Dr Mark Robertson ~ Senior Lecturer

Teaching

• CH1001: Chemistry: A Central Science (Level 1; TSV)
• CH2042: Marine Chemistry and Chemical Ecology (Level 2; TSV)
• CH2043: Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Analysis (Level 2; TSV)
• CH2103: Analytical Chemistry (Level 2; TSV)
• CH2310: Syntheses and Mechanism in Organic Chemistry (Level 2; TSV)
• CH3040: Advanced Medicinal Chemistry (Level 3; TSV)
• CH3104: Advanced Chemistry Project (Level 3; TSV)
• CH3110: Special Topics in Analytical Chemistry (Level 3; TSV)
• CH3310: Special Topics in Organic Chemistry (Level 3; TSV)
• CH5001: Research and Dissertation in Chemistry (Level 5; TSV)
• CH5002: Research Skills and Communication in Chemistry (Advanced) (Level 5; TSV)
• CH5203: Analytical Chemistry (Advanced) (Level 5; TSV)
• MB1110: Introductory Marine Science (Level 1; TSV)

Research Disciplines

• Organic Chemistry (0305)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Expanding Knowledge (9701)
• Processed Non-Food Agriculture Products (8603)

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

• Mumtaz S, Robertson M and Oelgemöller M (2019) Continuous flow photochemical and thermal multi-step synthesis of bioactive 3-arylmethylene-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindolin-1-ones. Molecules, 24 (24), Article: 4527, DOI:10.3390/molecules24244527.
• Hunter R, Josland S, Moore J, Guthrie D, Robertson M and Oelgemoeller M (2018) Rapid photochemical reaction studies under continuous-flow conditions in the Vapourtec UV-150 reactor - a technical note. Current Organic Chemistry, 22, pp. 2501-2508, DOI:10.2174/1385272822666181109103342.
• Mumtaz S, Robertson M and Oelgemoeller M (2018) Recent advances in photodecarboxylations involving phthalimides. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 71 (9), pp. 634-648, DOI:10.1071/CH18220.
• Robertson M, Horatscheck A, Sauer S, von Kleist L, Baker J, Stahlschmidt W, Nazaré M, Whiting A, Chau N, Robinson P, Haucke V and McCluskey A (2016) 5-Aryl-2-(naphtha-1-yl)sulfonamido-thiazol-4(5H)-ones as clathrin inhibitors. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 14 (47), pp. 11266-11278, DOI:10.1039/c6ob02308h.
• MacGregor K, Robertson M, Young K, von Kleist L, Stahlschmidt W, Whiting A, Chau N, Robinson P, Haucke V and McCluskey A (2014) Development of 1,8-naphthalimides as clathrin inhibitors. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 57 (1), pp. 131-143, DOI:10.1021/jm4015263.
• Robertson M, Deane F, Robinson P and McCluskey A (2014) Synthesis of Dynole 34-2, Dynole 2-24 and Dyngo 4a for investigating dynamin GTPase. Nature Protocols, 9 (4), pp. 851-870, DOI:10.1038/nprot.2014.046.
• Gordon C, Venn-Brown B, Robertson M, Young K, Chau N, Mariana A, Whiting A, Chircop M, Robinson P and McCluskey A (2013) Development of second-generation indole-based dynamin GTPase inhibitors. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 56 (1), pp. 46-59, DOI:10.1021/jm300844m.
• McCluskey A, Daniel J, Hadzic G, Chau N, Clayton E, Mariana A, Whiting A, Gorgani N, Lloyd J, Quan A, Moshkanbaryans L, Krishnan S, Perera S, Chircop M, von Kleist L, McGeachie A, Howes M, Parton R, Campbell M, Sakoff J, Wang X, Sun J, Robertson M, Deane F, Nguyen T, Meunier F, Cousin M and Robinson P (2013) Building a better dynasore: the dyngo compounds potently inhibit dynamin and endocytosis. Traffic, 14 (12), pp. 1272-1289, DOI:10.1111/tra.12119.
• Bremner J, Keller P, Pyne S, Robertson M, Sakthivel K, Somphol K, Baylis D, Coates J, Deadman J, Jeevarajah D and Rhodes D (2012) Binaphthyl-anchored antibacterial tripeptide derivatives with hydrophobic C-terminal amino acid variations. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 8, pp. 1265-1270, DOI:10.3762/bjoc.8.142.
• Robertson M, Hadzic G, Ambrus J, Pomè D, Hyde E, Whiting A, Mariana A, von Keist L, Chau N, Haucke V, Robinson P and McCluskey A (2012) The Rhodadyns, a new class of small molecule inhibitors of dynamin GTPase activity. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 3 (5), pp. 352-356, DOI:10.1021/ml200284s.
• Gordon C, Young K, Robertson M, Hill T and McCluskey A (2011) An Ugi-intramolecular Diels–Alder route to highly substituted tetrahydroepoxyisoindole carboxamides. Tetrahedron, 67 (2), pp. 554-561, DOI:10.1016/j.tet.2010.10.042.
• Robertson M, Bremner J, Coates J, Deadman J, Keller P, Pyne S, Somphol K and Rhodes D (2011) Synthesis and antibacterial activity of C2-symmetric binaphthyl scaffolded amino acid derivatives. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 46 (9), pp. 4201-4211, DOI:10.1016/j.ejmech.2011.06.024.

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 22+ research outputs authored by Dr Mark Robertson from 2010 onwards.

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These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

• Solar, sustainable and local: The production of repellent products from natural oils (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Investigation of electrodes and applied waveforms for the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to ethylene (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Solar Production of Commodity Chemicals (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Production of Biodiesel from Canola Oil using Enzymatic and Photocatalytic Processes (PhD , Secondary Advisor)

Completed

• Photochemical transformations of Quinones under batch and continuous–flow conditions (2020, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Continuous flow photochemical production of Antimalarials (2019, PhD , Secondary Advisor)

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