Professor Jack Clegg
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Jack Clegg

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Background

I completed my undergraduate studies in Chemistry, History and German at the University of Sydney graduating with a University Medal, before completing a Bachelor of Laws and PhD in Chemistry at the same institution. I made extensive contributions towards university life during that time which was recognised by the award of the Convocation Medal. During the same period, I spent time on the board of the Australian Youth Orchestra and a regional Credit Union in NSW. I then spent two years on a prestigious Marie Curie Fellowship at the University of Cambridge where I was also a Director of Studies at Emmanuel College. I returned to Australia to join The University of Queensland in 2012. I became an ARC Future Fellow in 2014. I was awarded a 2015 Queensland Young Tall Poppy Award and the 2018 Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year. I have authored more than 200 publications including 4 book chapters, which have received over 7000 citations. I have an h-index of >42.

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Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours), University of Sydney
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Sydney
  • Bachelor of Law, University of Sydney

Research impacts

My research is in the field of metallo-supramolecular chemistry and bridges the traditional fields of organic and inorganic chemistry. I use a self-assembly approach and by combing the inherent physical and chemical properties of metals with organic (ligand) components I can design and synthesis new materials with central cavities that are capable of selectively binding smaller molecules. The resulting nanoscale structures can be either discrete or polymeric (framework) in nature. The potential applications for these compounds are diverse including drug delivery, catalysis, sequestration, separation and gas storage. Many of my compounds are characterised by X-ray diffraction methods.

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265 works between 2004 and 2026
All (265) Journal Article (255) Conference Publication (5) Book Chapter (5)

141 - 160 of 265 works

2014

Journal Article

Mono- and dinucleating Ni(II), Cu(II), Zn(II) and Fe(III) complexes of symmetric and unsymmetric Schiff bases incorporating salicylimine functions - Synthetic and structural studies

Meng, Qinghua, Clegg, Jack K., Brock, Aidan J., Jolliffe, Katrina A., Lindoy, Leonard F. and Wei, Gang (2014). Mono- and dinucleating Ni(II), Cu(II), Zn(II) and Fe(III) complexes of symmetric and unsymmetric Schiff bases incorporating salicylimine functions - Synthetic and structural studies. Polyhedron, 74, 113-121. doi: 10.1016/j.poly.2014.03.002

Mono- and dinucleating Ni(II), Cu(II), Zn(II) and Fe(III) complexes of symmetric and unsymmetric Schiff bases incorporating salicylimine functions - Synthetic and structural studies

2014

Journal Article

Empirical and theoretical insights into the structural features and host-guest chemistry of M8L4 tube architectures

Meng, Wenjing, League, Aaron B., Ronson, Tanya K., Clegg, Jack K., Isley III, William C., Semrouni, David, Gagliardi, Laura, Cramer, Christopher J. and Nitschke, Jonathan R. (2014). Empirical and theoretical insights into the structural features and host-guest chemistry of M8L4 tube architectures. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136 (10), 3972-3980. doi: 10.1021/ja412964r

Empirical and theoretical insights into the structural features and host-guest chemistry of M8L4 tube architectures

2014

Journal Article

Self-assembly of an imidazolate-bridged FeIII/CuII heterometallic cage

Reichel, Florian, Clegg, Jack K., Gloe, Karsten, Gloe, Kerstin, Weigand, Jan J., Reynolds, Jason K., Li, Chun-Guang, Aldrich-Wright, Janice R., Kepert, Cameron J., Lindoy, Leonard F., Yao, Hong-Chang and Li, Feng (2014). Self-assembly of an imidazolate-bridged FeIII/CuII heterometallic cage. Inorganic Chemistry, 53 (2), 688-690. doi: 10.1021/ic402686s

Self-assembly of an imidazolate-bridged FeIII/CuII heterometallic cage

2014

Journal Article

Self-assembly of an octanuclear high-spin FeII molecular cage

Li, Feng, Sciortino, Natasha F., Clegg, Jack K., Neville, Suzanne M. and Kepert, Cameron J. (2014). Self-assembly of an octanuclear high-spin FeII molecular cage. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 67 (11), 1625-1628. doi: 10.1071/CH14404

Self-assembly of an octanuclear high-spin FeII molecular cage

2014

Journal Article

A mixed valent heterometallic Cu-II/Na-I coordination polymer with sodium-phenyl bonds

Datta, Amitabha, Das, Kuheli, Massera, Chiara, Clegg, Jack K., Sinha, Chittaranjan, Huang, Jui-Hsien and Garribba, Eugenio (2014). A mixed valent heterometallic Cu-II/Na-I coordination polymer with sodium-phenyl bonds. Dalton Transactions, 43 (14), 5558-5563. doi: 10.1039/c4dt00189c

A mixed valent heterometallic Cu-II/Na-I coordination polymer with sodium-phenyl bonds

2013

Journal Article

Di-, tri- and oligometallic platforms: versatile components for use in metallo-supramolecular chemistry

Clegg, Jack K., Li, Feng and Lindoy, Leonard F. (2013). Di-, tri- and oligometallic platforms: versatile components for use in metallo-supramolecular chemistry. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 257 (17-18), 2536-2550. doi: 10.1016/j.ccr.2013.01.006

Di-, tri- and oligometallic platforms: versatile components for use in metallo-supramolecular chemistry

2013

Journal Article

One-dimensional coordination polymers of lanthanide cations to cucurbit[7]uril built using a range of tetrachloride transition-metal dianion structure inducers

Liang, Li-Li, Zhao, Yi, Chen, Kai, Xiao, Xin, Clegg, Jack K., Zhang, Yun-Qian, Tao, Zhu, Xue, Sai-Feng, Zhu, Qian-Jiang and Wei, Gang (2013). One-dimensional coordination polymers of lanthanide cations to cucurbit[7]uril built using a range of tetrachloride transition-metal dianion structure inducers. Polymers, 5 (2), 418-430. doi: 10.3390/polym5020418

One-dimensional coordination polymers of lanthanide cations to cucurbit[7]uril built using a range of tetrachloride transition-metal dianion structure inducers

2013

Journal Article

Guest binding subtly influences spin crossover in an FeII4L4 capsule

Bilbeisi, Rana A., Zarra, Salvatore, Feltham, Humphrey L. C., Jameson, Guy N. L., Clegg, Jack K., Brooker, Sally and Nitschke, Jonathan R. (2013). Guest binding subtly influences spin crossover in an FeII4L4 capsule. Chemistry: A European Journal, 19 (25), 8058-8062. doi: 10.1002/chem.201300805

Guest binding subtly influences spin crossover in an FeII4L4 capsule

2013

Journal Article

Selective assembly and disassembly of a water-soluble Fe10L15 prism

Zarra, Salvatore, Clegg, Jack K. and Nitschke, Jonathan R. (2013). Selective assembly and disassembly of a water-soluble Fe10L15 prism. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 52 (18), 4837-4840. doi: 10.1002/anie.201209694

Selective assembly and disassembly of a water-soluble Fe10L15 prism

2013

Journal Article

The chemistry of cobalt acetate. X. The preparations of the mixed ligand cobalt oligomers, [Co3O(C6H5N2O)(3)(CH3CO2)(3)][PF6] dot CH3CN (I), [Co-4(mu(2)-OH)(2)(eta(1):eta(1):mu(2)-CH3COO)(2)(CH3CO2)(2) (eta(1):eta(1):mu(2)-C11H8NO)(2)(eta(1):eta(1):eta(1)

Kaza, Arati, Jensen, Paul, Clegg, Jack, Masters, Anthony F., Maschmeyer, Thomas and Yuen, Alex K. L. (2013). The chemistry of cobalt acetate. X. The preparations of the mixed ligand cobalt oligomers, [Co3O(C6H5N2O)(3)(CH3CO2)(3)][PF6] dot CH3CN (I), [Co-4(mu(2)-OH)(2)(eta(1):eta(1):mu(2)-CH3COO)(2)(CH3CO2)(2) (eta(1):eta(1):mu(2)-C11H8NO)(2)(eta(1):eta(1):eta(1). Polyhedron, 52, 909-916. doi: 10.1016/j.poly.2012.07.023

The chemistry of cobalt acetate. X. The preparations of the mixed ligand cobalt oligomers, [Co3O(C6H5N2O)(3)(CH3CO2)(3)][PF6] dot CH3CN (I), [Co-4(mu(2)-OH)(2)(eta(1):eta(1):mu(2)-CH3COO)(2)(CH3CO2)(2) (eta(1):eta(1):mu(2)-C11H8NO)(2)(eta(1):eta(1):eta(1)

2013

Journal Article

Chain-reaction anion exchange between metal-organic cages

Ma, Shucong, Smulders, Maarten M. J., Hristova, Yana R., Clegg, Jack K. C, Ronson, Tanya K., Zarra, Salvatore and Nitschke, Jonathan R. (2013). Chain-reaction anion exchange between metal-organic cages. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135 (15), 5678-5684. doi: 10.1021/ja311882h

Chain-reaction anion exchange between metal-organic cages

2013

Journal Article

Five discrete multinuclear metal-organic assemblies from one ligand: deciphering the effects of different templates

Riddell, Imogen A., Hristova, Yana R., Clegg, Jack K., Wood, Christopher S., Breiner Boris and Nitschke, Jonathan R. (2013). Five discrete multinuclear metal-organic assemblies from one ligand: deciphering the effects of different templates. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135 (7), 2723-2733. doi: 10.1021/ja311285b

Five discrete multinuclear metal-organic assemblies from one ligand: deciphering the effects of different templates

2013

Journal Article

Solvent-dependent host-guest chemistry of an Fe8L12 cubic capsule

Browne, Colm, Brenet, Simon, Clegg, Jack K. and Nitschke, Jonathan R. (2013). Solvent-dependent host-guest chemistry of an Fe8L12 cubic capsule. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 52 (7), 1944-1948. doi: 10.1002/anie.201208740

Solvent-dependent host-guest chemistry of an Fe8L12 cubic capsule

2013

Journal Article

Transformations within a network of cadmium architectures

Meng, Wenjing, Ronson, Tanya K., Clegg, Jack K. and Nitschke, Jonathan R. (2013). Transformations within a network of cadmium architectures. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 52 (3), 1017-1021. doi: 10.1002/anie.201206990

Transformations within a network of cadmium architectures

2013

Journal Article

An approach to networks based on coordination of alkyl-substituted cucurbit[5]urils and potassium ions

Li, Zhong-Fei, Liang, Li-Li, Wu, Feng, Zhou, Fa-Gen, Ni, Xin-Long, Feng, Xing, Xiao, Xin, Zhang, Yun-Qian, Xue, Sai-Feng, Zhu, Qian-Jiang, Clegg, Jack K., Tao, Zhu, Lindoy, Leonard F. and Wei, Gang (2013). An approach to networks based on coordination of alkyl-substituted cucurbit[5]urils and potassium ions. CrystEngComm, 15 (10), 1994-2001. doi: 10.1039/c3ce26491b

An approach to networks based on coordination of alkyl-substituted cucurbit[5]urils and potassium ions

2013

Journal Article

A stimuli responsive system of self-assembled anion-binding Fe4L68+ cages

Clegg, Jack K., Cremers, Jonathan, Hogben, Andrew J., Breiner, Boris, Smulders, Maarten M. J., Thoburn, John D. and Nitschke, Jonathan R. (2013). A stimuli responsive system of self-assembled anion-binding Fe4L68+ cages. Chemical Science, 4 (1), 68-76. doi: 10.1039/c2sc21486e

A stimuli responsive system of self-assembled anion-binding Fe4L68+ cages

2013

Journal Article

Bidirectional regulation of halide binding in a heterometallic supramolecular cube

Ramsay, William J., Ronson, Tanya K., Clegg, Jack K. and Nitschke, Jonathan R. (2013). Bidirectional regulation of halide binding in a heterometallic supramolecular cube. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 52 (50), 13439-13443. doi: 10.1002/anie.201307478

Bidirectional regulation of halide binding in a heterometallic supramolecular cube

2013

Journal Article

Multi-pyridine decorated Fe(ii) and Ru(ii) complexes by Pd(0)-catalysed cross couplings: new building blocks for metallosupramolecular assemblies

Yang, Jiajia, Clegg, Jack K., Jiang, Qibai, Lui, Xiaoming, Yan, Hong, Zhong, Wei and Beves, Jonathon E. (2013). Multi-pyridine decorated Fe(ii) and Ru(ii) complexes by Pd(0)-catalysed cross couplings: new building blocks for metallosupramolecular assemblies. Dalton Transactions, 42 (44), 15625-15636. doi: 10.1039/c3dt52331d

Multi-pyridine decorated Fe(ii) and Ru(ii) complexes by Pd(0)-catalysed cross couplings: new building blocks for metallosupramolecular assemblies

2013

Journal Article

Octahedral Cu-II and Ni-II complexes manifesting with N'-[1-(pyridin-2-yl)ethylidene] acetohydrazide: structural outlooks and spectral characteristics

Datta, Amitabha, Huang, Jui-Hsien, Clegg, Jack K., Liu, Pei-Hsin and Chuang, Sheng-Jie (2013). Octahedral Cu-II and Ni-II complexes manifesting with N'-[1-(pyridin-2-yl)ethylidene] acetohydrazide: structural outlooks and spectral characteristics. Central European Journal of Chemistry, 11 (1), 116-122. doi: 10.2478/s11532-012-0141-z

Octahedral Cu-II and Ni-II complexes manifesting with N'-[1-(pyridin-2-yl)ethylidene] acetohydrazide: structural outlooks and spectral characteristics

2013

Journal Article

Hierarchical assembly of discrete copper(ii) metallo-structures from pre-assembled dinuclear (bis-beta-diketonato)metallocycles and flexible difunctional co-ligands

Clegg, Jack K., Li, Feng, Jolliffe, Katrina A., Lindoy, Leonard F., Meehan, George V., Parsons, Simon, Tasker, Peter A. and White, Fraser J. (2013). Hierarchical assembly of discrete copper(ii) metallo-structures from pre-assembled dinuclear (bis-beta-diketonato)metallocycles and flexible difunctional co-ligands. Dalton Transactions, 42 (39), 14315-14323. doi: 10.1039/C3DT51531A

Hierarchical assembly of discrete copper(ii) metallo-structures from pre-assembled dinuclear (bis-beta-diketonato)metallocycles and flexible difunctional co-ligands

Past funding

  • 2025
    ANSTO, ACT, NSW and QLD chemical crystallography CAP
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2025
    ANSTO, ACT, NSW and QLD chemical crystallography CAP
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2025
    ANSTO, ACT, NSW and QLD chemical crystallography CAP
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2024
    ANSTO, ACT, NSW and QLD chemical crystallography CAP
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2025
    Dedicated High-throughput 3D-Electron Diffractometer (ARC LIEF grant administered by The University of Sydney)
    University of Sydney
    Open grant
  • 2024
    ANSTO, ACT, NSW and QLD chemical crystallography CAP
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2024
    ANSTO, ACT, NSW and QLD chemical crystallography CAP
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2023
    ANSTO, ACT, NSW and QLD chemical crystallography CAP
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2023
    ANSTO, ACT, NSW and QLD chemical crystallography CAP
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2023
    ANSTO, ACT, NSW and QLD chemical crystallography CAP
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2022
    ANSTO, ACT, NSW and QLD chemical crystallography CAP
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2022
    ANSTO, ACT, NSW and QLD chemical crystallography CAP
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2022
    ANSTO, ACT, NSW and QLD chemical crystallography CAP
    Australian Synchrotron Access Program (ANSTO)
    Open grant
  • 2021
    ANSTO, ACT, NSW and QLD chemical crystallography CAP
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2021
    ANSTO, ACT, NSW and QLD chemical crystallography CAP
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2021
    ANSTO, ACT, NSW and QLD chemical crystallography CAP
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2021
    Ground and excited state single crystal neutron structures of heteroleptic polypyridyl ruthenium(ii) complexes for charge density studies
    Australian Synchrotron Access Program (ANSTO)
    Open grant
  • 2020
    ANSTO, ACT, NSW and QLD Chemical Crystallography
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2020
    Are the metal centres ordered in a series of heterobimetallic lanthanide complexes? a neutron diffraction study
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2020
    Single crystal neutron structures of photo-redox metal complexes for ground and excited state charge density studies
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2020
    ANSTO, ACT, NSW and QLD chemical crystallography CAP
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2020
    15623 ANSTO, ACT, NSW and QLD chemical crystallography CAP
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2019
    ANSTO, ACT, NSW and QLD chemical crystallography CAP
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2023
    Flexible Molecular Crystals: Single Crystals that Bend, Stretch and Twist
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2019
    A versatile accurate mass, high resolution QTOF mass spectrometer for chemistry and proteomic applications
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2019
    ANSTO, ACT, NSW and QLD chemical crystallography CAP
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2019
    ANSTO, ACT, NSW and QLD chemical crystallography CAP
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2018
    Understanding hydrogen bonding in an ammonium-cryptate complex
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2018
    12368: ANSTO, ACT, NSW and QLD chemical crystallography CAP
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2018
    12368: ANSTO, ACT, NSW and QLD chemical crystallography CAP
    Australian Synchrotron Access Program (ANSTO)
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2018
    12368: ANSTO, ACT, NSW and OLD chemical crystallography CAP
    Australian Synchrotron Access Program (ANSTO)
    Open grant
  • 2017
    11195: ANSTO, NSW and QLD chemical crystallography CAP
    Australian Synchrotron Access Program (ANSTO)
    Open grant
  • 2017
    Advanced X-ray Facility for Structural Elucidation and Photocrystallography
    ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
    Open grant
  • 2017
    ANSTO, NSW and QLD chemical crystallography CAP
    Australian Synchrotron Access Program (ANSTO)
    Open grant
  • 2016
    ANSTO, NSW & QLD Small Molecule Crystallography CAP
    Australian Synchrotron Access Program (ANSTO)
    Open grant
  • 2016
    ANSTO, NSW & QLD Small Molecule Crystallography CAP
    Synchrotron Light Source Australia Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2016
    ANSTO, NEW & QLD Small Molecule Crystallography CAP
    Synchrotron Light Source Australia Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2015
    ANSTO, NSW & QLD Small Molecule Crystallography CAP
    Australian Synchrotron Access Program
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2016
    OLTC silver sulfide investigation
    UniQuest Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2015
    Investigating the oxidation state of bis(diphenylglyoximato) cobalt dihalide catalysts by single crystal neutron diffraction
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2015
    A sensitive, high resolution QTOF mass spectrometer with nanoUPLC system for qualitative and quantitative biomolecule analysis.
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2015
    Metal-organic materials for enantiomeric discrimination and chiral separation
    UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards - DVC(R) Funding
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2018
    Metallo-Supramolecular Materials for Chiral Discrimination and Enantiomeric Separation
    ARC Future Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2015
    An advanced X-ray facility for surface and in-situ materials characterization
    ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
    Open grant
  • 2014
    Facility for fabrication and characterisation of micro/nano-optoelectronic devices
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2017
    Flexible crystals: inducing new physical properties in crystalline materials through the combination and control of intermolecular interactions
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2014
    Self-assembled materials for the separation of complex mixtures
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2016
    Designing metal-organic materials through a hierarchical self-assembly strategy
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2013
    Chiral resolution with metal-organic frameworks
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Jack Clegg is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    New flexible piezoelectric crystals

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    High-resolution crystallographic studies on mechanically fl exible crystals

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    New Metallo-supramolecular Architectures

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Evan Moore

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Tuning the flexibility of crystals through intermolecular interactions

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Understanding the photoexcited states within molecular crystals

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Evan Moore

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Rational Design of Carboxylate Supramolecular Complexes for Pyrolysis Bio-oil Valorization

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Fluorocarbon activation using organometallic chemistry

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Rowan Young

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Fluorocarbon activation using organometallic chemistry

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Rowan Young

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Harvesting Fluorine from Fluorocarbons: Developing Transfer Fluorination

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Rowan Young

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The role of spin-orbit coupling in spin crossover materials

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Ben Powell

Completed supervision

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  • Chemistry
  • Crystals
  • Physical Sciences

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