About us

Our Story

How we operate

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