Professor Peter Leverett

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

Biography

1993 - Professor of Chemistry, UWS.
1989 - 1992 Foundation Dean and Professor, Faculty of Science & Tech, UWS Nepean.
1987 - 1988 Foundation Head, School of Science & Tech, Nepean CAE.
1984 - 1986 Foundation Director, Centre for Applied Science, Nepean CAE.
1975 - 1983 Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Principal Lecturer (Chemistry), NSWIT (UTS).
1973 - 1974 Lecturer in Chemistry, Caulfield Institute of Technology.
1970 - 1972 Postdoctoral Senior Teaching Fellow (Chemistry), Monash University.
1966 - 1969 PhD (Chemistry), Monash University
1962 - 1965 BSc(Hons) (Chemistry & Geology), University of Tasmania

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Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise

• Structural aspects of inorganic chemistry using X-ray and SEM methods
• Crystal chemistry of supergene minerals and mixed metal oxide systems
• Structural studies of ordering phenomena in solid solutions
• X-ray molecular structure determination of novel chiral coordination compound
• Trace-metal and micro-sample analysis by TXRF spectroscopy
• Teaching at all undergraduate levels of general and inorganic chemistry
• Design and management of science degrees, science buildings and instrument facilities

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Grants / Current Projects

Current collaborations:

• Natural History Museum and University of Vienna, Austria, (Drs. Uwe Kolitsch and Gerald Giester): structural studies of supergene minerals.
• University of British Columbia, Canada, (Dr Stuart Mills): synthesis and crystal chemistry of pharmacosiderite group minerals.
• University of Sydney, (A/Prof Dai Hibbs and Dr Peter Turner): X-ray molecular structure studies using conventional and synchrotron radiation.
• Queensland University of Technology, (A/Prof Ray Frost): Raman and IR spectroscopic studies of minerals.

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Awards and Recognition

2005 Vice-Chancellor's Award for Innovation and Creativity

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Selected Publications

Diemar, G.A., Filella, M., Leverett, P. and Williams, P.A. (2009) Dispersion of antimony from oxidizing ore deposits. Pure Appl. Chem., 81, 1547-1553.

Hager, S.L., Leverett, P. and Williams, P.A., (2009) Possible structural and chemical relationships in the cyanotrichite group. The Canadian Mineralogist, 47, 635-648.

Colchester, D.M., Klish, D.R., Leverett, P., and Williams, P.A. (2008) Grandviewite, Cu₃Al₉(SO₄)₂(OH)₂₉, a new mineral from the Grandview Mine, Arizona, USA. Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 14, 3-9.

Clissold, M.E., Leverett, P., Sharpe, J.L. and Williams, P.A. (2008) Primary bismuth minerals from the Wolram pipe, Kingsgate, New South Wales. Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 14, 19-26.

Leverett, P., Williams, P.A. and Hibbs, D.E. (2008) Ca-Mg-Fe-rich rhodonite from the Morro da Mina mine, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The Mineralogical Record, 39, 125-130.

Dabinett, T.R., Humberstone, D., Leverett, P. and Williams, P.A. (2008) Synthesis and stability of wroewolfeite, Cu₄SO₄(OH)₆.2H₂O. Pure Appl. Chem., 80, 1317-1323.

Leverett, P., Williams, P.A. and Hibbs, D.E. (2007) Buttgenbachite from Cornwall: a single-crystal X-ray study. Journal of the Russell Society, 10, 47-50.

Clissold, M.E., Leverett, P., Sharpe, J.L. and Williams, P.A. (2007) The ‘lost’ mines of Kingsgate, New South Wales. Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 13, 83-88.

Leverett, P. and Williams, P.A. (2007) Schuilingite-(Nd) from the Peelwood mine, New South Wales. Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 13, 89-91.

Overgaard, J., Waller, M.P., Piltz, R., Platts, J.A., Emseis, P., L33.

Giester, G., Kolitsch, U., Leverett, P., Turner. P. and Williams, P.A. (2007) The crystal structures of lavendulan, sampleite, and a new polymorph of sampleite. European Journal of Mineralogy, 19, 75-93.

J.R. Aldrich-Wright, R.F. Fenton, P. Leverett, F.S. Stephens, P.A. Williams and R.S. Vagg, A. (2007) The synthesis and structural analysis of cis-β-{(1,6-di(2'-pyridyl)(2,5-dibenzyl-2,5-diazahexaneO(1,2-diazahexane))(1,2-benzoquinone diimine))ruthenium(II)} and related complexes. Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 60, 2015-2034.

J.L. Clement, P. Leverett, R.S. Vagg and P.A. Williams, A. (2007) A convenient resolution of pipecolic acid using a metal complex as the chiral auxiliary. Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 60, 1789-1794.

Colchester, D.M., Leverett, P., McKinnon, A.R., Sharpe, J.L., Williams, P.A., Hibbs, D.E., Turner, P. and Hoppe, V.E. (2007) Cloncurryite, Cu_0.56(VO)_0.44Al₂(PO₄)₂(F,OH)₂.5H₂O, a new mineral from the Great Australia mine, Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia and its relationship to nevadaite. Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 13, 5-14.

Colchester, D.M., Leverett, P., Clissold, M.E., Williams, P.A., Hibbs, D.E. and Nickel, E.H. (2007) Gillardite, Cu₃NiCl₂(OH)₆, a new mineral from the 132 North deposit, Widgiemooltha, Western Australia. Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 13, 15-18.

Leverett, P. and Williams, P.A. (2007) Unusual post-mining sulfates from the Peelwood and Lloyd mines, News South Wales, and a comment on Wattevilleite. Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 13, 41-46.

Clissold, M.E., Leverett, P., Williams, P.A., Hibbs, D.E. and Nickel, E.H. (2007) The structure of gillardite, the Ni-analogue of herbertsmithite, from Widgiemooltha, Western Australia. The Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 317-320.

Frost, R.L., Weier, M.L., Williams, P.A., Leverett, P. and Kloprogge, J.T. (2007) Raman spectroscopy of the sampleite group of minerals. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 38, 574-583.

Hibbs, D.E., Leverett, P. and Williams, P.A. (2006) Connellite from Bisbee, Arizona: a single-crystal X-ray study. Axis, 2, 1-7.
Williams, P.A., Leverett, P., Birch, W.D., Hibbs, D.E., Kolitsch, U. and Mihajlovic, T. (2006) Zinc-rich zincolibethenite from Broken Hill, New South Wales. Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 12, 3-7.

Leverett, P., A.R. McKinnon, J.L. Sharpe and P.A. Williams, Secondary minerals from the central Cobar mines. Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 11, 75-82 (2005).

Williams, P.A., P. Leverett, J.L. Sharpe, D.M. Colchester and J. Rankin, Elsmoreite, cubic WO₃.0.5H₂O, a new mineral species form Elsmore, New South Wales, Australia. Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 1061-1064 (2005).

Frost, R.L., A.R. McKinnon, P.A. Williams, K.L. Erickson, M.L. Weier and P. Leverett, Studies of natural and synthetic agardites. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlung, 181, 11-19 (2005).

Frost, R.L., K.L. Erickson, M.L. Weier, A.R. McKinnon, P.A. Williams and P. Leverett, Thermal decomposition of agardites REE) – relationship between dehydroxylation temperature and electronegativity . Themochimica Acta, 427, 167-170 (2005).

Frost, R.L., K.L. Erickson, M.L. Weier, P. Leverett and P.A. Williams, Raman spectroscopy of likasite at 298 and 77K . Spectrochimica Acta, A61, 607-612 (2005).

Emseis, P., T.W. Failes, D.E. Hibbs, P. Leverett and P.A. Williams, Intramolecular NH-π and π-π interactions in ternary cobalt(III) complexes of aromatic aminoacids: a structural and NMR study. Polyhedron, 23, 1749-1767 (2004).

Emseis, P., D.E. Hibbs, P. Leverett, N. Reddy and P.A. Williams, Weak intramolecular interactions in perchlorate salts of Λ-β₁-[Co(R,R-picchxn)(R-aa]²⁺[picchxn = N,N-di(2-picolyl)-1,2-diaminocyclohexane; aa = phenylalaninato(1-), tyrosinato(1-)] and their diastereoisomeric equilibration in solution. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 357, 2669-2676 (2004).

Emseis, P., D.E. Hibbs, P. Leverett, N. Reddy and P.A. Williams, The structure of Λ-β₁-[Co(R,R-picchxn)(S-tyr]Br₂.3.5H₂O and solution configuration of Λ-β1-[Co(R,R-picchxn)(aromatic S-aminoacidate]2+ complexes: model systems for the investigation of non-covalent aromatic interactions. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 357, 3251-3263 (2004).

Emseis, P., P. Leverett, P.A. Williams and R.L. Butcher, Structural sources of chiral discrimination in diastereoisomeric Ru(II) complexes of aromatic aminoacids and diimines. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 357, 4614-4617 (2004).

Frost, R.L., K.L. Erikson, M.L. Weier, A.R. McKinnon, P.A. Williams and P. Leverett, Effect of the lanthanide ionic radius on the Raman spectroscopy of lanthanide agardite minerals. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 35, 961-966 (2004).

Frost, R.L., K.L. Erikson, M.L. Weier, A.R. McKinnon, P.A. Williams and P. Leverett, Use of infrared spectroscopy for the determination of electronegativity of rare earth elements. Applied Spectroscopy, 58, 811-815 (2004).

Frost, R.L., P. Leverett, P.A. Williams, M.L. Weier and K.L. Erikson, Raman spectroscopy of gerhardtite at 298 and 77 K. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 35, 991-996 (2004).

Frost, R.L., P.A. Williams, W. Martens, P. Leverett and J.T. Kloprogge, Raman spectroscopy of basic copper(II) and some complex copper(II) sulfate minerals: implications for hydrogen bonding. American Mineralogist, 89, 1130-1137 (2004).

Leverett, P., A.R. McKinnon and P.A. Williams, New data for boothite, CuSO₄.7H₂O, from Burraga, New South Wales. Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 10, 3-6 (2004).

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Optional

Associate Editor, The Canadian Mineralogist

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