William Ryder

I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Sydney specialising in chemical biology, supramolecular chemistry, and advanced fluorescence imaging. My research sits at the interface of chemistry and biology, where I design functional small molecules, including fluorescent probes, anion transporters, and responsive chemical tools to investigate complex biological processes to enhance our understanding of cellular health and human disease.

My expertise spans molecular design and synthesis, live-cell confocal microscopy, assay development, and quantitative image analysis, enabling me to take projects from concept through to biological validation. I am passionate about solving multidisciplinary scientific problems and collaborating across chemistry, biology, and biomedical science to ultimately translate fundamental discoveries into meaningful applications.