Professor Steven Langford

Steven Langford

Professor of Organic Chemistry
BScHons(Syd), PhD(Syd) MRACI CChem
Room: 100C Bldg 19
Phone: +61 3 9905 4569
Fax: +61 3 9905 4597
Email: Steven.Langford@monash.edu

Professional Profile

  • 2010 – Head of School
  • 2006 – Professor of Organic Chemistry (Monash University)
  • 2005 – Associate Head Postgraduate Affairs
  • 2003 – 2004 - Molecular Group Leader
  • 2003 – 2005 - Appointed Senior Lecturer (Monash University)
  • 2002 – 2006 - Chair Siemens Science Experience
  • 1999 – 2001 - First Year Coordinator
  • 1998 – 2002 - Appointed Lecturer in Chemistry (Monash University)
  • 1996 – 1998 - Australian Postdoctoral Fellow (UNSW) working with Prof. M.N. Paddon-Row
  • 1993 – 1995 - Ramsay Memorial Fellow (Birmingham, UK) working with Prof. J.F. Stoddart
  • 1991 – 1993 - PhD (University of Sydney) under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. M.J.Crossley. Thesis title Porphyrin-Based Building Blocks
  • 1987 – Year in Industry Program with Astra Pharmaceuticals
  • 1985 – 1990 – BSc Hons Class I (The University of Sydney)

I have been the recipient of over 10 Scholarships and awards over the course of my career. Some of the major awards are:

  • 1992 Le Fevre Lecturer in Organic Chemistry
  • 1992 RACI Feutrill Award
  • 1993 Eleanor Sophia Woods Travelling Scholarship
  • Ramsay Memorial Postdoctoral Fellowship (1993-1995)
  • Australian Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (1996-1998)
  • RACI Organic Lectureship for Recently Appointed Staff (2002)
  • 2005 Dean's Excellence in Science Teaching Award
  • 2006 Young Investigator Award - Society of Porphyrins and Pthalocyanines

I am a full member of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (MRACI). A total of over 50 research and review papers have been published since 1994, primarily in the field of Supramolecular Chemistry. I have been invited to give lectures on my research work at a variety of Universities and Conferences within Australia and abroad. These include University of Cambridge (UK), University College London (UK), University of Glasgow (UK), NATO Advance Research Workshop, Magnetism: A Supramolecular Function, (France), Calix2003 (Vancouver), ISMC2003 (Poland), ISSCXIII (Notre Dame, 2004), 20RACIOC (Cairns, 2004), NSS UCLA (2004), XXII ICP (Cairns, 2005), ICPP-4 (Rome 2006).

I have a lovely wife Debbie with whom I share the joys of parenthood with Timothy (8 yrs old), Rebecca (6 yrs old) and Matthew (2 yr old). I was awarded Fairfield Council's Young Australian of the Year in 1993 and have received a Rotary Youth Leadership Award.