NHMRC Emerging Leadership Research Fellow

Dr Jonathan Danon is a group leader specialising in synthesis of novel bioactive small molecules at the School of Chemistry, University of Sydney. He received his undergraduate degree (MSci in Chemistry with Industrial Experience) from the University of Bristol in 2011, spending one year of his degree working for AstraZeneca. Funded by an EaStCHEM Studentship, he undertook a PhD in Chemistry and subsequent postdoctoral position with Prof. David Leigh FRS at the University of Edinburgh/University of Manchester from 2011–16. After moving to Australia in 2017 to kickstart his academic medicinal chemistry career, he won a University of Sydney Postdoctoral Fellowship (2018–21) to establish his independent research program. In 2022 he began an NHMRC research fellowship at the University of Sydney, focussing on developing novel compounds for studying and treating disorders of the brain. He was appointed to the position of Senior Lecturer in Synthetic Medicinal Chemistry at the same institution in 2025.