The Group

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 Associate Professor Scott Stewart first studied chemistry at Deakin University and then moved to Australian National University to complete his PhD, under the supervision of Martin Banwell. He was awarded an Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral fellow to work Georg-Aug University Göttingen with Lutz Tietze. He has held an academic position at The University of Western Australia since 2006. His awards include the RACI Athel Beckwith Young Organic Chemist award, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Alexander von Humboldt and Kyoto University Foundation Fellowships. 

Michael completed his PhD in 2022 at UWA, under the supervision of A/Prof Scott Stewart, on synthetic and pharmacological investigations of several therapeutically relevant heterocyclic scaffolds. Part of this thesis included the development of novel thalidomide analogues for the treatment of liver cancer. His current research is focused on the design and synthesis of next-generation psychedelic agents for use in treating mental health disorders, in a collaboration with Woke Pharmaceuticals.

 Daven completed his PhD in 2022 at UWA under the supervision of Prof. Reto Dorta. His research focus was on asymmetric catalysis using chiral complexes, including developing an asymmetric intramolecular hydroamination reaction with chiral NHC-Ir catalysts. Part of his project involving synthesising a new chiral phosphoramidite for use as an ancillary ligand in the rhodium catalysed conjugate addition reaction. He has recently worked in the  Piggott group testing compounds that can "scavenge" electrophiles under physiological conditions. His current research topic is nickel catalysed electrosynthetic transformations.