Justin toh birth Date: May 23rd, 1979, Wollongong (Australia) Citizenship



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Justin TOH
Birth Date: May 23rd, 1979, Wollongong (Australia) Citizenship: Australian

Personal address: Trinity College, Cambridge, CB2 1TQ, United Kingdom.

Home phone: (0/44) 7970 657 027 E-mail: jsst2@cam.ac.uk

Office address: Department of Chemistry, Cambridge University, Lensfield Rd, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, United Kingdom.

Office Phone: (0/44) 1223 336 350 Fax: (0/44) 1223 336 362
Education and research

Since Oct. 2001 University of Cambridge, UK : Doctoral Candidate in the Theoretical Sector of the Department of Chemistry, under supervision of Dr Alavi

Density Functional Theory Calculations of Hydrogen and Water on Platinum Surfaces



Feb. 1997 - Nov. 2000 University of Sydney, Australia: B.Sc. (Adv) with 1st Class Honours and University Medal (H1M)

Majors in Chemistry (Double) and Biochemistry, Average mark 95%

Honours thesis in Density Functional Theory calculations on Platinum anti-cancer compounds, supervised by Prof. T. Hambley, Dr. G. Bacskay and Dr M. Jordan

1991-1995 Sydney Grammar School, Australia

Higher School Certificate: T.E.R. of 99.95, equivalent to top 0.05-0.10%

(15-30th of 30 000+ candidates). Top decile results in 4U (double) Maths, 2U English, 3U Geography, 2U Physics and 2U Chemistry
Offices

2002- 2003 Men's Captain, Cambridge University Judo Club

Organised training programs, coordinated the Club and selected teams for competition

2002- 2003 President, Cambridge University Australia and New Zealand Society

In charge of a committee of 12, responsible for the university's Antipodean society (400 members)- coordinated talks, sporting matches and social events

2002- 2003 Catering Officer, Trinity College May Ball

Organised food with suppliers and caterers for a ball with 2000 guests

2002- 2003 Catering Officer, Trinity College BA Society

Member of College MCR committee- representing 350+ graduate students. Involved with food issues and general social and representative activities

2000 Vice-President, Sydney University Judo Club

2000 Undergraduate Representative on Sydney University Academic Board

Elected representative of 20000 students to University's highest academic body

1999 President, Sydney University Science Society (Scisoc)

Head of the Science Student Association- 4000 members)


Employment history

Feb. - Sep. 2002 Associate, The Boston Consulting Group, Sydney

Performed a study on Foreign Direct Investment for New Zealand

2002 - 2003 Supervisor, Trinity College, Cambridge: Part 1A Chemistry

1996-2000 Private Tutoring: Maths, chemistry and physics, at school and university

2000 Tutor, St Paul's College: Involving pastoral care and university chemistry tutoring

1999-2000 Prospective Students Advisor, Sydney University

Advising school leavers about university courses and lifestyle.



1997-1998 Summer Research Project, under Professor Bob Gilbert, Sydney University

Researching theoretical polymer chemistry and ab initio modeling.



Scholarships

2001-2004 Trinity College External Research Studentship; Overseas Research Scholarship

2001 Sydney University Travelling Scholarship

1997-2000 Council of Education Scholarship; Sydney University Alumni Scholarship;

Farrand Scholarship; St Paul's College Foundation Scholarship



Academic Awards

2000 Best Honours Talk, 2nd RACI Physical/Theoretical Student Conference

At national 4th year university student conference- there were 40 entrants



2000 The Noel Hush Prize for Theoretical Chemistry (performance in 4th Year Chemistry)

2000 GS Caird Scholarship (performance in 3rd Year Chemistry)

1999 Johnson & Johnson Research Prize for Experimental Biochemistry (2nd Year Uni)

1998 Levey Scholarship for Chemistry (1st Year Chemistry at Sydney Uni)

1997-1999 Dean's Honour's List for examination proficiency (for overall university exam results) 1996 St. George Youth Endeavour Award, Secondary School category (National award)

1996 Finalist, BHP Science Awards (National award for secondary school science projects)

1996 Highly Commended, Governor Arthur Awards for High School Field Work (National)

Other Honours

1998 Exchange Program to Gothenburg University, Sweden

1996 Australian Representative, Bronze Medal, International Chemistry Olympiad, Moscow

Selected for National Team, competed against students from over 60 nations



1996-1997 Lions Club Exchange Program to France, Germany and Austria

1995 Gold Medal, Australian Chemistry Olympiad: 1st place in national high school competition

Interests

Judo Varsity Men's A Team 2002, 2003 (captain)

Gold Medal in British University Student's Association Championships, u66kg, 2003

Awarded Cambridge University Half-blue 2002, 2003

Choral St Paul's Chapel Choir 1997-2000

Barbershop Group The Grammarphones 1994-1996

Sydney Grammar School Choir 1990-1996

Skills

Foreign Languages English Native speaker

French Good written and reading, intermediate spoken



Computer Languages Fortran, Mathematica, Unix and Linux environments

First Aid St John's Ambulance First Aid at Work qualification

List of publications

Toh J.S-S., Jordan M.J.T., Husowitz B.C. and Del Bene J.E., Can proton-shared or ion-pair N-H-N hydrogen bonds be produced in uncharged complexes? A systematic ab initio study of the structures and selected NMR and IR properties of complexes with N-H-N hydrogen bonds, J. Phys. Chem 105, 10906-10914 (2001).

Jordan M.J.T., Toh, J.S-S., Del Bene J.E., Vibrational averaging of NMR properties for an N-H-N hydrogen bond, Chem. Phys. Lett., 346, 288-292 (2001).

Toh J.S-S., Huang D.M., Lovell P.A. and Gilbert R.G., Ab initio calculation of the rate coefficient for short-chain branching in free-radical polymerizations, Polymer, 42, 1915-1920, (2001).

Toh J.S-S., Oysters as bioindicators of heavy metal pollution in Port Kembla Harbour, Geography Bulletin, 28, 20 (1996)

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