Collaborators

Prof. Neeraj Sharma

Neeraj’s research interests are based on solid state chemistry, designing new materials and investigating their structure-property relationships. He loves to undertake in situ or operando experiments of materials inside full devices, especially batteries, in order to elucidate the structural subtleties that lead to superior performance parameters. Neeraj’s projects are typically highly collaborative working with colleagues from all over the world with a range of skillsets.

A/Prof. Leigh Sheppard

Dr Sheppard is currently an Australian Research Fellow and co-leader of the Solar Energy Technologies Research Group. He is actively involved in the development of novel titanium dioxide based semiconductors as photoelectrode materials for solar-driven water splitting. Dr Sheppard has a PhD in Materials Science and Enegineering from the University of New South Wales, where his project was titled "Defect Chemistry and Charge Transport in Niobium-Doped Titanium Dioxide". Dr Sheppard also has a Bachelor of Engineering (Ceramic - Hon I). At present Dr Sheppard has 50 published refereed journal papers.

A/Prof. Judy Hart

Judy completed her PhD in the Department of Materials Engineering at Monash University, where she studied novel processing methods for nanocrystalline TiO2 films for dye-sensitised solar cells. She then moved to the U.K., where she worked on the development of titanate nanotubes as materials for hydrogen storage as a post-doctoral research at the University of Bath. She was then awarded a Ramsay Memorial Fellowship, which she held in the School of Chemistry, University of Bristol. She stayed at the University of Bristol for five years, as a research fellow, post-doctoral researcher and lecturer, before joining the School of Materials Science & Engineering at UNSW.

A/Prof. Jason Scott

A/Prof Jason Scott is a Deputy Leader of the Particle and Catalysis Research Group. He joined PartCat in 2002 and has extensive experience in particle fabrication, photocatalysis, photoelectrocatalysis and heterogeneous catalysis. He also has a strong interest in developing sustainable technologies to address the challenges in securing national and international energy resources as well as tackle environmental pollution. His research focused on developing new materials, heterogeneous catalysis, and photo(electro)catalysis for environmental remediation and sustainable energy applications.

Prof. Rose Amal

Professor Rose Amal is a UNSW Scientia Professor and was an ARC Laureate Fellow. Prof. Rose Amal is a chemical engineer and the leader of the Particles and Catalysis Research Group, and Co-Director of ARC Training Centre for the Global Hydrogen Economy (GlobH2E). Professor Rose Amal is recognised as a pioneer and leading authority in the fields of fine particle technology, photocatalysis and functional nanomaterials having made significant contributions to these related areas of research over the past 20 years. Her research contributions span from fundamental chemistry to applied chemical engineering fields; from material science and nano-research to a specialised photochemistry field. Her current research focuses on designing catalysts for solar and chemical energy conversion applications (including photocatalysis for water and air purification, water splitting, CO₂ reduction to make Syngas and NOₓ reduction to generate ammonia) and engineering systems for solar induced processes, using the sun’s energy as a clean fuel source.

Prof. Naresh Kumar

During the past ten years, Prof Naresh Kumar has carried out both vigorous independent and strong collaborative research in organic synthesis, natural products chemistry and biomaterials. This activity is reflected in 7 book chapters, and 250 publications that have appeared in major peer-reviewed international journals of chemistry. The major emphasis of his research has been in the area of heterocyclic chemistry and, more recently, in the areas of medicinal chemistry and biomaterials. These projects have been well supported by ARC grants, NHMRC grants, and commercial research contracts.

A/Prof. Shery Chang

A/Prof Shery Chang is the associate director of the Electron Microscopy Unit and affiliated with the School of Materials Science and Engineering at UNSW. She has over 15 years of experience in aberration-corrected electron microscopy and has published extensively in theoretical and applications of TEM techniques to nonomaterials. Her recent research is centered on the correlative microscopy with machine learning processing where advanced electron microscopy and spectroscopy, optical microscopy and other microscopy are combined directly obtain the structure-property relationship of nanomaterials.

Prof. Sammy Chan

Prof Sammy Chan's research interests are in the areas of energy-materials, hydrogen storage and metal matrix composites (MMCs). Major contributions to the fields are:

Identification of hydrogen trapping ability in different microstructures to provide a better understanding on the hydrogen embrittlement of steel.
Application of Ni encapsulation on hydrogen storage alloys in the preparation of Ni-MH battery electrodes using sintering rather than via the paste method, so that the conductivity of the electrodes can be largely enhanced.
Synthesis of nanostructured Ni(OH)2 with the performance of nickel electrodes increased by 30% in capacity.
Development of aluminium matrix composites with nano-reinforcements.

Dr. Arash Tahmasebi

Dr Arash Tahmasebi is the Co-Director of the Centre for Ironmaking Materials Research (CIMR). The focus of his research is on cokemaking, bio-coke production, sustainable and low-carbon ironmaking technologies, biomass utilisation, hydrogen production, and thermochemical conversion of solid fuels. Arash leads an energetic team of postdoctoral researchers, PhD students, and research professionals. He is actively engaged with the Australian and international resources, steel, and power sectors, developing solutions to industry challenges in addressing greenhouse gas emissions.