Dr Luke A. Connal

Ph.D., The University of Melbourne, 2007
B.E. (Chem.) (Hons.), The University of Melbourne, 2002

Research Fellow

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Polymer Science Group

Professional Affiliations

• Royal Australian Chemical Institute (MRACI C Chem)
• American Chemical Society (ACS)

Honours/Awards

• 2009: ARC Linkage International Fellowship
• 2008: Sir Keith Murdoch Fellow (American Australian Association)
• 2008: IUPAC Prize for Young Scientists (honorable mention award)
• 2007: Victoria Fellowship
• 2007: Treloar Prize
• 2004: O’Donnell young scientist prize (RACI)

Professional Experience

• 2009 - 2010: Hawker Research Group, University of California Santa Barbara, USA
• 2007 - 2009: Research Fellow, Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The University of Melbourne, Australia

Selected Publications

1. Chandrawati, R.; Städler, B.; Postma, A.; Connal, L. A.; Chong, S.-F.; Zelikin, A. N.; Caruso. F. "Cholesterol-Mediated Anchoring of Enzyme-Loaded Liposomes within Disulfide-Stabilized Polymer Carrier Capsules." Biomaterials 2009, 30, 5988. [link]
2. Städler, B.; Chandrawati, R.; Price, A. D.; Chong, S-F.; Breheney, K.; Postma, A.; Connal, L. A.; Zelikin, A. N.; Caruso, F. "A Microreactor with Thousands of Subcompartments: Enzyme-Loaded Liposomes within Polymer Capsules." Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 4359. (Hot paper) [link]
3. Connal, L. A.; Kinnane, C. R.; Zelikin, A. N.; Caruso, F. "Stabilization and Functionalization of Polymer Multilayers and Capsules via Thiol-Ene Click Chemistry." Chem. Mater. 2009, 21, 576. [link]
4. Connal, L. A.; Vestberg, R.; Hawker, C. J.; Qiao G. G. "Dramatic Morphology Control in the Fabrication of Porous Polymer Films." Adv. Funct. Mater. 2008, 18, 3706. (Cover feature) [link]
5. Connal, L. A.; Vestberg, R.; Hawker, C. J.; Qiao, G. G. "Fabrication of Reversibly Crosslinkable, 3-Dimensionally Conformal Polymeric Microstructures." Adv. Funct. Mater. 2008, 18, 3315. [link]
6. Connal, L. A.; Li, Q.; Quinn, J. F.; Tjipto, E.; Caruso, F.; Qiao, G. G. "'pH-Responsive Poly(acrylic acid) Core Cross-linked Star Polymers: Morphology Transitions in Solution and Multilayer Thin Films." Macromolecules 2008, 41, 2620. [link]
7. Connal, L. A.; Vestberg, R.; Gurr, P. A.; Hawker, C. J.; Qiao, G. G. "Patterning on NonPlanar Substrates: Flexible Honeycomb Films from a Range of Self-assembling Star Copolymers." Langmuir 2008, 24, 556. [link]
8. Craig, I.; Aravinthan, V.; Baillie, C.; Beswick, A.; Barnes, G.; Bradbury, R.; Connal, L.; Coop, P.; Fellows, C.; Fitzmaurice, L.; Foley, J.; Hancock, N.; Lamb, D.; Morrison, P.; Misra, R.; Mossad, R.; Pittaway, P.; Prime, E.; Rees, S.; Schmidt, E.; Solomon, D.; Symes, T.; Turnbull, D. "Evaporation, Seepage and Water Quality Management in Storage Dams: A Review of Research Methods." Environ. Health 2007, 7, 84. [link]
9. Connal, L. A. "Flexible Honeycomb Films." Australian J. Chem. 2007, 60, 794. (Invited review article) [link]
10. Connal, L. A.; Vestberg, R.; Hawker, C. J.; Qiao, G. G. "Synthesis of Dendron Functionalized Core Cross-linked Star Polymers." Macromolecules 2007, 40, 7855. [link]
11. Connal, L. A.; Qiao, G. G. "Honeycomb Coated Particles: Porous Doughnuts, Golf Balls and Hollow-Porous-Pockets." Soft Matter 2007, 2, 837. (Cover feature) [link]
12. Connal, L. A.; Qiao, G. G. "Preparation of Porous Poly(dimethylsiloxane)-Based Honeycomb Materials with Hierarchal Surface Features and Their Use as Soft-Lithography Templates." Adv. Mater. 2006, 18, 3024. (Cover feature) [link]
13. Connal, L. A.; Gurr, P. A.; Qiao, G. G.; Solomon, D. H. "From Well Defined Star-Microgels to Highly Ordered Honeycomb Films." J. Mater. Chem. 2005, 15, 1286. [link]