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Rebecca Fuller

Dr Rebecca (Becky) Fuller

Rebecca (Becky) Fuller

Senior Lecturer

Room 305 , Chemistry Building

+61 3 6226 2092 (phone)

Rebecca.fuller@utas.edu.au

Dr Becky Fuller is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Natural Sciences. She is interested in the development of magnetic molecules and particles for a diverse range of applications.

Biography

Becky graduated from the University of Western Australia with a BSc(Hons) in 2002. She went on to complete a PhD (UWA 2010) in Synthetic Chemistry and Condensed Matter Physics under the guidance of Prof George Koutsantonis and Prof Robert Stamps. Following, she undertook postdoctoral research with Prof Mark Spackman, before being awarded an independent UWA Research Fellowship (2014-2018) in the Discipline of Chemistry. She then moved to Curtin University (2018-2019) to work as an ARC DECRA recipient in the School of Molecular and Life Sciences. Becky was appointed as a Senior Lecturer in Chemistry at the University of Tasmania in September 2019.

Career summary

Qualifications

Degree	Thesis title	University	Country	Date of award
PhD	The synthesis and magnetic properties of metallic nanoparticles and clusters	University of Western Australia	Australia	18/11/2010
BSc (1^st Class Hons)	A theoretical and experimental investigation into the electronic states of metal phosphides	University of Western Australia	Australia	11/12/2002

Teaching

Teaching responsibility

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Expertise

Inorganic Chemistry
Magnetism
Coordination Chemistry
Lanthanoids
Synthesis of Materials
NanoChemistry
Catalysis

Research Themes

Becky’s research focuses on the development of new magnetic molecular materials. Specifically the multidiscipline projects focus on the synthesis of systematically varied systems and studying how their features affect the magnetic or catalytic properties of the materials. The systems produced have diverse applications including use as a contrast agent in medical imaging, information storage materials and catalysts for the oil and gas industry. These applications align with the better health and the environment, resources and sustainability themes.

Awards

2014 UWA Research Collaboration Award
2012 Cancer Council WA Early Career Investigator Award
2012 UWA Research Development Award
2011 Graduate Women (WA) Jillian Bradshaw Award
2002 A.R.H. Cole Prize in Chemistry (Physical and Inorganic)

Fields of Research

Transition metal chemistry (340211)
F-block chemistry (340203)
Nanochemistry (340303)

Research Objectives

Expanding knowledge in the chemical sciences (280105)

Publications

Becky publishes in a number of high quality journals including those in the general chemistry; inorganic and nuclear chemistry; and physical chemistry categories.

Total publications

Journal Article

(27 outputs)

Year	Citation	Altmetrics
2022	Landowski LM, Livesey KL, Bibari O, Russell AM, Taylor MR, et al., 'Optimisation of iron oxide nanoparticles for agglomeration and blockage in aqueous flow systems', Australian Journal of Chemistry, 75, (2) pp. 102-110. ISSN 0004-9425 (2022) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/CH21061 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Landowski LM; Bibari O; Russell AM; Taylor MR; Ho CC; Howells DW Tweet
2022	Loedolff MJ, Fuller RO, Nealon GL, Saunders M, Spackman MA, et al., 'Solution-phase decomposition of ferrocene into wustite-iron oxide core-shell nanoparticles', Dalton Transactions, 51, (4) pp. 1603-1611. ISSN 1477-9226 (2022) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1039/D1DT03222D. [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2022	Olding A, Tang M, Ho CC, Fuller RO, Bissember AC, 'Rhenium-catalysed reactions in chemical synthesis: selected case studies', Dalton Transactions, 51, (8) pp. 3004-3018. ISSN 1477-9226 (2022) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1039/d1dt04205j [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Olding A; Tang M; Ho CC; Bissember AC Tweet
2022	Scolaro L, Lorenser D, Quirk BC, Kirk RW, Ho LA, et al., 'Multimodal imaging needle combining optical coherence tomography and fluorescence for imaging of live breast cancer cells labeled with a fluorescent analog of tamoxifen', Journal of Biomedical Optics, 27, (7) Article 076004. ISSN 1083-3668 (2022) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.27.7.076004 [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2022	Tang M, Cameron L, Poland EM, Yu LJ, Moggach SA, et al., 'Photoactive metal carbonyl complexes bearing N-heterocyclic carbene ligands: synthesis, characterization, and viability as photoredox catalysts', Inorganic Chemistry, 61, (4) pp. 1888-1898. ISSN 0020-1669 (2022) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c02964 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 2 Co-authors: Tang M; Poland EM; Thickett SC; Ho CC; Bissember AC Tweet
2021	Fuller RO, Taylor MR, Duggin M, Bissember AC, Canty AJ, et al., 'Enhanced synthesis of oxo-verdazyl radicals bearing sterically-and electronically-diverse C3-substituents', Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 19, (46) pp. 10120-10138. ISSN 1477-0520 (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1039/d1ob01946e [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 2Web of Science - 2 Co-authors: Taylor MR; Duggin M; Bissember AC; Canty AJ Tweet
2021	Ho CC, Olding A, Fuller RO, Canty AJ, Lucas NT, et al., 'Suzuki-Miyaura Csp²-Csp² cross-couplings employing nickel(II) pincer precatalysts: mechanistic investigations', Organometallics, 40, (14) pp. 2305-2310. ISSN 0276-7333 (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00033 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 1Web of Science - 2 Co-authors: Ho CC; Olding A; Canty AJ; Bissember AC Tweet
2021	Jalali M, Ho CC, Fuller RO, Lucas NT, Ariafard A, et al., 'Photochemical activation of a hydroxyquinone-derived phenyliodonium ylide by visible light: synthetic and mechanistic investigations', Journal of Organic Chemistry, 86, (2) pp. 1758-1768. ISSN 0022-3263 (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c02592 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 1Web of Science - 1 Co-authors: Jalali M; Ho CC; Ariafard A; Bissember AC Tweet
2020	Caporale C, Sobolev AN, Phonsri W, Murray KS, Swain A, et al., 'Lanthanoid pyridyl-β-diketonate 'triangles'. New examples of single molecule toroics', Dalton Transactions, 49, (47) pp. 17421-17432. ISSN 1477-9226 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1039/d0dt02855j [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 2Web of Science - 2 Tweet
2020	Fuller RO, Koutsantonis GA, Ogden MI, 'Magnetic properties of calixarene-supported metal coordination clusters', Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 402 Article 213066. ISSN 0010-8545 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2019.213066 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 19Web of Science - 20 Tweet
2020	Ho LA, Scolaro L, Thomas E, Quirk BC, Kirk RW, et al., 'Developing tamoxifen-based chemical probes for use with a dual-modality fluorescence and optical coherence tomography imaging needle', Australian Journal of Chemistry, 73, (10) pp. 903-910. ISSN 0004-9425 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/CH19364 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 1Web of Science - 2 Tweet
2020	Lee J, Caporale C, McKinley AJ, Fuller RO, Silvester DS, 'Electrochemical properties of a verdazyl radical in room temperature ionic liquids', Australian Journal of Chemistry, 73, (10) pp. 1001-1009. ISSN 0004-9425 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/CH19575 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 2Web of Science - 1 Tweet
2018	Loedolff MJ, Goh B-M, Koutsantonis GA, Fuller RO, 'Supported heterogeneous catalysts: what controls cobalt nanoparticle dispersion on alumina?', New Journal of Chemistry, 42, (18) pp. 14894-14900. ISSN 1144-0546 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1039/c8nj03076f [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 6Web of Science - 6 Tweet
2016	Duczynski JA, Fuller R, Stewart SG, 'Tert-Butyldimethylsilyl Amine (TBDMS-NH2): A Mild and Green Reagent for the Protection of Benzyl Alcohols, Phenols, and Carboxylic Acids under Solvent-Free Conditions', Australian Journal of Chemistry, 69, (10) pp. 1172-1179. ISSN 0004-9425 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/CH16097 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 1Web of Science - 1 Tweet
2016	Fuller RO, Goh B-M, Koutsantonis GA, Loedolff MJ, Saunders M, et al., 'A simple procedure for the production of large ferromagnetic cobalt nanoparticles', Dalton Transactions, 45, (30) pp. 11983-11989. ISSN 1477-9226 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1039/C6DT01935H [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 8Web of Science - 8 Tweet
2016	Ho LA, Thomas E, McLaughlin RA, Flematti GR, Fuller RO, 'A new selective fluorescent probe based on tamoxifen', Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 26, (20) pp. 4879-4883. ISSN 0960-894X (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2016.09.028 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 13Web of Science - 14 Tweet
2016	Reid BL, Woodward RC, Fuller RO, Sobolev AN, Skelton BW, et al., 'Investigation of the structure and magnetism in lanthanide ß-triketonate tetranuclear assemblies', Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 69, (11-13) pp. 1852-1863. ISSN 0095-8972 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1080/00958972.2016.1180375 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 2Web of Science - 2 Tweet
2016	Sushruth M, Ding J, Duczynski J, Woodward RC, Begley RA, et al., 'Resonance-based detection of magnetic nanoparticles and microbeads using nanopatterned ferromagnets', Physical Review Applied, 6, (4) Article 044005. ISSN 2331-7019 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.6.044005 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 13Web of Science - 13 Tweet
2015	Fuller RO, Griffith CS, Koutsantonis GA, Skelton BW, White AH, 'Anion-Directed Solid-State Structures of Copper(I) and Silver(I) Adducts of Ruthenium Ethyne-1,2-diyl Compounds', Organometallics, 34, (11) pp. 2632-2646. ISSN 0276-7333 (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1021/om501270u [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 3Web of Science - 3 Tweet
2015	Fuller RO, Koutsantonis GA, Lozic I, Ogden MI, Skelton BW, 'Manganese-calcium clusters supported by calixarenes', Dalton Transactions, 44, (5) pp. 2132-2137. ISSN 1477-9226 (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1039/C4DT02952F [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 14Web of Science - 14 Tweet
2014	Dalessio D, Sobolev AN, Skelton BW, Fuller RO, Woodward RC, et al., 'Lanthanoid 'bottlebrush' clusters: remarkably elongated metal-oxo core structures with controllable lengths', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136, (43) pp. 15122-15125. ISSN 0002-7863 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1021/ja506677h [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 41Web of Science - 40 Tweet
2014	Fuller RO, Livesey KL, Woodward RC, McKinley AJ, Skelton BW, et al., 'Magnetic studies of metal ion coordination clusters encapsulated with thiacalixarene', Australian Journal of Chemistry, 67, (11) pp. 1588-1594. ISSN 0004-9425 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/CH14136 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 4Web of Science - 4 Tweet
2014	Hondow N, Fuller RO, 'The use of preformed nanoparticles in the production of heterogeneous catalysts', Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 417 pp. 396-401. ISSN 0021-9797 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2013.11.064 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 10Web of Science - 10 Tweet
2014	Lee JJ, Sobolev AN, Turner MJ, Fuller RO, Iversen BB, et al., 'Molecular imprisonment: host response to guest location, orientation, and dynamics in clathrates of Dianin's compound', Crystal Growth & Design, 14, (3) pp. 1296-1306. ISSN 1528-7483 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1021/cg4018129 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 15Web of Science - 15 Tweet
2012	Fuller RO, Griffith CS, Koutsantonis GA, Lapere KM, Skelton BW, et al., 'Supramolecular interactions between hexabromoethane and cyclopentadienyl ruthenium bromides: Halogen bonding or electrostatic organisation?', Crystengcomm, 14, (3) pp. 804-811. ISSN 1466-8033 (2012) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1039/c1ce05438d [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 16Web of Science - 15 Tweet
2012	Fuller RO, Griffith CS, Koutsantonis GA, Lapere KM, Skelton BW, et al., 'Seemingly simple group 8 cyclopentadienyl dicarbonyl metal halides: From little things, interesting things grow', Crystengcomm, 14, (3) pp. 812-818. ISSN 1466-8033 (2012) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05439B [eCite] [Details] Citations: Web of Science - 3 Tweet
2011	Lee JJ, Fuller RO, Sobolev AN, Clausen HF, Overgaard J, et al., 'Temperature-dependent crystal structure of the isopropanol clathrate of Dianin's compound', Chemical Communications, 47, (7) pp. 2029-2031. ISSN 1359-7345 (2011) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1039/C0CC04418K [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 9Web of Science - 9 Tweet

Grants & Funding

Becky has secured funding for a variety of projects from the Australian Research Council, Industry, not for profit and internal institutional sources.

Some of these projects include: medical contrast agents (Cancer Council WA, Ada Bartholomew Trust, Breast Cancer Research Centre), oil and gas catalysis (WA:ERA ex-Chevron) and magnetic molecules (ARC DE180100112). She is currently working as an ARC DECRA recipient for the project entitled: “Design and synthesis of new radical and heterometallic magnetic molecules”.

Funding Summary

Number of grants

Total funding

$1,878,178

Projects

Magnetometry Facility for Molecular Nanomaterials (2021)$620,000

Description: Infrastructure funding-Quantum Design Magnetic Property Measurement System to be housed at Uni Melb; replace aging infrastructure at Monash uni. Very specialised equipment, performs magnetic characterisation; New generation of instruments have liquid helium recovery and will not require extensive liquid helium cryogen top ups.
Funding: Australian Research Council ($620,000)
Scheme: Grant-Linkage Infrastructure
Administered By: University of Melbourne
Research Team: Boskovic C; Fuller RO; Wang L; Mulvaney P; Jones C; Ou J; Abrahams B; Daeneke T; Turner D; Li D; Martin L; Soncini A
Year: 2021
Grant Reference: LE210100009

Design and synthesis of new radical and heterometallic magnetic molecules (2018 - 2020)$348,575

Funding: Australian Research Council ($348,575)
Scheme: Fellowship-Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Fuller RO
Period: 2018 - 2020
Grant Reference: DE180100112

Improved Breast Cancer Imaging (2014)$30,000

Funding: Ada Bartholomew Medical Research Trust Grant ($30,000)
Scheme: Research Grant
Administered By: University of Western Australia
Research Team: Ho LO; Thomas E; Scolara L; McLaughlin RA; Fuller RO
Year: 2014

Fluorescent biomarkers for improved breast cancer surgery (2014)$25,000

Funding: Breast Cancer Research Centre WA ($25,000)
Scheme: Research Grant
Administered By: University of Western Australia
Research Team: Ho LO; Thomas E; Scolara L; McLaughlin RA; Fuller RO
Year: 2014

Exchange spring permanent magnets based on monodisperse nanoparticles embedded in a thin film (2014)$12,000

Funding: University of Western Australia ($12,000)
Scheme: UWA Research Collaboration Awards
Administered By: University of Western Australia
Research Team: Arnold DA; Andrew J; Fuller RO
Year: 2014

Targeted contrast agents for multimodal imaging of breast cancer (2013 - 2015)$337,603

Funding: University of Western Australia ($337,603)
Scheme: ReEntry Fellowship
Administered By: University of Western Australia
Research Team: Fuller RO
Period: 2013 - 2015

Targeted Medical Imaging: The future of medical diagnostics (2012)$25,000

Funding: Cancer Council of Western Australia ($25,000)
Scheme: Early Career Investigator Grant
Administered By: University of Western Australia
Research Team: Duczynscki J; Woodward RC; Fuller RO
Year: 2012

New generation Fischer-Tropsch nano-catalysts (2012 - 2013)$300,000

Funding: Western Australian Energy Research Alliance ($300,000)
Scheme: Research Grant
Administered By: University of Western Australia
Research Team: Loedolff MJ; Goh B-M; Koutsantonis GA; Fuller RO
Period: 2012 - 2013

New generation Fischer-Tropsch nano-catalysts (2012)$150,000

Funding: University of Western Australia ($150,000)
Scheme: PathFinder Fund
Administered By: University of Western Australia
Research Team: Koutsantonis GA; Fuller RO
Year: 2012

Quantitative molecular imaging (QMI) the future of medical diagnostics (2012)$30,000

Funding: University of Western Australia ($30,000)
Scheme: Research Development Award
Administered By: University of Western Australia
Research Team: St Pierre T; Woodward RC; Fuller RO
Year: 2012

Research Supervision

I am committed to the training of both undergraduate and postgraduate students Teaching the next generation of scientists through participation in the research laboratory is something that I enjoy. My philosophy in terms of supervision is to be as flexible as possible to adapt projects towards student interests and skills. I have successfully supervised both undergraduate and post graduate students at my previous institutions and look forward to the development of my research group at the University of Tasmania. Please contact me if you are interested in undertaking a project involving the synthesis of magnetic molecules or nanoparticles.

Current

Degree	Title	Commenced
PhD	Development of Magnetic Material's for Use in Microplastic Removal	2020