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Group 07

The Murray and Batten Groups Nov. 2007
Left to right: Caspar Schneider, Suzanne Neville, Kittipong Chainok, Jinzhen Lu, Keith Murray, Tamsyn Ross, Stuart Batten, Martin Duriska, David Turner, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Ponco Prananto, Anthony Chesman

Group Leader

Professor Keith S Murray, FRACI

Close collaborator

Dr Stuart R Batten, ARACI - Design and synthesis of coordination polymers; X-ray crystallography.

Post-doctoral fellows

Dr Boujemaa Moubaraki - Operates the magnetism laboratory.
Dr Suzanne Neville - Spin-crossover materials

PhD Students (jointly with Dr S.R. Batten)

Kittipong Chainok - Cyano-bridged networks and nanotubes (Endeavour Asia scholar)
Tamsyn Ross - Spin-crossover materials
Caspar Schneider - Spin-crossover materials

Recent Students

Dr B. A. Leita - Spin-crossover materials (now working on bio-fuels at CSIRO, Clayton)
Dr L. Wittick - Single molecule  magnets of Mn (now a research fellow)
Dr P. M. van der Werff - Molecule-based magnets, extended M-dca networks (now a high school teacher)
Dr A. Kutasi - Molecule-based magnets, extended polycyano-metal networks (now in local chemical/pharmaceutical industry, Melbourne)
Dr D. Price - Molecular based magnets (now at the University of Sydney)
Dr K. Van Langenberg - CN-bridged clusters (now at CSIRO, Melbourne)
Dr S. Courtney - Small clusters (at Boron Molecular, Melbourne)
Dr P. E. Kruger - Small clusters (now senior lecturer at University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ)

Recent Post-doctoral fellows

Dr Leigh Jones - Spin-coupled clusters and extended networks (post doctoral in Edinburgh)
Dr Jack P Smith - Spin-crossover; X-ray crystallography (teacher at Camberwell Grammar School, Melbourne)
Dr Hilde Grove - Spin-crossover materials and extended networks (academic in Norway)

Grant Support

ARC Discovery Grants 2005-2009 and 2008-2010.