Thordarson Group, School of Chemistry, UNSW

The Thordarson Group

Dr. Pall Thordarson (Palli)

ARC Australian Research Fellow. Group leader.

Career

Senior Lecturer (The University of New South Wales) From November 2007- .

Australian Research Council (ARC) Australian Research Fellow (The University of New South Wales) From November 2007 .

Australian Research Council (ARC) Australian Research Fellow (The University of Sydney) 2006-2007 .

The University of Sydney Sesqui Post-doctoral Research Fellow (The University of Sydney) 2003-2005.

Marie Curie Post-doctoral Fellow (The University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands with Profs. R. J. M. Nolte and A. E. Rowan) 2001-2003.

Post-doctoral Fellow (The University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands with Profs. R. J. M. Nolte and A. E. Rowan) 2001.

Ph.D. Student Organic Chemistry (The University of Sydney with Prof. M. J. Crossley) 1997-2000.

Research scientist, Science Institute (The University of Iceland with Prof. G. G. Haraldsson) 1996-1997.

BSc. Student Chemistry (The University of Iceland) 1992-1996.

High School (Menntaskólinn á Egilsstöðum, Iceland) 1987-1991.

Born, Vopnafjörður Iceland in 1971.

Publications

Journal articles: 22 journal articles, including a paper in Nature, Nature Nanotechnlogy, three papers in J. Am. Chem. Soc., three papers in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. and 2 papers in Chem. Commun. See publication page for details.

Book chapters: 2 Published book chapters + 1 in press. See publication page for details.

Patents: 2 Patents. See publication page for details.

Total citations: Over 200 citations on Web of Science (May 2007). See ISI Web of Knowledge for details.

Research funding

Competive research grants. Over $2,200,000 including:
ARC Discovery 2006 = $750 k.
ARC Linkage 2004 = $1,050 k.
ARC Linkage 2003 = $ 300 k.

DAAD Fellowship (as the host) 2007 = $ 80 k.
The University of Sydney Cancer fund 2006 = $ 50 k.

Equipment grants. Over $2,700,000 including:
ARC LIEF 2008 = $900 k.
ARC LIEF 2007 = $1,000 k.
NHMRC Equipment grant 2007 = $70 k.
The University of Sydney major equipment 2006 = $204 k.
NHMRC Equipment grant 2006 = $65 k.
The University of Sydney major equipment 2005 = $349 k.
The University of Sydney major equipment 2003 = $191 k.

Awards and fellowships

1998: Awarded the 1997 Agnes Campbell Prize for excellence in Organic Chemistry at The University of Sydney.
1999: Awarded the 1998 Agnes Campbell Prize for excellence in Organic Chemistry at The University of Sydney.
2000: The RACI Division of Organic Chemistry Feutrill Prize for an oral presentation by a student at the 11RACIC in Canberra.
2000: Awarded the 1999 Agnes Campbell Prize for excellence in Organic Chemistry at The University of Sydney.
2001: Marie Curie Fellowship from the EU, Brussels.
2001: Awarded the 2000 Agnes Campbell Prize for excellence in Organic Chemistry at The University of Sydney.
2002: Poster prize Dutch Polymer Days, KNCV/CW-NWO/PTN Conference, Lunteren, The Netherlands, 25-26 February, 2002.
2002: Poster prize International Workshop on Nanochemistry (COST D19), Vienna, Austria, 26-28 September, 2002.
2003: Sesqui post-doctoral research fellowship from The University of Sydney.
2006: Honorary Associate, The Australian Key Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, The University of Sydney, Australia.
2006: Australian Research Fellowship from the Australian Research Council (ARC).

Professional memberships

1998: Graduate Member, The Royal Australian Chemical Institute (GRACI).
2000: Foundation member of The Society of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines.
2001: Member, The Royal Australian Chemical Institute (MRACI CChem).
2001: Member, The Marie Curie Fellowship Association.
2003: Member, The Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Society.
2006: Member, The ARC/NHMRC Network "Fluorescence Application in Biotechnology and Life Sciences" (FABLS).
2007: Member, The ARC Network "Australian Research Council Nanotechnology Network" (ARCNN).