Dr Thomas Nicholls

Dr Tom Nicholls completed his PhD at the University of Tasmania in 2019 supervised by Prof. Alex Bissember. Tom’s research focused on the development of copper-based photocatalysts and their application in synthetic methodology. He then moved to the University of Leeds, UK to work with A/Prof. Charlotte Willans as a post-doctoral research fellow investigating the electrochemical synthesis of organometallic complexes and the development of catalytic methodologies using high throughput experimentation. Tom returned to Australia in 2022 to take up a position with Prof. Justin Chalker at Flinders University with a focus on developing electrochemical and photochemical methods to produce high sulfur content polymers and their applications in recovering gold from electronic waste. In 2024, Tom was awarded a DECRA fellowship to begin his independent career. His research focuses on developing new catalysts that harness electricity and visible light to enable new synthetic methodology.