DrTodd Markham

Dr. Todd Markham  obtained his PhD in 2021 at Flinders Univeristy in collaboration with the CSIRO under the supervision of Associate Professor Martin Johnston (Flinders University) and Professor Peter Duggan (CSIRO, Flinders University). During this time he developed site-selective chemical transformations for the synthetic modification of the pyrethrins, an industrially relevant class of natural product insecticides produced by plants. Todd moved to the University of Sydney in 2022 as a postdoctoral research associate with Prof Rachel Codd. Todd is currently a Research Fellow working  in the School of Medical Sciences at the University of Sydney using his expertise in synthetic organic chemistry to contribute to a research program in medicinal chemistry and chemical biology inspired by the microbial secondary metabolites known as siderophores. Todd's work in natural product synthesis has been recognised with the award of a CDDI Early Career Researcher Excellence Award in 2024 and the RACI Archibald D. Ollè prize in 2025.