Dr Anker

@DrAnkerLab

Senior lecturer in Chemistry at Victoria University of Wellington. All things Lanthanide and Main Group.

Wellington, New Zealand victoria.ac.nz/scps/about/sta… Joined July 2019

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Latest posts 5

First paper for Joe in his PhD! Reviewing our research area. Great work Joe.
Synthesis and reactivity of lanthanide(II) hydrides sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Dr Anker @DrAnkerLab Jun 25, 2025

Congratulations to first year PhD student Joe Pearce on winning the OZOM15 Poster Prize! Congratulations to the other winners in the @HicksChem and @Jones_Research groups!

Dr Anker @DrAnkerLab Jan 3, 2025

The OG Samarium Benzene Tetra-Anion (rdcu.be/d5pQi) out now in @NatureChemistry. Big thanks to everyone who worked on this, too many to name all of them here. Just wanted to say a special thank you to @gmr1chardson on this work, great way to finish your PhD!

Dr Anker @DrAnkerLab May 17, 2024

Congratulations Sophie Unsworth on graduating your Masters with a 1st Class degree! Good luck over the ditch with @Jones_Research for your PhD!

Dr Anker @DrAnkerLab Oct 30, 2023

Latest work from @gmr1chardson PhD out now as a pre-print. Great work Georgia and the whole team!

researchsquare.com/article/rs-346…

www.researchsquare.com Four-Electron Reduction of Benzene by a Simple Samarium(II)-Alkyl Benzene reduction by molecular complexes remain a significant synthetic challenge, requiring harsh reaction conditions involving group 1 metals. Even under such forcing conditions only the one- or...