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Fields of Research (FoR)
Supramolecular chemistry, Nanobiotechnology, Nanochemistry, Synthetic biologyBiography
Dr Felix Rizzuto is a Scientia Senior Lecturer and Moderna Australia Fellow in the School of Chemistry at UNSW Sydney. His labs develop new chemical tools for DNA and RNA nanotechnologies for applications in materials science, therapeutics delivery, biosensing, and nanorobotics. After receiving his joint BSc/BA from the University of Sydney, he obtained his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 2018. He was then awarded a Banting...view more
Dr Felix Rizzuto is a Scientia Senior Lecturer and Moderna Australia Fellow in the School of Chemistry at UNSW Sydney. His labs develop new chemical tools for DNA and RNA nanotechnologies for applications in materials science, therapeutics delivery, biosensing, and nanorobotics. After receiving his joint BSc/BA from the University of Sydney, he obtained his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 2018. He was then awarded a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship to work with Prof. Hanadi Sleiman at McGill University in Canada (2018-2021). He started his labs at UNSW in 2022 with an ARC DECRA fellowship.
My Grants
Discovery Project (2025-2028) - F. Rizzuto, J. Beves, P. Wich, Lights, DNA, action! Photo-controlled machinery for nanorobotics.
Discovery Project (2025-2028) - F. Rizzuto, A. Wang, L. Lee, P. Thordarson, Modular nanopores as conduits for nanoreactors.
Moderna Australia Fellowship (2025-2027) - F. Rizzuto, Pulling a Houdini with DNA origami.
Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA) (2022-2025), F. Rizzuto, Biomimetic catalysis for sustainable polymer syntheses.
My Qualifications
2018-2021 - Banting Postdoctoral Fellow, McGill University
2014-2018 - PhD Chemistry, University of Cambridge
2008-2014 - BSc(Adv, Hons I)/BA, University of Sydney
My Awards
2025 - Early Career Researcher of the Year (Physical Sciences): Premier's Prize for Science and Engineering
2025 - NSW Young Tall Poppy
2025 - UNSW Scientia Fellowship
2021 - Relève étoile Louis-Berlinguet du Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies
2019 - 'Gadolinium' on IUPAC Periodic Table of Younger Chemists
2018 - Banting Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
2015 - Scifinder Future Leaders in Chemistry Program
Contact
ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2799-903X