Electrochemical generation and spectroelectrochemical characterization of unusually stable monomeric platinum(III) species formed by oxidation of platinum(II) anticancer compounds Seminar

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Prof Alan Bond, Monash University, Australia. Employment History as a Professor of Chemistry: Emeritus Professor, Monash University (2012 - ) Federation Fellow (2005-2010), R.L. Martin Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Monash University (2004-2012) Professor of Chemistry, Monash University (1995 - 2012) Professor of Chemistry, La Trobe University, Bundoora (1990-1995). Foundation Professor of Chemistry, Deakin University, Geelong (1978-1990). Awards: • Australian-American Educational Foundation Award 1972. (Former Fulbright Award). • Rennie Medal 1975 (Royal Australian Chemical Institute Award for Chemical Research). • David Syme Prize 1978 (Prestigious award in Australian Science). • U.K. Science and Engineering Research Council. Senior Visiting Research Fellow Award 1983. • Royal Australian Chemistry Institute, Australian Analytical Chemistry Medal 1989. • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship 1990. • Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) Lecturer in Australia 1990. • 150th Anniversary Robert Boyle Fellowship awarded by the UK Royal Society of Chemistry 1991. • Stokes Medal 1992 (Award given by the Electrochemistry Division of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute). • Liversidge Award 1992 (The Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science). • Erskine Fellowship 1993 awarded by Canterbury University, Christchurch, New Zealand. • Federation of Asian Chemical Societies 1993 Foundation Lectureship. • Australian Research Council Special Investigator Award 1997 - 1999. • Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) Award for Electrochemistry 1997. • Hinshelwood Lectureship, University of Oxford (UK) 1998. • H.G. Smith Medal 1998 (Royal Australian Chemical Institute). • Royal Society of Victoria Medal for Research Excellence 1999 • Burrows Medal 2000 awarded by the Inorganic Chemistry Division of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute. • Faraday Medal of the Royal Society of Chemistry Electrochemistry Group (UK) 2000. • Governor General’s Centenary Medal for Service to Australian Society and Science in Electrochemistry, 2003. • Vallee Visiting Professor, University of Oxford (UK) 2004. • 2004 Craig Medal awarded by the Australian Academy of Science • C.N. Reilley Award from the Society of Electroanalytical Chemistry (USA), 2005 Society Memberships: • Fellow of the RACI • Member of U.S.A. Electrochemical Society • Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry • Member of American Chemical Society • Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science • Fellow of the IUPAC • Fellow of ISE Research Field of Specialty: Development of theory and instrumentation needed to advance electrochemical science and application of modern electrochemical methods to problems of fundamental and applied interest in inorganic, analytical, bioinorganic and other fields of chemistry. Research Outcomes: More than 800 research papers, 3 books, 8 book chapters and 9 patents.