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DR STEPHEN PETER BEST



Contact Details

Organization: Chemistry
Position: SNR LECT - CHEMISTRY - REPLACES 6100450
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Homepage: http://www.chemistry.unimelb.edu.au/staff/spbest/research/
Work: 8344 6505
Fax: 9347 5180
Room: 518
Level: 05
Building: Chemistry - Old
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Bioinorganic chemistry Bioinorganic chemistry, hydrogenase, nitrogenase United Kingdom, United States of America
Spectroelectrochemistry electrochemistry, infrared spectroscopy, electronic spectroscopy, transition metal chemistry United Kingdom, Iran, Philippines
Vibrational spectroscopy Infrared spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy United Kingdom, Iran, Philippines
Extended X-ray absorption spectroscopy EXAFS Japan

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
United States Texas A&M University Research
Iran, Islamic Republic of Razi University Exchange, Research, Technical Assistance/Training
Japan Photon Factory Exchange, Research
United Kingdom University of East Anglia Exchange, Research
Philippines University of the Philippines Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science University of Sydney
Doctor of Philosophy University of Sydney

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Royal Australian Chemical Institute 10-Aug-2004

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) Ramsay memorial fellowships trust Ramsay memorial fellow 01-Jan-1983

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Redox initiated chemistry of hydrogenase H-cluster model compounds: biologically inspired hydrogen activation catalysts? Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2003
XAFS FROM SHORT LIVED IRON SULPHUR COMPOUNDS: AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL BEAMLINE FACILITY, JAPAN Chief Investigator ANSTO ASRP Research Program 23/12/2005
REDUCTIONS PRODUCTS OF MIXED SULFUR/PHOSPHORUS BRIDGED DIIRON COMPOUNDS Chief Investigator ANSTO ASRP Research Program 07/08/2006
A NATIONAL BIOMEDICAL ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE AND MOLECULAR IMAGING CENTRE Chief Investigator MONASH UNIVERSITY Linkage Infrastructure (Equipment and Facilities) (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2007
SELECTIVE ION TRANSPORT THROUGH POLYMER INCLUSION MEMBRANES Chief Investigator ANSTO Australian Synchrotron Research Program 06/03/2007
HIGH ACCURACY SPECTROSCOPY UNDER EXTREME CONDITIONS: COMBINING NOVEL SYNCHROTRON AND LABORATORY BASED SPECTROSCOPY Chief Investigator UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE,
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
Linkage Infrastructure (Equipment and Facilities) (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2008

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Assignment of Molecular Structures to the Electrochemical Reduction
    Products of Diiron Compounds Related to [Fe-Fe] Hydrogenase: A
    Combined Experimental and Density Functional Theory Study
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Inorganic Chemistry
    Volume: 46
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 384-394
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  • Modeling [Fe-Fe] Hydrogenase: Evidence for Bridging
    Carbonyl and Distal Iron Coordination Vacancy in an
    Electrocatalytically Competent Proton Reduction by an Iron
    Thiolate Assembly That Operates through Fe(0)-Fe(II) Levels
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of the American Chemical Society
    Volume: 129
    Issue: 36
    Page numbers: 11085-11092
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  • On the structure of a proposed mixed-valent analogue of the diiron subsite of [FeFe]-hydrogenase
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Chemical Communications
    Volume: n/a
    Page numbers: 3048-3050
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  • Steps along the Path to Dihydrogen Activation at [FeFe] Hydrogenase
    Structural Models: Dependence of the Core Geometry on
    Electrocatalytic Proton Reduction
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Inorganic Chemistry
    Volume: 46
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 1741-50
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Preface
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Coordination Chemistry Reviews
    Volume: 249
    Page numbers: 1517
    Publisher: Elsevier BV
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  • Spectroelectrochemistry of hydrogenase enzymes and related compounds
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Coordination Chemistry Reviews
    Volume: 249
    Page numbers: 1536-1554
    Publisher: Elsevier BV
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Electrocatalytic proton reduction by dithiolate-bridged diiron carbonyl complexes: a connection to the H-cluster?
    Year: 2005
    Event name: International Hydrogenases Conference
    Conference Publication: Biochemical Society Transactions
    Volume: 33
    Page numbers: 3-6
    Publisher: Portland Press(London)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Electrocatalytic proton reduction by phosphido-bridged diiron carbonyl compounds: Distant relations to the H-Cluster?
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Inorganic Chemistry
    Volume: 43
    Issue: 18
    Page numbers: 5635-5644
    Publisher: American Chemical Society(Washington DC)
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  • Electron transfer at a dithiolate-bridged dilron assembly: Electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of the American Chemical Society
    Volume: 126
    Issue: 51
    Page numbers: 16988-16999
    Publisher: American Chemical Society(Washington DC)
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  • Synergic binding of carbon monoxide and cyanide to the FeMo cofactor of nitrogenase: relic chemistry of an ancient enzyme?
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Chemistry - A European Journal
    Volume: 10
    Page numbers: 4770-4776
    Publisher: Wiley-VCH(Weinheim)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Electron-transfer chemistry of the iron-molybdenum cofactor of nitrogenase: Delocalized and localized reduced states of FeMoco which allow binding of carbon monoxide to iron and molybdenum
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Chemistry - A European Journal
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 76-87
    Publisher: Wiley-VCH(Weinheim)
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  • Redox activation of biologically derived and inspired catalysts
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Chemistry in Australia
    Volume: 70
    Page numbers: 17-19
    Publisher: Royal Australian Chemical Institute(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Spectroelectrochemical cell for the study of interactions between redox-activated species and moderate pressures of gaseous substrates
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry
    Volume: 535
    Page numbers: 57-64
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Lausanne)
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  • Transient FTIR spectroelectrochemical and stopped-flow detection of a mixed valence {Fe(I)-Fe(II)} bridging carbonyl intermediate with structural elements and spectroscopic characteristics of the di-iron sub-site of all-iron hydrogenase
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Chemical Communications
    Volume: 2002
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 700-701
    Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry(Cambridge)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Molecular features of CoIII Tetra- and Pentammines affect their influence on DNA Structure
    Year: 2001
    Journal: European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
    Volume: 2001
    Issue: 9
    Page numbers: 2311-2316
    Publisher: Wiley-VCH(Berlin)
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