Dr Christopher Sumby

Biography/ Background

Dr Christopher Sumby completed his undergraduate training at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand where he received a B.Sc. (Hons) in 1999. He remained at that institution to obtain his Ph.D. (2003) working with Professor Peter Steel on the synthesis and study of heterocyclic ligand systems incorporating a chelating di-2-pyridyl motif. He then undertook post-doctoral work at the University of Leeds, United Kingdom with Dr. Michaele Hardie researching coordination networks with derivatives of the molecular host cyclotriveratrylene (2003 - 2006). He returned to New Zealand in 2006 to take up a Foundation of Research Science and Technology (FRST) New Zealand Science and Technology Fellowship at the University of Otago with Assoc. Prof. Lyall Hanton, which was followed by a trans-Tasman move at the beginning of 2007 to his present position at the University of Adelaide.

EMPLOYMENT DETAILS

• February 2007 - February 2010: ARC Australian Post-doctoral Fellow, School of Chemistry & Physics, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide.**
• September 2006 - January 2007: Foundation of Research Science and Technology (FRST) New Zealand Science and Technology Fellowship, Department of Chemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Project title: Anion Binding and Sensing With Self-Assembled Metallo-Supramolecular Assemblies.
• August 2003 - August 2006: Research Fellow, School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK Project title: Coordination Polymers with Chelating Cyclotriveratrylene Derivatives.

** After the completion of this fellowship Dr Sumby will commence a tenure-track lectureship in the School of Chemistry & Physics.

PRIZES, AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

ARC Australian Post-doctoral Fellowship, 2007 - 2010. Foundation of Research Science and Technology (FRST) New Zealand Science and Technology Fellowship, 2006 - 2009 (funding relinquished). Ralph Earle Seminar Prize, Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, 2003. New Zealand Vice-Chancellors' Committee Claude McCarthy Fellowship, 2002. Royal Society of New Zealand Science and Technology Award, 2002. Haydon Prize in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, 1998.

Qualifications

Ph.D. in Chemistry, at the Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, 2000 - 2003. Awarded July 2003. Thesis title: The Synthesis and Study of Bridging Heterocyclic Ligands.

BSc (Hons) in Chemistry (First Class Honours), University of Canterbury, 1996 - 1999. Final Year Research Project: Diels-Alder Approaches to Anti-Cancer Prodrugs.

Research Interests

Research Interests:
Ligand Design and Synthesis
Supramolecular Chemistry
Crystal Engineering

My research is focussed around the aim of controlling, and taking advantage of, the arrangement and interactions of molecules in solution (supramolecular chemistry) and the solid state (crystal engineering). My research group tackles these aims through three interwoven areas of research which include: (i) the synthesis and study of compounds based on highly conjugated or unusual cores; (ii) the preparation and investigation of supramolecular assemblies which can be developed as supramolecular hosts and sensors, in particular the formation of new self-assembled hosts by rational design and Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry methods; (iii) and the synthesis and crystallisation of hydrogen-bonded, coordination and hybrid network materials.

Publications

SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS

C. J. Sumby, K. C. Gordon, T. J. Walsh, M. J. Hardie, Synthesis and Complexation of Multiarmed Cycloveratrylene-Type Ligands: Observation of the 'Boat' and 'Distorted-Cup' Conformations of a Cyclotetraveratrylene Derivative, Chem. Eur. J., 2008, 14, 4415-4425.

C. J. Sumby and P. J. Steel, Coordination Chemistry of Di-2-pyridylamine-based Bridging Heterocyclic Ligands; a Structural Study of Coordination Polymers and Discrete Dinuclear Complexes, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2007, 360, 2100-2114.

M. J. Hardie, A. Franken, J. D. Kennedy, C. A. Kilner and C. J. Sumby, Crystal Packing of Star-Burst Tetrahedra, New J. Chem., 2006, 30, 1390-1396. Hot Article, http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/nj/News/NJCHotPaperB609356F.asp.

B. Antonioli, D. J. Bray, J. K. Clegg, K. Gloe, K. Gloe, O. Kataeva, L. F. Lindoy, J. C. McMurtrie, C. J. Sumby, P. J. Steel and M. Wenzel, Silver(I) Complexation of a Series of Dipyridylamine Derivatives: Synthetic, Solvent Extraction, Membrane Transport and X-Ray Structural Studies, Dalton Trans. 2006, 4783-4794.

C. J. Sumby, J. Fisher, T. J Prior, and M. J. Hardie, Tris(pyridylmethylamino)-cyclotriguaiacylene Cavitands: the Formation of Dimeric and Tetrameric Metallo-Supramolecular Cages and Cavitand-Based Polymers, Chem., Eur. J., 2006, 12, 2945-2959.

M. J. Hardie, R. Ahmad and C. J. Sumby, Network Structures of Cyclotriveratrylene and its Derivatives, New J. Chem., 2005, 29, 1231-1240. Perspective Article.

C. J. Sumby and M. J. Hardie, Capsules and Star-Burst Polyhedra: an Ag2L2 Capsule and Tetrahedral Ag4L4 Metallo-Supramolecular Prism with Cyclotriveratrylene-Type Ligands, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2005, 44, 6395-6399.

A full publication list is available, see:

Professional Associations

Member of the Royal Australian Chemistry Institute (MRACI CChem)

Professional Interests

39th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COORDINATION CHEMISTRY ICCC39 25th - 30th July 2010, Adelaide, Australia

Welcome
We cordially invite you to the 39th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry ICCC39 in Adelaide, Australia 25th - 30th July 2010. This is the 39th of this prestigious conference series. We look forward to seeing you in Adelaide

Stephen Lincoln (Chair)
Kevin Wainwright (Deputy Chair)
Jonathan Morris (Treasurer)
Paul Bernhardt (RACI)
Amanda Ellis
Hugh Harris
Martin Johnston
Chris Sumby
(Local Organising Committee)

Conference Program, Scope and Topics
ICCC39 will encompass all aspects of coordination chemistry through plenary, keynote and section lectures and poster presentations. Fundamental chemistry through to chemistry specifically addressing the pressing concerns of the 21st century exemplified by energy, environmental and medicinal chemistry will be melded to give comprehensive coverage in parallel streams.

It is envisaged that technological workshops will held in conjunction with some of the streams. The Organising Committee is presently arranging plenary speakers to give broad and cutting edge international presentations on coordination chemistry.

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Entry last updated: Thursday, 23 Jul 2009