Rate My Professor Colette Boskovic

Professor Colette Boskovic is a Professor of Chemistry in the School of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, at the University of Melbourne. She earned her BSc(Hons) degree in 1993 and PhD in 1998 from the University of Melbourne, both under the supervision of Tony Wedd. Her postdoctoral research included positions at Indiana University with George Christou (1999-2001), where she also served as Assistant Professor in 2001, and at the University of Berne with Hans Güdel (2001-2004). Joining the University of Melbourne in 2004 as Lecturer, she advanced to Senior Lecturer (2009-2015), Associate Professor (2016-2021), and full Professor in 2022. She held an ARC Future Fellowship from 2020 to 2024 and currently serves as Assistant Dean for Graduate Research (2024) and Associate Dean for Graduate Programs (from 2025) in the Faculty of Science. Boskovic leads the Boskovic Research Group, focusing on physical inorganic chemistry, particularly the synthesis and study of molecular materials based on paramagnetic transition and rare earth metals. Her work explores switchable, stimuli-responsive materials for applications in sensors, displays, molecular electronics, spintronics, and rare earth element separation, utilizing techniques such as diffraction, magnetic, spectroscopic, and electrochemical characterization to correlate structure with properties.