The RACI Board comprises a highly credentialed and committed team responsible for representing the interests of our members and furthering the status and promotion of chemical sciences in Australia.
Palli Thordarson is a Fellow of the RACI and joined the organisation during his PhD days at the University of Sydney in 1998, he is currently a Professor and the Deputy Head of School of Chemistry at UNSW.
He has served as a NSW state representative on the board of the RACI Organic Chemistry Division from 2014-2018 and from 2019 treasurer of the RACI Supramolecular Chemistry Group and has been involved in many RACI events, including organising the first supramolecular symposia at a RACI Congress in Adelaide, 2014.
As a Professor and Deputy Head of School of Chemistry at UNSW he is actively involved in the continuous development of our chemistry syllabus and our research program. He holds a senior role in the ARC Training Centre for the Chemical Industries (ATCI) which involves three Universities, a number of companies and Chemistry Australia (formerly PACIA).
He has also served on the ARC College of Experts 2016-2019 and I has been an Editorial Board Member of the Australian Journal of Chemistry since 2008.
Sarah Chapman Board Member