Rate My Professor Keith Gordon

Gordon's primary research interests lie in vibrational spectroscopy, utilizing techniques such as Raman, infrared, and low-frequency Raman to analyze chemical species in complex matrices including food products (honey, milk powder, cheese, fish), pharmaceuticals, and advanced materials like conducting polymers and dye-sensitised solar cells. He is Editor-in-Chief of Vibrational Spectroscopy (Elsevier) since 2016 and holds positions on editorial advisory boards for Journal of Raman Spectroscopy and Chemical Physics Review. With over 500 peer-reviewed publications and more than 18,000 citations, his work has had substantial impact across chemical physics, food science, and energy technologies. Gordon is a founding Principal Investigator in the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology and the Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies. His accolades include the University of Otago Distinguished Research Medal (2021), Royal Society Te Apārangi MacDiarmid Medal (2019), New Zealand Institute of Chemistry Maurice Wilkins Prize (2010), RSC Australasian Lecturer (2019), Division of Sciences Senior Researcher of the Year (2015), and Division of Sciences Research Group of the Year (2017). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi (FRSNZ, 2012), Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC, 2011), New Zealand Institute of Chemistry (FNZIC, 2004), and IUPAC (2020). Additionally, he served as President of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry in 2006, Chairman of the Otago Branch (2002-2003), and international advisor for the ICAVS conference series, chairing ICAVS-10 in Auckland in 2019.