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Overview
Background
Professor Elizabeth Krenske leads a computational chemistry laboratory that specialises in understanding molecular behaviour. Her laboratory has a particular focus on the study of chemical reaction mechanisms, including the computational prediction of reaction outcomes. Prof. Krenske obtained her PhD in synthetic main-group chemistry at The Australian National University's Research School of Chemistry, where she worked with Professor Bruce Wild. After two years of postdoctoral research at the ANU she was awarded a Fulbright Postdoctoral Scholarship and spent two years at the University of California, Los Angeles, working in the field of theoretical and computational chemistry with Professor Kendall Houk. She returned to Australia in 2009 as an ARC Australian Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Melbourne, and moved to The University of Queensland in 2012 as an ARC Future Fellow. She is currently a Professor in the UQ School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences.
Prof. Krenske is a Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and former Associate Editor of the RSC journal Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry.
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- Professor Elizabeth Krenske is:
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Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science, The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National University
Works
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2022
Journal Article
Cibalackrot dendrimers for hyperfluorescent organic light‐emitting diodes
Wallwork, Nicholle R., Mamada, Masashi, Keto, Angus B., McGregor, Sarah K. M., Shukla, Atul, Adachi, Chihaya, Krenske, Elizabeth H., Namdas, Ebinazar B. and Lo, Shih‐Chun (2022). Cibalackrot dendrimers for hyperfluorescent organic light‐emitting diodes. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 43 (16) 2200118, 2200118. doi: 10.1002/marc.202200118
2022
Journal Article
Computational discoveries of reaction mechanisms: recent highlights and emerging challenges
Chin, Yuk Ping, See, Nicholas W., Jenkins, Ian D. and Krenske, Elizabeth H. (2022). Computational discoveries of reaction mechanisms: recent highlights and emerging challenges. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 20 (10), 2028-2042. doi: 10.1039/d1ob02139g
2022
Journal Article
Mechanistic studies on the base-promoted ring opening of glycal-derived gem-dibromocyclopropanes
Lepage, Romain J., Moore, Peter W., Hewitt, Russell J., Teesdale-Spittle, Paul H., Krenske, Elizabeth H. and Harvey, Joanne E. (2022). Mechanistic studies on the base-promoted ring opening of glycal-derived gem-dibromocyclopropanes. The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 87 (1) acs.joc.1c02366, 301-315. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c02366
2022
Journal Article
Different geometric requirements for cytochrome P450-catalyzed aliphatic versus aromatic hydroxylation results in chemoselective oxidation
Coleman, Tom, Kirk, Alicia M., Lee, Joel H. Z., Doherty, Daniel Z., Bruning, John B., Krenske, Elizabeth H., De Voss, James J. and Bell, Stephen G. (2022). Different geometric requirements for cytochrome P450-catalyzed aliphatic versus aromatic hydroxylation results in chemoselective oxidation. ACS Catalysis, 12 (2), 1258-1267. doi: 10.1021/acscatal.1c05483
2022
Journal Article
Nazarov cyclizations catalyzed by BINOL phosphoric acid derivatives: quantum chemistry struggles to predict the enantioselectivity
Chin, Yuk Ping and Krenske, Elizabeth H. (2022). Nazarov cyclizations catalyzed by BINOL phosphoric acid derivatives: quantum chemistry struggles to predict the enantioselectivity. The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 87 (3) acs.joc.1c01823, 1710-1722. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c01823
2021
Journal Article
Endo selectivity in the (4 + 3) cycloaddition of oxidopyridinium ions
Sungnoi, Wanna, Keto, Angus B., Roseli, Ras Baizureen, Liu, Jinchu, Wang, Heather, Fu, Chencheng, Regalado, Erik L., Krenske, Elizabeth H. and Harmata, Michael (2021). Endo selectivity in the (4 + 3) cycloaddition of oxidopyridinium ions. Organic Letters, 23 (21) acs.orglett.1c03028, 8302-8306. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c03028
2021
Journal Article
Does H3O+ really act as a ligand in the solid state?
Blackman, Allan G., Jelley, Rebecca E., Krenske, Elizabeth H., Gahan, Lawrence R. and Bernhardt, Paul V. (2021). Does H3O+ really act as a ligand in the solid state?. Inorganic Chemistry, 60 (17) acs.inorgchem.1c01485, 13071-13079. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01485
2021
Journal Article
Structures of a non-ribosomal peptide synthetase condensation domain suggest the basis of substrate selectivity
Izoré, Thierry, Candace Ho, Y. T., Kaczmarski, Joe A., Gavriilidou, Athina, Chow, Ka Ho, Steer, David L., Goode, Robert J. A., Schittenhelm, Ralf B., Tailhades, Julien, Tosin, Manuela, Challis, Gregory L., Krenske, Elizabeth H., Ziemert, Nadine, Jackson, Colin J. and Cryle, Max J. (2021). Structures of a non-ribosomal peptide synthetase condensation domain suggest the basis of substrate selectivity. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 2511, 2511. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-22623-0
2021
Journal Article
Structural integration of carbazole and tetraphenylethylene: ultrafast excited‐state relaxation dynamics and efficient electroluminescence
McGregor, Sarah K. M., Govind, Chinju, Wood, Michael K. R., Shukla, Atul, Lim, Hyunsoo, Lepage, Romain J., Krenske, Elizabeth H., Unni, Narayanan K. N., Ajayaghosh, Ayyappanpillai, Karunakaran, Venugopal, Namdas, Ebinazar B. and Lo, Shih-Chun (2021). Structural integration of carbazole and tetraphenylethylene: ultrafast excited‐state relaxation dynamics and efficient electroluminescence. Advanced Photonics Research, 2 (4) 2000144, 2000144. doi: 10.1002/adpr.202000144
2021
Journal Article
A substituent‐directed strategy for the selective synthesis of L‐hexoses: an expeditious route to L‐idose
See, Nicholas W., Wimmer, Norbert, Krenske, Elizabeth H. and Ferro, Vito (2021). A substituent‐directed strategy for the selective synthesis of L‐hexoses: an expeditious route to L‐idose. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2021 (10), 1575-1584. doi: 10.1002/ejoc.202100042
2021
Journal Article
Understanding the mechanistic requirements for efficient and stereoselective alkene epoxidation by a cytochrome P450 enzyme
Coleman, Tom, Kirk, Alicia M., Chao, Rebecca R., Podgorski, Matthew N., Harbort, Joshua S., Churchman, Luke R., Bruning, John B., Bernhardt, Paul V., Harmer, Jeffrey R., Krenske, Elizabeth H., De Voss, James J. and Bell, Stephen G. (2021). Understanding the mechanistic requirements for efficient and stereoselective alkene epoxidation by a cytochrome P450 enzyme. ACS Catalysis, 11 (4), 1995-2010. doi: 10.1021/acscatal.0c04872
2020
Other Outputs
Organic semiconductor lasers: lasing operation under long‐pulse excitation in solution‐processed organic gain medium: toward CW lasing in organic semiconductors (Advanced Optical Materials 21/2020)
Mai, Van T. N., Shukla, Atul, Senevirathne, A. M. Chathuranganie, Allison, Ilene, Lim, Hyunsoo, Romain J. Lepage, Sarach K. M. McGregor, Michael Wood, Toshinori Matsushima , Evan G. Moore, Elizabeth H. Krenske, Atula S. D. Sandanayaka, Chihaya Adachi, Ebinazar B. Namdas and Shih-Chun Lo (2020). Organic semiconductor lasers: lasing operation under long‐pulse excitation in solution‐processed organic gain medium: toward CW lasing in organic semiconductors (Advanced Optical Materials 21/2020). Advanced Optical Materials: Wiley.
2020
Journal Article
Lasing operation under long-pulse excitation in solution-processed organic gain medium: toward CW lasing in organic semiconductors
Mai, Van T. N., Shukla, Atul, Senevirathne, A. M. Chathuranganie, Allison, Ilene, Lim, Hyunsoo, Lepage, Romain J., McGregor, Sarah K. M., Wood, Michael, Matsushima, Toshinori, Moore, Evan G., Krenske, Elizabeth H., Sandanayaka, Atula S. D., Adachi, Chihaya, Namdas, Ebinazar B. and Lo, Shih-Chun (2020). Lasing operation under long-pulse excitation in solution-processed organic gain medium: toward CW lasing in organic semiconductors. Advanced Optical Materials, 8 (21) 2001234, 2001234. doi: 10.1002/adom.202001234
2020
Journal Article
EBC‐232 and 323: a structural conundrum necessitating unification of five in silico prediction and elucidation methods
Maslovskaya, Lidia A., Savchenko, Andrei I., Krenske, Elizabeth H., Chow, Sharon, Holt, Tina, Gordon, Victoria A., Reddell, Paul W., Pierce, Carly J., Parsons, Peter G., Boyle, Glen M., Kutateladze, Andrei G. and Williams, Craig M. (2020). EBC‐232 and 323: a structural conundrum necessitating unification of five in silico prediction and elucidation methods. Chemistry – A European Journal, 26 (51) chem.202001884, 11862-11867. doi: 10.1002/chem.202001884
2020
Journal Article
Low amplified spontaneous emission and lasing thresholds from hybrids of fluorenes and vinylphenylcarbazole
Shukla, Atul, Mai, Van T. N., Senevirathne, A. M. Chathuranganie, Allison, Ilene, McGregor, Sarah K. M., Lepage, Romain J., Wood, Michael, Matsushima, Toshinori, Moore, Evan G., Krenske, Elizabeth H., Sandanayaka, Atula S. D., Adachi, Chihaya, Namdas, Ebinazar B. and Lo, Shih‐Chun (2020). Low amplified spontaneous emission and lasing thresholds from hybrids of fluorenes and vinylphenylcarbazole. Advanced Optical Materials, 8 (20) 2000784, 1-9. doi: 10.1002/adom.202000784
2020
Journal Article
Mechanistic aspects of hydrosilane/potassium tert-butoxide (HSiR3/KOtBu)-mediated reactions
Jenkins, Ian D. and Krenske, Elizabeth H. (2020). Mechanistic aspects of hydrosilane/potassium tert-butoxide (HSiR3/KOtBu)-mediated reactions. ACS Omega, 5 (13) acsomega.0c00366, 7053-7058. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.0c00366
2020
Journal Article
EBC-342: A novel tetrahydrofuran moiety containing casbane from the Australian rainforest
Maslovskaya, Lidia A., Savchenko, Andrei I., Krenske, Elizabeth H., Chow, Sharon, Gordon, Victoria A., Reddell, Paul W., Pierce, Carly J., Parsons, Peter G., Boyle, Glen M. and Williams, Craig M. (2020). EBC-342: A novel tetrahydrofuran moiety containing casbane from the Australian rainforest. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2020 (8), 1042-1045. doi: 10.1002/ejoc.202000017
2020
Journal Article
How does cross-conjugation influence thiol additions to enones? A computational study of thiol trapping by the naturally occurring divinyl ketones zerumbone and α-santonin
Ting, Jonathan Y. C., Roseli, Ras Baizureen and Krenske, Elizabeth H. (2020). How does cross-conjugation influence thiol additions to enones? A computational study of thiol trapping by the naturally occurring divinyl ketones zerumbone and α-santonin. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 18 (7), 1426-1435. doi: 10.1039/c9ob02709b
2020
Journal Article
Organic Laser Dyes: Deep‐Red Lasing and Amplified Spontaneous Emission from Nature Inspired Bay‐Annulated Indigo Derivatives (Advanced Optical Materials 2/2020)
Shukla, Atul, Wallwork, Nicholle R., Li, Xin, Sobus, Jan, Mai, Van T. N., McGregor, Sarah K. M., Chen, Kay, Lepage, Romain J., Krenske, Elizabeth H., Moore, Evan G., Namdas, Ebinazar B. and Lo, Shih‐Chun (2020). Organic Laser Dyes: Deep‐Red Lasing and Amplified Spontaneous Emission from Nature Inspired Bay‐Annulated Indigo Derivatives (Advanced Optical Materials 2/2020). Advanced Optical Materials, 8 (2) 2070006, 1-1. doi: 10.1002/adom.202070006
2020
Journal Article
Why do silanes reduce electron-rich phosphine oxides faster than electron-poor phosphine oxides?
Kirk, Alicia M., O’Brien, Christopher J. and Krenske, Elizabeth H. (2020). Why do silanes reduce electron-rich phosphine oxides faster than electron-poor phosphine oxides?. Chemical Communications, 56 (8), 1227-1230. doi: 10.1039/c9cc08718d
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Available projects
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Molecular modelling. Chemical Reactivity. Catalysis. Drug Design.
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Development of new computational techniques for carbohydrate and agricultural chemistry
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Vito Ferro
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Doctor Philosophy
New technology for computational prediction of chemical reaction outcomes
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Debra Bernhardt
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Doctor Philosophy
Insight into Nonequilibrium Behaviour from Molecular Simulations
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Debra Bernhardt
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Doctor Philosophy
Synthesis of L-sugars via radical chemistry
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Vito Ferro
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Theoretical and experimental investigations into the mechanisms of Cytochromes P450
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor James De Voss
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Application of Molecular Modelling Techniques to Guide the Design of New Molecules in Material Science and Drug Discovery
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Shih-Chun Lo, Associate Professor Ebinazar Namdas
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Computational studies of asymmetric catalytic reactions
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Debra Bernhardt
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
A Synergistic Approach to L-Hexose Synthesis
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Vito Ferro
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Cubane in Drug Discovery and Development
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Craig Williams
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Explorations in Novel Caged Hydrocarbon Chemistry
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Craig Williams
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Kinetic, mechanistic, structural and spectroscopic investigations of Bimetallic Metallohydrolases.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Gary Schenk
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Experimental and Computational Investigations into the Benzyl-Claisen Rearrangement
Associate Advisor
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