mineral carbonation through molecular simulations on mineral surfaces - Jessica Jein White

• RNA dynamic covalent chemistry - Albert C. Fahrenbach
• Peptide display screening for guiding fragment-based and covalent inhibitor discovery - Yu Heng Lau
• Multiplexing and multivariate approaches to studying the complex chemistry of biological systems - Elizabeth J New

• Laying the foundations for future chemistry simulations through DFT for (nearly) everything - Tim Gould
• Time-dependent range-separated double-hybrids with spin scaling for difficult excited-state problems - Lars Goerigk
• Surface plasmon modulation in copper phosphide nanocrystals.   - Arun Ashokan

• Detection of ionised forever chemicals by ion-transfer voltammetry - Damien Arrigan
• Light-initiated degradation of per- or polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)  - Rachael K Matthews
• Photoreductive Mineralization of PFAS using ZnS  - Mabel L Day
• Portable LC-MS as a tool for multi‑matrix PFAS assessment and time‑critical field‑based decision‑making - Ibraam Mikhail
• Double PNA-LNA molecular switch LAMP for extraction-free direct zygosity determination of single nucleotide polymorphism - Fatema Zerin Farhana

• Maximum Entropy Production for Optimising Carbon Catalysis: An Active Matter-Inspired Approach to Spatio-Temporal Pattern Formation - Klaus Regenauer-Lieb
• Continuous flow hydrothermal synthesis for precision synthesis of metal oxide nanoparticles and oxygen carrier property for chemical looping processes - Akira Yoko
• Tailored Low-Fe Doped CuFeOx Thin-Film Catalysts for Sustainable N₂O Reduction with CH₄ - Muhammad Waqas

• Keeping Sensors Clean: Tetra-PEG Hydrogels for Stable In-Matrix Electrochemical Detection - Saimon Moraes Silva
• Electrochemical detection of nucleic acid biomarkers via cathodic potential–induced adsorption - Muhammad J. A. Shiddiky
• Turning Fouling into Function: Boosting Electrochemical Rates and Selectivity with Perfluorinated and Chiral Oil droplets on electrodes - Shane S.W Werry
• Refining the electrode-biomolecule-electrolyte interfaces to enhance analytical biosensing of circulating cancer biomarkers - Kevin M Koo

• Fluoropolymers for Energy Harvesting and Advanced Membrane Technologies - Amanda V Ellis
• Sustainable Alginate/Cellulose–Moringa Composites developed from wet spinning and the Electrospun Technique for Potential Heavy Metal Removal in Water - ABIMBOLA AO ORISAWAYI
• Revealing the role of varied quaternary ammonium groups for capturing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. - Kehan Liu
• Strategies to Overcome Radical Penetration Barriers in RAFT Emulsion Polymerization of High Glass Transition Temperature Multiblock Copolymers - ALIREZA KHATIBI
• Micelle enhanced ultrafiltration with self-sourced MXene@MOF composite for PFAS and endocrine-disruptive behavior molecules removal - Roham Ghanbari

• Terbium-161 Radiochemistry and Radiopharmaceuticals - Benjamin H Fraser
• Fluorescent Sensor Arrays for the Detection of Metals in Biology and the Environment: A Multivariate Approach - Muhammad Tahir Waseem
• Sb(V) aryl anthraquinone complexes: Enhanced stability and antileishmanial activity of a fluorescent anthracycline system - Rebekah N Duffin

• Ball-milling as the innovative and effective method of merging thiols with heteroallenes - Kamil Hanek
• A CONCISE SYNTHESIS OF AN L-ALTRURONIC ACID GLYCOSYL DONOR - Ajay Sharma S
• One- and two-photon absorption for simple and effective fluoride recognition in organic and aqueous media - Frédéric Paul
• The hunt to uncover bioactives in Australian arid zone flora - Geordie M Thomson
• Redox active butafulvene-based macrocycles - Ingrid Y Dell
• Temporal control of a DNA nanomachine with visible light - Willi Berg
• Origami with small molecules: Enhancing the properties of bioactive molecules through stereoselective fluorination - Luke Hunter

• Sustainable Carbon Materials for Catalytic Applications - Yuan Chen
• Graphene Production by Cathodic Exfoliation in KCl Electrolyte: Comparing Graphite Foil, Natural Graphite, and Graphite Rod - Md Habibullah Dalal

Running alongside the Career Fair, these interactive workshops provide a relaxed and supportive environment to build important professional skills relevant to early career researchers.

Workshops will focus on practical topics such as career development, industry engagement, communication, and navigating diverse career pathways. Designed to be informal and interactive, these sessions encourage discussion, questions, and peer learning while complementing the networking opportunities offered during the Career Fair.