http://www.aut.ac.nz/profiles/jack-chenhttps://jchenresearch.wordpress.com/Teaching Areas:• Organic Chemistry• General Chemistry• Medicinal Chemistry and Drug DiscoveryResearch Areas:• Organic Synthesis and Methodology Development• Green Catalysis and SustainableChemistry• Functionalised Gold Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery• Understanding Reactions Kinetics and Mechanism

- Functionalisation of gold nanoparticles for the generation of synthetic systems with complexity resembling those of proteins found in Nature. - Application of these nano-systems to signal generation and catalysis.- Research group of Prof. Leonard Prins.

- A novel method for the activation of readily available allylboronic esters has been discovered which greatly expands the scope of the ubiquitous allylation reaction- Development of the allylation of aldehydes, ketones and imines and Suzuki cross-coupling.- Supervision of graduate students in both methodology and total synthesis projects- Research group of Prof. Varinder K. Aggarwal FRS.

- Design and synthesis of rubromycin-derived analogues and a library of spiroacetals to probe their activity towards the enzyme telomerase. This interdisciplinary project was conducted in collaboration with Prof. Nancy Ip at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. - Employment funded by the International Investment Opportunites Fund (NZ), set up to promote international collaboration.- Drafting of research collaboration agreements, project planning, supervision of… Show more - Design and synthesis of rubromycin-derived analogues and a library of spiroacetals to probe their activity towards the enzyme telomerase. This interdisciplinary project was conducted in collaboration with Prof. Nancy Ip at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. - Employment funded by the International Investment Opportunites Fund (NZ), set up to promote international collaboration.- Drafting of research collaboration agreements, project planning, supervision of graduates.- Research group of Prof. Margaret A. Brimble. Show less

- Total synthesis project targeting the enantiopure synthesis of the northern bis-spiroacetal fragment of the spirastrellolides.- Key steps involve Sharpless oxidations and successive dithiane alkylations.- Research group of Prof. Margaret A. Brimble.

- Synthesis of semi-synthetic derivatives of the gibberellins, for examination of their effect on plant growth regulation- Synthesis of a gibberellin photoaffinity probe to allow photo labelling of the biological system and components that interact with gibberellins- Research group of Prof. Lew Mander FRS.