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keith_gordonPhD, BSc (Belf)

Tel: 03 479 7599
Location: Science II, 1n8b
Email: keith.gordon@otago.ac.nz

Full information about my research group and research opportunities

Education

Attended The Queen's University of Belfast as an undergraduate, 1983–1986, and as a graduate, 1986–1989.

Primary degree: BSc with First class honours in Chemistry, June 1986.
Secondary degree: PhD in Chemistry, November 1989.

Thesis Title: Time-Resolved Spectroscopy of the Excited States of some Copper(I) Complexes in Solution.

Employment history

Professor, University of Otago, Chemistry Department, 2009 – present.

Associate Professor, University of Otago, Chemistry Department, 2003–2009.

Senior Lecturer, University of Otago, Chemistry Department, 1999–2002.

Lecturer, University of Otago, Chemistry Department, 1993–1998.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA, 1990–1992.
Supervisor: Professor W.H. Woodruff.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Queen's University Belfast, 1989–1990.
Supervisor: Professor J.J. McGarvey.

Professional Affiliations/Memberships

Fellow of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemsitry (IUPAC) since 2020

Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand (FRSNZ) 2012

Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC CChem) 2011

Elected a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry (FNZIC) 2004

Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry since 1985.

Member of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry since 1997.

Member Royal Society of New Zealand since 2005.

Distinctions and honours

MacDiarmid Medal – Royal Society of New Zealand. Scientific research that demonstrates the potential for application to human benefit. 2019

RSC Australasian Lecturer 2019

Division of Sciences, University of Otago, Research Group of the year, 2017

Division of Sciences, University of Otago, Senior Researcher of the year, 2015

New Zealand Institute of Chemistry Maurice Wilkens Prize for excellence in Chemical Sciences, 2010

Foundation Award (from Queens University Belfast), 1986

Andrew's Studentship (from Queens University Belfast), 1986–1989

Emily Sarah Montgomery Scholarship (from Queens University Belfast), 1988

Postgraduate Grant (from Department of Education, Northern Ireland), 1986–1989

Postgraduate Travel Grant (from Department of Education, Northern Ireland), 1989

Director's Postdoctoral Fellowship (from Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA), 1990–1992

Professional activities

Editor-in-chief Vibrational Spectroscopy (Elsevier) 2016 – present.
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/vibrational-spectroscopy

Editorial Advisory Board Chemical Physics Review (AIP) since 2020
https://aip.scitation.org/cpr/info/advisory

PCB Marsden review panel 2013 - 2015

International advisor board for the International Conference on Vibrational Spectroscopy (ICAVS) series 2013 – present. Conference Chair ICAVS-10 Auckland 2019.
http://icavs.org/gb/

Editorial board Vibrational Spectroscopy (Journal impact factor 2, Elsevier) 2015 – 2019
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/vibrational-spectroscopy

Editorial Advisory Board Journal of Raman Spectroscopy (Journal impact factor > 3, Wiley) 2011 – present.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/10974555/homepage/editorialboard.html

Pacifichem Technical Program Advisor: 2010, 2015, 2020 (now 2021).
https://pacifichem.org/

Referee for: Asian Journal of Spectroscopy; Inorganic Chemistry; Inorganica Chimica Acta; Journal of Raman Spectroscopy; Journal of Organometallic Chemistry; Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences; Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Journal of the American Chemical Society; Current Applied Physics; European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry; Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics; Journal of Physical Chemistry, A; Chemical Physics Letters; Synthetic Metals.

President New Zealand Institute of Chemistry (2006)

1st Vice-President New Zealand Institute of Chemistry (2005)

2nd Vice-President and Otago Representative for Council, New Zealand Institute of Chemistry (2004)

Chairman, New Zealand Institute of Chemistry, Otago Branch (2002 - 2003)

Secretary, New Zealand Institute of Chemistry, Otago Branch (1999 - 2001)

Committee Member, New Zealand Institute of Chemistry, Otago Branch (1997-1998)

Publications

Shillito, G. E., Preston, D., Crowley, J. D., Wagner, P., Harris, S. J., Gordon, K. C., & Kupfer, S. (2024). Controlling excited state localization in bichromophoric photosensitizers via the bridging group. Inorganic Chemistry. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c04110

Xue, Z., Zhu, D., Shan, M., Wang, H., Zhang, J., Cui, G., … Gordon, K. C., … Zhu, M. (2024). Functional separator materials of sodium-ion batteries: Grand challenges and industry perspectives. Nano Today, 55, 102175. doi: 10.1016/j.nantod.2024.102175

Gao, Y., Carne, A., Young, W., Burrow, K., Naji, S., Fraser-Miller, S. J., Gordon, K. C., & Bekhit, A. E.-D. A. (2023). Effect of consumption of sheep and cow milk on rat brain fatty acid and phospholipid composition. Food Chemistry. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2023.138056

Samanali, G. A. P., Burritt, D. J., Burdon, J. N., Kerr, C., Fraser-Miller, S. J., & Gordon, K. C. (2023). Identification and classification of chill-damaged versus sound kiwifruit using Raman spectroscopy and chemometrics. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/jrs.6623

Beckett, D. M., Vaz Viegas, S., Broadbent, J. M., Wheeler, B. J., Bērziņš, K., Fraser-Miller, S. J., Gordon, K. C., Drummond, B. K., Mahoney, E. K., & Loch, C. (2023). An exploration of mineral density, elemental and chemical composition of primary teeth in relation to cord-blood vitamin D, using laboratory analysis techniques. Journal of Bone & Mineral Research, 38(12), 1846-1855. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.4928

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