Research Discipline 

• Chemistry

Areas of Expertise

• Synthetic Polymer Chemistry
• Free Radical Chemistry
• Photochemistry

Research Area

My research program to date has been underpinned by a strong background in both synthetic and physical polymer  and radical chemistry. I have particular expertise in the field of macromolecular chemistry where light is utilized both as a reporter and stimulus. These projects have included the monitoring of radical degradation of polymers via oxidative pathways through fluorescence and chemiluminescence, synthesis of complex macromolecular structure using photo-triggered cycloadditions, and light driven controlled radical polymerisation.

Selected Research Projects

• Photo-triggered Orthogonal Modification of Polymers and Surfaces
• Modification of Carbon Surfaces with Polymers and Electro-active Materials
• Thermal, pH, Redox and Radical Sensitive Fluorescent Macromolecules
• Nanosensors for drug delivery and imaging
• Photosensitive Alkoxyamines for Nitroxide Mediated Photo-Polymerisation

Career Highlights

• 2014-present – Senior Lecturer at Queensland University of Technology
• 2011-2014  –  Lecturer at Queensland University of Technology
• 2009-2011 – Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow in the Macromolecular Chemistry Group at  Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
• 2008-2009 – Postdoctoral researcher at Centre for Magnetic Resonance/Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, University of Queensland
• 2005-2008 – PhD in Chemistry at Queensland University of Technology

For more information:

• http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0092-2040
• https://www.researchgate.net/profile/James_Blinco
• https://au.linkedin.com/in/james-blinco-22091b1a
• http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-2604-2010