Qualifications
Master of Science with Honours (University of Canterbury)
Doctor of Philosophy (University of Canterbury)
Trained Teacher's Certificate (Christchurch Teachers' College)
Research Interests
Responsible for the collection of all single crystal data for many other chemistry departments within New Zealand and a number of other countries including Australia, U.K., U.S.A., Malaysia and Iran. Also, in collaboration with Biological Sciences and Forestry, involved in the development of techniques for determining properties of timber.
- Chemistry education
- Small molecule structure analysis
- X-ray analysis of wood
Recent Publications
- Araujo Martinez A., Landee CP., Dickie DA., Wikaira JL., Xiao F. and Turnbull MM. (2023) Pyridyl-imidazole copper compounds. Journal of Coordination Chemistry 76(2): 232-257. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00958972.2023.2169608.
- Araujo-Martinez AP., Faber K., Huynh N., Dickie DA., Landee CP., Turnbull MM., Twamley B. and Wikaira JL. (2023) A family of methoxide-bridged Cu(II) compounds with N-heterocyclic ligands: dimers and chains. Journal of Coordination Chemistry 76(5-6): 632-647. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00958972.2023.2210739.
- Bedford CP., Landee CP., Wikaira JL. and Turnbull MM. (2023) Copper(II) halide salts of 5-bromo-2-aminopyridine and 3,5-dibromo-2-aminopyridine: syntheses, structures and magnetic behavior. Journal of Coordination Chemistry 76(11-12): 1353-1369. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00958972.2023.2240477.
- Huynh NV., Li L., Landee CP., Dawe LN., Dickie DA., Turnbull MM. and Wikaira JL. (2023) Copper(II) halide complexes of aminopyridines: Synthesis, structure, and magnetic behavior of neutral compounds of 5-IAP: (5-IAP)2CuCl2·H2O, [(5-IAP)2CuBr2]2, (5-IAP)2CuBr2 and (5-IAP)3CuCl2·nH2O (5IAP = 2-amino-5-iodopyridine). Polyhedron 243 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2023.116562.
- Landee CP., Dickie DA., Turnbull MM. and Wikaira JL. (2022) Cu(II) complexes with coordinated pyrazine-dioxide: pyrazine-bridged chains. Journal of Coordination Chemistry 75(5-6): 738-751. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00958972.2022.2082293.
