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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