David Leslie Officer is a New Zealand organic chemist and materials scientist.
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| Born | David Leslie Officer |
| Alma mater | Victoria University of Wellington |
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| Fields | Organic chemistry, materials science |
| Thesis | Studies of some strained organic molecules: cyclopropa phenanthrenes (1981) |
| Doctoral advisor | Brian Halton |
He completed a Bachelor of Science (Honours) and PhD at Victoria University of Wellington in 1982 under the direction of Professor Brian Halton, before undertaking postdoctoral positions at the Australian National University, and the University of Cologne (as an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow). Officer returned to New Zealand and took up his first academic post at Massey University in 1986, rising through the ranks to full professor.[1] In 2005, Officer was appointed as a fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry[2] and moved to the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology. Officer is also currently listed as a professorial fellow with the Intelligent Polymer Research Institute and Department of Chemistry at the University of Wollongong, Australia.[3][4]
Research interests
edit- Synthesis and use of porphyrins for photovoltaic and molecular devices.
- Development of dye-sensitised solar cells.
- Development and application of functionalised polythiophenes for photovoltaic cells, batteries, actuators and sensors.
- Functionalisation of carbon nanotubes.
References
edit- ^ Information sourced from Biography in Chemical Reviews[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Officer wins Award". Archived from the original on 3 October 2006. Retrieved 17 August 2007.
- ^ "Researcher Details at the MacDiarmid Institute". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 17 August 2007.
- ^ "IPRI Staff Details". Archived from the original on 1 September 2007. Retrieved 17 August 2007.
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