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Dr. Lewis Chambers

Research Fellow

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Brief Curriculum Vitae
since 01/2026 Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Tasmania (UTAS), Hobart, Australia, supervised by A./Prof. Stuart Thickett
since 11/2025 Visiting Fellow at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia, supervised by Prof. Christopher Barner-Kowollik
04/2019 – 11/2025 Research Associate at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia, supervised by Prof. Christopher Barner-Kowollik
06/2018 – 04/2019 Research Associate at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia, supervised by Prof. Kathryn Fairfull-Smith
04/2015 – 04/2021 PhD in Polymer Chemistry at the University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, Australia, supervised by A./Prof. Idriss Blakey. Thesis Title: Spatial control of the topography of photo-sensitive block copolymer thin films
01/2015 – 04/2015 Research Assistant at the University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, Australia, supervised by A./Prof. Idriss Blakey
02/2014 – 11/2014 Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Chemistry at the University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, Australia, supervised by A./Prof. Idriss Blakey
02/2014 – 11/2018 Practical Demonstrator (Chemistry) at the University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, Australia
02/2011 – 11/2013 Bachelor of Science (Chemistry) at the University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, Australia

Research Interests
  • Responsive materials
  • Novel polymerisation mechanisms
  • Photochemical cycloadditions
  • Flow chemistry
  • Tunable laser photochemistry
  • Surface chemistry
  • Advanced materials characterisation (Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering, Atomic Force Microscopy, mechanical and rheological analysis)
  • Organic synthesis
  • Self-assembly

2021 QUT Centre for Materials Science Award for Excellence – Leadership and Engagement
2016 UQ SCMB Tutors Award
2016 RACI Polymer Division Student Conference – Short Presentation Runner Up Prize
2015 RACI Polymer Division Treloar Prize (oral)
2015 SCMB Chemistry Honours Research Prize
2014 CRC for Polymers Prize – Joint Winner
2013 RACI Trevor Appleton Third Level Chemistry Laboratory Prize
[09] 37th Australian Polymer Symposium, 2019. [Oral Presentation]
[08] World Polymer Congress MACRO18, 2018. [Oral Presentation]
[07] RACI Queensland Annual Chemistry Symposium, 2017. [Oral Presentation]
[06] RACI Centenary Congress, 2017. [Oral Presentation]
[05] 36th Australian Polymer Symposium, 2016. [Oral Presentation]
[04] RACI Student Polymer Symposium, 2016. [Oral Presentation]
[03] 35th Australian Polymer Symposium, 2015. [Oral Presentation]
[02] SCMB Research Student Symposium, 2014. [Poster Presentation]
[01] NanoBio Conference Australia, 2014. [Poster Presentation]

2023
[737] Molecular Photoswitching of Main-chain α-bisimines in Solid-State Polymers

Thai, L. D.; Guimarães, T. R.; Chambers, L. C.; Kammerer, J. A.; Golberg, D.; Mutlu, H.; Barner-Kowollik, C. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 14748-14755. 
2022
[721] Using Precision Polymer Chemistry for Plastics Traceability and Governance

Johnson, H.; Chambers, L. C.; Holloway, J. O.; Bousgas, A.; Akhtar-Khavari, A.; Blinco, J.; Barner-Kowollik, C. Polym. Chem. 2022, 13, 6082-6090.
[707] Photostationary State in Dynamic Covalent Networks

Chambers, L. C.; Barner-Kowollik, C.; Barner, L.; Michalek, L.; Frisch, H. ACS Macro Lett. 2022, 11, 532-536.
2021
[677] Chemiluminescent Self-Reported Unfolding of Single-Chain Nanoparticles

Bloesser; F. R.; Walden, S. L.; Irshadeen, I. M.; Chambers, L. C.; Barner-Kowollik, C. Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 5203-5206.
2020
[637] A Methoxyamine-Protecting Group for Organic Radical Battery Materials – An Alternative Approach

Hansen, K.-A.; Chambers, L. C.; Eing, M.; Barner-Kowollik, C.; Fairfull-Smith, K. E. ; Blinco, J. P. ChemSusChem 2020, 13, 2386-2393.

2019
[03] Spatial control of the topography of photo-sensitive block copolymer films

Chambers, L. C.; Huang, Y.; Jack, K. S.; Blakey, I.  Polymer Chemistry, 2019, 10, 3135-3145
2018
[02] Dependence of Block Copolymer Domain Spacing and Morphology on the Cation Structure of Ionic Liquid Additives

Bennett, T. M.; Chambers, L. C.; Thurecht, K. J.; Jack, K. S.; Blakey, I. Macromolecules, 2018, 51, 8979–8986
2016
[01] New Polymer Passive Sample for Sensitive Biomonitoring of Lipid-Rich Matrices

Dürig, W.; Blakey, I.; Grant, S.; Chambers, L.; Escher, B. I.; Weijs, L.; Gaus, C. Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett., 2016, 3, 52–56

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