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

Melbourne, Australia
Joined April 2017
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.
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** 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!
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Polyzos Lab retweeted
🚀 Featured in JACS! @PolyzosAP powers the breakthrough in Electroinduced Reductive & Dearomative Alkene-Aldehyde Coupling. Rapid alternating polarity (rAP) electrolysis made it possible! ⚡️ pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…
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[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 💡pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/artic… This work was reported in @NatureCatalysis: doi.org/10.1038/s41929-024-0…
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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! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…
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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! 👨‍🔬👩‍🔬🥼🧪
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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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We have a 12 month postdoc available in our group! The project will focus on developing continuous biocatalysed transformations and is funded by @scienceirel with @AlmacGroup as industry partner. Start date is before September 2024 @ucdchemistry Apply: my.corehr.com/pls/coreportal…
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Today we bid a farewell to Josè @ChemCaveman who will be starting a new role with the Flow Chemistry team at CSIRO. We’ll miss you mate, but equally excited about your new career ahead. Congratulations!
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Do you want to completely switch reaction outcomes just by changing the acidity of the reaction medium? We've got an excellent example of just that: Controlling Regioselectivity of Bromolactonization Reaction in HFIP - now published in Chemical Science pubs.rsc.org/en/content/arti…
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Congratulations to the UniMelb Westpac Futures Leaders @WestpacScholars😀- Tayla will be joining the Polyzos group @PolyzosLab @ChemistryUoM in semester 2 to pursue a PhD in continuous flow electrochemical synthesis #WomenInSTEM
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Australia’s National Science Agency @csiro now offering 37 postdoc positions all across Australia. If you want to change the world, we want you. #postdocposition @PostdocJobs @Postdocjobsaus is.gd/gEl9kA
Excited to share Yimin’s direct enantioselective assembly of hetero-bicyclic systems from dendralenes @angew_chem. Huge thanks to Li-Juan and Michelle for great insights, including revision of mechanism. Another fun collaboration @ANUChemistry @Flinders onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Hello! We're the ARC Training Centre for the Chemical Industries, and we place post-grad chemists in industry internships. That's a bit faceless... We're led by @PolyzosLab at @ChemistryUoM and @CAMD_Stenzel at @UNSWScience More: arc-chemind.org/
Wooohooooo, it's May and that means #MyScienceMay is finally here 🥳🥳🥳. First things first, we'd love you to introduce yourself - who are you and what do you do in this wonderful world of #STEM? More info on #MyScienceMay here: mysciencemay.com/
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Myself and the @millsgroupchem have a fully funded 3.5 yr PhD position exploring heterobimetallic d/f-block-aluminium complexes. Only applications through the University of Manchester will be considered. RTs appreciated findaphd.com/phds/project/sy… – at Manchester, England
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Online conference supported by @RACI: Industrial Applications of Microreaction and Flow Chemistry 1-2 December 2021 Speakers from companies such as Merck, BASF and Roche imret2021.com/
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If you are interested in doing a fully funded PhD in d-block organometallic chemistry and catalysis, the President's Doctoral Scholarships @UoMChemistry are open. Please email me if interested. se.manchester.ac.uk/study/po…
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Just Published: A new Special Issue from The Journal of Organic Chemistry #JOC on Enabling Techniques for Organic Synthesis fal.cn/3j5Ks. Learn more in the introductory editorial: fal.cn/3j5Kr. @ACSPublications
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