Prof Neil Barnett
  Phone   +61 3 522 71409
Email   neil.barnett@deakin.edu.au
Position   Associate Dean (Research)
Campus   Geelong
Research grouping   Chemistry and Forensic Sciences

Research interests

  1. Fundamental chemistry, spectroscopy and analytical utility of chemiluminescence
  2. HPLC, capillary electrophoresis and microfluidics
  3. Identification, isolation and purification of naturally occurring bioactives

Career

1991 to date: Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor, and Professor, Deakin University
1988 to 1991: Senior Research Scientist, ICI Chemicals and Polymers, Runcorn, UK
1985 to 1988: Lecturer, Plymouth Polytechnic, UK
1981 to 1985: Postgraduate Research Student, University of Manchester, UK
1977 to 1981: Analytucal Chemist, Carlton and United Breweries, Melbourne

Key publications

R. Bos, S.A. Tonkin, G.R. Hanson, C.M. Hindson, K.F. Lim and N.W. Barnett (2009) In Search of a Chemiluminescence 1,4-Dioxy Biradical Journal of the American Chemical Society 133, 2770 The American Chemical Society, USA

B.A. Gorman, P.S. Francis, D.E. Dunstan and N.W. Barnett (2007) Tris(2,2 bipyridyl)ruthenium(II) Chemiluminescence Enhanced by Silver Nanoparticles Chemical Communications na, 395 The Royal Society of Chemistry, UK

R. Bos, N.W. Barnett, G.A. Dyson, K.F. Lim, R.A. Russell and S.P. Watson (2004) Studies on the Mechanism of the Peroxyoxalate Chemiluminescence Reaction: Part 1; Confirmation of 1,2-dioxetanedione as an Intermediate using 13C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Analytica Chimica Acta 502, 141 Elsevier, Ireland

N.W. Barnett, B.J. Hindson, P. Jones and T.A. Smith (2002) Chemically Induced Phosphorescence from Manganese(II) During the Oxidation of Various Compounds by Manganese(III), Manganese(IV) and Manganese(VII) in Acidic Aqueous Solutions Analytica Chimica Acta 451, 181 Elsevier, Ireland

N.W. Barnett, B.J. Hindson, S.W. Lewis, P. Jones and P.J. Worsfold (2001) Soluble manganese(IV); A New Chemiluminescence Reagent The Analyst 126, 1636 The Royal Society of Chemistry, UK

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Professional activities

Chair: Analytical and Environmental Chemistry Division, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI)
Chair: Measurement & Environmental Sustainability Theme, 13th RACI National Convention, July 2010
Editorial Advisers Board, Analytica Chimica Acta
Editor: Royal Society of Chemistry , Analytical Spectroscopy Monographs Series
Guest Editor Special Issues of Analytica Chimica Acta, Volumes 541 and 652

 

Postdoctoral fellows

NameProject title
Dr Paul Stewart FrancisChemiluminescence and Microfluidics Dr Xavier Anthony ConlanCharacterisation of Naturally Occurring Bioacitive Compounds  

 

Teaching areas

Separation Science
Spectroscopy


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22nd September 2011