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Prof. Adam McCluskey

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Research Supervision

Number of current supervisions 11
Total current UoN PhD EFTSL 4.45

For supervisions undertaken at an institution other that the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics, and the institution name is listed below the program name.

Current Supervision

Commenced Proposed
Completion
Program Supervisor Type Research Title
2013 2017 PhD (Biological Sciences) Co-Supervisor Consequences of Chronic Exposure of the Male Germ Line to Xenobiotics
2013 2017 PhD (Chemistry) Principal Supervisor Pathogenic Retroviruses - Developing Next Generation Antiviral Agents
2012 2016 PhD (Biological Sciences) Principal Supervisor Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Inhibitors as Cancer Suppressing Agents
2011 2015 PhD (Chemistry) Principal Supervisor A Chemical Biology Approach to Novel Inhibitors of Clathrin
2011 2015 PhD (Chemistry) Principal Supervisor Synthesis of Bolinaquinone Analogues as Clathrin Mediated Endocytosis
2010 2018 PhD (Medicine) Co-Supervisor The Characterisation and Classification of Residual Tool Marks on Bone Inflicted by Machetes and Samurai Swords (Sharp and Blunt) and the Survivability of Those Marks Following Thermal Trauma (Fire).
2010 2014 PhD (Chemistry) Co-Supervisor Synthesis of Regioregular Poly-3-Hexylthiophene Using Flow Chemistry for Incorporation into Organic Photo Voltaic Cells
2010 2014 PhD (Chemistry) Principal Supervisor Application of Green Chemistry Approaches to the Ugi and Passerini Multicomponent Reactions
2010 2014 PhD (Chemistry) Co-Supervisor Natural Products Chemistry: Drugs From Nature
2007 2011 PhD (Chemistry) Co-Supervisor Exploring Signal Transduction Mechanisms in Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for Forensic Applications
2006 2010 PhD (Chemistry) Sole Supervisor Novel Inhibitors of Dynamin GTPase

Past Supervision

Year Program Supervisor Type Research Title
2013 PhD (Chemistry) Principal Supervisor Synthesis and Evaluation of Norcantharidin and Acrylonitrile Derivatives as Potential Anti-Cancer Agents
2013 PhD (Chemistry) Principal Supervisor A Mechanistic Study into the Reaction Between Carbon Dioxide and Amines
2013 PhD (Chemistry) Principal Supervisor Design and Synthesis of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for the Selective Extraction of Polychlorinated Biphenyls
2012 PhD (Chemistry) Principal Supervisor 1. Dynamin-l Inhibitors from Sessile Marine Invertebrates; 2. Chemotaxonomy of Cystophora spp.
2012 PhD (Chemistry) Principal Supervisor Disruption of Clathrin Mediated-Endocytosis through Small Molecule Inhibition of Dynamin and Clathrin
2012 PhD (Chemistry) Principal Supervisor Synthesis, Characterisation and Evaluation of Biphenyl Monomers for Molecular Imprinting Applications
2011 M Philosophy (Chemistry) Principal Supervisor Novel Inhibitors of Clathrin Mediated Endocytosis
2010 PhD (Chemistry) Co-Supervisor Characterisation and Improved Performance of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers Prepared Using Room Temperature Ionic Liquids
2010 PhD (Chemistry) Principal Supervisor Optimisation of Molecularly Imprinted Polymeric Films for the Detection of L-Ephedrine
2010 PhD (Chemistry) Co-Supervisor Towards the Development of a Benzylpiperazine Specific Molecular Imprinted Polymer
2009 PhD (Chemistry) Principal Supervisor Norcantharidin Analogues: PP1 and PP2A Inhibition and Potential Therapeutic Development
2008 PhD (Chemistry) Principal Supervisor Design and Synthesis of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for the Selective Recognition of Small Chloro-Arene Contaminants
2008 PhD (Chemistry) Co-Supervisor Ionic Liquids for Synthesis and Metal Recovery
2007 PhD (Chemistry) Sole Supervisor Design and Synthesis of Novel Dynamin GTPase Inhibitors
2006 PhD (Chemistry) Co-Supervisor New Routes To Precious Metal Recovery Using Ionic Liquids
2006 PhD (Chemistry) Co-Supervisor Ionic Liquids for Explosive Technologies
2006 PhD (Chemistry) Sole Supervisor Novel Inhibitors of Dynamin GTPase
2006 PhD (Chemistry) Sole Supervisor Cantharidin Analogues: Potential Therapeutic Agents
2005 PhD (Chemistry) Co-Supervisor Chemotaxonomy of the brown algal genus Cyclophoria
2004 PhD (Chemistry) Sole Supervisor Design and Synthesis of Potential CRHR1 Antagonists
2004 PhD (Chemistry) Sole Supervisor Development Towards Structurally Unprecedented Corticotropin Releasing Hormone Type-1 Receptor Antagonists