OUR TEAM
Dr. Nicholas Bedford
Prior to arriving at UNSW, Nick was a staff member of the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory (2017-2018), where he also served as a contractor (2016-2017), National Research Council (NRC) Postdoctoral Associate (2012-2014) and a Dayton Area Graduate Studies Scholar during his PhD (2009-2011). He obtained his PhD in Materials Science from the University of Cincinnati (2011) and his BS in Chemistry and Physics from Central Michigan University (2007).
Dr. N. Bedford CV
OUR TEAM
Dr. Nicholas Bedford
Prior to arriving at UNSW, Nick was a staff member of the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory (2017-2018), where he also served as a contractor (2016-2017), National Research Council (NRC) Postdoctoral Associate (2012-2014) and a Dayton Area Graduate Studies Scholar during his PhD (2009-2011). He obtained his PhD in Materials Science from the University of Cincinnati (2011) and his BS in Chemistry and Physics from Central Michigan University (2007).
Dr. N. Bedford CV
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Research associates
Dr. Stephanie Chua
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering
University of New South Wales
Master of Science, Chemistry, University of Santo Tomas
Bachelor of Science, Chemistry, University of Santo Tomas
Dr. Yuwei Yang
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering
University of New South Wales
MPhil, University of New South Wales, Chemical Engineering
B.Eng., Qingdao University of Science and Technology
Graduate students
Haira Gabriela Hackbarth
Ph.D. Student
Chemical Engineering
TFS Scholarship
B. Eng, University of Joinville and Region (Brazil)
Kshitij Srivastava
Ph.D. Student (Primary Supervisor: Prof Aguey-Zinsou)
Chemical Engineering
RTP Scholarship
MS, Purdue University, Chemical Engineering
BEng, Delhi Technological University, Applied Chemistry
Jhair Andres Peña Prada
Ph.D. Student
Chemical Engineering
TFS Scholarship
MS, Tianjin University, Chemical Engineering
BS, Universidad Industrial de Santader (cum laude)
Gustavo Sant'Anna
Ph.D. Student
Chemical Engineering
TFS Scholarship
MPhil, Rio De Janeiro State University, Chemical Engineering
Chem. Lic., Rio De Janeiro State University
Taren Cataldo
Ph.D. Student (Co-supervised with Dr Jessica Veliscek-Carolan)
Chemical Engineering
RTP Scholarship
BS (Honours), Swinburne University of Technology, Chemistry
BA/BS, Swinburne University of Technology, Professional Writing and Editing
Tanveer Ahmad
Ph.D. Student
Chemical Engineering
UIPA Scholarship
MS, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (Malaysia), Engineering Research
B. Eng, University of Engineering and Technology (Pakistan), Chemical Engineering
Undergraduate students
Thanuskan Indrakumar
Honours Thesis 2023-24
Aaron Prasad
Honours Thesis 2023-2024
Yan Fu Ho
Visiting Student from the City University of Hong Kong
Ho Yin Lok
Visiting Student from the City University of Hong Kong
Group alumni
Dr. William Hadinata Lie
“Prussian blue analogue thin-films for electroreforming of biomass-derived alcohols”, PhD 2022 (Current- Postdoctoral Associate at UNSW, School of Chemical Engineering)
Dr. Junjie Jiang
“Highly Reactive Metal Oxides Through Biomineralisation-Driven Defect Formation”, PhD 2022 (Current – Scientist – NSW Department of Planning and Environment)
Dr. Bijil Subhash
“Understanding the Structure-Function Relationship in Peptide-Enabled High Entropy Alloy Nanocatalysts” (Current – Data Engineer at Mantel Group)
Dr. Muhammad Zubair
“Defect Engineered Layered Double Hydroxide Based Nanomaterials for Sustainable Energy Systems”, PhD 2024.
Dr. Yuwei Yang
“Structure-Activity Relationship Understanding of Layered-double Hydroxides as Electrocatalysts for Efficient Nucleophile Oxidation and Stimulated Hydrogen Production”, PhD 2024. (Current – Postdoctoral Research Associate – ARC CoE in Carbon Science and Innovation – University of New South Wales)
Dr. Bing Song
Visiting Researcher: Scientist, Project Leader, Scion Research Institute.
Undergraduate alumni
Mubing Diao
Visiting undergraduate from City University of Hong Kong, 2023
Sunny Huang
Honours Thesis 2023
Kere Muiruri
Honours Thesis 2022-2023
William Salim
Biotic H2 VIP, 2021
Kirana Pratama
Biotic H2 VIP, 2021
Abbey Last
Biotic H2 VIP, 2022
Keerti Sai
Biotic H2 VIP, 2022
Laureen Amariss
Biotic H2 VIP, 2022
Rooma Shailaj
Biotic H2 VIP, 2021-2022
Elke Leamon
Biotic H2 VIP, 2022
Cameron Suen
Biotic H2 VIP, 2021-2022
Benjamin Howard
Biotic H2 VIP, 2022
Luke Van Vreumingen
Biotic H2 VIP, 2022
Ricky Lu
Honours Thesis 2022
Kate Rangan
Honours Thesis 2022
Joanne Trieu
Honours Thesis 2022
Tina Ventoura
Biotic H2 VIP, 2021-2022
Tracy Liu
Biotic H2 VIP, 2021
Carmen Zhou
Biotic H2 VIP, 2021
Brian Hu
Biotic H2 VIP, 2021
Matthew Brittain
Honours Thesis, 2020-2021
Mohammed Alruwali
Biotic H2 VIP, 2021
Ashley Eng
Biotic H2 VIP, 2021
Ziyue Feng
Biotic H2 VIP, 2021
Valencia Suwarno
Honours Thesis, 2020 – 2021
Hayden Ou
Taste of Research 2018, Honours Thesis 2020
Felita Najaya
Honours Thesis 2019
Liyana Hasnan Effendi
Honours Thesis 2019
Adam Inchley
Honours Thesis 2019
Natalie Kerry
Taste of Research, 2020 – 2021
Asin Tasnim Zainuzzaman
Honours Thesis, 2020 – 2021
Fatin Nazirah Mohd Fadzil
Honours Thesis 2021-2022
Georgie Oag
Biotic H2 VIP, 2021
New paper out in Chemistry of Materials 🧪🧱😅⏱️⌛️👍💪. Led by the team at UQ👸, a novel method for making PbI2 🎨🧂quantum dots was examined, using the thermal decomposition 🔥 MOF glasses 🔎 and Pb halides. The decomposed MOF chemistry provides an excellent shell around the QDs while also resulting in a tight size distribution, important for optoelectronic applications. Read the paper here: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c02293 #quantumdots #leadiodine #synchrotron #dataordie
Nice little call out on the INL 🥔☢️🔬webpage on our critical materials 🧱 work for the military 🪖🫡. Lots of exciting stuff on the horizon and big projects coming up 👍😎💪. Read here: https://inl.gov/feature-story/idaho-national-laboratory-strengthening-national-security-with-critical-materials-research/ #watchout #criticalmaterials #criticalminerals #research #dataordie
New paper in Angewandte Chemie International Edition 🇩🇪⚗️🌍📝😲🍬🙂↕️🙂↔️. In another effort led by the folks at Griffith University 🦁, new dual site catalysts were engineered for the CO2 reduction reaction 💨🔥. Using Ni-Cr atomic pairs anchored ⚓️ into a nitrated carbon matrix, Ni atoms promote CO2 activation while Cr atoms promote H20 💦dissociation, ultimately boosting reaction efficiency 🧐🧠. Great work by all! Read the paper here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/anie.202521247 #electrocatalysis #nickel #chromium #co2 #dataordie
New paper out in JACS 📓🇺🇸🧪🏘️🧐🧠⚗️!!! In a collaborative effort led by our mates at Griffith university 🦁, we deep dive 🤿 into the role that O vacancies play in CO2 elctroconversion⚡️in tin oxides🥫. Using a range of insitu measurements 📏 and DFT calculations🤖, we uncover unique Sn-O motifs that facilitate formate production that better explain the process well beyond the conventional adsorbate evolution models 💃🕺👯👯♀️👯♂️. Read the paper here: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/jacs.5c17016?casa_token=qytzdRJXgKkAAAAA%3AF3b63a7R0nRFcXlXyYT2fyUoKiapmHgysDqIADjw-0kfwrzyMtCRVjHkngk0htS3aT14_YwSrckhmz7i #electrocatalysis #co2rr #sno2 #synchrotron #dataordie
Got to spend some time at the University of Utah 🔴⚪️🙌 recently for a summit on regional strategy for future critical material and minerals research ⛏️🧪📄. Great event with a ton of great institutions involved, plus we got snow ☃️🌨️. Lots of new work coming out of this group soon 😁 #criticalminerals #utah #letitsnow❄️❄️ #collabos #cantstopwontstop #dataordie
Just wrapped up on some XAS 🩻 experiments at a snowy ☃️🌨️ Advanced Photon Source 💡. We got a ton of nice data on chemistries 🧪 used in REE separations ⚡️🧲, along with a bunch of new catalyst chemistries as well 🤓. Big thanks to @darastrix354 for all the help with experiments, and the rest of the team for Mines ⛏️ and INL 🥔☢️. Keep an eye out for new papers in the future 😎📝🙊. #aps #xas #synchrotron #synchrotronscience #synchrotronlife #firsttimers #betterinthesnow #whosdinosauristhis #cantstopwontstop #dataordie
I had a great time at the Microelectronics National Security Summit & Workshop 💻📲🗻🛠️, hosted by the Southwest Mission Acceleration Center (SWMAC) and ASU SWAP Hub 🌵🏜️🚀🔫💣☀️🔱🤝. Great to see people from across industries and professions come together to discuss the future of the field. Always nice to be in the desert too (as long as it’s not summer!) #microelectronics #themission #summit #swaphub #asu #thunderbird #cm #cantstopwontstop #dataordie
Big time congrats to Jhair Pena Prada for successfully completing his PhD 🎓👨🎓📝📔🧪🥼🥳🎉🙌🍾🍻🎉🎉🥳👏🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴. Dr Jhair’s thesis on understanding toxic chemical degradation pathways in MOFs, and importantly, how MOF structure dictates chemical properties, is a great contribution to the field 👍😊. Special thanks to @ale.fraca and his team for the collaborations with Jhair throughout his journey 🤝🙌🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷. #phd #phdcomplete #graduation #synchrotron #synchrotronlife #mofs #zirconium #organophosphate #missionaccomplished #chapterclosed #ontodisneyworld #dataordie
Two big conferences last ✌️. Up first, J-DAMMIT 📢💥in Harrisburg PA, where there was a ton of cool tech and nice discussions on the future of additive manufacturing 🖨️. Definitely going back next year 👍. Followed that up with the Critical Minerals Symposium at the Colorado School Mines ⛏️💎🔮. Awesome group of people and awesome discussion as always, as I’m sure it will be next year 😸. #jdammit2025 #additivemanufacturing #harrisburg #annedoesshots #criticalminerals #golden #cantstopwontstop #dataordie
Awesome time at the CMI meeting this week 🪨⛏️, hosted at INL 🥔🧑🔬👩🔬👨🔬. Lots of great discussions on how to solve global issues in critical materials, including resource management and supply chain issue. Tons of awesome work will be coming out of this for sure.👍 #criticalmaterials #mining #separations #rareearth #cobalt #inmybackyard #cantstopwont #dataordie
Just wrapped on a great trip to the DC/Baltimore area 🛫🏛️🦀🪖🎖️🛬. First up was the ACS 🇺🇸🧪🧑🧑🧒🧒 National Meeting, where I gave an invited talk on our electrocatalysis ⚡️efforts in biomass valorizarion ☘️. Then up to Baltimore to kick off 🦵future efforts with DEVCOM. And to see some furry friends 🐾. Good stuff👍. #dc #acs #invitedtalk #biomass #electrochemistry #collabos #higary #hiblue #cantstopwontstop #dataordie
New paper out in Advanced Functional Materials 🎉🍾👾🚀🧱👍. Led by our colleagues from Griffith University 🦁, a novel Pb/Cr catalyst has been shown to have excellent selectivity to turn CO2 to formate ⚗️, an important electrochemical reaction 🔬⚡️to covert waste gas streams into fuels and chemicals🧪⛽️. Vacancies in the chrome oxide were determined to be the origin of this reactivity, which were discovered using XAS 🩻 . Great work by all. Read: https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202515772 #electrochemistry #co2 #formate #chromium #lead #synchrotron #synchrotronscience #surprisepaper #dataordie
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