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:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science, The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National University
Works
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2020
Journal Article
Diels–Alder reactions of chiral sulfinylquinones: from sterically directed to CH–π directed stereoselectivity
Chow, Ka Ho, Gahan, Lawrence R. and Krenske, Elizabeth H. (2020). Diels–Alder reactions of chiral sulfinylquinones: from sterically directed to CH–π directed stereoselectivity. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 73 (10), 934-941. doi: 10.1071/ch19525
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
2019
Journal Article
Rearrangement-free hydroxylation of methylcubanes by a cytochrome P450: the case for dynamical coupling of C–H abstraction and rebound
Sarkar, Md. Raihan, Houston, Sevan D., Savage, G. Paul, Williams, Craig M., Krenske, Elizabeth H., Bell, Stephen G. and De Voss, James J. (2019). Rearrangement-free hydroxylation of methylcubanes by a cytochrome P450: the case for dynamical coupling of C–H abstraction and rebound. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141 (50) jacs.9b08064, 19688-19699. doi: 10.1021/jacs.9b08064
2019
Journal Article
Deep‐red lasing and amplified spontaneous emission from nature inspired bay‐annulated indigo derivatives
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 (2019). Deep‐red lasing and amplified spontaneous emission from nature inspired bay‐annulated indigo derivatives. Advanced Optical Materials, 8 (2) 1901350, 1901350. doi: 10.1002/adom.201901350
2019
Journal Article
Origins of stereoselectivity in uncatalyzed and ZnBr2-catalyzed Diels–Alder reactions of a chiral sulfinylquinone
Chow, Ka Ho and Krenske, Elizabeth H. (2019). Origins of stereoselectivity in uncatalyzed and ZnBr2-catalyzed Diels–Alder reactions of a chiral sulfinylquinone. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 17 (38), 8756-8767. doi: 10.1039/c9ob01756a
2019
Journal Article
A sesquiterpene isonitrile with a new tricyclic skeleton from the Indo-Pacific nudibranch Phyllidiella pustulosa: Spectroscopic and computational studies
Sim, Desmond C.-M., Hungerford, Natasha L., Krenske, Elizabeth H., Pierens, Gregory K., Andrews, Katherine T., Skinner-Adams, Tina S. and Garson, Mary J. (2019). A sesquiterpene isonitrile with a new tricyclic skeleton from the Indo-Pacific nudibranch Phyllidiella pustulosa: Spectroscopic and computational studies. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 73 (3), 129-136. doi: 10.1071/CH19227
2019
Journal Article
Kistamicin biosynthesis reveals the biosynthetic requirements for production of highly crosslinked glycopeptide antibiotics
Greule, Anja, Izoré, Thierry, Iftime, Dumitrita, Tailhades, Julien, Schoppet, Melanie, Zhao, Yongwei, Peschke, Madeleine, Ahmed, Iftekhar, Kulik, Andreas, Adamek, Martina, Goode, Robert J. A., Schittenhelm, Ralf B., Kaczmarski, Joe A., Jackson, Colin J., Ziemert, Nadine, Krenske, Elizabeth H., De Voss, James J., Stegmann, Evi and Cryle, Max J. (2019). Kistamicin biosynthesis reveals the biosynthetic requirements for production of highly crosslinked glycopeptide antibiotics. Nature Communications, 10 (1) 2613, 2613. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-10384-w
2019
Journal Article
Catalytic Asymmetric Staudinger–aza-Wittig Reaction for the Synthesis of Heterocyclic Amines
Cai, Lingchao, Zhang, Kui, Chen, Shuming, Lepage, Romain J., Houk, K. N., Krenske, Elizabeth H. and Kwon, Ohyun (2019). Catalytic Asymmetric Staudinger–aza-Wittig Reaction for the Synthesis of Heterocyclic Amines. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141 (24) jacs.9b04803, 9537-9542. doi: 10.1021/jacs.9b04803
2019
Journal Article
Reassignments and corroborations of oxo-bridged natural products directed by OSE and DU8+ NMR computation
Kutateladze, Andrei G., Krenske, Elizabeth H. and Williams, Craig M. (2019). Reassignments and corroborations of oxo-bridged natural products directed by OSE and DU8+ NMR computation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 58 (21), 7107-7112. doi: 10.1002/anie.201902777
2019
Journal Article
Rhodium catalyzed template-assisted distal para-C–H olefination
Dutta, Uttam, Maiti, Sudip, Pimparkar, Sandeep, Maiti, Siddhartha, Gahan, Lawrence R., Krenske, Elizabeth H., Lupton, David W. and Maiti, Debabrata (2019). Rhodium catalyzed template-assisted distal para-C–H olefination. Chemical Science, 10 (31), 7426-7432. doi: 10.1039/c9sc01824g
2019
Journal Article
The fate of copper catalysts in atom transfer radical chemistry
Zerk, Timothy J., Gahan, Lawrence R., Krenske, Elizabeth H. and Bernhardt, Paul V. (2019). The fate of copper catalysts in atom transfer radical chemistry. Polymer Chemistry, 10 (12), 1460-1470. doi: 10.1039/c8py01688g
2018
Journal Article
Mechanistic studies on the base-promoted conversion of alkoxy-substituted, ring-fused gem-dihalocyclopropanes into furans: evidence for a process involving electrocyclic ring closure of a carbonyl ylide intermediate
Sharp, Phillip P., Mikusek, Jiri, Ho, Junming, Krenske, Elizabeth H., Banwell, Martin G., Coote, Michelle L., Ward, Jas S. and Willis, Anthony C. (2018). Mechanistic studies on the base-promoted conversion of alkoxy-substituted, ring-fused gem-dihalocyclopropanes into furans: evidence for a process involving electrocyclic ring closure of a carbonyl ylide intermediate. The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 83 (22) acs.joc.8b01766, 13678-13690. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.8b01766
2018
Journal Article
Synthesis, magnetic properties, and catalytic properties of a nickel(II)-dependent biomimetic of metallohydrolases
Horn, Adolfo, Englert, Daniel, Roberts, Asha E., Comba, Peter, Schenk, Gerhard, Krenske, Elizabeth H. and Gahan, Lawrence R. (2018). Synthesis, magnetic properties, and catalytic properties of a nickel(II)-dependent biomimetic of metallohydrolases. Frontiers in Chemistry, 6 441, 441. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2018.00441
2018
Journal Article
Front cover: developing cyclic peptide heteroatom interchange: synthesis and DFT modelling of a HI-ascidiacyclamide isomer (Eur. J. Org. Chem. /2018)
Xie, Sida, Savchenko, Andrei I., Krenske, Elizabeth H., Grange, Rebecca L., Gahan, Lawrence R. and Williams, Craig M. (2018). Front cover: developing cyclic peptide heteroatom interchange: synthesis and DFT modelling of a HI-ascidiacyclamide isomer (Eur. J. Org. Chem. /2018). European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2018 (25), 3246-3246. doi: 10.1002/ejoc.201800902
2018
Journal Article
Developing cyclic peptide heteroatom interchange: synthesis and DFT modelling of a HI-ascidiacyclamide isomer
Xie, Sida, Savchenko, Andrei I., Krenske, Elizabeth H., Grange, Rebecca L., Gahan, Lawrence R. and Williams, Craig M. (2018). Developing cyclic peptide heteroatom interchange: synthesis and DFT modelling of a HI-ascidiacyclamide isomer. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2018 (25), 3265-3270. doi: 10.1002/ejoc.201800449
2018
Journal Article
Glycosylations of simple acceptors with 2-O-acyl L-idose or L-iduronic acid donors reveal only a minor role for neighbouring-group participation
Mohamed, Shifaza, He, Qi Qi, Lepage, Romain J., Krenske, Elizabeth H. and Ferro, Vito (2018). Glycosylations of simple acceptors with 2-O-acyl L-idose or L-iduronic acid donors reveal only a minor role for neighbouring-group participation. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2018 (19), 2214-2227. doi: 10.1002/ejoc.201800318
2018
Journal Article
Asymmetric synthesis of multiple quaternary stereocentre-containing cyclopentyls by oxazolidinone-promoted Nazarov cyclizations
Volpe, Rohan, Lepage, Romain J., White, Jonathan M., Krenske, Elizabeth H. and Flynn, Bernard L. (2018). Asymmetric synthesis of multiple quaternary stereocentre-containing cyclopentyls by oxazolidinone-promoted Nazarov cyclizations. Chemical Science, 9 (20), 4644-4649. doi: 10.1039/c8sc00031j
2018
Journal Article
Heteroatom-Interchanged Isomers of Lissoclinamide 5: Copper(II) Complexation, Halide Binding, and Biological Activity
Xie, Sida, Savchenko, Andrei I., Kerscher, Marion, Grange, Rebecca L., Krenske, Elizabeth H., Harmer, Jeffrey R., Bauer, Michelle J., Broit, Natasa, Watters, Dianne J., Boyle, Glen M., Bernhardt, Paul V., Parsons, Peter G., Comba, Peter, Gahan, Lawrence R. and Williams, Craig M. (2018). Heteroatom-Interchanged Isomers of Lissoclinamide 5: Copper(II) Complexation, Halide Binding, and Biological Activity. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2018 (12), 1465-1476. doi: 10.1002/ejoc.201701659
2018
Journal Article
Claisen rearrangements of benzyl vinyl ethers and heterobenzyl vinyl ethers
Burns, Jed M., Krenske, Elizabeth H. and Mcgeary, Ross P. (2018). Claisen rearrangements of benzyl vinyl ethers and heterobenzyl vinyl ethers. Synthesis, 50 (9) ss-2017-e0731-r, 1750-1772. doi: 10.1055/s-0036-1589529
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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
New technology for computational prediction of chemical reaction outcomes
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Debra Bernhardt
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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
Synthesis of L-sugars via radical chemistry
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Vito Ferro
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Doctor Philosophy
Insight into Nonequilibrium Behaviour from Molecular Simulations
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Debra Bernhardt
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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