Dr Brendan A Burkett

Brendan Burkett is a Senior Principal Scientist at the Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment, under the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) where he has worked since 2008. His research interests include stimulus responsive chemistries for specialty chemical applications, and multi-disciplinary approaches to the translation of low carbon technologies.

Brendan is passionate about community engagement, mentorship, chemical education and outreach. He has been a member of ACS since 2003, and is well known in the chemistry community as the creator of ChemScrapes cartoons, and Sketch Chemistry which featured in Chemical and Engineering News as a monthly cartoon panel from 2017 - 2022.

Brendan is a PhD Graduate Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University (ANU), 2000, and also obtained his BSc(Hons) from ANU.