Head of Research and Development at the University of Sydney.

I’m Roy McBurney, a Sydney based research leader and chemist. I’ve worked across universities, a research institution and a start-up, and I now lead research support and large funding schemes at the University of Sydney.

  • EvolvX

    A spin-out company I led with five team members. It used genetic algorithms to search for a better anti-inflammatory peptide drug.

  • CMAC

    I bought £11.4m of scientific equipment for the Centre for Continuous Manufacture and Crystallisation, the largest purchase round in Strathclyde’s history.

  • Major Grants

    I set up the policies and processes for large research funding schemes at the University of Sydney, to meet the rules of outside funders.

  • Catalysis

    Research on organometallic chemistry and catalysis at Macquarie. It raised the group’s publication output and led to two MRes and one PhD completion.

  • Photocatalysis

    Used titanium dioxide photocatalysts to make carbon centred radicals that form carbon-carbon bonds without tin hydrides.

    • Work

    1. Company
      University of Sydney
      Role
      Head, Research and Development
      Date
    2. Company
      University of Sydney
      Role
      Research Support Manager
      Date
    3. Company
      Macquarie University
      Role
      Research Fellow
      Date
    4. Company
      University of Strathclyde
      Role
      Senior Technician
      Date
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