Rate My Professor Stephen Moggach

Moggach's research specializations include modifying the properties and selectivity of porous materials by applying pressure, piezoresistive materials, carbon capture, and the development of in-situ X-ray and neutron diffraction facilities for in-house sources and central facilities. He leads the Space Crystallography Node at UWA, determining crystal structures of molecular co-crystals relevant to extraterrestrial environments such as Titan. His major awards include an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship in 2020 for 'Fill it, Squeeze it, Crush it: Extreme Gas Uptake in Microporous Materials,' the European High Pressure Research Group award in 2012, and the CCDC Chemical Crystallography Prize for Younger Scientists in 2010. Key publications feature 'Methylated regioisomers of Re(i) and Ir(iii) tetrazole complexes: photophysical properties and optical imaging of brain tissue' (Dalton Transactions, 2026), 'Assessing the accuracy of DFT functionals and ab initio methods for the description of multireference verdazyl radical crystalline interactions' (Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2025), 'Copper(I) Photoredox Catalysts Bearing Tetradentate Phenanthroline-Based Ligands: Understanding the Interplay between Structure and Function' (ACS Catalysis, 2025), 'Decoupled MOF Breathing: Pressure-Induced Reversal of Correlation Between Orthogonal Motions in a Diamondoid Framework' (Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2025), and 'Efficient Nickel Precatalysts for Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling of Aryl Chlorides and Arylboronic Acids Under Mild Conditions' (Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2025). Moggach teaches courses such as CHEM1003, CHEM3002, CHEM3007, and CHEM4001.