Professor Christopher Sumby

Professor and Head of School

School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Christopher Sumby is Head of the School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences and Professor of Chemistry at the University of Adelaide where he undertakes research into the synthesis and properties of nanomaterials to address energy, environmental and industrial challenges. Prof. Sumby has been awarded various fellowships and awards, including an ARC Future Fellowship (2009), a South Australian Young Tall Poppy Award (2009) and a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science International Invitational Fellowship (2014). Prof. Sumby is the Deputy Director of the Centre for Advanced Nanomaterials at the University of Adelaide where key research themes include Chemical and Electrical Energy Storage; Energy Waste Management; Heterogeneous Catalysis; and Nanoporous materials for Gas Separations. Prof. Sumby also directs the Bragg Crystallography Facility, the X-ray diffraction centre at the University of Adelaide.

STUDENT SUPERVISION - HONOURS, MASTERS AND PHD
I am available to supervise Bachelor of Science (Honours), Masters of Philosophy and PhD research projects in Chemistry. Email me to discuss. Possible projects include:
1) Artificial enzymes from bespoke metal-organic frameworks
2) Hierarchically porous metal-organic framework composites
3) Building low valent metal clusters in metal-organic frameworks
4) Space chemistry - trapping "organic minerals" in metal-organic frameworks

See tabs below for details about my Research, Teaching and Professional Activities.

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Research Areas

research overview

MOF Catalysis

The synthesis of nearly all industrial chemicals involves some sort of catalyst. MOFs are promising materials for heterogeneous catalysis (where the catalyst is in a different phase to the reactants) and our research team is investigating how particular structural motifs can be incorporated into the design of MOFs to develop new or more efficient catalysts. This work extends from garnering new fundamental insight into MOF supported catalysts through to making new MOF catalysts. Techniques such as post-synthetic metalation (see our review of this area) are important to preparing catalysts and we have also developed purpose-built catalytic testing facilities for examining gas phase catalysis. Some projects include:

The development of a new group of azolium-containing materials that are important precursors to N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) containing metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with catalytic potential is a significant personal contribution. One of these NHC-MOFs is used to catalyse the hydroboration of CO₂. See: A 3-D diamondoid MOF catalyst based on in situ generated [Cu(L)2] N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) linkers: hydroboration of CO₂, Chemical Communications, 2014, 50, 11760-11763.

MOF structure and the reaction catalysed by the MOF

Using a unique framework material prepared at the UoA we have been able to show by SCXRD the products of consecutive metalation and oxidative addition steps for a Rh(I) precursor and in recent work we have obtained X-ray crystallographic ‘snapshots’ of all the intermediates in the methanol carbonylation cycle (the Monsanto process) for a modified catalyst. For example: Mapping-out catalytic processes in a metal-organic framework with single-crystal X-ray crystallography, Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2017, 56, 8412-8416.
Investigating how post-synthetically metalated MOF structures can be used as sacrificial templates to synthesise efficient catalysts for hydrogen conversion into suitable carrier gases for hydrogen transport, including methane and ammonia. See for example: Highly active catalyst for CO₂ methanation derived from a metal organic framework template. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017, 5, 12990-12997.

Biomolecule Protection in MOF biocomposites

Another research area utilises MOFs to protect biomolecules from inhospitable conditions. This processes, coined biomimetic mineralisation, is a rapid, easy to use coating procedure that uses the biomolecule to seed growth of a protective coating. This approach has been used to protect enzymes from harsh environments within a biomimetically mineralised MOF coating. In the past 2 years we have established a robust protocol for this chemistry, demonstrated the importance of protein surface chemistry and charge, and identified that the hydrophilicity of the MOF coating is essential for activity.

Using MOFs to protect enzymes from harsh environments within a biomimetically mineralised coating: Control of structure topology and spatial distribution of biomacromolecules in protein@ ZIF-8 biocomposites. Chem. Mater., 2018, 30, 1069-1077.
Demonstrating the importance of protein surface chemistry and charge: Protein surface functionalisation as a general strategy for facilitating biomimetic mineralisation of ZIF-8. Chem. Sci., 2018, 9, 4217-4223.
Showing that the hydrophilicity of the MOF coating is essential for activity: Enhanced activity of enzymes encapsulated in hydrophilic metal-organic frameworks. J. Am Chem Soc, 2019, 141, 2348-2355.

Gas storage and separations

Gas separations are important in clean energy technologies or in the separation of chemical feedstocks. Examples of our research activity is the design of a MOF that is flexible in the 'as-synthesised' form but upon activation – the process of desolvation that yields the adsorbing material – converts to a rigid 3D material. This material has the second highest CO₂/N₂ separation performance of any MOF material. See: Post-synthetic structural processing in a metal-organic framework material as a mechanism for exceptional CO₂/N₂ selectivity, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2013, 135, 10441-10448.

A schematic of the MOF and evidence for its flexibility

Collaborative research with CSIRO on incorporation of molecular porous materials into mixed matrix membranes is another area of activity and two invited reviews on this topic have been published recently. See:

AIMs: a new strategy to control physical aging and gas transport in mixed-matrix membranes. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2015, 3, 15241-15247.
Mixed-matrix membranes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2017, 56, 9292-9310.

Synthesis and characterisation of porous materials

A significant part of my research focuses on the synthesis and characterisation of porous materials. These contributions include: the synthesis of flexible MOF materials, novel solution-processable porous materials, and MOFs that enable structural characterisation of 'guest' metal complexes by single crystal X-ray crystallography. This experimental activity relies heavily on our in-house X-ray diffraction facilities for small molecule X-ray crystallography and powder X-ray diffraction.

We have developed and exploited a "controlled flexibility hinge" design for MOFs that facilitate dynamic structural behaviour in the solid-state.
- Guest-induced crystal-to-crystal expansion and contraction of a 3-D porous coordination polymer. Chemical Communications, 2012, 48, 2534-2536.
Solution-processable porous materials such as porous organic cages and metal-organic polyhedra are among research targets within our research laboratory. These are examples of novel porous materials with potential applications in gas storage, separations and catalysis.
- Kinetically controlled porosity in a robust organic cage material, Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2013, 52, 3746-3749.
- Hetero-bimetallic metal-organic polyhedra, Chemical Communications, 2016, 52, 276-279.
- Invited review: Synthesis and applications of porous organic cages, Chemistry Letters, 2015, 44, 5, 582-588.
A third major contribution is the study of reactions products and chemical reactivity within the chemically and spatially confined environment of a metal-organic framework.
- Capturing snapshots of post-synthetic metallation chemistry in metal-organic frameworks, Nature Chemistry, 2014, 6, 906-912.

For MOFs to be applied as components of real-world systems, precise control over and optimisation of the physical form of the material is required. In this respect we are examining modulation of the crystal size and morphology (changes at the nanoscale) and how the application dictates the internal organisation of the solid and overall external shape of the composite (changes at the macroscale). This work is done in collaboration with Dr Kenji Sumida (ARC DECRA fellow, School of Physical Sciences, UoA). See: Particle size effects in the kinetic trapping of a structurally-locked form of a flexible metal-organic framework, CrystEngComm, 2016, 18, 4172-4179.

Appointments

Date	Position	Institution name
2023 - 2023	Head, School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences	The University of Adelaide
2022 - 2023	Interim Head, School of Physical Sciences/Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences	The University of Adelaide
2021 - 2024	Head of Chemistry	The University of Adelaide
2017 - ongoing	Professor of Chemistry	The University of Adelaide
2014 - 2018	Deputy Dean (Research)	University of Adelaide
2013 - 2016	Associate Professor	University of Adelaide
2010 - 2014	ARC Future Fellow	University of Adelaide
2010 - 2012	Senior Lecturer	University of Adelaide
2007 - 2010	Australian Post-doctoral Fellow (APD)	University of Adelaide
2006 - 2009	Lecturer in Chemistry	University of Adelaide
2006 - 2007	FRST Science and Technology Fellow	University of Otago
2003 - 2006	EPRSC-funded Post-doctoral Fellow	University of Leeds

Awards and Achievements

Date	Type	Title	Institution Name	Country	Amount
2016	Award	Sandy Mathieson Award of the Society of Crystallographers in Australia and New Zealand	-	-	-
2016	Invitation	CrystEngComm New Talent Issue contributor	-	-	-
2016	Invitation	Journal of Coordination Chemistry Emerging Investigator Issue	-	-	-
2015	Invitation	RSC Emerging Investigator Issue	Royal Society of Chemistry	-	-
2014	Fellowship	JSPS International Incoming Fellowship (longterm)	-	-	-
2009	Fellowship	ARC Future Fellowship	-	-	-
2009	Award	South Australian Young Tall Poppy Award	The Australian Institute of Policy and Science (AIPS)	Australia	-
2002	Award	Ralph Earle Seminar Prize	University of Canterbury	New Zealand	-
2002	Fellowship	New Zealand Vice-Chancellors' Committee Claude McCarthy Fellowship	Universities New Zealand - Te Pōkai Tara	New Zealand	-
2002	Award	Royal Society of New Zealand Science and Technology Award	Royal Society of New Zealand	-	-
1998	Award	Haydon Prize in Chemistry	University of Canterbury	-	-

Education

Date Institution name Country Title

2000 - 2003 University of Canterbury New Zealand PhD

1996 - 1999 University of Canterbury New Zealand BSc. (Hons.)
Research Interests

Chemical Sciences Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry Nanobiotechnology Nanochemistry and Supramolecular Chemistry Nanomaterials Nanotechnology Organometallic Chemistry Solid State Chemistry Transition Metal Chemistry

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
2000 - 2003	University of Canterbury	New Zealand	PhD
1996 - 1999	University of Canterbury	New Zealand	BSc. (Hons.)

Journals

Year	Citation
2024	Gimeno-Fonquernie, P., Albalad, J., Price, J. R., Bloch, W. M., Evans, J. D., Doonan, C. J., & Sumby, C. J. (2024). Topological analysis and control of post-synthetic metalation sites in Zr-based metal–organic frameworks. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 12(7), 2267-2648. DOI Scopus1
2024	Puschnig, J., Jevric, M., Sumby, C. J., & Greatrex, B. W. (2024). Intermolecular Enamine Mizoroki–Heck Reactions on a Bio-Derived Scaffold. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 89(2), 1315-1319. DOI
2024	Lee, Y. X., Ahmad, F., Karuppanan, S., Sumby, C., Shahed, C. A., & Ramli, S. H. (2024). Thermo-mechanical performance of wolframite mineral reinforced siloxane-modified epoxy-based intumescent coating for structural steel. Polymers for Advanced Technologies, 35(1), 19 pages. DOI Scopus2
2024	Jevric, M., Klepp, J., Puschnig, J., Lamb, O., Sumby, C. J., & Greatrex, B. W. (2024). Skeletal rearrangement of 6,8-dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-4-ols promoted by thionyl chloride or Appel conditions.. Beilstein J Org Chem, 20(20), 823-829. DOI Scopus1
2023	Karami, A., de Prinse, T. J., Spooner, N. A., Kidd, S. P., Sumby, C. J., & Bi, J. (2023). UV emission from lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles in super-resolution microscopy: potential for cellular damage. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 6(8), 7031-7043. DOI Scopus1
2023	Vieira de Castro, T., Huang, D. M., Sumby, C. J., Lawrence, A. L., & George, J. H. (2023). A bioinspired, one-step total synthesis of peshawaraquinone. Chemical Science, 14(4), 950-954. DOI Scopus3 WoS1 Europe PMC2
2023	Salaemae, W., Thompson, A., Gaiser, B., Lee, K. J., Huxley, M., Sumby, C., . . . Wegener, K. (2023). Fortuitous<i>in vitro</i>compound degradation produces a tractable hit against<i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i>dethiobiotin synthetase: a cautionary tale of what goes in, does not always come out. DOI
2023	Legendre, S. V. A. -M., Sumby, C. J., Karton, A., & Greatrex, B. W. (2023). Desymmetrization and Kinetic Resolution of Endoperoxides Using a Bifunctional Organocatalyst. The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 88(16), 11377-12164. DOI Scopus2
2023	zur Bonsen, A. B., Sumby, C. J., & George, J. H. (2023). Bioinspired Total Synthesis of Hyperireflexolides A and B. Organic Letters, 25(34), 6317-6321. DOI Europe PMC1
2023	Young, R. J., Huxley, M. T., Wu, L., Hart, J., O'Shea, J., Doonan, C. J., . . . Sumby, C. J. (2023). Studying manganese carbonyl photochemistry in a permanently porous metal–organic framework. Chemical Science, 14(35), 9409-9417. DOI Scopus5 WoS1
2023	Salaemae, W., Thompson, A. P., Gaiser, B. I., Lee, K. J., Huxley, M. T., Sumby, C. J., . . . Wegener, K. L. (2023). Fortuitous <i>In Vitro</i> Compound Degradation Produces a Tractable Hit against <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> Dethiobiotin Synthetase: A Cautionary Tale of What Goes In Does Not Always Come Out. ACS Chemical Biology, 18(9), 1985-1992. DOI
2023	Podversnik, H., Curtis, I., Pieterse, E., Jevric, M., Sumby, C. J., & Greatrex, B. W. (2023). Enamines from the biomass derivative Cyrene and reactions with isocyanates and ketenes. Tetrahedron Letters, 129, 154755-1-154755-4. DOI Scopus3
2023	Flint, K. L., Evans, J. D., Carraro, F., Renner, S., Linder-Patton, O. M., Amenitsch, H., . . . Doonan, C. J. (2023). Protein-induced modifications in crystal morphology of a hydrogen-bonded organic framework. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 11(42), 23026-23033. DOI Scopus3
2023	Smernik, J. F., Gimeno-Fonquernie, P., Albalad, J., Jones, T. S., Young, R. J., Champness, N. R., . . . Sumby, C. J. (2023). Understanding the structural landscape of Mn-based MOFs formed with hinged pyrazole carboxylate linkers. CrystEngComm, 25(47), 6539-6548. DOI Scopus2
2023	Gimeno-Fonquernie, P., Albalad, J., Evans, J. D., Price, J., Doonan, C. J., & Sumby, C. J. (2023). Atomic-Scale Elucidation of Unusually Distorted Dimeric Complexes Confined in a Zr-Based Metal—Organic Framework. Inorganic Chemistry, 62(47), 19208-19217. DOI Scopus1
2022	Gimeno-Fonquernie, P., Liang, W., Albalad, J., Kuznicki, A., Price, J. R., Bloch, E. D., . . . Sumby, C. J. (2022). Templated synthesis of zirconium(IV)-based metal-organic layers (MOLs) with accessible chelating sites. Chemical Communications, 58(7), 957-960. DOI Scopus7 WoS2
2022	Franov, L. J., Hart, J. D., Pullella, G. A., Sumby, C. J., & George, J. H. (2022). Bioinspired total synthesis of erectones A and B, and the revised structure of hyperelodione D. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 61(19), e202200420-1-e202200420-5. DOI Scopus9 WoS5 Europe PMC4
2022	Flint, K. L., Huang, D. M., Linder‐Patton, O. M., Sumby, C. J., & Keene, F. R. (2022). Synthesis of Triple‐Stranded Diruthenium(II) Compounds. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2022(25), 1-11. DOI Scopus2 WoS1
2022	Flint, K. L., Huang, D. M., Linder‐Patton, O. M., Sumby, C. J., & Keene, F. R. (2022). Front Cover: Synthesis of Triple‐Stranded Diruthenium(II) Compounds (Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 25/2022). European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2022(25). DOI
2022	French, S. A., Sumby, C. J., Huang, D. M., & George, J. H. (2022). Total Synthesis of Atrachinenins A and B. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144(50), 22844-22849. DOI Scopus2 Europe PMC1
2021	Lippi, R., D'Angelo, A. M., Li, C., Howard, S. C., Madsen, I. C., Wilson, K., . . . Kennedy, D. F. (2021). Unveiling the structural transitions during activation of a CO₂ methanation catalyst Ru⁰/ZrO₂ synthesised from a MOF precursor. Catalysis Today, 368, 66-77. DOI Scopus26 WoS20
2021	Peralta, R. A., Huxley, M. T., Young, R. J., Linder-Patton, O. M., Evans, J. D., Doonan, C. J., & Sumby, C. J. (2021). MOF matrix isolation: cooperative conformational mobility enables reliable single crystal transformations. Faraday Discussions, 225(0), 84-99. DOI Scopus12 WoS13 Europe PMC2
2021	Albalad, J., Peralta, R. A., Huxley, M. T., Tsoukatos, S., Shi, Z., Zhang, Y. -B., . . . Doonan, C. J. (2021). Coordination modulated on-off switching of flexibility in a metal–organic framework. Chemical Science, 44(44), 14893-14900. DOI Scopus7 WoS4 Europe PMC2
2021	Coleman, C. N., Tapping, P. C., Huxley, M. T., Kee, T. W., Huang, D. M., Doonan, C. J., & Sumby, C. J. (2021). Structural modulation of the photophysical and electronic properties of pyrene-based 3D metal-organic frameworks derived from s-block metals. CrystEngComm, 23(1), 82-90. DOI Scopus3 WoS4
2021	Velásquez-Hernández, M. D. J., Linares-Moreau, M., Astria, E., Carraro, F., Alyami, M. Z., Khashab, N. M., . . . Falcaro, P. (2021). Towards applications of bioentities@MOFs in biomedicine. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 429, 1-45. DOI Scopus140 WoS105
2021	Liang, W., Wied, P., Carraro, F., Sumby, C. J., Nidetzky, B., Tsung, C. -K., . . . Doonan, C. J. (2021). Metal-organic framework-based enzyme biocomposites. Chemical Reviews, 121(3), 1077-1129. DOI Scopus424 WoS275 Europe PMC76
2021	Haris, N. S. H., Mansor, N., Mohd Yusof, M. S., Sumby, C. J., & Abdul Kadir, M. (2021). Investigating the Potential of Flexible and Pre-Organized Tetraamide Ligands to Encapsulate Anions in One-Dimensional Coordination Polymers: Synthesis, Spectroscopic Studies and Crystal Structures. Crystals, 11(1), 77-1-77-14. DOI Scopus5 WoS1
2021	Brammer, L., Burrows, A. D., Chong, S. Y. L., Craig, G., Evans, J., Farha, O., . . . West, N. G. (2021). Advanced characterisation techniques: Multi-scale,: In situ, and time-resolved: General discussion. Faraday Discussions, 225(0), 152-167. DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC1
2021	de Prinse, T. J., Karami, A., Moffatt, J. E., Payten, T. B., Tsiminis, G., Teixeira, L. D. S., . . . Spooner, N. A. (2021). Dual Laser Study of Non-Degenerate Two Wavelength Upconversion Demonstrated in Sensitizer-Free NaYF₄:Pr Nanoparticles. Advanced Optical Materials, 9(7), 2001903-1-2001903-7. DOI Scopus7 WoS6
2021	Albalad, J., Sumby, C. J., Maspoch, D., & Doonan, C. J. (2021). Elucidating pore chemistry within metal–organic frameworks via single crystal X-ray diffraction; from fundamental understanding to application. CrystEngComm, 23(11), 2185-2195. DOI Scopus5 WoS4
2021	Maddigan, N. K., Linder-Patton, O. M., Falcaro, P., Sumby, C. J., Bell, S. G., & Doonan, C. J. (2021). Influence of the synthesis and storage conditions on the activity of Candida antarctica lipase B ZIF-8 biocomposites. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13(44), 51867-51875. DOI Scopus33 WoS18 Europe PMC5
2021	Peralta, R. A., Huxley, M. T., Albalad, J., Sumby, C. J., & Doonan, C. J. (2021). Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Transformations of Metal-Organic-Framework-Supported, Site-Isolated Trigonal-Planar Cu(I) Complexes with Labile Ligands. Inorganic Chemistry, 60(16), 11775-11783. DOI Scopus13 WoS11 Europe PMC6
2021	Karami, A., Farivar, F., De Prinse, T. J., Rabiee, H., Kidd, S., Sumby, C. J., & Bi, J. (2021). Facile Multistep Synthesis of ZnO-Coated β-NaYF₄:Yb/Tm Upconversion Nanoparticles as an Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy for Persistent Staphylococcus aureus Small Colony Variants. ACS Applied Bio Materials, 4(8), 6125-6136. DOI Scopus12 WoS6 Europe PMC2
2021	Betts, H. D., Neville, S. L., McDevitt, C. A., Sumby, C. J., & Harris, H. H. (2021). The biochemical fate of Ag+ ions in Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, and biological media.. J Inorg Biochem, 225, 1-10. DOI Scopus14 WoS8 Europe PMC7
2020	Lippi, R., Coghlan, C. J., Howard, S. C., Easton, C. D., Gu, Q., Patel, J., . . . Doonan, C. J. (2020). In Situ MOF-Templating of Rh Nanocatalysts under Reducing Conditions. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 73(12), 1271-1283. DOI Scopus3 WoS3
2020	Hickey, S., Nitschke, S., Sweetman, M. J., Sumby, C. J., Brooks, D. A., Plush, S. E., & Ashton, T. D. (2020). Cross-coupling of amide and amide derivatives to umbelliferone nonaflates: synthesis of coumarin derivatives and fluorescent materials. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 85(12), 7986-7999. DOI Scopus13 WoS9 Europe PMC3
2020	Young, R. J., Huxley, M. T., Pardo, E., Champness, N. R., Sumby, C. J., & Doonan, C. J. (2020). Isolating reactive metal-based species in Metal-Organic Frameworks - viable strategies and opportunities. Chemical Science, 11(16), 4031-4050. DOI Scopus59 WoS48 Europe PMC19
2020	Peralta, R. A., Huxley, M. T., Evans, J. D., Fallon, T., Cao, H., He, M., . . . Doonan, C. J. (2020). Highly active gas phase organometallic catalysis supported within metal-organic framework pores. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142(31), 13533-13543. DOI Scopus44 WoS34 Europe PMC9
2020	Dissanayake, I., Hart, J. D., Becroft, E. C., Sumby, C. J., & Newton, C. G. (2020). Bisketene equivalents as diels-alder dienes. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142(31), 13328-13333. DOI Scopus15 WoS14 Europe PMC2
2020	Betts, H. D., Linder-Patton, O. M., & Sumby, C. J. (2020). A stable coordination polymer based on rod-like silver(I) nodes with contiguous Ag-S bonding. Molecules, 25(19), 1-8. DOI Scopus4 WoS2
2020	Day, A. J., Sumby, C. J., & George, J. H. (2020). Biomimetic synthetic studies on the bruceol family of meroterpenoid natural products. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 85(4), 2103-2117. DOI Scopus14 WoS14 Europe PMC3
2020	Patel, H. D., Tran, T. -H., Sumby, C. J., Pašteka, L. F., & Fallon, T. (2020). Boronate Ester Bullvalenes. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142(8), 3680-3685. DOI Scopus16 WoS11 Europe PMC6
2020	Perlata, R. A., Huxley, M. T., Shi, Z., Zhang, Y. -B., Sumby, C. J., & Doonan, C. J. (2020). A metal–organic framework supported iridium catalyst for the gas phase hydrogenation of ethylene. Chemical Communications, 97(56), 15313-15316. DOI Scopus17 WoS12 Europe PMC3
2019	Coleman, M. A., Burchill, L., Sumby, C. J., & George, J. H. (2019). Biomimetic synthesis enables the structure revision of furoerioaustralasine. Organic Letters, 21(21), 8776-8778. DOI Scopus17 WoS14 Europe PMC1
2019	Burchill, L., Pepper, H. P., Sumby, C. J., & George, J. H. (2019). ortho-Quinone methide cyclizations inspired by the busseihydroquinone family of natural products. Organic Letters, 21(20), 8304-8307. DOI Scopus10 WoS6 Europe PMC2
2019	Huxley, M. T., Young, R. J., Bloch, W. M., Champness, N. R., Sumby, C. J., & Doonan, C. J. (2019). Isomer interconversion studied through single-crystal to single-crystal transformations in a metal-organic framework matrix. Organometallics, 38(18), 3412-3418. DOI Scopus13 WoS9
2019	Murray, L. A. M., Fallon, T., Sumby, C. J., & George, J. H. (2019). Total synthesis of naphterpin and marinone natural products. Organic Letters, 21(20), 8312-8315. DOI Scopus22 WoS16 Europe PMC4
2019	Hart, J. D., Burchill, L., Day, A. J., Newton, C. G., Sumby, C. J., Huang, D. M., & George, J. H. (2019). Visible-light photoredox catalysis enables the biomimetic synthesis of nyingchinoids A, B, and D, and rasumatranin D. Angewandte Chemie, 131(9), 2817-2820. DOI
2019	Day, A. J., Lee, J. H. Z., Phan, Q. D., Lam, H. C., Ametovski, A., Sumby, C. J., . . . George, J. H. (2019). Biomimetic and biocatalytic synthesis of bruceol. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 58(5), 1427-1431. DOI Scopus15 WoS10 Europe PMC3
2019	Liang, W., Xu, H., Carraro, F., Maddigan, N. K., Li, Q., Bell, S. G., . . . Doonan, C. J. (2019). Enhanced activity of enzymes encapsulated in hydrophilic metal-organic frameworks. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141(6), 2348-2355. DOI Scopus374 WoS288 Europe PMC62
2019	Hart, J. D., Burchill, L., Day, A. J., Newton, C. G., Sumby, C. J., Huang, D. M., & George, J. H. (2019). Visible-light photoredox catalysis enables the biomimetic synthesis of nyingchinoids A, B, and D, and rasumatranin D. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 58(9), 2791-2794. DOI Scopus27 WoS20 Europe PMC3
2019	Stark, K. A. S., Alvino, J. F., Kirkbride, K. P., Sumby, C. J., Metha, G. F., Lenehan, C. E., . . . Prior, C. (2019). Crystal structure, sensitiveness and theoretical explosive performance of xylitol pentanitrate (XPN). Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, 44(5), 541-549. DOI Scopus8 WoS7
2019	Jevric, M., Wang, Z., Petersen, A. U., Mansø, M., Sumby, C. J., Nielsen, M. B., & Moth-Poulsen, K. (2019). Tuning molecular solar thermal properties by modification of a promising norbornadiene photoswitch. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2019(13), 2354-2361. DOI Scopus12 WoS8
2019	Petersen, A. U., Hofmann, A. I., Fillols, M., Mansø, M., Jevric, M., Wang, Z., . . . Moth-Poulsen, K. (2019). Solar energy storage by molecular norbornadiene-quadricyclane photoswitches: polymer film devices. Advanced Science, 6(12), 1-10. DOI Scopus49 WoS35 Europe PMC11
2019	Schuschke, C., Hohner, C., Jevric, M., Ugleholdt Petersen, A., Wang, Z., Schwarz, M., . . . Libuda, J. (2019). Solar energy storage at an atomically defined organic-oxide hybrid interface. Nature Communications, 10(1), 2384-1-2384-10. DOI Scopus37 WoS34 Europe PMC9
2019	Klepp, J., Sadgrove, N. J., Legendre, S. V. A. M., Sumby, C. J., & Greatrex, B. W. (2019). Biomimetic Synthesis of Mitchellenes B-H from the Abundant Biological Precursor 14-Hydroxy-6,12-muuroloadien-15-oic Acid. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 84(15), 9637-9647. DOI Scopus3 WoS1
2019	Flint, K. L., Collins, J. G., Bradley, S. J., Smith, T. A., Sumby, C. J., & Keene, F. R. (2019). Synthesis and characterisation of helicate and mesocate forms of a double-stranded diruthenium(II) complex of a di(terpyridine) ligand. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 72(10), 762-768. DOI Scopus6 WoS3
2019	Bloch, W. M., Doonan, C. J., & Sumby, C. J. (2019). Tuning packing, structural flexibility, and porosity in 2D metal-organic frameworks by metal node choice. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 72(10), 797-804. DOI Scopus3 WoS4
2019	Liang, W., Carraro, F., Solomon, M. B., Bell, S. G., Amenitsch, H., Sumby, C. J., . . . Doonan, C. J. (2019). Enzyme encapsulation in a porous hydrogen-bonded organic framework. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141(36), 14298-14305. DOI Scopus222 WoS116 Europe PMC30
2018	Maddigan, N., Tarzia, A., Huang, D., Sumby, C., Bell, S., Falcaro, P., & Doonan, C. (2018). Protein surface functionalisation as a general strategy for facilitating biomimetic mineralisation of ZIF-8. Chemical Science, 9(18), 4217-4223. DOI Scopus140 WoS115 Europe PMC33
2018	Klepp, J., Sumby, C., & Greatrex, B. (2018). Synthesis of a Chiral Auxiliary Family from Levoglucosenone and Evaluation in the Diels-Alder Reaction. Synlett, 29(11), 1441-1446. DOI Scopus23 WoS17
2018	Young, R., Begg, S., Coghlan, C., McDevitt, C., & Sumby, C. J. (2018). Exploring the use of structure and polymer incorporation to tune silver ion release and antibacterial activity of silver coordination polymers. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2018(30), 3512-3518. DOI Scopus16 WoS13
2018	KADIR, M. A., YUSOF, M. S. M., & Sumby, C. (2018). Crystal Structure of 1,2-Bis[N,N′-6-(3-pyridylmethylamido)pyridyl-2-carboxyamido]ethane. X-ray Structure Analysis Online, 34(0), 31-32. DOI WoS1
2018	Linder-Patton, O., De Prinse, T., Furukawa, S., Bell, S., Sumida, K., Doonan, C., & Sumby, C. (2018). Influence of nanoscale structuralisation on the catalytic performance of ZIF-8: a cautionary surface catalysis study. CrystEngComm, 20(34), 4926-4934. DOI Scopus40 WoS30
2018	Wang, Z., Dreos, A., Sumby, C., Nielsen, M., Börjesson, K., Erhart, P., & Moth-Poulsen, K. (2018). Norbornadiene-based photoswitches with exceptional combination of solar spectrum match and long-term energy storage. Chemistry - A European Journal, 24(49), 12767-12772. DOI Scopus72 WoS57 Europe PMC20
2018	Kadir, M. A., Yusof, M. S. M., & Sumby, C. J. (2018). Crystal structure of 1,2-Bis[N,N'-6-(3-pyridylmethylamido)pyridyl-2-carboxyamido] ethane. X-ray Structure Analysis Online, 34(8), 31-32. DOI Scopus1
2018	Lam, H., Phan, Q., Sumby, C., & George, J. (2018). Biomimetic synthesis of hyperjapones F-I. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 71(9), 649-654. DOI Scopus6 WoS4
2018	Bruce, M., Halet, J. -F., Le Guennic, B., Skelton, B., Sobolev, A., Sumby, C., & White, A. (2018). Structural systematics of some trinuclear alkynyl and diynyl Group 11 complexes containing dppm [dppm = CH₂(PPh₂)₂]. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 375, 2-12. DOI Scopus8 WoS9
2018	Jevric, M., Petersen, A. U., Mansø, M., Kumar Singh, S., Wang, Z., Dreos, A., . . . Moth‐Poulsen, K. (2018). Cover Feature: Norbornadiene‐Based Photoswitches with Exceptional Combination of Solar Spectrum Match and Long‐Term Energy Storage (Chem. Eur. J. 49/2018). Chemistry – A European Journal, 24(49), 12735. DOI
2018	Legendre, S., Jevric, M., Klepp, J., Sumby, C., & Greatrex, B. (2018). A domino Kornblum-DeLaMare/aza-Michael reaction of 3,6-dihydro-1,2-dioxines and application to the synthesis of the ceramide transport inhibitor (±)-HPA-12. Tetrahedron, 74(12), 1229-1239. DOI Scopus3 WoS3
2018	Sadgrove, N. J., Klepp, J., Legendre, S. V. -M., Lyddiard, D., Sumby, C. J., & Greatrex, B. W. (2018). Revision of the Phytochemistry of Eremophila sturtii and E. mitchellii. Journal of natural products, 81(2), 405-409. DOI Scopus7 WoS6 Europe PMC2
2018	Liang, W., Ricco, R., Maddigan, N., Dickinson, R., Xu, H., Li, Q., . . . Doonan, C. (2018). Control of structure topology and spatial distribution of biomacromolecules in Protein@ZIF-8 biocomposites. Chemistry of Materials, 30(3), 1069-1077. DOI Scopus153 WoS126
2018	Huxley, M. T., Burgun, A., Ghodrati, H., Coghlan, C. J., Lemieux, A., Champness, N. R., . . . Sumby, C. J. (2018). Protecting-group-free site-selective reactions in a metal-organic framework reaction vessel. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140(20), 6416-6425. DOI Scopus43 WoS38 Europe PMC8
2017	Kadir, M., & Sumby, C. (2017). Synthesis, crystal structure and coordination chemistry of DI-2-pyridylmethaneamine-based chelating ligands with cadmium salts. Malaysian Journal of Analytical Sciences, 21(5), 1036-1044. DOI
2017	Huxley, M., Coghlan, C., Bloch, W., Burgun, A., Doonan, C., & Sumby, C. (2017). X-ray crystallographic insights into post-synthetic metalation products in a metal-organic framework. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 375(2084), 20160028-1-2016-0028-12. DOI Scopus11 WoS15 Europe PMC2
2017	Burgun, A., Coghlan, C., Huang, D., Chen, W., Horike, S., Kitagawa, S., . . . Doonan, C. (2017). Mapping-out catalytic processes in a metal-organic framework with single-crystal X-ray crystallography. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 56(29), 8412-8416. DOI Scopus74 WoS66 Europe PMC18
2017	Lam, H., Pepper, H., Sumby, C., & George, J. (2017). Biomimetic total synthesis of (±)-verrubenzospirolactone. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 56(29), 8532-8535. DOI Scopus29 WoS27 Europe PMC5
2017	Ledingham, E., Merritt, C., Sumby, C., Taylor, M., & Greatrex, B. (2017). Stereoselective Cyclopropanation of (-)-Levoglucosenone Derivatives Using Sulfonium and Sulfoxonium Ylides. Synthesis (Germany), 49(12), 2652-2662. DOI Scopus14 WoS13
2017	Dechnik, J., Gascon, J., Doonan, C., Janiak, C., & Sumby, C. (2017). Mixed-matrix membranes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 56(32), 9292-9310. DOI Scopus565 WoS445 Europe PMC93
2017	Day, A., Lamr, H., Sumby, C., & George, J. (2017). Biomimetic total synthesis of rhodonoids C and D, and murrayakonine D. Organic Letters, 19(10), 2463-2465. DOI Scopus20 WoS16 Europe PMC4
2017	Burgun, A., Bloch, W., Doonan, C., & Sumby, C. (2017). Engineering isoreticular 2D metal-organic frameworks with inherent structural flexibility. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 70(5), 566-575. DOI Scopus4 WoS3
2017	Lippi, R., Howard, S., Barron, H., Easton, C., Madsen, I., Waddington, L., . . . Kennedy, D. (2017). Highly active catalyst for CO₂ methanation derived from a metal organic framework template. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 5(25), 12990-12997. DOI Scopus96 WoS79
2017	Dechnik, J., Gascon, J., Doonan, C. J., Janiak, C., & Sumby, C. J. (2017). Mixed-matrix-membranen. Angewandte Chemie, 129(32), 9420-9439. DOI
2017	Dechnik, J., Sumby, C., & Janiak, C. (2017). Enhancing mixed-matrix membrane performance with metal-organic framework additives. Crystal Growth and Design, 17(8), 4467-4488. DOI Scopus125 WoS105
2017	Doonan, C. J., & Sumby, C. J. (2017). Metal-organic framework catalysis. CrystEngComm, 19(29), 4045-4049. DOI Scopus67 WoS87
2016	Teo, J., Coghlan, C., Evans, J., Tsivion, E., Head-Gordon, M., Sumby, C., & Doonan, C. (2016). Hetero-bimetallic metal-organic polyhedra. Chemical Communications, 52(2), 276-279. DOI Scopus59 WoS56 Europe PMC19
2016	Huxley, M., Coghlan, C., Burgun, A., Tarzia, A., Sumida, K., Sumby, C., & Doonan, C. (2016). Site-specific metal and ligand substitutions in a microporous Mn²⁺-based metal–organic framework. Dalton Transactions, 45(10), 4431-4438. DOI Scopus12 WoS12 Europe PMC5
2016	Linder-Patton, O., Bloch, W., Coghlan, C., Sumida, K., Kitagawa, S., Furukawa, S., . . . Sumby, C. (2016). Particle size effects in the kinetic trapping of a structurally-locked form of a flexible metal-organic framework. CrystEngComm, 18(22), 4172-4179. DOI Scopus30 WoS27
2016	Evans, J., Huang, D., Haranczyk, M., Thornton, A., Sumby, C., & Doonan, C. (2016). Computational identification of organic porous molecular crystals. CrystEngComm, 18(22), 4133-4141. DOI Scopus41 WoS33
2016	Sumby, C. (2016). Metal-organic frameworks: A thin film opening. Nature Chemistry, 8(4), 294-296. DOI Scopus13 WoS12 Europe PMC3
2016	Linder-Patton, O., Doonan, C., & Sumby, C. (2016). Staggered pillaring: a strategy to control layer-layer packing and enhance porosity in MOFs. Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 69(11-13), 1802-1811. DOI Scopus2 WoS2
2016	Burgun, A., Valente, P., Evans, J., Huang, D., Sumby, C., & Doonan, C. (2016). Endohedrally functionalised porous organic cages. Chemical Communications, 52(57), 8850-8853. DOI Scopus27 WoS24 Europe PMC7
2016	Ricco, R., Pfeiffer, C., Sumida, K., Sumby, C., Falcaro, P., Furukawa, S., . . . Doonan, C. (2016). Emerging applications of metal-organic frameworks. CrystEngComm, 18(35), 6532-6542. DOI Scopus127 WoS111
2016	Bruce, M., Ellis, B., Halet, J., Le Guennic, B., Nicholson, B., Sahnoune, H., . . . Zaitseva, N. (2016). Syntheses and structures of some complexes containing M₃(μdppm)₃ moieties (M = Cu, Ag) linking C₄{M'Lₓ} groups [M'Lₓ = Re(CO)₃((BU ͭ₂-bpy), Ru(dppe)Cp]. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 453*, 654-666. DOI Scopus6 WoS3
2016	Capon, P., Burgun, A., Coghlan, C., Crees, R., Doonan, C., & Sumby, C. (2016). Hydrogen adsorption in azolium and metalated N-heterocyclic carbene containing MOFs. CrystEngComm, 18(37), 7003-7010. DOI Scopus16 WoS14
2015	Evans, J., Huang, D., Hill, M., Sumby, C., Sholl, D., Thornton, A., & Doonan, C. (2015). Molecular design of amorphous porous organic cages for enhanced gas storage. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 119(14), 7746-7754. DOI Scopus42 WoS35
2015	Evans, J., Sumby, C., & Doonan, C. (2015). Synthesis and applications of porous organic cages. Chemistry Letters, 44(5), 582-588. DOI Scopus79 WoS69
2015	Bloch, W., & Sumby, C. (2015). Probing solid-state breathing and structural transformations in a series of silver(I) porous coordination polymers. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2015(22), 3723-3729. DOI Scopus10 WoS11
2015	Kadir, M., Ramli, R., Kassim, N., Mansor, N., & Sumby, C. (2015). Synthesis, structural and spectroscopic studies of palladium(II) metallo-macrocyles containing ancillary blocking ligands and N,N'-2,6-Bis(3-pyridylmethyl)pyridine dicarboxamide. Malaysian Journal of Analytical Sciences, 19(3), 520-530. Scopus3
2015	Kitchin, M., Teo, J., Konstas, K., Lau, C. H., Sumby, C. J., Thornton, A. W., . . . Hill, M. R. (2015). AIMs: a new strategy to control physical aging and gas transport in mixed-matrix membranes. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 3(29), 15241-15247. DOI Scopus67 WoS63
2015	Kitchin, M., Konstas, K., Sumby, C., Czyz, M., Valente, P., Hill, M., . . . Doonan, C. (2015). Continuous flow synthesis of a carbon-based molecular cage macrocycle via a three-fold homocoupling reaction. Chemical Communications, 51(75), 14231-14234. DOI Scopus26 WoS22 Europe PMC12
2015	Bruce, M., Burgun, A., George, J., Nicholson, B., Parker, C., Skelton, B., . . . Zaitseva, N. (2015). Some reactions of azides with diynyl-bis(phosphine)ruthenium-cyclopentadienyl complexes. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 797, 185-193. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2015	Stockton, K., Merritt, C., Sumby, C., & Greatrex, B. (2015). Palladium-Catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura, Heck and Hydroarylation Reactions on (-)-Levoglucosenone and Application to the Synthesis of Chiral γ-Butyrolactones. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2015(32), 6999-7008. DOI Scopus28 WoS23
2015	Bloch, W., & Sumby, C. (2015). Silver(I) coordination polymers of the ‘hinged’ pyrazine containing ligand di-2-pyrazinylmethane. Supramolecular Chemistry, 27(11-12), 807-819. DOI Scopus4 WoS3
2015	Huang, A., Sefton, M., Sumby, C., Tiekink, E., & Taylor, D. (2015). Mechanistic studies on the autoxidation of α-guaiene: structural diversity of the sesquiterpenoid downstream products. Journal of Natural Products, 78(1), 131-145. DOI Scopus33 WoS26 Europe PMC10
2015	Bloch, W., Burgun, A., Doonan, C., & Sumby, C. (2015). Probing post-synthetic metallation in metal-organic frameworks: insights from X-ray crystallography. Chemical Communications, 51(25), 5486-5489. DOI Scopus23 WoS22 Europe PMC4
2014	Burgun, A., Crees, R., Cole, M., Doonan, C., & Sumby, C. (2014). A 3-D diamondoid MOF catalyst based on in situ generated [Cu(L)2] N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) linkers: hydroboration of CO₂. Chemical Communications, 50(79), 11760-11763. DOI Scopus70 WoS61 Europe PMC11
2014	Burgun, A., Gendron, F. D. R., Sumby, C. J., Roisnel, T., Cador, O., Costuas, K., . . . Lapinte, C. (2014). Hexatriynediyl Chain Spanning Two Cp(dppe) M Termini (M= Fe, Ru): Evidence for the Dependence of Electronic and Magnetic Couplings on the Relative Orientation of the Termini. Organometallics*, 33(10), 2613-2627. DOI Scopus44 WoS44
2014	Hollis, C., He, X., & Sumby, C. (2014). Ruthenium complexes of hexakis(cyanophenyl)[3]radialenes and their di(cyanophenyl)methane precursors: Synthesis, photophysical, and electrochemical properties. Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 67(8), 1367-1379. DOI Scopus2 WoS2
2014	Evans, J. D., Sumby, C. J., & Doonan, C. J. (2014). Post-synthetic metalation of metal–organic frameworks. Chemical Society reviews, 43(16), 5933-5951. DOI Scopus521 WoS460 Europe PMC108
2014	Kadir, M. A., Mansor, N., Yusof, M. S. M., & Sumby, C. J. (2014). Synthesis and crystal structure of N-6-[(4-pyridylamino) carbonyl]-pyridine-2-carboxylic acid methyl ester zinc complex. Complex Metals, 1(1), 32-37. DOI
2014	Coghlan, C., Sumby, C., & Doonan, C. (2014). Utilising hinged ligands in MOF synthesis: a covalent linking strategy for forming 3D MOFs. CrystEngComm, 16(28), 6364-6371. DOI Scopus9 WoS6
2014	Lu, T., Goh, A. W., Yu, M., Adams, J., Lam, F., Teo, T., . . . Wang, S. (2014). Discovery of (E)-3-((Styrylsulfonyl) methyl) pyridine and (E)-2-((Styrylsulfonyl) methyl) pyridine Derivatives as Anticancer Agents: Synthesis, Structure–Activity Relationships, and Biological Activities. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 57(6), 2275-2291. DOI Scopus27 WoS20 Europe PMC10
2014	Evans, J. D., Huang, D. M., Hill, M. R., Sumby, C. J., Thornton, A. W., & Doonan, C. J. (2014). Feasibility of mixed matrix membrane gas separations employing porous organic cages. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 118(3), 1523-1529. DOI Scopus75 WoS65
2014	Hollis, C. A., He, X., & Sumby, C. J. (2014). Ruthenium complexes of hexakis (cyanophenyl)[3] radialenes and their di (cyanophenyl) methane precursors: Synthesis, photophysical and electrochemical properties. Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 1-23.
2014	Bloch, W. M., Burgun, A., Coghlan, C. J., Lee, R., Coote, M. L., Doonan, C. J., & Sumby, C. J. (2014). Capturing snapshots of post-synthetic metallation chemistry in metal-organic frameworks. Nature Chemistry, 6(10), 906-912. DOI Scopus171 WoS159 Europe PMC47
2014	Huang, A., Sumby, C., Tiekink, E., & Taylor, D. (2014). Synthesis of guaia-4(5)-en-11-ol, guaia-5(6)-en-11-ol, aciphyllene, 1- epi-melicodenones C and E, and other guaiane-type sesquiterpenoids via the diastereoselective epoxidation of guaiol. Journal of Natural Products, 77(11), 2522-2536. DOI Scopus24 WoS20 Europe PMC6
2014	Rankine, D., Keene, T., Doonan, C., & Sumby, C. (2014). Reprogramming kinetic phase control and tailoring pore environments in Coᴵᴵ and Znᴵᴵ metal-organic frameworks. Crystal Growth and Design, 14(11), 5710-5718. DOI Scopus12 WoS8
2014	Babarao, R., Coghlan, C., Rankine, D., Bloch, W., Gransbury, G., Sato, H., . . . Doonan, C. (2014). Does functionalisation enhance CO₂ uptake in interpenetrated MOFs? An examination of the IRMOF-9 series. Chemical Communications, 50(24), 3238-3241. DOI Scopus59 WoS52 Europe PMC9
2013	Bloch, W., Doonan, C., & Sumby, C. (2013). Using hinged ligands to target structurally flexible copper(II) MOFs. Crystengcomm, 15(45), 9663-9671. DOI Scopus30 WoS27
2013	He, Z., Pang, Q., Rankine, D., Sumby, C., Zhang, L., Doonan, C., & Li, Q. (2013). Encapsulation of polyoxometalates within layered metal-organic frameworks with topological and pore control. Crystengcomm, 15(45), 9340-9343. DOI Scopus7 WoS7
2013	Rankine, D., Keene, T., Sumby, C., & Doonan, C. (2013). Chelation-driven fluorescence deactivation in three alkali earth metal MOFs containing 2,2’-dihydroxybiphenyl-4,4’-dicarboxylate. Crystengcomm, 15(45), 9722-9728. DOI Scopus9 WoS9
2013	Foo, H., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Sumby, C., & Monro, T. (2013). Towards microstructured optical fibre sensors: surface analysis of silanised lead silicate glass. Journal of Materials Chemistry C: materials for optical and electronic devices, 1(41), 6782-6789. DOI Scopus13 WoS11
2013	Bloch, W., Babarao, R., Hill, M., Doonan, C., & Sumby, C. (2013). Post-synthetic structural processing in a metal-organic framework material as a mechanism for exceptional CO₂/N₂ selectivity. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135(28), 10441-10448. DOI Scopus176 WoS162 Europe PMC43
2013	Hollis, C., Batten, S., & Sumby, C. (2013). Two-dimensional and three-dimensional coordination polymers of hexakis (4-cyanophenyl)[3] radialene: the role of stoichiometry and kinetics. Crystal Growth & Design, 13(6), 2350-2361. DOI Scopus21 WoS21
2013	Keene, T., Rankine, D., Evans, J., Southon, P., Kepert, C., Aitken, J., . . . Doonan, C. (2013). Solvent-modified dynamic porosity in chiral 3D kagome frameworks. Dalton Transactions (Print Edition), 42(22), 7871-7879. DOI Scopus35 WoS30 Europe PMC9
2013	Sumby, C. (2013). Research front on coordination polymers. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 66(4), 397-400. DOI Scopus3 WoS1
2013	Burgun, A., Doonan, C., & Sumby, C. (2013). Triazolium-containing metal-organic frameworks: Control of catenation in 2-D Copper(II) paddlewheel structures. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 66(4), 409-418. DOI Scopus7 WoS6
2013	Avellaneda, A., Valente, P., Burgun, A., Evans, J., Markwell-Heys, A., Rankine, D., . . . Doonan, C. (2013). Kinetically controlled porosity in a robust organic cage material. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 52(13), 3746-3749. DOI Scopus131 WoS118 Europe PMC45
2013	Pehere, A., Sumby, C., & Abell, A. (2013). New cylindrical peptide assemblies defined by extended parallel β-sheets. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 11(3), 425-429. DOI Scopus20 WoS19 Europe PMC7
2013	Avellaneda, A., Valente, P., Burgun, A., Evans, J. D., Markwell-Heys, A. W., Rankine, D., . . . Doonan, C. J. (2013). Kinetically controlled porosity in a robust organic cage material. Angewandte Chemie, 125(13), 3834-3837. DOI
2012	Rankine, D., Avellaneda, A., Hill, M., Doonan, C., & Sumby, C. (2012). Control of framework interpenetration for in situ modified hydroxyl functionalised IRMOFs. Chemical Communications, 48(83), 10328-10330. DOI Scopus65 WoS59 Europe PMC19
2012	Abdul Kadir, M., Clements, P., Hanton, L., Hollis, C., & Sumby, C. (2012). Pre-organisation or a hydrogen bonding mismatch; silver(I) diamide ligand coordination polymers versus discrete metallo-macrocyclic assemblies. Supramolecular Chemistry, 24(8), 627-640. DOI Scopus11 WoS6
2012	Evans, J., Hollis, C., Hack, S., Gentleman, A., Hoffmann, P., Buntine, M., & Sumby, C. (2012). Anion-π interactions of hexaaryl[3]radialenes. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 116(30), 8001-8007. DOI Scopus13 WoS12 Europe PMC3
2012	Crees, R., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K., & Sumby, C. (2012). Synthesis and coordination chemistry of 2-(di-2-pyridylamino)pyrimidine; structural aspects of spin crossover in an Fe(II) complex. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 65(7), 842-850. DOI Scopus2 WoS2
2012	Abdul Kadir, M., Hanton, L., & Sumby, C. (2012). Building blocks for coordination polymers: self-assembled cleft-like and planar discrete metallo-macrocyclic complexes. Dalton Transactions (Print Edition), 41(15), 4497-4505. DOI Scopus11 WoS6 Europe PMC2
2012	Bloch, W., & Sumby, C. (2012). Guest-induced crystal-to-crystal expansion and contraction of a 3-D porous coordination polymer. Chemical Communications, 48(19), 2534-2536. DOI Scopus47 WoS46 Europe PMC8
2012	Avellaneda, A., Hollis, C., He, X., & Sumby, C. (2012). Fluorescent hexaaryl-and hexa-heteroaryl [3] radialenes: synthesis, structures, and properties. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 8, 71-80. DOI Scopus10 WoS9 Europe PMC1
2011	Abdul-Kadir, M., Hanton, L. R., & Sumby, C. J. (2011). Self-assembled metallo-macrocycle based coordination polymers with unsymmetrical amide ligands. Dalton Transactions, 40(45), 12374-12380. DOI Scopus18 WoS11 Europe PMC3
2011	Bloch, W., Derwent - Smith, S., Issa, F., Morris, J., Rendina, L., & Sumby, C. (2011). Fused pyrazino [2,3-b]indolizine and indolizino[2,3-b]quioxaline derivatives; synthesis, structures and properties. Tetrahedron, 67(48), 9368-9375. DOI Scopus35 WoS24
2011	Englich, F. V., Foo, T. C., Richardson, A. C., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Sumby, C. J., & Monro, T. M. (2011). Photoinduced electron transfer based ion sensing within an optical fiber. Sensors, 11(10), 9560-9572. DOI Scopus26 WoS23 Europe PMC6
2011	Sumby, C. (2011). Bridging ligands comprising two or more di-2-pyridylmethyl or amine arms: alternatives to 2,2'-bipyridyl-containing bridging ligands. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 255(15-16), 1937-1967. DOI Scopus61 WoS54
2010	Ioannidis, M., Gentleman, A., Ho, L., Lincoln, S., & Sumby, C. (2010). Complexation and structural studies of a sulfonamide aza-15-crown-5 derivative. Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 13(5), 593-598. DOI Scopus6 WoS6
2010	Crees, R., Cole, M., Hanton, L., & Sumby, C. (2010). Synthesis of a zinc(II) imidazolium dicarboxylate ligand metal-organic framework (MOF): a potential precursor to MOF-tethered N-heterocyclic carbene compounds. Inorganic Chemistry, 49(4), 1712-1719. DOI Scopus84 WoS76 Europe PMC16
2009	Sumby, C., & Hanton, L. (2009). Syntheses and studies of flexible amide ligands: a toolkit for studying metallo-supramolecular assemblies for anion binding. Tetrahedron, 65(24), 4681-4691. DOI Scopus27 WoS19
2009	Hollis, C., Hanton, L., Morris, J., & Sumby, C. (2009). 2-D Coordination Polymers of Hexa(4-cyanophenyl)[3]-radialene and Silver(I): Anion•••π-Interactions and Radialene C−H•••Anion Hydrogen Bonds in the Solid-State Interactions of Hexaaryl[3]-radialenes with Anions. Crystal Growth & Design, 9(6), 2911-2916. DOI Scopus34 WoS34
2009	Westcott, A., Sumby, C., Walshaw, R., & Hardie, M. (2009). Metallo-gels and organo-gels with tripodal cyclotriveratrylene-type and 1,3,5-substituted benzene-type ligands. New Journal of Chemistry, 33(4), 902-912. DOI Scopus52 WoS50
2009	Sumby, C., Leita, B., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K., & Steel, P. (2009). Synthesis and coordination chemistry of doubly-tridentate tripodal pyridazine and pyrimidine-derived ligands: structural interplay between M2L and M2L2 (M=Ni and Pd) complexes and magnetic properties of iron(II) complexes. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 62(9), 1142-1154. DOI Scopus6 WoS6
2008	Antonioli, B., Bray, D., Clegg, J., Gloe, K., Gloe, K., Jager, A., . . . Wenzel, M. (2008). Interaction of copper(II) and palladium(II) with linked 2,2'-dipyridylamine derivatives: Synthetic and structural studies. Polyhedron, 27(13), 2889-2898. DOI Scopus30 WoS28
2008	Carruthers, C., Ronson, T., Sumby, C., Westcott, A., Harding, L., Prior, T., . . . Hardie, M. (2008). The dimeric "hand-shake" motif in complexes and metallo-supramolecular assemblies of cyclotriveratrylene-based ligands. Chemistry-A European Journal, 14(33), 10286-10296. DOI Scopus52 WoS50 Europe PMC8
2008	Sumby, C., & Steel, P. (2008). Synthesis and X-ray crystal structures of three copper(II) complexes of 1,4-bis(di-2-pyridylmethyl)phthalazine. Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 61(14), 2179-2185. DOI Scopus4 WoS4
2008	Sumby, C., & Steel, P. (2008). Synthesis and crystal structure of a 2nm long rectangular copper dimetallomacrocycle. Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 61(1), 117-123. DOI Scopus4 WoS4
2008	Sumby, C. (2008). Ruthenium(II) Complexes of New Chelating Indolizino [2,3-b] pyrazine- and Indolizino[2,3-b] quinoxaline-Derived Ligands: Syntheses, Electrochemistry and Absorption Spectroscopy. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 61(11), 894-904. DOI Scopus6 WoS5
2008	Sumby, C., Gordon, K., Walsh, T., & Hardie, M. (2008). Synthesis and complexation of multiarmed cycloveratrylene-type ligands: Observation of the "Boat" and "Distorted-Cup" conformations of a cyclotetraveratrylene derivative. Chemistry-A European Journal, 14(14), 4415-4425. DOI Scopus18 WoS16 Europe PMC4
2007	Sumby, C., & Steel, P. (2007). Coordination chemistry of di-2-pyridylamine-based bridging heterocyclic ligands: A structural study of coordination polymers and discrete dinuclear complexes. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 360(6), 2100-2114. DOI Scopus22 WoS20
2007	Sumby, C., & Steel, P. (2007). Mono- and dinuclear ruthenium complexes of bridging ligands incorporating two di-2-pyridylamine motifs: Syntheses, spectroscopy and electorchemistry. Polyhedron, 26(18), 5370-5381. DOI Scopus9 WoS8
2007	Sumby, C., & Hardie, M. (2007). 2,3,7,8,12,13-Hexahydroxy-10,15-dihydro-5H-tribenzo[a,d,g]cyclononene acetone disolvate. Acta Crystallographica Section E-Structure Reports Online, 63(4), O1537-O1539. DOI Scopus3 WoS3
2006	Sumby, C., Carr, M., Franken, A., Kennedy, J., Kilner, C., & Hardie, M. (2006). Crystal-packing motifs of [Ag₄L₄]⁴+ star-burst tetrahedra. New Journal of Chemistry, 30(10), 1390-1396. DOI Scopus27 WoS27
2006	Antonioli, B., Bray, D., Clegg, J., Gloe, K., Gloe, K., Kateva, O., . . . Wenzel, M. (2006). Silver(I) complexation of linked 2,2'-dipyridylamine derivatives. Synthetic, solvent extraction, membrane transport and X-ray structural studies. Dalton Transactions (Print Edition), 40, 4783-4794. DOI Scopus62 WoS53 Europe PMC10
2006	Sumby, C., Fisher, J., Prior, T., & Hardie, M. (2006). Tris (pyridylmethyl-amino)cyclotriguaiacylene cavitands: An investigation of the solution and solid-state behaviour of metallo-supramolecular cages and cavitand-based corodination polymers.. Chemistry-A European Journal, 12(11), 2945-2959. DOI Scopus78 WoS74 Europe PMC19
2005	Sumby, C., & Hardie, M. (2005). Capsules and star-burst polyhedra : An [Ag[2]L[2]] capsule and a tetrahedral [Ag[4]L[4]] metallosupramolecular prism with cyclotriveratrylene-type ligands. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 44(39), 6395-6399. DOI Scopus69 WoS62 Europe PMC19
2005	Hardie, M., Ahmad, R., & Sumby, C. (2005). Network structures of cyclotriveratrylene and its derivatives. New Journal of Chemistry, 29(10), 1231-1240. DOI Scopus31 WoS32
2005	Sumby, C., & Steel, P. (2005). An investigation of the coordination chemistry of the hexadentate ligand di-2-pyridylketone azine; the formation of a discrete tetranuclear complex with silver nitrate. New Journal of Chemistry, 29(8), 1077-1081. DOI Scopus26 WoS25
2005	Sumby, C., & Hardie, M. (2005). Disentangling disorder in the three-dimensional coordination network of {Ag₃[Tris(2-pyridylmethyl)cyclotriguaiacylene]₂}(PF₆)₃. Crystal Growth & Design, 5(4), 1321-1324. DOI Scopus33 WoS30
2004	Hardie, M., Mills, R., & Sumby, C. (2004). Building blocks for cyclotriveratrylene-based coordination networks. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2(20), 2958-2964. DOI Scopus31 WoS31 Europe PMC9
2004	Steel, P., & Sumby, C. (2004). Synthesis and X-ray crystal structure of a bridging trispiran ligand. Arkivoc (Online Ed), 2004, 7-12. DOI WoS1
2004	Hardie, M., & Sumby, C. (2004). Interwoven 2-D coordination network prepared from the molecular host Tris(isonicotinoyl)cyclotriguaiacylene and Silver(I) Cobalt(III) bis(dicarbollide). Inorganic Chemistry, 43(22), 6872-6874. DOI Scopus54 WoS52 Europe PMC16
2003	Sumby, C., & Steel, P. (2003). Cyclometalated compounds. XVII.¹ The first threefold cyclopalladation of a single benzene ring. Organometallics, 22(12), 2358-2360. DOI Scopus32 WoS30
2003	Steel, P., & Sumby, C. (2003). Coordination chemistry of di-2-pyridylmethane and related bridging ligands with silver(i), copper(ii), palladium(ii) and zinc(ii). Dalton Transactions (Print Edition), 23, 4505-4515. DOI Scopus43 WoS46
2003	D'Alessandro, D., Keene, F., Steel, P., & Sumby, C. (2003). Ruthenium (II) Complexes of Multidentate Ligands Derived from Di (2-pyridyl) methane. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 56(7), 657-664. DOI Scopus24 WoS24
2003	Sumby, C., & Steel, P. (2003). 'All twisted up': a dinuclear helicate with a highly contorted pyridazine bridge. Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 6(2), 127-130. DOI Scopus20 WoS20
2002	Steel, P., & Sumby, C. (2002). Anion-directed self-assembly of metallosupramolecular coordination polymers of the radialene ligand hexa(2-pyridyl)[3]radialene. Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 5(5), 323-327. DOI Scopus41 WoS41
2002	Steel, P., & Sumby, C. (2002). Hexa(2-pyridyl)[3]radialene: self-assembly of a hexanuclear silver array. Chemical Communications, 4, 322-323. DOI Scopus69 WoS72 Europe PMC11
-	Sumby, C. J., Hawes, C. S., Kruger, P. E., Burgun, A., Doonan, C. J., Cheng, P. S., . . . others. (n.d.). RESEARCH FRONT: Coordination Polymers Guest Editor: Christopher J. Sumby. Aust. J. Chem, 65, 463-471.

Book Chapters

Year	Citation
2021	Griffin, S. L., Orton, G. R. F., Young, R. J., Sumby, C. J., Doonan, C. J., & Champness, N. R. (2021). Stabilising and Characterising Homogeneous Catalysts in MOFs. In G. Lloyd, & R. S. Forgan (Eds.), Reactivity in Confined Spaces (Vol. 31, pp. 340-369). United Kingdom: Royal Society of Chemistry. DOI
2021	Carraro, F., de Velásquez-Hernández, M. J., Linares Moreau, M., Astria, E., Sumby, C., Doonan, C., & Falcaro, P. (2021). MOFs and biomacromolecules for biomedical applications. In Metal-Organic Frameworks in Biomedical and Environmental Field (pp. 379-432). Springer International Publishing. DOI Scopus2

Conference Papers

Year	Citation
2021	Peralta, R., Huxley, M., Albalad, J., Doonan, C., & Sumby, C. (2021). Solid-state isolation of reactive complexes in a metal-organic framework matrix. In ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA A-FOUNDATION AND ADVANCES Vol. 77 (pp. C64). INT UNION CRYSTALLOGRAPHY.
2018	Kadir, M., & Sumby, C. (2018). Synthesis, characterization and crystal structure of coordination polymers developed as anion receptor. In Solid State Phenomena Vol. 273 SSP (pp. 134-139). Switzerland: Scientific.net. DOI Scopus3
2014	Foo, H. T. C., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Sumby, C. J., & Monro, T. M. (2014). Comparison of 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) grafting chemistry on silica and lead silicate glass. In International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (2014: Adelaide, South Australia) ICONN 2014. USA: IEEE.
2012	Richardson, A., Foo, T., Englich, F., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Sumby, C., & Monro, T. (2012). A microstructured optical fiber sensor for ion-sensing based on the photoinduced electron transfer effect. In J. Canning, & G. D. Peng (Eds.), Proceedings of the 3rd Asia Pacific Optical Sensors Conferenc Vol. 8351 (pp. 8 pages). Sydney, Australia: SPIE. DOI Scopus1
2011	Hardie, M. J., Carruthers, C., Henkelis, J. J., Little, M. A., Ronson, T. K., & Sumby, C. J. (2011). New coordination polymers with embedded molecular recognition functionality. In ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA A-FOUNDATION AND ADVANCES Vol. 67 (pp. C359). INT UNION CRYSTALLOGRAPHY. DOI
2010	Hardie, M., Carruthers, C., Fisher, J., Harding, L., Henkelis, J., Little, M., . . . Westcott, A. (2010). Star-burst Prisms and Coordination Polymers.. In ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA A-FOUNDATION AND ADVANCES Vol. 66 (pp. S86). INT UNION CRYSTALLOGRAPHY. DOI
2009	Englich, F., Foo, H., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Sumby, C., & Monro, T. (2009). Towards a microstructured optical fibre fluorescence sensor based on photoinduced electron transfer photobleaching. In Proceedings of the ACOLS ACOFT 09 Conference (pp. 1-2). CDROM: Australian Optical Society.
2009	Foo, H., François, A., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Sumby, C., & Monro, T. (2009). Comparison of surface functionalization techniques on silica and soft glasses for optical fibre sensing applications. In Proceedings of the ACOLS ACOFT 09 Conference (pp. 107-108). CDROM: Australian Optical Society.

Conference Items

Year	Citation
2017	Doonan, C., Burgun, A., & Sumby, C. (2017). Single site catalysis in metal-organic frameworks. Poster session presented at the meeting of ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. San Francisco, CA: AMER CHEMICAL SOC.
2014	Doonan, C. J., Sumby, C. J., & Bloch, W. M. (2014). MOFs: Nanosized windows into Angstrom space. Poster session presented at the meeting of ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. San Francisco, CA: AMER CHEMICAL SOC.
2006	Hardie, M., Fisher, J., Stephenson, M. D., Sumby, C. J., & Westcott, A. (2006). Materials with network structures from cavitand ligands and extended networks of discrete coordination complexes. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of 1st British-Sino Joint Symposium on Chemistry CCS/RSC/EPSRC Workshop on Materials Chemistry. Beijing, China.
2004	Hardie, M. J., Ahmad, R., & Sumby, C. (2004). Rigid molecular hosts as building blocks for network structures. Poster session presented at the meeting of Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations of Crystallography. Budapest, Hungary: International Union of Crystallography. DOI
-	Young, R., Begg, S., Sumby, C., & McDevitt, C. (n.d.). Silver Coordination Polymers: Relationships between structure and antibacterial activity. Poster session presented at the meeting of Unknown Conference. DOI

Theses

Year	Citation
2003	Sumby, C. J. (2003). The Synthesis and Study of Bridging Heterocyclic Ligands: A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry in the University of Canterbury. (PhD Thesis).

Preprint

Year	Citation
2024	Jevric, M., Klepp, J., Puschnig, J., Lamb, O., Sumby, C. J., & Greatrex, B. W. (2024). Skeletal rearrangement in the 6,8-dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-4-ol ring-system promoted by thionyl chloride or Appel conditions. DOI

Research Funding

Project Funding

2022

Professor Christian Doonan; Professor Christopher Sumby; Dr Kenji Sumida. Metal-organic Framework (MOF) Superstructure Catalysts. ARC DP220101774

2020

CRC Future Fuels Project “Hydrogen Production from a Photo-Electrochemical Reactor under Solar Radiation”.

Professor Christian Doonan; Professor Christopher Sumby; Dr Stephen Bell; Associate Professor Michael Beard; Professor Paolo Falcaro, Advancing the Chemistry of Metal-organic Frameworks for Biotechnology. ARC DP200102411

2019

Prof. Christian Doonan; Prof. Christopher Sumby; Dr Kenji Sumida, Examining small molecule activation in metal-organic framework pores. ARC DP190101402

2017

Prof. Christian Doonan; Prof. Christopher Sumby; Dr Stephen Bell; Professor Paolo Falcaro, Metal-organic frameworks at the biointerface. ARC DP170103531

2016

Doonan, C. J., Sumby, C. J., Huang, D. M., Champness, N. R.; X-ray snapshots of chemical transformations in open framework materials, ARC DP160103234.

Prior to 2016

Kepert, C. J. and others, Solving the energy waste roadblock, Science Industry Endowment Fund

http://www.adelaide.edu.au/adelaidean/issues/45921/news46021.html

Doonan, C. J., Sumby, C. J., Long, J. R., Metal-organic frameworks as heterogeneous catalytic systems, ARC DP110103741.

Monro, T. M., Sumby, C. J., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Hoffmann, P., Abell, A. D.; Disruptive approaches to biological sensing, ARC FS100100039.

Sumby, C. J.; Internally decorated discrete Metallo-supramolecular Assemblies and infinite Metal-Organic Frameworks as molecular containers; ARC FT0991910.

Sumby, C.J.; Anion Binding and Sensing With Self-Assembled Metallo-Supramolecular Assemblies; ARC DP0773011.

Industry Projects

PETRONAS Research Sdn Bhd, MOFs for Hydrogen Storage and Transport, 2022.

CRC Future Fuels Project number: RP1.3-04: Efficient conversion of hydrogen into alternative future fuels, 2021.

PETRONAS Research Sdn Bhd, Technology Readiness Level (TRL) enhancement of MOF-based catalysts for CO₂ hydrogenation into methanol, 2021.

PETRONAS Research Sdn Bhd, Development of MOF‐based catalysts for CO₂ hydrogenation into methanol, 2020.

Infrastructure Funding

Professor Christopher Sumby; Dr John Bruning; Associate Professor Sally Plush; Professor Vincent Bulone; Professor Christian Doonan; Associate Professor Martin Johnston; Professor Dr Volker Hessel; Professor Shudong Wang; Associate Professor Michael Perkins; Professor Deborah White; Professor Mats Andersson; Dr Peter Elliott; Dr Ruben Arrua; Associate Professor Henrietta Venter; Professor Nikolai Petrovsky, Structure Determination Pipeline Capabilities for South Australia. ARC LE210100163

This project aims to complete a high-throughput, automated pipeline for biomolecule crystallisation and provide enhanced X-ray structure determination capabilities for all sample types. This is critical because X-ray crystallography remains the primary technique for achieving molecular level insights to help solve cutting-edge problems in life, materials, chemical, earth and agricultural sciences. The diverse researcher community in South Australia will benefit from a more rapid structure determination pipeline from molecular sample to structure. The infrastructure will drive research findings in energy and resources, food, soil and water security, advanced manufacturing and life sciences and lead to economic and technological impacts.

Gerson, A., Sumby, C. J. and others, Microdiffraction: Advanced capabilities for spatial resolution, trace phase detection and solid object analysis, ARC LE140100122.

Sumby, C. J. and 9 others, Enhanced Powder Diffraction Facilities for SA, ARC LE120000012.

Murray, K. S., Spiccia, L., Deacon, G. B., Batten, S. R., Boskovic, C., Gahan, L. R., Hanson, G. R., Sumby, C. J., Schenk, G., Abrahams, B. F., National magnetochemical facility; ARC LE100100197.

Monro, T. M., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Tan, H. H., Dell, J. M., Madden, S., Sumby, C. J., Ottaway, D. J., Harris, H. H.; Capability for the fabrication and characterisation of mid-infrared photonic materials; ARC LE100100104.

Sumby, C.J., Carver, J.A., Wallace, J.C., Hrmova, M., Pring, A. Abell, A.D., Booker, G.W., Bruce, M.I., Brugger, J., Ford, C.M., Harris, H.H., Morris, J.C., Paton, J.C., Peet, D.J., Pyke, S.M., Shearwin, K.E., Menz, R.I., Abbott, C.A., Anderson, P.A., Brown, M.H., Johnston, M.R., Schuller, K.A., Lopez, A.F., Pitson, S.M., Lincoln, S.F., McKinnon, R.A.; The South Australian Facility for Small and Large Molecule X-Ray Diffraction Structure Determination (The Bragg Crystallography Facility); ARC LE0989336.

Current:

Inorganic Chemistry III - X-ray Crystallography

Advanced Synthetic Methods III - Organometallic Chemistry

Chemistry IA - Coordination Chemistry

Foundations of Chemistry IB - Redox chemistry and main group chemistry

Environmental & Analytical Chemistry II - Atmospheric Chemistry

Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2024	Principal Supervisor	Advancing the Design of MOF-based Catalysts	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Tyla Shanai Jones
2024	Co-Supervisor	Light Initiated Environmental Remediation	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Mabel Lily Day
2023	Co-Supervisor	The Development of Radiomercury Theranostics	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Meaghan Louise Ashton
2022	Principal Supervisor	Crystal Engineering of Novel Pyrazole Functionalised Porous Crystalline Materials	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Mei Tieng Yong
2021	Principal Supervisor	Efficient conversion of hydrogen to future fuels	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Thomas Edward Anthony

Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2021 - 2023	Principal Supervisor	METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS AS SUPPORTS FOR METAL COMPLEXES	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Miss Josephine Frances Smernik
2021 - 2023	Co-Supervisor	POROUS FRAMEWORKS FOR BIOCATALYSIS APPLICATIONS	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Mr Joe Richard Ian Milne
2020 - 2023	Principal Supervisor	Engineering new Zr-MOFs for the structure determination of site-isolated metal complexes	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Pol Gimeno I Fonquernie
2020 - 2022	Co-Supervisor	METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS AS SUPPORTS FOR FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Mr Steven Tsoukatos
2018 - 2020	Principal Supervisor	Biomolecule encapsulation in biocompatible metal-organic frameworks	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Miss Tania Pullin
2018 - 2023	Co-Supervisor	Lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) for biomedical applications	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Afshin Karami
2018 - 2021	Co-Supervisor	Photophysical and electronic properties of pyrene-based 3D coordination polymers.	Master of Philosophy	Master	Part Time	Mr Christopher Norman Coleman
2017 - 2022	Co-Supervisor	Synthesis and Biological Interactions of Ruthenium Supramolecular Assemblies	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Kate Louisa Flint
2017 - 2021	Co-Supervisor	Engineering site-isolated reactive metal complexes within a Metal-organic Framework	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Ricardo Atahualpa Peralta
2017 - 2020	Co-Supervisor	Investigation of the Mechanism of Multiple Cytochrome P450-catalysed Reactions	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Mr Matthew Podgorski
2017 - 2021	Principal Supervisor	Reactivity of Metals Tethered to Metal-Organic Frameworks	Doctor of Philosophy under a Jointly-awarded Degree Agreement with	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Rosemary Jane Young
2016 - 2020	Co-Supervisor	An investigation of the chemistry of silver in biological systems, and the development of silver-containing materials for use as antibacterial agents	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Harley Dwane Betts
2016 - 2020	Principal Supervisor	Influencing Metal-organic Framework Catalysis through Nanoscale Structuralisation	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Dr Oliver Michael Linder-Patton
2015 - 2019	Co-Supervisor	Studying Transition Metal Chemistry inside a Metal-Organic Framework	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Dr Michael Thomas Huxley
2015 - 2017	Principal Supervisor	Incorporation of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes and their Precursors into Metal-Organic Frameworks	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Mr Patrick Keith Capon
2014 - 2018	Co-Supervisor	Metal-Organic Frameworks as Templates for Highly Active Heterogeneous Catalysts	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Renata Lippi
2012 - 2015	Principal Supervisor	Simulations of Molecular and Extended Porous Materials	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Jack Evans
2012 - 2017	Principal Supervisor	Studies of Metal-Organic Polyhedra: Synthesis and Applications in Gas Storage and Separation	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Jesse Miah Teo
2011 - 2012	Co-Supervisor	Oxidative Activation of Iron- and Ruthenium- Alkynyl Complexes: Toward Square-Shaped Molecules with Four Redox-Active Metal Centres	Doctor of Philosophy under a Cotutelle Agreement with	Doctorate	Full Time	Dr Alexandre Burgun
2011 - 2016	Principal Supervisor	Metal-Organic Frameworks Containing Dihydroxy Motifs: Control of Phase Formation and Pore Environments	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Mr Damien Rankine
2011 - 2016	Principal Supervisor	Biomimetic Synthesis of Marine Sponge Derived Natural Products	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Kevin Kuan
2010 - 2014	Principal Supervisor	Engineering Flexible Metal-Organic Frameworks from Methylene-hinged Ligands	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Dr Witold Marek Bloch
2010 - 2013	Co-Supervisor	The Combined Application of XAS and XFM Techniques to the Problem of Selenium Speciation in Biological Systems	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Claire Weekley
2009 - 2014	Co-Supervisor	Optical Fibre Sensors with Surface-immobilised Fluoroionophores	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Mr Herbert Tze Cheung Foo
2009 - 2010	Co-Supervisor	Supramolecular Chemistry of Beta- and Gamma- Cyclodextrin Dimers	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Huy Ngo
2009 - 2015	Principal Supervisor	An investigation of transition metal complex chemistry: enzyme mimicry and Zn(II) detection.	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Hilary Coleman
2008 - 2008	Co-Supervisor	New Methods for the Synthesis of Diynyl, Diyndiyl and Bis(diyndiyl) Ruthenium(II) Complexes	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Dr Nancy Talavera
2008 - 2010	Co-Supervisor	Polarised Alkynyl Ruthenium Complexes	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Christian Parker
2008 - 2012	Principal Supervisor	Synthesis and Coordination Chemistry of Polypyridyl Amide Ligands	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mrs Maisara Abdul Kadir
2008 - 2013	Principal Supervisor	Studies of Hexaaryl[3]radialene Ligands: Synthesis, Coordination Chemistry and Anion Interactions	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Ms Courtney Hollis

Committee Memberships

Date	Role	Committee	Institution	Country
2021 - ongoing	Member	Society of Crystallographers in Australia and New Zealand Council	Society of Crystallographers in Australia and New Zealand	Australia
2020 - 2022	Representative	SA Branch of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute	Royal Australian Chemical Institute	Australia
2020 - ongoing	Member	MX3 Beamline Advisory Panel	Australian Synchrotron	Australia
2018 - 2020	President	SA Branch of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute	Royal Australian Chemical Institute	Australia
2017 - 2017	Chair	Program Chair for Crystal 31	-	-
2017 - 2017	Member	SCANZ Council	-	-
2017 - 2018	Vice-President	SA Branch of the RACI	RACI	Australia
2015 - ongoing	Co-Chair	User Advisory Committee, Macromolecular crystallography (MX) PAC.	Australian Synchrotron	-
2013 - 2016	Member	User Advisory Committee, Macromolecular crystallography (MX) PAC	Australian Synchrotron	Australia
2013 - ongoing	Member	Tall Poppy Selection Panel Committee	The Australian Institute of Policy and Science (AIPS)	Australia

Memberships

Date	Role	Membership	Country
2015 - ongoing	Member	American Chemical Society	United States
2015 - ongoing	Member	Royal Australian Chemistry Institute (MRACI CChem)	Australia
2015 - ongoing	Member	Society of Crystallographers in Australia and New Zealand (SCANZ)	Australia

Editorial Boards

Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country

2021 - ongoing Associate Editor IUCr Newsletter IUCr United Kingdom

2016 - 2019 Board Member Journal of Coordination Chemistry - -

Date	Role	Editorial Board Name	Institution	Country
2021 - ongoing	Associate Editor	IUCr Newsletter	IUCr	United Kingdom
2016 - 2019	Board Member	Journal of Coordination Chemistry	-	-

Position: Professor and Head of School
Phone: 83137406
Email: christopher.sumby@adelaide.edu.au
Campus: North Terrace
Building: Badger, floor 1
Org Unit: School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences