Peter C Junk Royal Australian Chemical Institute National Congress 2026

Peter C Junk

Peter Junk completed his PhD in 1988 under the supervision of Colin Raston at The University of Western Australia. He obtained a DSc from James Cook University for his international reputation in organometallic chemistry of the main group and rare earth elements. After a short stint in the petroleum industry, Peter held several Postdoctoral positions; with Jerry Atwood at the University of Alabama, Allan White at UWA and Glen Deacon at Monash University. In 1997, Peter joined James Cook University as a Lecturer. He moved to Monash University in 2001 where he was promoted to Professor. In 2012 he moved back to James Cook University as the Nevitt Professor of Chemistry and is now a JCU Distinguished Proessor. His main research interests are in rare earth and main group organometallic, organoamido and aryloxo chemistry, but has applied interests in corrosion inhibition. He has published in excess of 500 publications, book chapters and reviews. He has been a recipient of the RACI Burrows Award, and the Terrae Rarae award for recognition of his contributions to Rare Earth Chemistry.