Associate Professor Michelle Coote

Position

Senior Fellow of the Research School of Chemistry at the Australian National University.

Qualifications
•    Rita Cornforth Fellowship (2003) the Australian National University.
•    Postdoctoral studies (1999-2001) University of Durham, UK with Professor Randal Richards, and (2001-2003) University of Sydney with Professor Leo Radom.
•    PhD (2000) University of New South Wales in polymer chemistry under the supervision of Professor Tom Davis.

Expertise
•    Free radical chemistry,
•    Free radical polymerisation kinetics, and
•    Computational quantum chemistry.

Key Areas of Research

•    Experimental and theoretical studies of nitroxide antioxidants.
•    Design, synthesis and evaluation of novel chain carriers for organic synthesis.
•    Understanding the mechanism of Atom Transfer Radical Polymerisation.
•    Ab initio kinetic modelling of free radical polymerisation systems.
•    Hydrogen transfer reactions in peptide radicals.
•    Adapting computational chemistry for the accurate study of larger molecules.
•    Understanding the effects of substituents on radical stability and reactivity.
•    Computer-aided design of new agents for controlling free radical polymerisation.
•    Calculating and interpreting the redox potentials of biologically active molecules.

Selected Publications

Coote ML, Krenske EH, Izgorodina EI Quantumchemical studies of RAFT polymerization: methodology, structure-reactivity correlations and kinetic implications. In Handbook of RAFT Polymerization. Barner-Kowollik C, ed. Wiley-VCH: Weinheim, 2008, pp. 5-50.