Sally Brooker Explained

Sally Brooker
Nationality:	New Zealand
Fields:	Inorganic chemistry
Workplaces:	University of Otago
Alma Mater:	University of Canterbury
Thesis1 Title:	Synthesis and characterisation of polynuclear complexes with macrocyclic and related ligands
Thesis1 Url:	https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/handle/10092/7566
Thesis1 Year:	1989
Known For:	Chemistry of transition metals and macrocycles

Sally Anne Brooker is a New Zealand inorganic chemist. She has been a full professor at the University of Otago since 2006.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Education

Brooker was educated at Hawarden Area School in North Canterbury from 1970 to 1982,^[4] and was dux of the school in her final year there.^[5] She went on to study chemistry at the University of Canterbury, first graduating Bachelor of Science with first-class honours, and then completing a PhD titled Synthesis and characterisation of polynuclear complexes with macrocyclic and related ligands under the supervision of Vickie McKee in 1989.^{[4] [6]}

Academic and research career

After a period of post-doctoral research with George Sheldrick at the University of Göttingen, Brooker returned to New Zealand to take up a lectureship in chemistry at the University of Otago in 1991.^{[4] [7]} She rose to become a full professor in 2006.^[7]

Brooker's research is in the fields of transition-metal and macrocyclic chemistry.^[2] Her work has included the development of molecular switches and molecular magnets, with potential application in nanodevices.

Honours and awards

In the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours, Brooker was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to science.^{[8] [9]} Later that year, she won the Hector Medal from the Royal Society of New Zealand.^{[10] [11] [12]} Also in 2017, Brooker was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's "150 women in 150 words", celebrating the contributions of women to knowledge in New Zealand.^[13]

Brooker was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2007, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2011.^[10] She is also a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry.^[4] In October 2019, Brooker was appointed one of seven inaugural sesquicentennial distinguished chairs, or, at Otago University.^[14] She was awarded the University's Distinguished Research Medal in 2015.^[15]

Selected works

• Klingele . Marco H. . Sally . Brooker . The coordination chemistry of 4-substituted 3, 5-di (2-pyridyl)-4H-1, 2, 4-triazoles and related ligands . Coordination Chemistry Reviews . 241 . 1–2 . 2003 . 119–132 . 10.1016/s0010-8545(03)00049-3.
• Feltham . Humphrey L.C. . Sally . Brooker . Review of purely 4f and mixed-metal nd-4f single-molecule magnets containing only one lanthanide ion . Coordination Chemistry Reviews . 276 . 2014 . 1–33 . 10.1016/j.ccr.2014.05.011.
• Beckmann . Udo . Sally . Brooker . Cobalt (II) complexes of pyridazine or triazole containing ligands: spin-state control . Coordination Chemistry Reviews . 245 . 1–2 . 2003 . 17–29 . 10.1016/s0010-8545(03)00030-4.
• Feltham . Humphrey L.C. . Yanhua . Lan . Frederik . Klöwer . Liviu . Ungur . Liviu F. . Chibotaru . Annie K. . Powell . Sally . Brooker . A non‐sandwiched macrocyclic monolanthanide single‐molecule magnet: the key role of axiality . . 17 . 16 . 2011 . 4362–4365 . 10.1002/chem.201100438. 21432925 .
• Brooker . Sally . Complexes of thiophenolate-containing Schiff-base macrocycles and their amine analogues . Coordination Chemistry Reviews . 222 . 1 . 2001 . 33–56 . 10.1016/s0010-8545(01)00300-9.
• Rodriguez-Jimenez . Santiago . Yang . Mingrui . Stewart . Ian . Garden . Anna L. . Brooker . Sally . A simple method of predicting spin state in solution . . 139 . 50 . 2017 . 18392–18396 . 10.1021/jacs.7b11069. 29156884 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Professor Sally Brooker. Department of. Chemistry. www.otago.ac.nz.
2. Web site: Brooker's Bunch - Transition Metal and Macrocyclic Chemistry. blogs.otago.ac.nz.
3. Web site: Professor Sally Brooker. 9 February 2019 .
4. Brooker . Sally . 24 April 2015 . Spin crossover with thermal hysteresis: practicalities and lessons learnt . Chemical Society Reviews . 44 . 10. 2880–2892 . 10.1039/C4CS00376D . 25907385 . free .
5. Web site: Hurunui College newsletter . 20 June 2016 . Hurunui College . 24 September 2018.
6. Brooker . Sally . 1989 . Doctoral thesis . Synthesis and characterisation of polynuclear complexes with macrocyclic and related ligands . UC Research Repository, University of Canterbury . 10092/7566 . 10.26021/7777 .
7. Book: University staff . University of Otago Calendar . https://www.otago.ac.nz/study/otago672326.pdf . 24 September 2018 . 2018 . 33.
8. Web site: Queen's Birthday honours list 2017 . 5 June 2017 . Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet . 3 September 2018.
9. Web site: Queen's Birthday honours: Southern recipients. 5 June 2017. Otago Daily Times Online News.
10. Web site: 2017 Hector Medal: Designing chemical computers and molecular magnets. Royal Society Te Apārangi.
11. Web site: 2017 Hector Medal presentation to Professor Sally Brooker. Royal Society Te Apārangi.
12. News: Role in 'greening' planet earns award. 11 October 2017. Otago Daily Times.
13. Web site: Sally Brooker. 2021-05-10. Royal Society Te Apārangi.
14. Web site: University's prestigious poutoko taiea initiative recognises leading scholars. Gibb. John. 2019-10-01. Otago Daily Times Online News. en. 2019-10-08.
15. Web site: University of Otago. Research Awards - Past Recipients. 2021-11-28. www.otago.ac.nz. en-nz.