Our Team
Associate Professor
Daniel Furkert
Natural Products
Organic synthesis directed towards natural products and drug discovery, development of improved chemical methods to access biologically relevant structures, and medicinal chemistry focused on TB, cancer and neuropharmacology.
Associate Professor
Paul Harris
Proteins and Peptides
Novel lipopeptides for the treatment of infectious disease; protein synthesis using ligation technologies. Advanced Glycation Endproducts and their effect on Amyloid proteins. Synthesis of cyclic antimicrobial peptides using CLipPA technology.
Dr. David Rennison
Agricultural Chemistry
Medicinal chemistry/drug design/custom small molecule synthesis, specializing in the Agritech space
Dr. Joo Jeong
Research Programme
Coordinator
joo.jeong@auckland.ac.nz
Dr. Marzieh Ahangarpour
Research Fellow
maha431@aucklanduni.ac.nz
Chemical Site-Selective Modification of Peptides and Proteins and their Applications in Drug Discovery.
Dr. Joseph Bell-Tyler
Research Assistant
jbel507@aucklanduni.ac.nz
Synthetic studies towards the synthesis of lycopodium alkaloids
Dr. Alan Cameron
Senior Research Fellow
alan.cameron@auckland.ac.nz
Biotechnology strategies to target or utilise infectious disease, bioactive natural products, antimicrobial peptides, novel chemoselective peptide modification methods, biocides and green chemistry.
Dr. Xiaobo Ding
Research Fellow
x.ding@auckland.ac.nz
Studies and synthesis of bioactive natural products.
Dr. Shama Dissanayake
Research Assistant
shama.dissanayake@auckland.ac.nz
Development of novel peptidomimetics as a non-evasive treatment towards dental caries.
Dr. Yann Hermant
Research Fellow
yher637@aucklanduni.ac.nz
Synthesis of antibacterial lipopeptides.
Dr. Aimee Horsfall
Research Fellow
aimee.horsfall@auckland.ac.nz
Total synthesis of macrocyclic depsipeptide natural products with antimicrobial activity.
Dr. Iman Kavianinia
Senior Research Fellow
i.kavianinia@auckland.ac.nz
Antibody-drug conjugates, including the development of potent drug payloads and novel linker systems.
Dr. Freda Li
Research Fellow
freda.li@auckland.ac.nz
Synthesis of bioactive natural products and medicinally relevant heterocycles.
Dr. Michael Noden
Research Fellow
michael.noden@auckland.ac.nz
Synthesis of antibacterial lanthipeptides.
Dr. Thaís Rossa
Research Fellow
tros180@aucklanduni.ac.nz
Synthesis of N-heterocycles of commercial interest, focusing on the Agritech sector.
Dr. Louise Stubbing
Research Fellow
louise.stubbing@auckland.ac.nz
Synthesis of bioactive heterocycles and anti-cancer peptide natural products.
Dr. Sunghyun Yang
Senior Research Technician
sung.yang@auckland.ac.nz
Synthesis of biological active glycoproteins/ glycopeptides, peptide hormones and preparation of their non-natural analogues
Dr. Renata Kowalczyk
Senior Research Technician
r.kowalczyk@auckland.ac.nz
CJ Aguilar
cagu377@aucklanduni.ac.nz
Development of new wound dressings using collagen-based biomaterials.
Grace Drummond
gdru350@aucklanduni.ac.nz
New strategies for the total synthesis of complex diterpenoid natural products
Alisha Geurts
ageu779@aucklanduni.ac.nz
Synthetic studies towards spiroketal containing natural products.
Emily Grant-Mackie
egra800@aucklanduni.ac.nz
Investigating the chemoenzymatic synthesis of lanthipeptides.
Liam Hunt
lhun063@aucklanduni.ac.nz
Synthetic studies towards polyketide spiroketal natural products.
Ze Kuang
kua123@aucklanduni.ac.nz
Synthetic studies towards spirocyclic imine natural products.
Crystal Yongqi Lin
ylin787@aucklanduni.ac.nz
Methodology development and synthetic studies towards the total synthesis of natural products.
Rolland Lin
rlin656@aucklanduni.ac.nz
Development of synthetic modifications on antimicrobial peptides.
Chao Ma
cma278@aucklanduni.ac.nz
Synthetic studies towards spirocyclic imine natural products.
Dennise Palpal-latoc
dpal969@aucklanduni.ac.nz
Synthesis of novel antimicrobial peptides and analogues thereof.
Oscar Shepperson
oshe152@aucklanduni.ac.nz
The Incorporation of Novel Disulfide Isosteres into Multicyclic Antimicrobial Peptides through Diverse Orthogonal Protection Strategies.
Christy Siu
csiu682@aucklanduni.ac.nz
Synthetic studies towards eco-friendly anti-fouling compounds.
Juliana Tong
jton210@aucklanduni.ac.nz
Synthesis of linkers for antibody drug conjugate (ADC) targeted delivery.
Andy (Chi Hung) Wong
cwon385@aucklanduni.ac.nz
Synthesis of complex heterocycles and transition state analogue inhibitors.
Eilidh Young
eyou036@aucklanduni.ac.nz
Synthetic studies towards spiroketal alkaloid natural products.
Yubing Mao
ymao546@aucklanduni.ac.nz
Polly Sun
csun337@aucklanduni.ac.nz
Sunny Tsai
htsa442@aucklanduni.ac.nz
Tony Na
tna954@aucklanduni.ac.nz