Doctor Mark Williams

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

Biography

Dr. Mark Williams completed his Ph.D. at the University of Queensland in 1984 in the field of platinum organometallics. After post-doctoral positions in Canada and Great Britain, he was awarded an AINSE Postdoctoral Fellow at Sydney University to study Fischer Tropsch catalysts. He was appointed at UWS in 1990, currently teaching organic chemistry and forensic chemical analysis.

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Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise

Chemical Spectroscopy; Forensic Analysis of chemical substances; Computer Assisted learning in Chemistry

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Grants / Current Projects

"Production of high quality cured vanilla beans" - Australian Vanilla Plantation Pty Ltd 2007-2010

"Use of GC-MS and head space capture for the analysis of citrus volatiles" - The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering: Crawford Fund 2007

"Templates for Sophisticated Learning/Assessment Activities Deliverable in WebCT CE 6" Learning & Teaching Action Project 2006

"Evaluation of the Use of Student Response Units (SRUs) in Teaching" Learning & Teaching Action Project 2006

"Student Learning Guides in first year Chemistry and Biology" Learning & Teaching Action Project 2007

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Awards and Recognition

Australian Learning & Teaching Council Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning. 2010: “For innovative online resources provide quality, timely and constructive feedback: enhancing student learning for diverse student cohorts in chemistry”.

College of Health and Science Learning and Teaching Excellence Awards. 2009 Citation: “For the creation of innovative resources to provide quality, timely and constructive feedback that enhances student learning”.

AINSE Postdoctoral Fellow, AINSE & University of Sydney, 1988

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Selected Publications

Van Dyk S, McGlasson WB, Williams M, Gair C, 2010, Influence of curing procedures on sensory quality of vanilla beans, Fruits 65, in press.
Shahbazi-Gahrouei D, Rizvi S, Williams M, Allen BJ, 2002, In vitro studies of gadolinium-DTPA conjugated with monoclonal antibodies as cancer-specific magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents, Australasian Phys and Eng Sciences in Medicine, 25, 31-38.
Shahbazi-Gahrouei D, Williams M, Allen BJ, 2001, Synthesis and application of new gadolinium-porphyrins as potential MR imaging contrast agents for cancer detection in nude mice, Iranian Biomedical Journal, 5, XI-XXI.
Shahbazi-Gahrouei D, Williams M, Allen BJ, 2001, In vitro study of relationship between signal intensity and gadolinium-DTPA concentration at high magnetic field strength, Australasian Radiology, 45, 298-304.
Shahbazi-Gahrouei D, Williams M, Rizvi S, Allen BJ, 2001, In vivo studies of Gd-DTPA-monoclonal antibody and Gd-porphyrins: potential magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents for melanoma, Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 14, 169-174.
Abdi N, McGlasson WB, Holford P, Williams M, Mizrahi Y, 1998, Responses of climacteric and suppressed-climacteric plums to treatment with propylene and 1-methylcyclopropene. Postharvest Biology & Technology. 14, 29-39.
Blanch RJ, Williams M, Fallon GD, Gardiner MG, Kaddour R, Raston CL, 1997, Supramolecular complexation of 1,2-dicarbadodecaborane(12). Angewandte Chemie. International Ed. in English. 36, 504-506.

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