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Simon Hinkley

Carbohydrate Chemistry group's Dr Simon Hinkley has interests in high bioactivity natural products, carbohydrate polymer science, analytical chemistry and chemical manufacturing scale-up.

Simon Hinkley
Simon Hinkley

Dr Hinkley is currently lead chemist on an IRL/Resene collaborative project to develop waterborne paints based on resins made from sustainable raw materials. He is also involved in a programme researching sulfated oligosaccharides, mainly heparan sulfates, which play an important role in biological systems.

Dr Hinkley completed his studies at the University of Otago with post-doctoral work at the University of Maryland at College Park in the United States.

Before joining the Carbohydrate Chemistry group he spent seven years in a cGMP manufacturing facility producing high-potency pharmaceuticals.