Polyzos Lab

The Polyzos Research Group discovers catalytic organic reactions for complex molecular assembly. We are located at the University of Melbourne and CSIRO

[Polyzos Lab @PolyzosLab]

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/8aYwhd4cdX

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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/erqDAqeotI

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@ChemistryUoM @FrancesBiophys Congratulations @FrancesBiophys!!!

[School of Chemistry | University of Melbourne @ChemistryUoM]

Congratulations to Professor Frances Separovic @FrancesBiophys, who was a Finalist in the Victorian Senior of the Year Awards 2025. Frances in honoured for her contributions to mentorship of #womeninscience and to forging connections amongst the Croatian community.

[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!

[Polyzos Lab @PolyzosLab]

A massive ‘thank you’ to these amazing individuals who, on a wintry Melbourne night, showcased our lab at @UniMelb Science week. Proud to watch our team engage with the public and communicate the impact, and relevance of their 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

[School of Chemistry | University of Melbourne @ChemistryUoM]

[1/2] Check out this article @UniMelb Pursuit. It highlights the work by @PolyzosLab & @MCzyz1 on designing a new type of photocatalyst that mimics the way plants get energy from the sun
💡https://t.co/7Oh8DHrTCk
This work was reported in @NatureCatalysis: https://t.co/EoWKxaTuXj

[Alex Zografos @zografos_alex]

Cracking one of synthesis’s toughest nuts: dioxygen activation! In collaboration with the Costas Lab @MiquelCostas , our DKP-Mn combo hits selective C–H oxidation of alkanes with sharp chemoselectivity under aerobic conditions. Many congrats Kiki! https://t.co/MGcY5z3SEl

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Excited to share this new primer on Flow Chemistry! Learn the foundations of flow synthesis in collaboration with @DuncanLBrowne @AnnaGSlater and @BaumannGroupUCD @Methods Nature Reviews Methods Primers https://t.co/JFzv2Cdhoe

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Proud moment when our graduate students deliver their PhD completion seminar. Congratulations Liam @liamfranov on an excellent lecture highlighting your work on carbanion generation. Liam’s work was published in @J_A_C_S and @NatureCatalysis - next stop: Austria!

[Polyzos Lab @PolyzosLab]

New Faculty position in Synthetic Organic Chemistry at Melbourne - join the team!

[School of Chemistry | University of Melbourne @ChemistryUoM]

We are looking for a synthetic organic chemist to join our School @ChemistryUoM! If you are a passionate researcher and educator in synthetic organic chemistry, we want to hear from you!

https://t.co/UNWbe1WsGC

Please share with your networks. The call closes on August 13, 2025

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This is an exciting opportunity for an industry focussed PhD in flow chemistry and catalysis. In partnership with our lab, CSIRO and Precision Catalysts. Please see the link below for details! Catalytic Static Mixers in Organic Synthesis. https://t.co/uiWzyhNklK

[School of Chemistry | University of Melbourne @ChemistryUoM]

A warm welcome to our new 2025 Semester 1 cohort of Chemistry Honours and Master of Science (Chemistry) students @ChemistryUoM @SciMelb! It was fantastic to see your enthusiasm at today's 'Meet the Supervisor' lunch. All the best with your coursework and research! 👨‍🔬👩‍🔬🥼🧪

[NOST @NOST_India]

Prof. Anastasios Polyzos @PolyzosAP from @UniMelb delivered an exciting talk at #NOSTOCC2025 on "New Strategies in Catalytic Radical Carbonylation of Organohalides." Harnessing radical pathways for innovative carbonylation chemistry! #Catalysis #RadicalChemistry #OrganicSynthesis

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A big thank you to Synfacts Editorial Board for highlighting our recent @NatureCatalysis paper. Conveying our gratitude to contributors Benjamin List and Ruigang Xu for the highlight!

https://t.co/5ksGv8rrDM

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Conveying our gratitude to @MatthewHorwitz1 @reemalahmadd and congratulations to Liam Franov @liamfranov for highlighting our recent @J_A_C_S paper in the Synthesis Workshop series! See link below:

[Synthesis Workshop @MatthewHorwitz1]

Today we're joined by Liam Framov, who shares his recently published work on electroinduceed aldehyde-olefin coupling in a brand new Research Spotlight episode!!

Link: https://t.co/MLwGMH6kkT

@J_A_C_S 2024, 146, 29450-29461.

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A nice way to finish the year with our recent paper highlighted in Nature Catalysis News and Views. Thank you @crjsteph and @SGonzalezGranda for authoring Generating alkyl carbanions for organic synthesis! ⁦@NatureCatalysis⁩ https://t.co/LjRpFHNmgi

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Celebrating a week of publications with a paper party. 🎉 Thanks to entire group, the authors and Milena for the radical anion cupcakes! @MCzyz1 @liamfranov

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Immensely proud of our team (past, present and future!) who received @ChemistryUoM awards tonight. 💥Congrats Luca, Jose, Ann and Harry on your achievements - well deserved recognition! @ChemCaveman.