Posted on Mar 19th 2006 by Ryan.
Karl Wieghardt was visiting the Brooker Bunch and whilst here he found out he’d made the worlds first iron(VI) compound! While celebrating at Eureka, Sally arranged this cake with six silver candles to represent his new discovery.
For any of you non-chemists, discovering iron(VI) is pretty huge! Iron is almost always found in the +2 and +3 states so 6+ is completely nuts! There’s some more information about it here … http://www.news.wisc.edu/12636
Posted on Mar 14th 2006 by Ryan.
After our trip around the West Coast, Anna and I headed over to Lake Hawea and Wanaka via the Haast pass.
Posted on Mar 12th 2006 by Ryan.
Anna went on an adventure to the West Coast of New Zealand. Some seriously wet weather awaited us!
Posted on Feb 16th 2006 by Ryan.
I went down to Invercargill to celebrate Debbie’s birthday. Debbie is a fellow chemistry geek and one of the awesomest people I know. Happy 21st Debbie 
Blowing, blowing, blowing …
BLOWN!
The speeches: So what did Carla say that made Debbie squirm so much?
Posted on Feb 14th 2006 by Ryan.
Jon and I took our new Research Fellow down to the Catlins for some site seeing.
Posted on Jan 24th 2006 by Ryan.
I visited the Royal Albatross colony with a new flatmate. The colony is at the end of Otago Peninsula only 30 mins drive from Dunedin.
Posted on Jan 15th 2006 by Ryan.
Here’s a photo of the Brooker Bunch, the research group (which I’m a member of) of Prof. Sally Brooker. From left: Jason Price, Nick White, Andy Noble, Sally Brooker, Jon Kitchen and Ryan Hellyer (me).
