Associate Professor Michael Liddell
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BSc (
Otago
), MSc (
Monash
), PhD (
Adel
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Associate Professor Building E1, CAIRNS CAMPUS Room 102B FULL TIME |
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Telephone: |
(07) 4042 1275 (Australia) |
+61 7 4042 1275 (International) |
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Facsimilie: |
(07) 4042 1675 (Australia) |
+61 7 4042 1675 (International) |
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Email: |
michael.liddell@jcu.edu.au |
Experience
Coordinator TERN Australian Supersite Network.Project Leader FNQ Rainforest Supersite.
Ozflux Steering committee member (2006 – 2011).
Practical field experience in setting up and maintaining eddy-covariance and soil chamber equipment for studying carbon dioxide, water vapour and energy fluxes.Programming skills in c++ and Matlab.Water quality and air monitoring experience. Experience in soil and vegetative
monitoring (AGB, litterfall, LAI, phenology).
Expertise in various spectroscopic techniques: multi-nuclear, multi-dimensional high-field NMR ; FT-IR; fast atom bombardment (FAB) mass spectrometry (CA/MIKES, linked scan, high resolution); ESR (solution); electrochemistry (polarography, cyclic voltammetry, differential pulse), gas chromatography (GC-MS, GC-FID).
A theoretical background involving computational studies at the EH, RHF, DFT, CAS-SCF and MR-CI levels of theory.A working knowledge of the solution of crystal structures; familiarity with computer assisted library searching (SciFinder) and molecular modelling/dynamics using Insight/Discover, CHEMX, SYBYL, Alchemy, SPARTAN, PCModel, MOPAC.
Experience in the synthesis of new organometallic and organic compounds using inert atmosphere techniques, thin-layer chromatography, flash chromatography, gas chromatography etc., and in the synthesis and characterization of heterogeneous catalysts. Skilled in the use and analysis of catalytic tests in industrially important processes.
Research and Professional Interests
Atmospheric chemistry
(i) A long term project is underway involving the flux of CO2 from tropical rainforest at Cape Tribulation using the JCU Canopy Crane and a flux Tower at the Daintree Discovery Centre.
ii) The measurement of carbon exchange at the TERN Robson Creek Supersite using eddy covariance and biometry.
iii) The emission of Non Methane Volatile Organic Compounds (NMVOC) and Aerosls from the Wet Tropics region is being investigated in collaboration with Helsinki University.
Molecular Clusters:
Electronic Theory Transition metal organometallic clusters are being investigated using density functional theory to understand the fundamental electronic structure of these systems.
Pesticide Chemistry
An experimental program using GC-MS analysis to look at trace levels of pesticides which are moving into the environment from agricultural sources.
Teaching
CH1010: Biological Chemistry for Dentistry
CH1011: Chemistry for the Natural Sciences
CH1012: Molecular Chemistry
CH1013: Chemistry for Dental Sciences
CH1020: Preparatory Chemistry
CH2010: Biological Chemistry
CH3041: Environmental Chemistry
EG1010: Process Engineering
Grants
Marine&Tropical Sciences Research Facility:$100K/yr (2006 – 2010)
Project 2.5ii.2: Climate change: scaling from trees to ecosystem - project leader
Daintree Discovery Centre running grant: $6K/yr (2008 – 2018)
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN):
1) Far North Queensland Rainforest Biodiversity Supersite $350K/yr (2010 - 2011)
2) FNQ Rainforest Ozflux Node$100K/yr (2010 - 2011)
3) TERN-EIF Australian Supersite Network$2.008M (2011-14)
Publications
Spectroscopic properties for the ground states of AuF, AuF+, AuF2 and Au2F2: a pseudopotential scalar relativistic Moeller-Plesset and coupled-cluster study.With P. Schwerdtfeger, J.S. McFeaters, J. Hrusak and H. Schwarz.J. Chem. Phys.. 103 (1995) 245.
Micelle stability and �-casein structure.With L. K. Creamer, J. E. Plowman, M. H. Smith, and J. P. Hill. J. Dairy Sci. (Suppl. 1) 80 (1997) 111.
Solution conformation of a peptide corresponding to bovine �-casein B residues 130-153 by CD and 1H-NMR spectroscopy.With J.E. Plowman, L.K. Creamer and J.J. Cross. J. Dairy. Res.64 (1997) 377.
Micelle stability: �-casein structure and function.With L.K. Creamer, J.E. Plowman,M.H. Smith and J.P Hill. J. Dairy. Sci. 81 (1998) 3004.
Organometallic clusters: what is an appropriate DFT treatment? J. Organomet. Chem. 565 (1998) 271.
Solution conformation of a peptide corresponding to human �-casein residues 84-101 by NMR spectroscopy.With J.E. Plowman, L.K. Creamer and J.J. Cross. J. Dairy. Res.65 (1999) 53.
An AM1 semi-empirical study of host-guest complexation in hemicarcerand complexes.With D. Margetic, A.S. Mitchell and R.N. Warrener . J.Comput.Chem. 25 (2004) 542.
Assessing the above-ground biomass of a complex tropical rainforest using a canopy crane. With N. Nieullet, O. C. Campoe and M. Freiberg. Austral Ecol. 32 (2007) 43.
Tropical rainforest canopies and climate change. With N.E. Stork, J. Balston, G.D. Farquhar, P.J. Franks, J.A.M. Holtum.Austral Ecol. 32 (2007) 105.
Leaf Chemical and Spectral Diversity in Australian Tropical Forests. With Gregory P. Asner, Roberta E. Martin, Andrew J. Ford, Daniel J. Metcalfe.Ecol. Applic. 19 (2009) 236.
