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Nathan Kilah

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Dr Nathan Kilah

Lecturer

BSc Hons (UQ), PhD (ANU), MRACI

Nathan Kilah

Contact Details

Contact Campus Sandy Bay Campus
Building Chemistry Building
Room Reference 205
Telephone +61 3 6226 2183
Fax +61 3 6226 2858
Email Nathan.Kilah@utas.edu.au

Teaching Responsibilities

  • KRA113 - Chemistry 1A
  • KRA114 - Chemistry 1B
  • KRA170 - Chemistry of Materials
  • KRA224 - Organic and Bioinorganic
  • KRA342 - Catalysis and Reaction Processes

Publications

  • Kilah, N. L.; Meggers, E. Sixty years young: The diverse biological activity of metal polypyridyl complexes pioneered by Francis P. Dwyer. Aust. J. Chem. 2012, 65, 1325â1332.
  • Kilah, N. L.; Wild, S. B. Phosphine complexes of an enantiomerically pure, atropisomeric, arsenium ion. Organometallics 2012, 31, 2658â2666.
  • Kilah, N. L.; Wise, M. D.; Beer, P. D. Crystallographic implications for the design of halogen bonding anion receptors. Cryst. Growth Des. 2011, 11, 4565â4571.
  • Serpell, C. J.; Kilah, N. L.; Costa, P. J.; Félix, V.; Beer, P. D. Halogen bond anion templated assembly of an imidazolium pseudorotaxane. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 5322â5326.
  • Kilah, N. L.; Wise, M. D.; Serpell, C. J.; Thompson, A. L.; White, N. G.; Christensen, K. E.; Beer, P. D. Enhancement of anion recognition exhibited by a halogen-bonding rotaxane host system. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 11893â11895.

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Achievements

Nathan completed his BSc Hons in 2003 at the University of Queensland, and his PhD in 2008 at the Australian National University. He was awarded a Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 Science Research Fellowship (2008-2010) for postdoctoral research at the University of Oxford (United Kingdom), and was subsequently awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship (2011-2013) for postdoctoral research at the Philipps-Universität Marburg (Germany). He commenced as Lecturer in Synthetic Chemistry at the University of Tasmania in January, 2013.

Research Interests

My research interests are in synthetic chemistry, and are focused on the design of small molecule sensors and metal-based enzyme inhibitors.

The design of molecules for selective and potent recognition, both by synthetic receptors and enzymes, requires the careful consideration of three dimensional structure and bonding.

Solution phase studies of small molecule recognition are conducted primarily by nuclear magnetic spectroscopy techniques, while metal-based enzyme inhibitors are studied by enzyme inhibition assays. Solid state studies for both classes of molecules are conducted by X-ray crystallography.

Research Areas

Organic Chemistry

Organometallic and Inorganic Chemistry