PhD(W'gong), BMedCHem(Hons)Tel: 03 471 6217
Location: Science II 2n8
Email: bhawkins@chemistry.otago.ac.nz
Bill completed his PhD at the University of Wollongong, followed by postdoctoral positions at the University of Melbourne and Ecole Polytechnique (France). After a short stay at the Walter and Eliza Hall institute for medical research, he joined the Department of Chemistry at the University of Otago as a lecturer (2012) and was promoted to senior lecturer in 2016. His research interests include the synthesis of bioactive natural products and their use as chemical probes to understand biological processes and inform drug design, as well as the development of new synthetic methodologies.
For more information about the Hawkins Research Group: https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/hawkinsgroup/