
Laura McCormick
Project Scientist
Experimental Systems Group
Contact
ljmccormick@lbl.govMailstop: 15R0317510-495-2887 (Office)510-495-2117 (Lab)
Location(s): 015-0335A
Websites
Responsibilities
Project Scientist on the chemical crystallography beamline 11.3.1
Biographical Information
Project scientist at the Advanced Light Source, California, USA (2016 – present)
Postdoctoral research fellow at the University of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland (2012 – 2015)
(Postdoctoral) Research associate at Monash University, Victoria, Australia (2011 – 2012)
PhD student at the University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (2007 – 2011)
Undergraduate student at the University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (2003 – 2006)
Research Interests
- Chemical crystallography
- Synthesis and characterisation of coordination polymers and oligomers
- Use of porous coordination polymers as gas storage and delivery devices
- In situ gas loading crystallographic studies
- Electrochemically non-innocent coordination frameworks
Selected Publications
Laura J. McCormick, Samuel A. Morris, Alexandra M. Slawin, Simon J. Teat and Russell E. Morris, “Coordination Polymers of 5-Alkoxy Isophthalic Acids“, Crystal Growth & Design, article ASAP, DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.6b00853
Laura J. McCormick, Brendan F. Abrahams, Berin A. Boughton, Martin J. Grannas, Timothy A. Hudson and Richard Robson, “Synthesis, Structure and Cation-Binding Properties of Some [4+4] Metallocyclic MO22+ (M = Mo or W) Derivatives of 9-Phenyl-2,3,7-trihydroxyfluor-6-one“, Inorganic Chemistry, 53, 1721 (2014), DOI: 10.1021/ic402860r
Laura J. McCormick and David R. Turner, “Inclined 1D→2D polycatenation of chiral chains with large π surfaces“, CrystEngComm, 15, 8234 (2013), DOI: 10.1039/C3CE41538D
Brendan F. Abrahams, Laura J. McCormick, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray, Richard Robson and Tom Waters, “Two Cu21 clusters with pseudo-D3 symmetry derived from the D-saccharate pentaanion C6H5O85-“, Chemistry: A European Journal, 17, 7454 (2011), DOI:10.1002/chem.201100451