McSkimming, Alexander J.

Born in Sydney, Australia, Alex McSkimming obtained his PhD from the University of New South Wales in 2013 under the direction of Steve Colbran, studying metal complexes with tethered organohydride groups. In 2014, McSkimming moved to the United States for postdoctoral work under Hill Harman at the University of California–Riverside, preparing iron dinitrogen complexes inspired by nitrogenase enzymes. Prior to Tulane, McSkimming worked under Dan Suess at MIT, studying the reaction chemistry of synthetic iron-sulfur clusters.