Victorian Branch

Welcome to the Vic Branch of the RACI. Our committee collaborates on a monthly basis to establish regular activities and events for our local members and the wider community.

Our groups

Within our Branch we have established a range of specialist interest groups who host various offerings for the membership to participate in. We'd love you to be involved.

These groups comprise:

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Bioactive Discovery & Development Group
Chemical Education Group
Food, Nutrition & Analytical Chemistry Group
Health, Safety & Environment Group
Inorganic Chemistry Group
- The Inorganic Group of the Victorian Branch of the RACI welcomes interest from any area of chemistry in which people enjoy the use of metals, non-metals, metalloids, minerals etc. The group primarily serves to run the annual Student Symposium, typically in early December, at which the research of graduate students and early career researchers is highlighted. There is a thriving inorganic community in Victorian universities which participates in this event and we welcome all of our industry colleagues to explore the work that the next generation are conducting
Organic Chemistry Group
Peptide Users Group
Polymer Group
Women in Chemistry Group
Early Career Chemists Group

Branch committee

Position Name
President - Dr Jessica Holien
President - Prof Rajesh Ramanathan
President Elect - Dr Jessica Holien
Treasurer - Dr Anita D'Angelo
Secretary - Enrico Della Gaspera
Committee Member - Dr Melinda Christophersen
Committee Member - Dr Manuela Jorg
Committee Member - Dr Yi (David) Ju
Committee Member - Dr Amandeep Kaur
Committee Member - Dr Wenyi Li
Committee Member - Ms Louise Macfarlane
Committee Member - Mrs Kalpani Anuradha Mirihana Arachchige Dona
Committee Member - Dr Susan Northfield
Committee Member - Ms Kirti Thakur
Committee Member - Dr Ian Thomas
Communications - David Turner

RACI - CSI Down Under Challenge

Forensic Chemistry School Activities & Competition

CSI Down Under combines hands-on experiments, real-life forensic cases and science communication to spark the interest of students in chemistry. The educational content and competition are tailored to year 5 or 6 primary school students. This program is suitable for all schools and students and can be performed with minimal resources, all available at grocery stores. The Forensic School Activities & Competition has been designed by experts with experience in research, forensic chemistry, science communication and teaching.

Spark school students’ interest in science & chemistry

Exemplify analytical methods based on real-life examples

Raise awareness of the importance of science communication

Accessible to broad range of schools and students

Program:

The RACI Forensic School Activities & Competition consists of educational material for three 1-hour lectures with hands-on experiments to solve a forensic chemistry case and a 1-hour lecture on science communication.

Additionally, the students will learn about the importance of science communication skills and can use their talent and practice their skills by entering the complementary RACI competition.