Rate My Professor Lan-Chi Koenigsberger

Dr. Lan-Chi Koenigsberger serves as a Lecturer in the School of Mathematics, Statistics, Chemistry and Physics at Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia. She co-coordinates and teaches introductory chemistry units, including CHE140 Fundamentals of Chemistry, contributing to the education of undergraduate students in foundational chemical principles. Her academic career at Murdoch University spans over two decades, with positions in the former School of Chemical and Mathematical Sciences, where she advanced from research roles to Senior Research Associate before transitioning to her current lecturing position in chemistry since 2014. Prior to her extensive tenure at Murdoch, she completed all her chemistry studies there and gained industry experience as a Chemist with Australian Assay Laboratories Group in Balcatta, Western Australia. Between 1995 and 1999, she worked as a Research Associate and then Lecturer in the Department of Physical Chemistry at the University of Leoben in Austria.

Dr. Koenigsberger's research specializes in solution chemistry, focusing on thermodynamic properties, solubility equilibria, and formation constants of metal complexes in aqueous systems. Her work has applications in hydrometallurgy, mineral processing, and biological systems. Notable publications include 'Formation constants of copper(I) complexes with cysteine, penicillamine and glutathione: implications for copper speciation in the human eye' (Dalton Transactions, 2015, with E. Koenigsberger, G. Hefter, P. May); 'The boehmite "solubility gap"' (Hydrometallurgy, 2011, with E. Koenigsberger, D. Ilievski); and 'Rare earth metal ion solubility in sulphate-phosphate solutions of pH range -0.5 to 5.0 relevant to processing fluorapatite rich concentrates' (Minerals Engineering, 2016, with G. Senanayake et al.). Additional contributions cover topics such as thermodynamic properties of aqueous arsenic species and scorodite solubility, as well as solubility of calcium oxalate monohydrate in concentrated electrolytes (Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 2020). She has co-authored approximately 20 research works, often collaborating with colleagues at Murdoch University including Dr. Erich Koenigsberger and Professor Glenn Hefter.