Timothy Schmidt

Professor Timothy Schmidt works in the School of Chemistry at UNSW Sydney where he is also Director of Research. He is a Chief Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science.
He returned to Australia in 2003 to take up a position at CSIRO researching artificial photosynthesis.
Prof Schmidt has been the recipient of a number of awards for his research including the Coblentz Award (2010) for contributions to the science of molecular spectroscopy.

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A professor of chemistry explains why ‘structured water’ is complete and utter BS

- August 5, 2022 4 MIN READ

Is there a “fourth phase of water”? From time to time you might see people talking up the health benefits of so-called hexagonal water, or structured water, or exclusion-zone (EZ) water. A few weeks ago Kourtney Kardashian’s Poosh website was spruiking a US$2,500 “structured water filter”. Last weekend even Australia’s Sydney Morning Herald got in… Read more »