OUR TEAM
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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).Β 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
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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).Β 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
Interested in joining our team?
Junjie Jiang
Ph.D. Student
Chemical Engineering
RTP Scholarship
B.S., University of New South Wales, Chemical Engineering
junjie.jiang@unsw.edu.au
Muhammad Zubair
Ph.D. Student
Chemical Engineering
Scientia PhD Scholarship
PDEng, Delft University of Technology, Process & Equipment Design
MS, National University of Sciences and Technology (Pakistan),
Chemical Engineering
BSc, University of Engineering and Technology (Pakistan), Chemical Engineering
m.zubair@student.unsw.edu.au
Bijil Subhash
Ph.D. Student
Chemical Engineering
RTP Scholarship + ETA
B.S., University of New South Wales, Chemical Engineering
Β b.subhash@student.unsw.edu.au
Yuwei Yang
Ph.D. Student
Chemical Engineering
TFS Scholarship
MPhil, University of New South Wales, Chemical EngineeringΒ
B.Eng., Qingdao University of Science and Technology
yuwei.yang@student.unsw.edu.au
Williams Kweku Darkwah
Ph.D. Student
Chemical Engineering
TFS Scholarship
MSc. Environmental Engineering, Hohai University
B.Sc. Biochemistry, University of Cape Coast (Ghana)
w.darkwah@unsw.edu.au
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William Hadinata
Ph.D. Student
Chemical Engineering
RTP Scholarship
B.Eng (Chemical and Biomolecular)Β 1st Class Hons.- University of Sydney
Diploma in Chemical Engineering- Singapore Polytechnic
Β w.hadinatalie@unsw.edu.au
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Haira Gabriela Hackbarth
Ph.D. Student
Chemical Engineering
TFS Scholarship
B. Eng, University of Joinville and Region (Brazil)
h.hackbarth@unsw.edu.au
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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
g.de_souza_santanna@unsw.edu.au
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Kshitij Srivastava
Ph.D. Student (Primary Supervisor: Prof Aguey-Zinsou)Β
Chemical Engineering
RTP Scholarship
MS, Purdue University, Chemical Engineering
BEng, Delhi Technological University, Applied Chemistry
k.srivastava@unsw.edu.au
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Jhair Andres PeΓ±a Prada
Ph.D. Student
Chemical Engineering
TFS Scholarship
MS, Tianjin University, Chemical EngineeringΒ
BS, Universidad Industrial de Santader (cum laude)
j.pena_prada@unsw.edu.au
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Taren Cataldo
Ph.D. Student (Co-supervised with Dr Jessica Veliscek-Carolan)Β
Chemical Engineering
RTP Scholarship
BS (Honours), Swinburne University of Technology, Chemistry
BA/BS, Swinburne University of Technology, Professional Writing and Editing
t.cataldo@unsw.edu.au
Undergraduate students
Ricky Lu
Honours Thesis 2022
Kate Rangan
Honours Thesis 2022
Joanne Trieu
Honours Thesis 2022
Fatin Nazirah Mohd Fadzil
Honours Thesis 2021-2022
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
William Salim
Biotic H2 VIP, 2021
Kirana Pratama
Biotic H2 VIP, 2021
Tina Ventoura
Biotic H2 VIP, 2021-2022
Georgie Oag
Biotic H2 VIP, 2021
Undergraduate alumni
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,Β 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
Congrats to @will_hadi for successfully completing his PhD!!πππΎππ£π₯³π₯³π€π€πππππ¨π¨π¨. Dr Hadinati Lieβs thesis work on PBAβs as electrooxidation catalyst for biomass makes some really nice discoveries in the field that will surely be important to new research efforts in the future. Super impressive, especially given the constraints πββοΈπ¨ππ!! Congrats again mate! #missionaccomplishedβοΈ #newphd #microwavephd #prussianblue #biomass #electrocatalyst #herecomesthecopper #ontothepostdoc
Thatβs a wrap at the AFOSR ACM program review β βοΈβοΈπ!! Awesome talks all around, especially the last one by the team between our group and our friends at AFRL π«‘π½π! Super inspiring to see all the new work from the program. See yβall next year (DC please!) π!!! #nextgenscience #aerospace #ceramics #composites #synchrotronlife #seeyouindc #ontocartagena #dataordie
Congrats to Kshitij for completing is APR for 2022 π₯³π₯³ππ.!! Nice talk showcasing theoretical aspects of H2 storage materials! Onto 2023 and more data! #phdlife #twodownonetogo #dft #hydrogen #storagesolutions #never0for3 #dataoedie
We have a new opportunity in the group π€π©βπ«π§βπ«π¨βπ«ππ©βππ§βππ¨βπ!! A student is needed to help us sort out what the f is going on in chemically complex ceramics π§ͺπΊ. The project involves some synthesis, testing and synchrotron characterization testing all over the world π π! Contact us for more info! #phdopportunity #graduateschool #phdlife #ceramics #iheartcomplexity #dataordie
Great job to the Biotic H2 for there accomplishments in T2. Huge improvement on effort this year, especially considering the initial slowdowns with the project. Special thanks to @softmatterhacker lab for the brewery waste for testing. #undergraduateresearch #verticallyintegratedprojects #youtherealvip #sustainability #wasteupscaling #hydrogen #brewerywaste #dataordie
Term 2 Thesis B Seminars; done and dusted yall!!! Good job to Ricky, Kate and Joanna!!! On to Term 3! #thesis #undergraduateresearch #copper #highentropy #biomass #LDH #screenshothaha #dataordie
Another one!! New paper out in Nano Energy πβ‘οΈ!! Group member Junjie lead the charge on this one, where we use a biomineralization π approach to make defective SnZn perovskite catalyst that show tunable properties for reducing CO2. Big team effort with various synchrotron capabilities, including insitu XAS, and DFT. Read the paper here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211285522006711 #madewithseashells #biomineralization #protamine #underthesea #zinc #tin #perovskite #byebyeCO2 #synchrotron #synchrotronlife #synchrotronscience #dataordie
New paper out in Advanced Functional Materials πΈπ¦Ύπ§±!! With our colleagues at UNSW & CSIRO, Pt single atom catalyst were formed on vertically aligned graphene, which show really nice properties to produce H2 under alkaline conditions. If only we have somewhere to store the H2 β‘οΈβ‘οΈβοΈβ©οΈβͺοΈβ¦ π. Read the paper here yins: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adfm.202203067 #hydrogen #sustainability #platinum #graphene #standupgraphene #synchrotron #synchrotronlife #dataordie
New paper out in ChemSusChem π§ͺπ±π§ͺ! Lead by the wizards in MERLinπ§ββοΈπ§π§ββοΈ, Ni-NaBH4 nanoparticles are examined for H2 storage βοΈπ«. We show that size, shape and morphology are all important in H2 storage properties π. Read the full paper here: https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/cssc.202200664
#hydrogen #hydrogenstorage #coolchemistry #nickel #nabh4 #UNSWdontsueus #cantstopwontstop #synchrotron #synchrotronscience #dataordie
XAFS2022 was this week! Great opportunity to see some great talks on XAFS and old colleagues I have seen in years. Good to see the groups efforts in other talks as well π. #xafs #sydneyconference #spreadthedataaround #dataordie
Thatβs a wrap on another successful XAS run π¬ππ.Got some good looking data on 2D electrocatalysts and high entropy alloys ππ« π€ . Thanks to @squidroast for the huge assist βοΈβοΈβοΈ!!! Some hot stuff going to be coming out soon. ahora, es hora de irseβ¦ π¬!! #betterwithfriends #electrocatalysts #nano #highentropyalloy #wheresmymojito #ontocartagena #synchrotron #synchrotronlife #dataordie
Attention!! We π are π looking π for π postdocs! π©βπ€π§βπ€π¨βπ€. In collabs with our friends in chemistry and BABS, we are looking to fill 3 postdoc positions πββοΈππββοΈ, needing people with expertise in nanomaterials synthesis βοΈ, characterization π¬, protein engineering π§«, and/or magnetic materials π§². Please contact me if interested π. #postdocpositions #postdoc #postdoclife #magneticmaterials #synbio #dataordie
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