Dr Robert Burns / Our Staff / School of Environmental and Life Sciences / Faculty of Science and Information Technology / The University of Newcastle, Australia

	Dr Robert Burns
Position:	Senior Lecturer in Chemistry
Faculty/Division:	Faculty of Science and Information Technology School of Environmental and Life Sciences
Telephone:	+61 2 4921 5479
Facsimile:	+61 2 4921 5472
Email:	Robert.Burns@newcastle.edu.au
Location:	Chemistry Building Room C323
Campus:	Callaghan
Qualifications:	B.Sc. Ph.D. (Melb) MRACI CChem
Research Areas:	Polyoxometalate chemistry Structures and stabilities of isopoly and heteropoly oxometalates Kinetics and mechanisms of polyoxometalate formation Electrospray mass spectrometry of polyoxometalates Homogeneous catalytic oxidations Heterogeneous catalytic oxidation and oxidative dehydrogenation Organotransition metal-main group element cluster chemistry Syntheses, structures and reactions of transition metal carbonyl cluster species containing main group elements Wastewater chemistry Hydroxide precipitation of metal ions from waste waters Immobilization and remobilization of heavy metals
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Teaching Interests:	Inorganic Chemistry Environmental Chemistry OH & S
Supervision of Students:	Suzanne Laucht - PhD (Chemistry) Trace Element Removal Techniques with Iron Oxyhydroxide and the Absorption/Copreciitation Removal Mechanism
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Publications:	Link to: Researcher Report