Anastasios Polyzos

Associate Professor and Senior Research Scientist. Synthetic organic chemistry, with adventures in C-H activation, photoredox catalysis and flow chemistry.

[Anastasios Polyzos @PolyzosAP]

If you an Early Career Researcher in synthetic organic chemistry and are interested in joining our laboratory, then consider applying for a McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellowships Scheme - link below! Colleagues, please RT. https://t.co/B2tMJzGeos

[Anastasios Polyzos @PolyzosAP]

Check out our latest preprint @ChemRxiv highlighting the development of transient excited-state α-keto esters auxiliaries for selective and late-stage alcohol oxidation. Link: https://t.co/WsyovltAC6

[Anastasios Polyzos @PolyzosAP]

Excited to share that Nobel Prize Laureate Professor David MacMillan will deliver a public lecture at the University of Melbourne on 5th February 2026. Please see the link below to register. ⁦@ChemistryUoM⁩ https://t.co/C9xOgNBuVp

[Anastasios Polyzos @PolyzosAP]

Honoured to deliver the Organic Plenary Lecture @Pacifichem this year. Thank you to the organisers! An outstanding opportunity to hear and connect with colleagues from all over the world.

https://t.co/WHaEwderaV

[Chemistry News @ChemistryNews]

A career with a natural interest in total synthesis https://t.co/jTNo1xEOwl

[Anastasios Polyzos @PolyzosAP]

@LucaDellAmicoLD @Er_Goti @ChemicalScience @ChemRxiv @discunipd @UniPD_Research Congrats Luca and team - very nice piece of work.

[KatayevLab @KatayevL]

Another great application of our Co-Mediated Radical Ligand Transfer (RLT) Photoredox Catalysis Platform for alkene difunctionalization is now @JACS_Au Congrats @SubrataChem, @AJF_Chem, #BesaKadriu
@DCBPunibern, @SwissChemistry, #OpenAccess, #chemistry
👉https://t.co/QK2SvaH7Uu

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Thrilled to be part of the 2nd Australia–Japan Flow Chemistry, Automation & Microreactor Synthesis Joint Symposium in Melbourne on 4 Dec! 🇦🇺🇯🇵

Register: https://t.co/YLF3D9FvA5

Dive into advanced flow-chemistry methods, automation & ML, continuous manufacturing, and scale-up breakthroughs.

See you at the University of Melbourne (Parkville) — let’s create new connections and drive innovation together! #FlowChemistry #Microreactors #Automation #JapanAustraliaScience

[Anastasios Polyzos @PolyzosAP]

🚀 The Victorian Annual Synthesis Symposium is back. Join Victoria’s vibrant organic chemistry community to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of this Symposium.

Date: 5th December 2025
Location: Bio21 Institute, Melbourne.

🔬 Don’t miss it — register now and be part of the conversation shaping the future of organic synthesis!

https://t.co/a6zxnq5KJ1

[Anastasios Polyzos @PolyzosAP]

This is what matters. #tuesdayproblemsets

[Anastasios Polyzos @PolyzosAP]

A huge thanks to the ⁦@SciMelb⁩ at the ⁦@UniMelb⁩ for sharing a glimpse into my career journey. Everyone’s career path is different - lean into your unique experience and celebrate what it can bring to your science. 💥 https://t.co/rjJ5uAhIqt

[Professor Frances Separovic @FrancesBiophys]

Read this marvellous story about my #chemistry colleague, Anastasios Polyzos @PolyzosAP : ‘The real ‘magic’ of biology happens at invisible, chemical scales’ https://t.co/ww86bGtcVa

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

The chemistry laureate who built a whole new field of chemistry – Richard Robson.

Read more about Robson's prize-awarded research: https://t.co/No8DDwtEWA

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.”

[School of Chemistry | University of Melbourne @ChemistryUoM]

** PhD Completion Seminar **

Tom Andrews @ChemistryUoM

"Intelligent Automation and Optimisation Methods for Heterogeneous and Non-Ideal Continuous Flow Synthesis Platforms"

October 10, 2025 | 12-1 pm | Bio21 Auditorium

ALL WELCOME!

[Anastasios Polyzos @PolyzosAP]

A massive ‘thank you’ to these amazing individuals who, on a wintry Melbourne night, participated in showcasing our lab at @UniMelb Science week. Proud to watch our team engage with the public and communicate the impact, and relevance of organic chemistry. Thank you. @SciMelb @ChemistryUoM

[IKA @IKAworldwide]

🚀 Featured in JACS! @PolyzosAP powers the breakthrough in Electroinduced Reductive & Dearomative Alkene-Aldehyde Coupling. Rapid alternating polarity (rAP) electrolysis made it possible! ⚡️
https://t.co/ygGnD92gOO

[Nature Reviews Methods Primers @MethodsPrimers]

This week's #Primer is on #flowchemistry, a method for conducting chemical reactions through tubing to increase efficiency and yields. The team, led by @DuncanLBrowne, features the expertise of @BaumannGroupUCD, @PolyzosAP, and @AnnaGSlater.
📖👇 https://t.co/xVYHQe8N3R