Laura McCormick

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)

• 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

Laura J. M^cCormick, 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. M^cCormick, 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. M^cCormick 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. M^cCormick, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray, Richard Robson and Tom Waters, “Two Cu₂₁ clusters with pseudo-D₃ symmetry derived from the D-saccharate pentaanion C₆H₅O₈^5-“, Chemistry: A European Journal, 17, 7454 (2011), DOI:10.1002/chem.201100451