Dr Hugh Harris

Biography/ Background

Career Profile

• 1996 BSc (Hons), Chemistry, University of New South Wales
• 2000 PhD, Inorganic Chemistry, University of New South Wales
• 2001-2003, Postdoctoral Fellow, SSRL Stanford University, CA USA
• 2003-2006, ASRP Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Sydney
• 2006-2007, Lecturer, School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney
• 2007-, Lecturer, School of Chemistry and Physics, The University of Adelaide
  

Research Interests

Bioinorganic Chemistry/Metals in Biology

• Metabolism and benefits of dietary selenium
• Heavy metal toxicology in mammals (As, Se, Hg, Cd)
• Metalloprotein active site structures and mechanisms
• Application of X-ray absorption and X-ray fluorescence techniques to intact tissues

Density Functional Theory Calculations

• Electron density distribution in complexes with "non-innocent" ligands
• Calculation of XANES spectra
• Metalloprotein active site structures and mechanisms

Publications

Selected publications:

• Electronic Structure Description of the cis-MoOS Unit in Models for Molybdenum Hydroxylases.
  Rubie ND, Doonan CJ, Peariso K, Harris HH, Knottenbelt SZ, George GN, Young CG, Kirk ML.
  J. Amer. Chem. Soc. In Press.
  

• Biotransformations of Chromium(VI) in Mammalian Cells: X-Ray Absorption and EPR Spectroscopic Studies.
  Levina A, Harris HH and Lay PA.
  J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 129, 1065-1075, 2007.
  

• Localizing the chemical transformation of arsenic in a hyperaccumulating fern.
  Pickering IJ, Gumaelius L, Harris HH, Prince RC, Hirsch G, Banks, JA, Salt DE and George GN.
  Environ. Sci. Tech. 40, 5010-5014, 2006.
  

• Charge Distribution in Chromium and Vanadium Catecholato Complexes: X-ray Absorption Spectroscopic and Computational Studies.
  Millsman C, Levina A, Harris HH, Turner P, Lay PA.
  Inorg. Chem. 45, 4743-4754, 2006.
  

• High-Resolution EXAFS of the Active Site of Human Sulfite Oxidase: Comparison with Density Functional Theory and X-ray Crystallographic Results.
  Harris HH, George GN and Rajagopalan KV.
  Inorg. Chem. 45, 493-495, 2006.
  

• Time-dependent uptake, distribution and biotransformation of chromium(VI) in individual human lung cells: application of synchrotron radiation techniques.
  Harris HH, Levina A, Dillon CT, Mulyani I, Lai B, Cai Z, Lay PA.
  J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 10, 105-118, 2005.
  

• The chemical form of mercury in fish.
  Harris HH, Pickering IJ and George GN.
  Science 301, 1203, 2003.
  

• The geometric and electronic structures of niobium carbon clusters.
  Harris H and Dance I.
  J. Phys. Chem. 105, 3340-3358, 2001.
  

Scholarships and Research Opportunities

PhD scholarships available - please contact me directly using details above.

Entry last updated: Tuesday, 26 May 2009