Rate My Professor Andrew Smallridge

Professor Andrew Smallridge is an Emeritus Professor at Victoria University (VU) in Melbourne, Australia, in the College of Engineering and Science, following his retirement in January 2025 after a distinguished 34-year career. He earned his BSc (Hons) from Monash University in 1983 and his PhD from Monash University in 1987 under the supervision of Professor W. R. Jackson. Following a postdoctoral fellowship at Oxford University, Smallridge joined VU in 1991 as a Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry and Biology, advancing through promotions to Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor in the College of Engineering and Science, and full Professor in the VU First Year College. Throughout his career, he held senior leadership positions, including Associate Head of the School of Engineering and Science and Director of Teaching and Learning in the College of Engineering and Science. Smallridge specialized in synthetic organic chemistry and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, authoring numerous peer-reviewed papers and reviews in international journals, securing competitive research grants, and co-authoring five international patents in collaboration with industry. His research supervision of BSc (Hons), MSc, and PhD students earned the VU Vice-Chancellor’s Citation for Research and Research Training (Research Team Category) in 2009. Major awards include the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) Citation for Services to the RACI and the Profession in 2007, joint winner of the RACI Green Chemistry Challenge Award (Academic/Government Section) in 2009, and joint nomination for the State Victoria Prize in 2009.