Research Team

Associate Professor Jonathan Sperry

School of Chemical Sciences and Centre for Green Chemical Sciences
University of Auckland profile: Jon Sperry

Biography

• Feb 2017 – present  Associate Professor in Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, University of Auckland. 
• Feb 2014 – 2019 RSNZ Rutherford Discovery Fellow
• Feb 2012 – Feb 2017 Senior Lecturer in Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, University of Auckland. 
• Nov 2009 – Feb 2012 Lecturer in Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, University of Auckland
• Mar 2006 – Nov 2009 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Auckland, New Zealand, (RSNZ Marsden Fund, D.Prof. M. A. Brimble FRS)
• Oct 2002 – Feb 2006 Ph.D Synthetic Organic Chemistry, University of Exeter, UK. Biomimetic Oxidations in Natural Product Synthesis (Prof. C. J. Moody)
• 1999 – 2002 BSc (Hons) Biological and Medicinal Chemistry, 1st class. University of Exeter, UK. Final year project: A Diels Alder approach to Vitamin B6 analogues

Distinctions/Honours

RSNZ Rutherford Discovery Fellowship 2014-2019
Thieme Chemistry Journal Award 2014
Deans Commendation 2002
Henry Normon Rydon Award 2001
Deans Commendation 2000

Responsibilities

Associate Professor in Organic and Medicinal Chemistry
Rutherford Discovery Fellow

Committees/Professional Groups/Services

Founding member of the Centre for Green Chemical Science (CGCS)
2016-2018 Chair: Auckland branch of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry (NZIC)
School of Chemical Sciences Research Committee
School of Chemical Sciences Well-being Officer

Research Fellows

Dr Ashley Lindsay

Email: alin083@aucklanduni.ac.nz

PhD Students

Maurycy Prystupa

Email: mpry606@aucklanduni.ac.nz

Kapish Gobindlal

Email: kgob004@aucklanduni.ac.nz

Simon Lin

Email: slin342@aucklanduni.ac.nz

MSc Students