Research Officer : Dr Bronwin Dargaville

Address:
Centre for Magnetic Resonance
The University of Queensland
Brisbane Qld 4072
E-mail address: Bronwin Dargaville
Telephone: +61-7-3366 3869
Fax: +61-7-3365 3833
Home Page: Bronwin Dargaville

Career Profile:

Dr Dargaville is a member of the Polymer Group (AIBN), and her research interests encompass many areas of organic chemistry, including synthetic methodology, isolation and characterisation by NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and related techniques. Previous work has included marine natural product chemistry (PhD work), drug discovery, and characterisation of biological receptor ligands. Current research involves synthesis of high refractive index polymers for application in the semi-conductor industry as photo resist materials for immersion lithography. Methodology includes Michael addition polymerisation of sulphur-containing monomers.

Research Interests :

Selected Publications:

• Antonova, A.B., Bruce, M.I., Ellis, B.J., Gaudio, M., Humphrey, P.A., Jevric, M., Melino, G., Nicholson, B.K., Perkins, G.J., Skelton, B.W., Stapleton, B.L., White, A.H. and Zaitzeva, N.N. (2004). A novel methodology for the synthesis of complexes containing long carbon chains linking metal centres: molecular structures of {Ru(dppe)Cp*}2(m-C14) and {Co3(m -dppm)(CO)7}2(m 3:m 3-C16). Chemical Communications 8: 960-961 [IF: 4.426; C: 16]
• Stapleton, B.L., Cameron, G.M. and Garson, M.J. (2001). New chrlorinate dpeptides from the tropical marine sponge Dysidea sp. Tetrahedron 57: 4603-4607 [IF: 2.610; C: 10]
• Dumrongchai, N., Ponglimanont, C., Stapleton, B.L. and Garson, M.J. (2001). Chemical diversity in the tropical marine sponge Dysidea herbacea. Asian Coordinating Group for Chemistry Chemical Research Communications 13: 17-21.
• Plansangkate, W., Stapleton, B.L. and Gardon, M.J. (2001). Cytotoxic carbonimidic dichlorides from the tropical marine sponge Stylotella aurantium. Asian Coordinating Group for Chemistry Chemical Research Communications 13: 23-27.
• Cameron, G.M., Stapleton, B.L., Simonsen, S.M., Brecknell, D.J. and Garson, M.J. (2000). New sesquiterpene and brominated metabolites from the tropical marine sponge Dysidea sp. Tetrahedron 56: 5247-5252 [IF: 2.610; C: 26]
• Clark, R.J., Stapleton, B.L. and Garson, M.J. (2000) New isocyano and isothiocyano terpene metabolites from the tropical marine sponge Acanthella cavernosa. Tetrahedron 56: 3071-3076 [IF: 2.610; C: 0]
  
  Nèe: Stapleton
  

Other activities:

Awards: 2001: Community Service Award, presented by Mayor Brian Hurn; Graduate School PhD Completion Scholarship, UQ, 1997: HECS Fee Exemption Scholarship for academic achievement, University of Adelaide.
Memberships: Royal Australian Chemical Institute