Paul Bonnitcha
room 412b
School of Chemistry, Building F11,
University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
ph: +61 2 9351 8741
fax: +61 2 9351 3329
bonnit_p@chem.usyd.edu.au
Education and Awards
2005-2009
Oxford University, Oxford, UK
- DPhil (PhD) in Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry (Thesis title: Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel Copper Complexes to Target Hypoxia)
- Commonwealth Scholarship (2005-2009)
2001-2005
University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- MSc in Inorganic Chemistry (Thesis Title: An Investigation into Cobalt Prodrugs for Hypoxic Tumours)
- Agnes Compbell Prize (2005)
- University Postgraduate Award (2005)
- B.Sc. (Adv) with Honours in Chemistry
- University Medal (2004)
- University of Sydney ‘Honours Scholarship (Merit)’ (2004)
- RACI Masson Memorial Scholarship Prize (2004)
- Walter Burfitt Scholarship No 1 (2003)
- Top ranked student in degree (B.Sc(Adv)/LLB) for three consecutive years (2001 2003)
- Dean’s Honour List (2001-2003)
- International Exchange Scholarship (2002)
- Continuing Undergraduate Scholarship (2002)
- Golden Key International Honour Society Scholastic Scholarship (2002)
- Levee No. 1 Scholarship for Physics (2001)
- Science Entry Scholarship (2001)
- Science Alumni Scholarship (2001)
- E Trenchard Miller Scholarship (2001)
1995-2000
Newington College, Sydney, Australia
- UAI 99.90 (2000)
- Dux in all secondary school years (1995-2000)
- Headmaster’s Scholarship (1998)
Previous Employment
2009-Present
Post Doctoral Researcher, University of Sydney, Chemistry Department
2004-2005
Research Assistant, University of Sydney, Chemistry Department
2004-2005
Chemistry Demostrator, University of Sydney
2001-2005
Science Tutor
1996-2004
Sailing Coach
Extracurricular Activities
- 1988-Present: Sailing
- University Senate Scholarship (2003)
- 3rd World Sailing Championship, 29er class (2002)
- Nominated for Senior Sailor of the Year for NSW (2002)
- 4th World Sailing Championship, 29er class (2001)
- State Sprint Champion, Flying-Eleven class (1999)
- 2nd place in National Titles, Sabot class (1997 (senior), 1995 (junior))
- State Champion, Sabot class (1997 (senior), 1995 (junior))
Recent Publicatons
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Functionalised copper-64 complexes as precursors of potential PET imaging agents for neurodegenerative disorders
New Journal of Chemistry,
2009,
in press
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In vitro and in vivo evaluations of a hydrophilic 64Cu-bis(thiosemicarbazonato)-glucose conjugate for hypoxia imaging.
2008,
Journal of Nuclear Medicine,
49,
1862-1868
,
Cellular uptake and distribution of cobalt complexes of fluorescent ligands.
2008,
Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry,
13,
861-871
,
In vitro and in vivo evaluation of bifunctional bisthiosemicarbazone 64Cu-complexes for the positron emission tomography imaging of hypoxia.
2008,
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ,
51,
2985-2991
,
Towards new copper based radiopharmaceuticals
2008,
The quarterly journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging,
52,
174-84
,
The exocyclic functionalization of bis(thiosemicarbazonate) complexes of zinc and copper: the synthesis of monomeric and dimeric species.
2007,
Dalton Transactions,
43,
5043-5054
,
Functionalised bis(thiosemicarbazonato) complexes of zinc and copper: synthetic platforms toward site-specific radiopharmaceuticals
2007,
Inorganic Chemistry,
46,
465-485
,
XANES investigation of the Co oxidation state in solution and in cancer cells treated with Co(III) complexes
2006,
Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry,
100,
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