Doctor Marion Gaborieau

• Biography
• Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise
• Grants / Current Projects
• Awards and Recognition
• Selected Publications
• Optional
• Contact Details

Biography

Marion Gaborieau is a physical chemist and an analytical chemist. Her PhD work, at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPIP, Mainz, Germany) under the supervision of Hans Spiess, was devoted to the characterization of structure and dynamics in polyacrylics for paints and adhesives by solid-state NMR. She then carried out 5 years of research at the Key Center for Polymer and Colloids (University of Sydney), the Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences (University of Queensland) and the MPIP. She broadened her expertise to other polymers - polysaccharides such as starch for nutrition and bioplastics, their composites with synthetic polymers for paper coating, functional polymeric microspheres for chromatography and diagnostics - and to other characterization techniques - chromatography and capillary electrophoresis. She is a research lecturer in the Nanoscale Organisation and Dynamics Group, and School of Biomedical and Health Sciences at UWS since February 2010. Her research is devoted to the characterization of complex (bio)polymers with advanced (solid-state) NMR methods.

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Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise

physical chemistry; analytical chemistry; nuclear magnetic resonance; solid-state NMR; polymers; polysaccharides; separation science

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Grants / Current Projects

Current grants:
Start-up research funding from UWS ($90,000, 2010-2013)
Research Equipment Funding for ‘Capillary electrophoresis’ from the College of Health and Sciences, UWS (with Dr Patrice Castignolles and Dr Sundar  Koyyalamudi, 2010, $85,000)
New Research Project Development Grant from the School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, UWS (with Prof. J Aldrich-Wright, 2010, $5,000)
Conference travel grant, from the School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, UWS (2010, $2,000)

Current research projects:

• Structure and dynamics in semi-crystalline starch by solid-state NMR, starch-water interactions
• Structure of chitosan films by solid-state NMR, grafting mechanism for chitosan conjugates by NMR
• Surface functionalization of synthetic polymer microspheres by solid-state NMR
• Solubility of chitosan by NMR, separation by SEC and CE
• Separation of complex polyelectrolytes by CE-MS

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Awards and Recognition

Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship Industry (APDI, Australian Research Council, 2008)

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Selected Publications

* indicates corresponding author, letter in brackets is journal ERA ranking (70 % of publications in high-quality A* and A journals)

Reducing the degree of branching in polyacrylates via midchain radical patching: a quantitative melt-state NMR study.
M Gaborieau*, SPS Koo, P Castignolles, T Junkers*, C Barner-Kowollik*,
Macromolecules [A*], 43, 5492-5495 (2010).

Molecular weight and tacticity of oligoacrylates by capillary electrophoresis – mass spectrometry.
M Gaborieau, TJ Causon, Y Guillaneuf, EF Hilder, P Castignolles*,
Australian Journal of Chemistry [B], 63, 1219-1226 (2010)

Accessing quantitative degrees of functionalization on solid substrates via solid state NMR spectroscopy.
M Gaborieau*, L Nebhani, R Graf, L Barner*, C Barner-Kowollik*,
Macromolecules [A*], 43, 3868-3875 (2010)

Caractérisation de l’amidon et de ses matériaux composites.
P Castignolles, M Gaborieau*,
Les Annales des falsifications de l'expertise chimique et toxicologique (Société des Experts Chimistes de France), 971, 23-31 (2009)
invited review

Controlled/living radical polymerization of isoprene and butadiene in emulsion.
G Bar-Nes, R Hall, V Sharma, M Gaborieau, D Lucas, P Castignolles, RG Gilbert*,
European Polymer Journal [A], 45, 3149-3163 (2009).

Detection and quantification of branching in polyacrylates by size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) and melt-state 13C NMR spectroscopy.
P Castignolles, R Graf, M Parkinson, M Wilhelm, M Gaborieau*,
Polymer [A], 50, 2373-2383 (2009).

Kinetics of in vitro digestion of starches monitored by time-resolved 1H nuclear magnetic resonance.
AC Dona, G Pages, RG Gilbert, M Gaborieau, PW Kuchel*,
Biomacromolecules [A], 10, 638-644 (2009).

Synthesis and characterization of synthetic polymer colloids colloidally stabilized by cationized starch oligomers.
M Gaborieau*, H DeBruyn, S Mange, P Castignolles, A Brockmeyer, RG Gilbert*,
Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry [A], 47, 1836-1852 (2009).

Assessment of the extent of starch dissolution in dimethyl sulfoxide by 1H NMR spectroscopy.
S Schmitz, AC Dona, P Castignolles, RG Gilbert, M Gaborieau*,
Macromolecular Bioscience [B], 9, 506-514 (2009).

Investigation of chain dynamics in poly(n-alkyl methacrylates) by solid-state NMR - comparison with poly(n-alkylacrylates).
M Gaborieau*, R Graf, HW Spiess*,
Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics [B], 209, 2078-2086 (2008).
Invited on cover page of journal issue

Toward a full characterization of native starch: separation and detection by size-exclusion chromatography.
NL Hoang, A Landolfi, A Kravchuk, E Girard, J Peate, JM Hernandez, M Gaborieau, O Kravchuk, RG Gilbert, Y Guillaneuf, P Castignolles*,
Journal of Chromatography A [A*], 1205, 60-70 (2008).

Separation of complex branched polymers by size-exclusion chromatography probed with multiple detection.
M Gaborieau, J Nicolas, M Save, B Charleux, JP Vairon, RG Gilbert, P Castignolles*,
Journal of Chromatography A [A*], 1190, 215-223 (2008).

Mechanistic investigation of a starch branching enzyme using hydrodynamic volume SEC analysis.
JM Hernández, M Gaborieau, P Castignolles, MJ Gidley, AM Myers, RG Gilbert*,
Biomacromolecules [A], 9, 954-965 (2008).

Water vapor transmission in butadiene-MMA-methacrylic acid latex films.
O Aungsupravate, D Lucas, N Abu Hassan, M Tonge, P Castignolles, M Gaborieau, G Warrender, RG Gilbert*,
European Polymer Journal [A], 44, 342-356 (2008).

A new NMR method for directly monitoring and quantifying the dissolution kinetics of starch in DMSO.
A Dona, CW Yuen, J Peate, RG Gilbert, P Castignolles, M Gaborieau*,
Carbohydrate Research [C], 342, 2604-2610 (2007).

Investigation of relaxation in poly(n-alkyl acrylates) by solid-state NMR, dielectric and mechanical spectroscopies.
M Gaborieau*, R Graf, S Kahle, T Pakula, HW Spiess*,
Macromolecules [A*], 40, 6249-6256 (2007).

Starch-graft-(synthetic copolymer) latexes initiated with Ce4+ and stabilized by amylopectin.
H De Bruyn, E Sprong, M Gaborieau, JA Roper III, RG Gilbert*,
Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry [A], 45, 4185-4192 (2007).

Extended mechanistic description of particle growth in electrosterically stabilized emulsion polymerization systems.
SC Thickett, M Gaborieau, RG Gilbert*,
Macromolecules [A*], 40, 4710-4720 (2007).

Grafting of oligosaccharides onto synthetic polymer colloids.
S Mange, C Dever, H De Bruyn, M Gaborieau, P Castignolles, RG Gilbert*,
Biomacromolecules [A], 8, 1816-1823 (2007).

Theory of multiple detection size exclusion chromatography of complex branched polymers.
M Gaborieau, RG Gilbert, A Gray-Weale, JM Hernandez, P Castignolles*.
Macromolecular Theory and Simulations [C], 16, 13-28 (2007).
One of the 5 most downloaded articles for that journal in 2007.

Starch-graft-copolymer latexes initiated and stabilized by ozonolyzed amylopectin.
H De Bruyn, E Sprong, M Gaborieau, G David, JA Roper III, RG Gilbert*,
Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry [A], 44, 5832-45 (2006).

High resolution separation of oligo(acrylic acid) by capillary zone electrophoresis.
P Castignolles*, M Gaborieau, EF Hilder, E Sprong, CJ Ferguson, RG Gilbert,
Macromolecular Rapid Communications [A], 27, 42-47 (2006).

Versatility of the dipolar filter selection: from 1H nuclear spin diffusion experiment to the measurement of nuclear Overhauser effect in homopolymer melts.
M Gaborieau, R Graf*, HW Spiess,
Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance [B], 28, 160-172 (2005).

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Optional

Conferences:
Marion Gaborieau has 45 oral presentations (13 by herself, 32 by others) and 37 poster presentations at conferences since 2002

Reviewing:
Occasional reviewer for Macromolecules [A*], Journal of Polymer Science A: Polymer Chemistry [A], Polymer [A], Macromolecular Rapid Communications [A], Carbohydrate Polymers [B], Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry [B], Carbohydrate Research [C].

Invited lectures:
Invited one-hour lectures to broad chemistry audiences at universities, on (solid-state) NMR of polymers in Armidale (Dr C. Fellows, 2010), Brisbane (Prof. A.K. Whittaker, 2008), Marseilles (France, Prof. D. Bertin, 2008), Toulouse (France, Prof. M. Destarac, 2007), Sydney (2005, University of Sydney, Prof. R.G. Gilbert and University of New South Wales, A/Prof. M. Stenzel), Hobart (Dr E.F. Hilder, 2005).

Visiting Fellow:
Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, France (Prof. Bernadette Charleux, 2003-2004, 2 weeks, twice)

Australian Centre for Research in Separation Sciences (ACROSS), University of Tasmania, Hobart (Dr Emily Hilder, 2005-2007, 2 weeks, 3 times),

Centre for Magnetic Resonance, University of Queensland, Brisbane (Prof. Andrew Whittaker, 10 days, 2006),

Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany (Prof. Hans W. Spiess, 2007-2008, 2 weeks, twice and 2010-2011, 2 weeks, twice).

Scientific societies:

• President of the New South Wales RACI polymer group (2010- ) and member of its standing committee (2006-2007)
• Member of Royal Australian Chemical Institute, RACI, since 2005
  
• Member of Australian and New Zealand Society for Magnetic Resonance, ANZMAG, since 2006
• Member of the American Chemical Society, ACS, since 2008
• Member of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, IUPAC, since 2006
• Member of Société Chimique de France, SCF (French Chemical Society), since 2006
• Member of Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker e.V., GDCh (German Chemical Society), since 2008
• Member of the Groupe Francais des Polymeres, GFP (French Polymer Society) since 2002
  

Workshop:
Organization of a 5-day workshop on solid-state NMR in Brisbane in December 2009 (with Prof. J.P. Amoureux, University of Lille, France, jean-paul.amoureux@univ-lille1.fr): 3 days lectures by 4 French lecturers and myself, 2 days hands-on on a spectrometer (planning schedule, managing advertisement and registration procedure, help for travel and accommodation of French lecturers).

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