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Anastasios Polyzos

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Associate Professor and Senior Research Scientist. Synthetic organic chemistry, with adventures in C-H activation, photoredox catalysis and flow chemistry.

Melbourne, Victoria
Joined March 2017
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Anastasios Polyzos
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Thrilled to be part of the 2nd Australia–Japan Flow Chemistry, Automation & Microreactor Synthesis Joint Symposium in Melbourne on 4 Dec! 🇦🇺🇯🇵 Register: https://t.co/ECx8QmIh2B Dive into advanced flow-chemistry methods, automation & ML, continuous manufacturing, and scale-up
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The University of Melbourne will host a symposium with the Group for Research on Automated Flow and Microreactor Synthesis (GRAMS), Chemical Society, Japan
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🚀 The Victorian Annual Synthesis Symposium is back. Join Victoria’s vibrant organic chemistry community to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of this Symposium. Date: 5th December 2025 Location: Bio21 Institute, Melbourne. 🔬 Don’t miss it — register now and be part of the
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The School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, will hold its Annual Synthesis Symposium on Friday 5th December, 2025.
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This is what matters. #tuesdayproblemsets
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Anastasios Polyzos
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A huge thanks to the ⁦@SciMelb⁩ at the ⁦@UniMelb⁩ for sharing a glimpse into my career journey. Everyone’s career path is different - lean into your unique experience and celebrate what it can bring to your science. 💥
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University of Melbourne chemist Anastasios (Tash) Polyzos grew up in regional restaurants and rock bands, but it was his fascination with chemical reactions that birthed an entrepreneur
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Professor Frances Separovic
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Read this marvellous story about my #chemistry colleague, Anastasios Polyzos @PolyzosAP : ‘The real ‘magic’ of biology happens at invisible, chemical scales’
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University of Melbourne chemist Anastasios (Tash) Polyzos grew up in regional restaurants and rock bands, but it was his fascination with chemical reactions that birthed an entrepreneur
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@NobelPrize
The Nobel Prize
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The chemistry laureate who built a whole new field of chemistry – Richard Robson. Read more about Robson's prize-awarded research:
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In the 90s, University of Melbourne Professor Richard Robson created a new class of coordination polymers - now he and two other scientists have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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The Nobel Prize
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BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.”
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@ChemistryUoM
School of Chemistry | University of Melbourne
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** PhD Completion Seminar ** Tom Andrews @ChemistryUoM "Intelligent Automation and Optimisation Methods for Heterogeneous and Non-Ideal Continuous Flow Synthesis Platforms" October 10, 2025 | 12-1 pm | Bio21 Auditorium ALL WELCOME!
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Anastasios Polyzos
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A massive ‘thank you’ to these amazing individuals who, on a wintry Melbourne night, participated in showcasing our lab at @UniMelb Science week. Proud to watch our team engage with the public and communicate the impact, and relevance of organic chemistry. Thank you. @SciMelb
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IKA
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🚀 Featured in JACS! @PolyzosAP powers the breakthrough in Electroinduced Reductive & Dearomative Alkene-Aldehyde Coupling. Rapid alternating polarity (rAP) electrolysis made it possible! ⚡️ https://t.co/ygGnD92gOO
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The direct coupling of alkene feedstocks with aldehydes represents an expedient approach to the generation of new and structurally diverse C(sp3)-hybridized alcohols that are primed for elaboration...
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@MethodsPrimers
Nature Reviews Methods Primers
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This week's #Primer is on #flowchemistry, a method for conducting chemical reactions through tubing to increase efficiency and yields. The team, led by @DuncanLBrowne, features the expertise of @BaumannGroupUCD, @PolyzosAP, and @AnnaGSlater. 📖👇
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Nature Reviews Methods Primers - Flow chemistry is a synthesis technique that uses pumps, tubing and connectors to control reactions spatially rather than temporally. This spatial control enables...
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Anastasios Polyzos
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Proud advisor moment when a graduate student delivers their PhD completion seminar. Congratulations Liam @liamfranov on an excellent lecture highlighting your work on carbanion generation. Liam’s work was published in @J_A_C_S and @NatureCatalysis - next stop: Austria!
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Anastasios Polyzos
4 months
New Faculty position in Synthetic Organic Chemistry at Melbourne - join the team!
@ChemistryUoM
School of Chemistry | University of Melbourne
4 months
We are looking for a synthetic organic chemist to join our School @ChemistryUoM! If you are a passionate researcher and educator in synthetic organic chemistry, we want to hear from you! https://t.co/UNWbe1WsGC Please share with your networks. The call closes on August 13, 2025
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@ChemistryUoM
School of Chemistry | University of Melbourne
4 months
*** PhD Completion Seminar *** Liam Franov @ChemistryUoM "Synthetic Strategies via Electroreductive Activation of Alkenyl and Aryl π-Systems" Thursday 17 July | 11 AM-12 PM | Bio21 Auditorium ALL WELCOME!
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Anastasios Polyzos
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This is an exciting opportunity for an industry focussed PhD in flow chemistry and catalysis. In partnership with our lab, CSIRO and Precision Catalysts. Please see the link below for details! Catalytic Static Mixers in Organic Synthesis.
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This Project aims to invent new modes of heterogeneous catalysts (Catalytic Static Mixers - CSMs) to drive new and scalable chemical reactions. The expected outcome is to create catalysis technolog...
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Yoonsu Park
6 months
Apply now with a cover letter, CV, and 3 references by email ( https://t.co/2oUHf11Wn0)
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@biomimetic_chem
Andy Lawrence
8 months
A postdoctoral position, funded by the @LeverhulmeTrust for up to 36 months, is available to join my group @EdinburghChem . The project focuses on biomimetic approaches to natural product synthesis. Deadline: 18th April 2025. https://t.co/tT7iRFgml9
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The School of Chemistry invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate position to work under the supervision of Prof. Andrew Lawrence on a project funded by the Leverhulme Trust. The...
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NOST
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Prof. Anastasios Polyzos @PolyzosAP from @UniMelb delivered an exciting talk at #NOSTOCC2025 on "New Strategies in Catalytic Radical Carbonylation of Organohalides." Harnessing radical pathways for innovative carbonylation chemistry! #Catalysis #RadicalChemistry #OrganicSynthesis
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