Inaugural Professorial Lecture – Professor James Crowley

Molecular Scale Construction...

James is a synthetic chemist, he and his research group design and synthesise new functional molecules. The Crowley group have exploited “click” chemistry methods to develop new anti-bacterial and anti-cancer agents through local and international collaborations. It has also created a range of molecular cages that have shown promise for drug delivery and catalysis applications.

The group has received funding from several external sources including the Marsden Fund, Otago Medical Research Foundation and the Royal Society (UK). Thanks to the hard work of his group, James has received a number of awards from the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry (NZIC), Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Chemical Society of Japan and the University of Otago.

James is a Fellow of the NZIC and RSC, and an Associate Investigator (2017) in the MacDiarmid Institute (CORE). He has also been a member of the NZIC national council for seven years and is the current president of the institute.