Emeritus Professor Peter Leverett

Emeritus Professor Peter Leverett

EMERITUS PROFESSOR,
Dean's Unit - School of Sciences and Health

Personal

Qualifications

  • PhD Monash University
  • BSc University of Tasmania

UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)

  • Dean's Unit - School of Sciences and Health

Contact

Email:P.Leverett@uws.edu.au
Extension:9909
Mobile:
Location:LZ.1.47
Parramatta
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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

This information has been contributed by Emeritus Professor Leverett.

Publications

Journal Articles

  • Leverett, P., Wu, M. and Aldrich-Wright, J. (2013), 'The antimicrobial properties of some copper(II) and platinum(II) 1,10-phenanthroline complexes', Dalton Transactions, 14.
  • Leverett, P., Reynolds, J., Roper, A. and Williams, P. (2012), 'Tripuhyite and schafarzikite : two of the ultimate sinks for antimony in the natural environment', Mineralogical Magazine, 12.
  • Krause-Heuer, A., Leverett, P., Bolhuis, A. and Aldrich-Wright, J. (2012), 'Copper(ii) and palladium(ii) complexes with cytotoxic and antibacterial activity', Australian Journal of Chemistry, 14.
  • Sciberras, M., Leverett, P., Williams, P., Hibbs, D., Roberts, A. and Grice, J. (2011), 'The single-crystal X-ray structure of gagarinite-(Ce)', Canadian Mineralogist, 4.
  • Lans, E., Hager, S., Leverett, P., Reynolds, J. and Williams, P. (2011), 'Mineralogical note: georgeite from Burraga, New South Wales', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 2.
  • Orlandi, P., Demartin, F., Pasero, M., Leverett, P., Williams, P. and Hibbs, D. (2011), 'Gelosaite, BiMo 6+ (2-5x)Mo 5+ 6xO 7(OH)A?H 2O (0 a?? x a?? 0.4), a new mineral from Su Senargiu (CA), Sardinia, Italy, and a second occurrence from Kingsgate, New England, Australia', American Mineralogist, 6.
  • Mills, S., Hager, S., Leverett, P., Williams, P. and Raudsepp, M. (2010), 'The structure of H3O+-exchanged pharmacosiderite', Mineralogical Magazine, 6.
  • Mills, S., Kampf, A., Williams, P., Leverett, P., Pouier, G., Raudsepp, M. and Francis, C. (2010), 'Hydroniumpharmacosiderite, a new member of the pharmacosiderite supergroup from Cornwall, UK: structure and description', Mineralogical Magazine, 7.
  • Hager, S., Leverett, P., Williams, P., Mills, S., Hibbs, D., Raudsepp, M., Kampf, A. and Birch, W. (2010), 'The single-crystal X-ray structures of bariopharmacosiderite-C, bariopharmacosiderite-Q and natropharmacosiderite', Canadian Mineralogist, 9.
  • Diemar, G., Filella, M., Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2009), 'Dispersion of antimony from oxidizing ore deposits', Pure and Applied Chemistry, 7.
  • Hager, S., Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2009), 'Possible structural and chemical relationships in the cyanotrichite group', Canadian Mineralogist, 14.
  • Chapman, J., Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2009), 'The supergene zone of the Peak Hill gold mine, New South Wales', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 6.
  • Clissold, M., Leverett, P., Sharpe, J. and Williams, P. (2008), 'Primary bismuth minerals from the Wolfram pipe, Kingsgate, New South Wales', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 7.
  • Colchester, D., Klish, D., Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2008), 'Grandviewite, Cu3Al9(SO4)2(OH)29, a new mineral from the Grandview mine, Arizona, USA', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 4.
  • Leverett, P., Williams, P. and Hibbs, D. (2008), 'Ca-Mg-Fe-rich rhodonite from the Morro da Mina mine, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil', Mineralogical Record, 6.
  • Dabinett, T., Humberstone, D., Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2008), 'Synthesis and stability of wroewolfeite, Cu4SO4(OH)6.2H2O', Pure and Applied Chemistry, 7.
  • Giester, G., Kolitsch, U., Leverett, P., Turner, P. and Williams, P. (2007), 'The crystal structures of lavendulan, sampleite, and a new polymorph of sampleite', European Journal of Mineralogy, 19.
  • Overgaard, J., Waller, M., Piltz, R., Emseis, P., Leverett, P., Williams, P., Platts, J. and Hibbs, D. (2007), 'Experimental and theoretical charge density distribution in two ternary cobalt(III) complexes of aromatic amino acids', Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 11.
  • Aldrich-Wright, J., Fenton, R., Leverett, P., Stephens, F., Williams, P. and Vagg, R. (2007), 'The synthesis and structural analysis of cis-beta-{(1,6-di(2'-pyridyl)(2,5-dibenzyl-2,5-diazahexane)(1,2-diazahexane)(1,2-benzoquinone diimine)ruthenium(II)} and related complexes', Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 20.
  • Clement, J., Leverett, P., Vagg, R. and Williams, P. (2007), 'A convenient resolution of pipecolic acid using a metal complex as the chiral auxiliary', Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 6.
  • Frost, R., Weier, M., Williams, P., Leverett, P. and Kloprogge, T. (2007), 'Raman spectroscopy of the sampleite group', Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 10.
  • Colchester, D., Leverett, P., Mckinnon, A., Sharpe, J., Williams, P., Hibbs, D., Turner, P. and Hoppe, V. (2007), 'Cloncurryite, Cu0.56(VO)0.44Al2(PO4)2(F,OH)2.5H2O, a new mineral from the Great Australia min, Clocurry, Queensland, Australia, and its relationship to nevadaite', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 10.
  • Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2007), 'Unusual post-mining sulfates from the Peelwood and Lloyd mines, New South Wales, and a comment on wattevilleite', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 6.
  • Colchester, D., Leverett, P., Clissold, M., Williams, P., Hibbs, D. and Nickel, E. (2007), 'Gillardite, Cu3NiCl2(OH)6, a new mineral from the 132 North deposit, Widgiemooltha, Western Australia', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 4.
  • Leverett, P., Williams, P. and Hibbs, D. (2007), 'Buttgenbachite from Cornwall: a single-crystal X-ray study', Journal of the Russell Society, 4.
  • Clissold, M., Leverett, P., Williams, P., Hibbs, D. and Nickel, E. (2007), 'The structure of gillardite, the Ni-analogue of herbertsmithite, from Widgiemooltha, Western Australia', Canadian Mineralogist, 4.
  • Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2007), 'Schuilingite from the Peelwood mine, Peelwood, New South Wales', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 3.
  • Clissold, M., Leverett, P., Sharpe, J., Williams, P. and Gundersen, P. (2007), 'The 'lost' mines of Kingsgate, New South Wales', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 6.
  • Williams, P., Leverett, P., Birch, W., Hibbs, D., Kolitsch, U. and Mihajlovic, T. (2006), 'Zinc-rich zincolibethenite from Broken Hill, New South Wales', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 5.
  • Hibbs, D., Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2006), 'Connellite from Bisbee, Arizona: a single-crystal X-ray study', Axis (Mineralogical Record), 7.
  • Frost, R., Erickson, K., Weier, M., Mckinnon, A., Williams, P. and Leverett, P. (2005), 'Thermal decomposition of agardites (REE) - relationship between dehydroxylation temperature and electronegativity', Thermochimica Acta, 4.
  • Frost, R., Erickson, K., Weier, M., Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2005), 'Raman spectroscopy of likasite at 298 and 77 K', Spectrochimica Acta A, 6.
  • Williams, P., Leverett, P., Sharpe, J., Colchester, D. and Rankin, J. (2005), 'Elsmoreite, Cubic WO3.0.5H2O, a new mineral species from Elsmore, New South Wales, Australia', Canadian Mineralogist, 5.
  • Frost, R., Mckinnon, A., Williams, P., Erickson, K., Weier, M. and Leverett, P. (2005), 'Studies of natural and synthetic agardites', Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Abhandlung, 9.
  • Leverett, P., Mckinnon, A., Sharpe, J. and Williams, P. (2005), 'Secondary minerals from the central Cobar mines', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 8.
  • Emseis, P., Leverett, P., Williams, P. and Butcher, R. (2004), 'Structural sources of chiral discrimination in diastereoisomeric Ru(II) complexes of aromatic aminoacids and diimines', Inorganica Chimica Acta, 4258.
  • Leverett, P., Mckinnon, A. and Williams, P. (2004), 'New data for boothite, CuSO4.7H2O, from Burraga, New South Wales', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 4.
  • Frost, R., Erickson, K., Weier, M., Mckinnon, A., Williams, P. and Leverett, P. (2004), 'Effect of the lanthanide ionic radius on the Raman spectroscopy of lanthanide agardite minerals', Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 6.
  • Frost, R., Leverett, P., Williams, P., Weier, M. and Erickson, K. (2004), 'Raman spectroscopy of gerhardtite at 298 and 77 K', Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 6.
  • Frost, R., Williams, P., Martens, W., Leverett, P. and Kloprogge, T. (2004), 'Raman spectroscopy of basic copper(II) and some complex copper(II) sulfate minerals: implications for hydrogen bonding.', American Mineralogist, 8.
  • Frost, R., Erickson, K., Weier, M., Mckinnon, A., Williams, P. and Leverett, P. (2004), 'Use of infrared spectroscopy for the determination of electronegativity of rare earth elements', Applied Spectroscopy, 5.
  • Emseis, P., Failes, T., Hibbs, D., Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2004), 'Intramolecular NH-? and ?-? interactions in ternary cobalt(III) complexes of aromatic aminoacids: a structural and NMR study', Polyhedron, 19.
  • Emseis, P., Hibbs, D., Leverett, P., Reddy, N. and Williams, P. (2004), 'Weak intramolecular interactions in perchlorate salts of O-f1-[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, 8.
  • Emseis, P., Hibbs, D., Leverett, P., Reddy, N. and Williams, P. (2004), 'The structure of O-f1-[Co(R,R-picchxn)(S-tyr]Br2.3.5H2O and solution configuration of O-f1-[Co(R,R-picchxn)(aromatic S-aminoacidate]2+ complexes: model systems for the investigation of non-covalent aromatic interactions', Inorganica Chimica Acta, 13.
  • Emseis, P., Hibbs, D., Leverett, P., Reddy, N. and Williams, P. (2003), 'Solid state and solution structures of complexes of the type lambda- beta-2-[Co{R,R-picchxn)(R-aa)]2+ [picchxn=N,N'-di(2-picolyl)-1,2-diaminocyclohexane; aa=aromatic aminoacidate]', Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 15.
  • Emseis, P., Hibbs, D., Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2003), 'Crystal and molecular structures of three salts of Lambda-beta-1-[Co(R,R-picchxn)(R-phe)2+ (Picchxn=N,N'-di(2-picolyl)-1,2-diaminocyclohexane; phe=phenylalaninato(1-))', Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 7.
  • Emseis, P., Leverett, P., Reddy, N. and Williams, P. (2003), 'Direct spectroscopic evidence for intramolecular pi-pi interactions in solutions of Lambda-beta-1-[Co(R,R-picchxn)(aa)n+ [picchxn=N,N'-di(2-picolyl)-1,2-diaminocyclohexane; aa=alpha-methyl-S-tryptophanato(1-), R-aminobenzylmalonato(1-)]', Inorganica Chimica Acta, 7.
  • Hibbs, D., Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2003), 'Connellite-buttgenbachite from the Great Australia mine, Cloncurry: a crystal chemical formula', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 4.
  • Hibbs, D., Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2003), 'A single-crystal X-ray study of a sulphate-bearing buttgenbachite, Cu36Cl7.8(NO3)1.3(SO4)0.35(OH)62.2.5.2H2O, and a re-examination of the crystal chemistry of the buttgenbachite-connellite series', Mineralogical Magazine, 14.
  • Aldrich-Wright, J., Hinds, F., Leverett, P. and Hazell, S. (2003), 'Synthesis, characterisation and anti bacterial testing of Bismuth maltol', Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 1.
  • Frost, R., Williams, P., Martens, W., Kloprogge, T. and Leverett, P. (2002), 'Raman spectroscopy of the basic copper phosphate minerals cornetite, libethenite, pseudomalachite, reichenbachite and ludjibaite', Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 4.
  • Hibbs, D., Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2002), 'Buttgenbachite from Bisbee, Arizona: a single-crystal X-ray study.', Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 16.
  • Hibbs, D., Kolitsch, U., Leverett, P., Sharpe, J. and Williams, P. (2002), 'Hoganite and paceite, two new acetate minerals from the Potosi mine, Broken Hill, Australia', Mineralogical Magazine, 6.
  • Frost, R., Kloprogge, T., Williams, P., Martens, W., Johnson, T. and Leverett, P. (2002), 'Vibrational spectroscopy of the basic copper phosphate minerals: pseudomalachite, ludjibaite and reichenbachite', Spectrochimica Acta, 8.
  • Frost, R., Williams, P., Kloprogge, J. and Leverett, P. (2001), 'Raman spectroscopy of descloizite and mottramite at 298 and 77K', Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 6.
  • Crane, M., Leverett, P., Shaddick, L., Williams, P., Kloprogge, T. and Frost, R. (2001), 'The PbCrO4-PbSO4 system and its mineralogical significance', Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 15.
  • Jury, C., Leverett, P., Williams, P., Plimer, I. and Hibbs, D. (2001), 'Mineralogical note: the status of chillagite', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 1.

Conference Papers

  • Clissold, M., Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2005), 'Chemical mineralogy of the oxidized zones of the E22, E26 and E27 ore bodies at Northparkes, New South Wales', Regolith 2005 ? Ten Years of CRC LEME, Canberra, Adelaide, Perth.
  • Leverett, P., Mckinnon, A. and Williams, P. (2005), 'Supergene geochemistry of the Endeavor ore body, Cobar, NSW, and relationships to other deposits in the Cobar Basin', Regolith 2005-Ten Years of CRC LEME, Canberra, Adelaide, Perth.
  • Leverett, P., Mckinnon, A. and Williams, P. (2004), 'A supergene exploration model for Cobar style deposits', Exploration Field Workshop Cobar Region 2004, Cobar.
  • Clissold, M., Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2003), 'Gaspeite-magnesite solid solutions and their significance', CRC LEME Regional Regolith Symposia, Canberra.
  • Leverett, P., Mckinnon, A. and Williams, P. (2003), 'Mineralogy of the oxidised zone at the New Cobar orebody', CRC LEME Regional Regolith Symposia, Canberra.

Research

Previous Projects

Title:Solid Solution in Lead (II) Salts
Years:1999-01-01 - 1999-12-31
ID:P0011222
UWS Researchers:Peter Williams and Peter Leverett
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
Title:Designated Research Centre - Centre for Industrial and Process Minerology
Years:2000-11-21 - 2001-12-31
ID:P0012346
UWS Researchers:Peter Williams, Peter Leverett, Gary Dennis and Robert Creelman
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
Title:Multi-purpose x-ray diffractometer
Years:2008-09-24 - 2009-09-23
ID:P00016345
UWS Researchers:Peter Williams, Adriyan Milev, Peter Leverett, Kamali Kannangara and Gary Dennis
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
Title:Incorporation of geologic materials into fatty acid vesicles
Years:2010-11-02 - 2012-09-30
ID:P00019256
UWS Researchers:Jason Reynolds and Peter Leverett
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney

Supervision

Emeritus Professor Leverett is available to be a principal supervisor for doctoral projects

Current Supervision

Title:Towards a Comprehensive Geochemical Model for Bi and Sb in the Oxidized Environment
Field of Research:
Title:Substitution in Basic Secondary Cu(II) Chloride Minerals
Field of Research:

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