Sally Brooker
- Synthesis and characterisation of polynuclear complexes with macrocyclic and related ligands (1989)
Sally Anne Brooker MNZM is a New Zealand inorganic chemist. She has been a full professor at the University of Otago since 2006.[1][2][3]
Education
Brooker was educated at Hawarden Area School in North Canterbury from 1970 to 1982,[4] and was dux of the school in her final year there.[5] She went on to study chemistry at the University of Canterbury, first graduating Bachelor of Science with first-class honours, and then completing a PhD titled Synthesis and characterisation of polynuclear complexes with macrocyclic and related ligands under the supervision of Vickie McKee in 1989.[4][6]
Academic and research career
After a period of post-doctoral research with George Sheldrick at the University of Göttingen, Brooker returned to New Zealand to take up a lectureship in chemistry at the University of Otago in 1991.[4][7] She rose to become a full professor in 2006.[7]
Brooker's research is in the fields of transition-metal and macrocyclic chemistry.[2] Her work has included the development of molecular switches and molecular magnets, with potential application in nanodevices.[8]
Honours and awards
In the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours, Brooker was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to science.[9][10] Later that year, she won the Hector Medal from the Royal Society of New Zealand.[8][11][12] Also in 2017, Brooker was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's "150 women in 150 words", celebrating the contributions of women to knowledge in New Zealand.[13]
Brooker was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2007, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2011.[8] She is also a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry.[4] In October 2019, Brooker was appointed one of seven inaugural sesquicentennial distinguished chairs, or poutoko taiea, at Otago University.[14] She was awarded the University's Distinguished Research Medal in 2015.[15]
Selected works
- Klingele, Marco H.; Brooker, Sally (2003). "The coordination chemistry of 4-substituted 3, 5-di (2-pyridyl)-4H-1, 2, 4-triazoles and related ligands". Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 241 (1–2): 119–132. doi:10.1016/s0010-8545(03)00049-3.
- Feltham, Humphrey L.C.; Brooker, Sally (2014). "Review of purely 4f and mixed-metal nd-4f single-molecule magnets containing only one lanthanide ion". Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 276: 1–33. doi:10.1016/j.ccr.2014.05.011.
- Beckmann, Udo; Brooker, Sally (2003). "Cobalt (II) complexes of pyridazine or triazole containing ligands: spin-state control". Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 245 (1–2): 17–29. doi:10.1016/s0010-8545(03)00030-4.
- Feltham, Humphrey L.C.; Lan, Yanhua; Klöwer, Frederik; Ungur, Liviu; Chibotaru, Liviu F.; Powell, Annie K.; Brooker, Sally (2011). "A non‐sandwiched macrocyclic monolanthanide single‐molecule magnet: the key role of axiality". Chemistry – A European Journal. 17 (16): 4362–4365. doi:10.1002/chem.201100438. PMID 21432925.
- Brooker, Sally (2001). "Complexes of thiophenolate-containing Schiff-base macrocycles and their amine analogues". Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 222 (1): 33–56. doi:10.1016/s0010-8545(01)00300-9.
- Rodriguez-Jimenez, Santiago; Yang, Mingrui; Stewart, Ian; Garden, Anna L.; Brooker, Sally (2017). "A simple method of predicting spin state in solution". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139 (50): 18392–18396. doi:10.1021/jacs.7b11069. PMID 29156884.
References
- ^ Chemistry, Department of. "Professor Sally Brooker". www.otago.ac.nz.
- ^ a b "Brooker's Bunch - Transition Metal and Macrocyclic Chemistry". blogs.otago.ac.nz.
- ^ "Professor Sally Brooker". 9 February 2019.
- ^ a b c d Brooker, Sally (24 April 2015). "Spin crossover with thermal hysteresis: practicalities and lessons learnt". Chemical Society Reviews. 44 (10): 2880–2892. doi:10.1039/C4CS00376D. PMID 25907385.
- ^ "Hurunui College newsletter" (PDF). Hurunui College. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ Brooker, Sally (1989). Synthesis and characterisation of polynuclear complexes with macrocyclic and related ligands (Doctoral thesis). UC Research Repository, University of Canterbury. doi:10.26021/7777. hdl:10092/7566.
- ^ a b "University staff" (PDF). University of Otago Calendar. 2018. p. 33. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ a b c "2017 Hector Medal: Designing chemical computers and molecular magnets". Royal Society Te Apārangi.
- ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2017". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ^ "Queen's Birthday honours: Southern recipients". Otago Daily Times Online News. 5 June 2017.
- ^ "2017 Hector Medal presentation to Professor Sally Brooker". Royal Society Te Apārangi.
- ^ "Role in 'greening' planet earns award". Otago Daily Times. 11 October 2017.
- ^ "Sally Brooker". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ Gibb, John (1 October 2019). "University's prestigious poutoko taiea initiative recognises leading scholars". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- ^ University of Otago. "Research Awards - Past Recipients". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
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