Engagement, Service and Outreach
Professor Deanna D'Alessandro
Formal Mentoring
Mentor for Franklin Women’s Mentoring Program (2021)
Mentor for L’Oreal-UNESCO Australia For Women in Science Mentoring Program (2017-2019)
SPAM (Strategic Promotion Advice and Mentoring) program for promotion to Levels C and D (2018-present)
Mentor for Faculty of Science Mentoring program (2020)
Mentor for Sydney Women’s Mentoring program (2017-2018)
APD Mentor/Advisor at USyd (2016-present)
Public Lectures
Sydney Science Forum Public Lecture “Catch CO2”, University of Sydney (Sept. 2015)
Alumni speaker for the National Youth Science Forum Launch of “Science 50:50” with Prof. Veena Sahajwalla (Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra, Jan. 2015)
Chemistry Education Association of Victoria November Lectures for high school teachers, Melbourne (Nov. 2013)
Ruby Payne Scott Memorial Lecture, Danebank Anglican Girls High School, Sydney (Oct. 2011)
Harry Messel International Science School Lecturer, School of Physics, University of Sydney (Jul. 2011)
Occasional Speaker, Faculty of Science Graduation Ceremony, University of Sydney (May 2011)
Orica black tie dinner speaker, International Year of Chemistry Launch, Great Hall, Parliament House, Canberra (Feb. 2011)
Australian Federation of Graduate Women End of Year Lecture, Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts (Nov. 2010)
Alumni speaker for the National Youth Science Forum Rotary Dinner (Australian National University, Canberra, Jan. 2007).
Professional Roles
Promotions Committee (Level C-D) – reserve member 2020, core committee member 2021
Inaugural Chair, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Committee, School of Chemistry, University of Sydney (2017- 2018)
Deputy Head of School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney (2017-2018)
Deputy Honours Coordinator, School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney (2017)
Elected committee member of Royal Australian Chemical Institute Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee (2017-2020)
Elected committee member of International Zeolite Association (2018-2024)
Editorial Roles
Editorial Board Membership: Chem (Cell Press) (2019-present); Coordination Chemistry Reviews (Elsevier) (2020-present)
Associate Editor, Australian Journal of Chemistry (CSIRO Publishing) (Apr. 2018-present). In addition to reviewing tasks, led special issue of Journal (with A/Prof Brendan Abrahams and Prof Stuart Batten) in honour of pioneer in coordination polymer chemistry Prof. Richard Robson).
Guest Editor (with A/Prof Brendan Abrahams and Prof Stuart Batten), Special Edition of Chemical Communications on Functional Coordination Frameworks (RSC Publishing) (2020)
Guest Editor (with A/Prof Ognjen Miljanic), Special Edition of Supramolecular Chemistry (Taylor & Francis) for ISMSC (2017)
Symposium Coordination and Reviewing
International Advisory Board member for 8th International Conference on Metal-Organic Frameworks and Open Framework Materials 2022
Co-chair (with Prof. Hoi Ri Moon) for AsCA 2022 Asian Crystallographic Association (AsCA) for microsymposium “Structures and Properties of Functional Materials” (South Korea, Dec. 2022)
Organising committee member (with Prof. Jeff Reimers (chair)) for Symposium “From Electron Transfer: From Electrochemistry to Mixed-valence Molecules to Photosynthesis: In memory of the late Prof. Noel Hush”, The International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (Pacifichem 2020; Dec. 2020)
Pacifichem2020 Symposium Reviewer (Chemistry of Energy Australia Topic reviewer)
Organising committee member (with Prof. Shane Telfer (chair)) for 6th International Conference on Metal-Organic Frameworks and Open Framework Materials in Auckland, NZ (MOF2018, Dec. 2018)
Co-organiser (with Assist/Prof Hiroaki Iguchi (Tohoku University, Japan), A/Prof Mircea Dinca (MIT, USA), A/Prof Hoi Ri Moon (UNIST, Korea), A/Prof Yumi Yakiyama (Osaka University, Japan), Assist/Prof Wataru Kosaka (Tohoku University, Japan), Assist/Prof Kazuya Otsubo (Kyoto University, Japan), and Assist/Prof Zhongyue Zhang (Nagoya University, Japan) of the session titled "Electron-Conductive/Redox-Active Coordination Polymers" in the 43rd International Conference on Coordination Chemistry, Sendai, Japan (ICCC); Jul.-Aug. 2018)
Co-organiser (with Drs Tony Keene, Suzanne Neville and Jon Kitchen) of the Inaugural Southampton-Australia-New Zealand Magnetism Symposium (SANZMAG; Feb. 2014)
Organiser of the Inaugural RACI One-Day Student Symposium in Inorganic Chemistry for NSW/ACT (Oct. 2012), Guest of Honour, Professor Harry B. Gray (Caltech)
Other Roles
Examiner of PhD theses (10) and Masters theses (2)
External panel member for Rita Cornforth Fellowship at the Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University (2017)
Referee for a range of chemistry journals (average 2 per month, except during maternity leave)
Assessor of competitive grants including those for the Australian Research Council
External consultant for the re-bid of the MacDiarmid Research Institute in NZ (2018)
Referee for American Australian Association Fellowships (2017-present)
President of Sydney University Chemical Society (2015)
Foundation for Inorganic Chemistry Honorary Secretary and High School Outreach Coordinator (2012-2015)
Coordinator for Nanjing-Sydney International Exchange Program (2013-2014)
Science Meets Parliament (2010 representative of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute)
Feature Interview for the American Australian Association (2009, https://vimeo.com/2508030)
Volunteer for “Exploring Your Horizons” (Mills College, Oakland, USA, 2008) A program encouraging female high school students to pursue science
Featured on 2007 ABC series “Ace Day Jobs!”A television/DVD/broadband series featuring young professionals designed to encourage and inspire high school students (see http://www.abc.net.au/acedayjobs/cooljobs/profiles/s2102676.htm)
Appointed Justice of the Peace for Queensland (Qualified since 2003)
Postgraduate representative of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute Inorganic Chemistry Division (2003-2004)
Senior Residential and Academic Tutor, The John Flynn College, James Cook University (2003-2004)
Received 2003 Peter Milaras Award for contributions to the Academic Life of the John Flynn College
President of the James Cook University Molecular Sciences Society (2003)
Postgraduate representative, School of Pharmacy and Molecular Sciences Safety Committee (2002-2003)