Researchers in the centre come from varied backgrounds in chemical, physical and computational sciences as well as engineering backgrounds. The centre currently has 90 staff participants and a combined HDR population consisting of over 200 HDR students. The Centre investigators, whether staff or student, embrace a positive workplace culture and inclusion at all times, which results in a rich and dynamic research environment.
Directors
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Professor Kathryn Fairfull-Smith
Centre Co-Director
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Distinguished Professor Dmitri Golberg
Centre Co-Director
Centre management team
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Dr Jessica Desport
Centre Manager
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Georgina Maguire
Centre Coordinator
Centre Executive Committee
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Professor Prashant Sonar
Representative, International engagement
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Dr Mahboobeh Shahbazi
Representative, Early Career Researchers
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Dr Tatheer Zahra
Representative, Early Career Researcher
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Associate Professor Jamie Riches
Representative, Materials Characterisation & Testing
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Associate Professor Liangzhi Kou
Representative, Fabrication & Prototyping
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Professor Deepak Dubal
Representative, Industry engagement
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Dr Nathan Boase
Representative, Frontier materials
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Dr Bryan Tuten
Representative, Outreach
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Professor Hongxia Wang
Representative, Frontier Materials
Investigators
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Professor Jose Alarco
Professorial Fellow
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Professor Godwin Ayoko
Professor
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Distinguished Professor Christopher Barner-Kowollik
Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Research)
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Dr Stuart Bell
Lecturer in the School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering
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Associate Professor Hafizah Binti Ramli
Associate Professor in Structural Engineering
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Professor Stephen Blanksby
Professor and Director, Central Analytical Research Facility
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Associate Professor James Blinco
Associate Professor
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Dr Nathan Boase
Representative, Frontier materials
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Professor Steven Bottle
Professor
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Professor Tommy Chan
Professor in Civil Engineering
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Dr Craig Cowled
Senior Lecturer
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Professor Tim Dargaville
Professor
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Dr Laura Delafresnaye
Senior Research Fellow
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Professor Aijun Du
Professor
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Professor Deepak Dubal
Representative, Industry engagement
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Professor Kathryn Fairfull-Smith
Centre Co-Director
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Dr Sabrina Fawzia
Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering
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Dr Hendrik Frisch
Senior Lecturer
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Distinguished Professor Dmitri Golberg
Centre Co-Director
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Dr Veronica Gray
Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering
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Professor YuanTong Gu
Head of School, Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering
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Dr Yilin Gui
Senior Lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering
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Professor Esa Jaatinen
Director of Graduate Research Education and Development
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Dr Michael Jones
Senior Research Infrastructure Specialist
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Dr Robert Jones
Senior Research Infrastructure Specialist
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Dr Emad Kiriakous
Senior Lecturer in Forensic Science
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Associate Professor Liangzhi Kou
Representative, Fabrication & Prototyping
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Professor Ting Liao
Professor
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Associate Professor Josh Lipton-Duffin
Principal Research Fellow
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Associate Professor Jennifer MacLeod
Head of School of Chemistry & Physics
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Professor Mahen Mahendran
Professor
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Dr David Marshall
Research Infrastructure Specialist (Molecular Mass Spectrometry)
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Associate Professor Wayde Martens
Associate Professor
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Professor John McMurtrie
Professor
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Dr Jun Mei
Lecturer in Materials Science
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Dr Aaron Micallef
Senior Research Infrastructure Specialist
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Dr Konstantin Momot
Senior Lecturer in Experimental Physics
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Professor Nunzio Motta
Professor
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Dr Kathleen Mullen
Senior Lecturer
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Professor Anthony O'Mullane
Professor
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Professor Kostya (Ken) Ostrikov
Professor
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Dr Berwyck Poad
Senior Research Fellow
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Associate Professor Dongchen Qi
Associate Professor
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Associate Professor Jamie Riches
Representative, Materials Characterisation & Testing
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Dr Mahboobeh Shahbazi
Representative, Early Career Researchers
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Professor Prashant Sonar
Representative, International engagement
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Professor Ziqi Sun
Senior Research Fellow, Professor
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Dr Tuquabo Tesfamichael
Senior Lecturer
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Professor David Thambiratnam
Professor
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Dr Bryan Tuten
Representative, Outreach
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Associate Professor Eric Waclawik
Associate Professor
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Professor Hongxia Wang
Representative, Frontier Materials
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Dr Tony Wang
Senior Research Infrastructure Specialist (X-ray Diffraction)
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Associate Professor Yunfei Xi
Principal Research Fellow (Vibrational Spectroscopy)
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Professor Jingsan Xu
Professor
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Professor Cheng Yan
Professor
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Dr Tatheer Zahra
Representative, Early Career Researcher
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Dr Haifei Zhan
Adjunct Associate Professor
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Professor Huai Yong Zhu
Professor
Early career investigators
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Dr Mohammad Asad
Research Fellow
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Dr Aidan Brock
Early-career researcher
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Dr Lewis Chambers
Early-career researcher
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Dr Konstantin Faershteyn
Ion Beam Laboratory Coordinator, Research Associate
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Dr Joseph Fernando
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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Dr Bharati Gupta
Research Fellow
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Dr Joshua Holloway
Research Fellow
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Dr Jan Philipp Menzel
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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Dr Rachel Pepper
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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Dr Michael Pfrunder
Postdoctoral Fellow in Chemistry
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Dr Ngoc Duy Pham
Research Fellow
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Dr Hong Duc (David) Pham
Postdoctoral researcher
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Amandeep Singh Pannu
Research Fellow
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Dr Sandra Wiedbrauk
Research Fellow
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Katrina Wruck
Research Fellow
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Dr Chao Zhang
Research Officer (In-situ Transmission Electron Microscopy)