Rate My Professor Anthony Day

Dr. Anthony Day is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Science at UNSW Canberra, University of New South Wales. His academic journey began at the Australian National University in the 1980s, where he engaged in organoironcarbonyl chemistry under Professor Arthur Birch. He completed his PhD under the supervision of Professor Rodney Rickards, focusing on synthetic aspects of ansamycin antibiotics. Subsequently, he pursued a postdoctoral position in the laboratory of Professor Guy Ourisson at the University of Strasbourg, investigating micelle synthesis and stability. Returning to Australia, he worked in the laboratory of Professor Richard Russell at UNSW Canberra before entering private business in 1989. He resumed research in the late 1990s at UNSW Canberra, shifting his primary interest to supramolecular chemistry and macrocyclic chemistry.

As a principal developer of the cucurbit[n]uril family of macrocyclic host molecules, Dr. Anthony Day maintains a significant international research presence, holding international patents as the inventor of cucurbit[n]uril and its derivatives. His research focuses on applications of these molecules and derivatives, particularly in drug delivery, and includes development of synthetic methods to extend their uses. Key publications include book chapters "Drug Delivery Vehicles Based on Glycoluril Oligomers" (Day and Atthar, 2020) and "Cucurbituril Receptors and Drug Delivery" (Day and Collins, 2012). Notable recent articles are "An Approach to Functionalization of Cucurbit[n]uril Through a Tetrahydrothiopheno Equatorial Substituent" (2025), "Microwave Synthesis of Au Nanoparticles in the Presence of Tetrahydrothiophenocucurbituril" (2024), "Gold and Silver Chains from Tetrahydrothiophenocucurbit[6]uril as Au or Ag-Nanoparticles" (2023), and "Cinnamaldehyde-cucurbituril complex: investigation of loading efficiency and its role in enhancing cinnamaldehyde in vitro anti-tumor activity" (2022).