Our story
The Centre for Materials Science emerged in 2019 from the initiative of a physicist and a chemist. They envisioned an engine room to connect researchers.
Today, the Centre hosts 100 investigators and 200 students. Their research crosses over chemistry, physics and engineering.
In the past 3 years, the Centre has capitalized on more than 23 million dollars of income, and published more than 1600 articles.
Leadership team
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Professor Kathryn Fairfull-Smith Centre Co-Director | Organic Chemist
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Distinguished Professor Dmitri Golberg Centre Co-Director | Physicist
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Dr Jessica Desport Centre Manager | Polymer Scientist
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Georgina Maguire Centre Coordinator | Higher Education Professional
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Professor Deepak Dubal Centre Representative | Energy Materials Scientist
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Dr Konstantin Faershteyn Centre Representative | Ion Beam Laboratory Coordinator
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Associate Professor Jamie Riches Centre Representative | Transmission Electron Microscopist, Core facility manager
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Dr Mahboobeh Shahbazi Centre Representative | Physicist
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Dr Nathan Boase Centre Representative | Polymer Chemist
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Professor Prashant Sonar Centre Representative | Materials Scientist
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Dr Tatheer Zahra Centre Representative | Structural Materials Engineer
Investigators
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Professor Aijun Du Computational Materials Scientist
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Professor Anthony O'Mullane Professor
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Dr Anthony Ariyanayagam Civil Engineer
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Professor Cheng Yan Materials Engineer
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Distinguished Professor Christopher Barner-Kowollik Macromolecular Photochemist
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Dr David Marshall Research Infrastructure Specialist (Molecular Mass Spectrometry)
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Professor David Thambiratnam Civil & Structural Engineer
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Professor Deepak Dubal Centre Representative | Energy Materials Scientist
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Distinguished Professor Dmitri Golberg Centre Co-Director | Physicist
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Associate Professor Dongchen Qi Experimental Condensed Matter Physicist
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Professor Emad Kiriakous Analytical Chemist
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Professor Eric Waclawik Physical Chemist
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Professor Esa Jaatinen Laser Physicist
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Professor Godwin Ayoko Professor
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Associate Professor Hafizah Binti Ramli Civil Engineer
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Associate Professor Hendrik Frisch Macromolecular Chemist
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Professor Hongxia Wang Materials Scientist, Device Engineer
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Professor James Blinco Synthetic Organic Chemist
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Associate Professor Jamie Riches Centre Representative | Transmission Electron Microscopist, Core facility manager
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Professor Jennifer MacLeod Experimental Physicist, Surface Characterisation specialist
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Professor Jingsan Xu Materials Chemist
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Dr Jun Mei Lecturer in Materials Science
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Associate Professor Kathleen Mullen Supramolecular Chemist
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Professor Kathryn Fairfull-Smith Centre Co-Director | Organic Chemist
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Dr Konstantin Faershteyn Centre Representative | Ion Beam Laboratory Coordinator
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Dr Mahboobeh Shahbazi Centre Representative | Physicist
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Professor Mahen Mahendran Civil & Structural Engineer
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Dr Michael Jones Synchrotron Scientist, X-ray microscopist
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Dr Nathan Boase Centre Representative | Polymer Chemist
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Professor Nunzio Motta Professor
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Professor Prashant Sonar Centre Representative | Materials Scientist
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Dr Raja Kakaraparthi
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Dr Sabrina Fawzia Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering
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Dr Sandra Wiedbrauk Medicinal Chemist
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Associate Professor Soniya Yambem Device physicist
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Professor Stephen Blanksby Analytical Chemist
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Dr Stuart Bell Mechanical Engineer
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Dr Tatheer Zahra Centre Representative | Structural Materials Engineer
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Professor Tim Dargaville Polymer Chemist
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Professor Ting Liao Professor
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Associate Professor Wayde Martens Associate Professor
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Dr Xiuwen Zhou Computational Physicist, Quantum Chemist
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Dr Yilin Gui Geotechnical Engineer
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Associate Professor Yunfei Xi Mineral Materials Scientist
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Professor Zhigang Chen Energy Scientist
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Professor Ziqi Sun Senior Research Fellow, Professor
Early career investigators
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Dr Joshua Arthur Device Physicist
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Dr Juan Bai Nanomaterials science specialist, electrocatalytic scientist
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Dr Lewis Chambers Polymer Chemist
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Dr Joseph Fernando Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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Dr Lauren Geurds Polymer Chemist
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Dr Sahani Hendawitharana Civil Engineer
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Dr Meng Li Material scientist
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Dr Qian (Nail) Liu Organic Semiconductor Chemist
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Dr Weidi Liu Energy Material Scientist
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Laurent Remy Material Chemist
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Minh Tam Huong Materials Scientist
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Dr Sen Wang Mineralogist, Materials Engineer
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Dr Katrina Wruck Industrial Chemist
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Dr Yang Yang Inorganic Chemist
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Dr Xingyu Yu Photo and polymer-chemist
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Dr Chao Zhang Physicist