Current Team Members

Katelyn Clutterbuck

Current: Ph.D. (2022-present)

Katelyn holds a M.Sc. from the University of Melbourne with Professor Brendan Abrahams where she studied electroactive coordination polymers. She is now embarking on Ph.D. research in the area of photonic applications of Metal-Organic Frameworks with applications in All Optical Devices. Her co-supervisor is A/Prof. Girish Lakhwani.

Nathan Corr

Current: M.Phil. (2022-present)

Nathan holds a BSc from the University of Sydney (2019) and shortly thereafter worked in industry for a few years. He is currently undertaking his Masters research investigating multifunctional photo-mechano-electrochemically active MOFs.

Current: BSc (Honours) (2023)

James completed his Bachelor of Science in 2023 at the University of Sydney (Chemistry & Physics) and is currently completing his Honours in Chemistry investigating "glassy MOFs".

Current: Ph.D. (2019-present)

Qinyi has a Bachelors in Science from Shanghai University, China, and Honours (Class I) in Science (Chemistry) from the University of Sydney. She is researching the design and synthesis of redox-active MOFs, focusing on their catalytic and electronic conductive properties. Qinyi is currently located in Nanjing University, China, with Professor Jinglin Zuo's research group.

Current: Ph.D. (2020-present)

Lyndon gained his Bachelor of Science with Honours (Class I, University Medal, 2019) in Chemistry from the University of Sydney working on multifunctional photoactive MOFs. His Ph.D. is jointly supervised by A/Prof. Girish Lakhwani on the synthesis and characterisation of chiral MOFs for Nonlinear Optics and All Optical devices.

Current: Research Assistant (2022-present)

Eleanor hails from the north island of New Zealand where she obtained her Bachelor of Science with Honours in Chemistry from the University of Auckland (2018). Her Ph.D. from USyd (2022) unravelled structure activity relationships for photo-mechano-electrochemically active multi-stimuli responsive MOFs as well as 3D printing of MOFs in collaboration with Sothern Green Gas. Eleanor is also passionate about martial arts and holds a black belt in Seido.

Current: Capstone Thesis Student (2023-present)

Current: Ph.D. (2023-present)

Kaleb completed his Bachelor of Science in 2021, his Honours (Class I) in 2022, and is currently completing his Honours in Chemistry investigating the fundamental science behind hydrophobic coatings in Metal-Organic Frameworks jointly with Prof. Cameron Kepert.

Current: Ph.D. (2019-present)

Harrison completed his Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Chemistry with Honours (Class I) in Chemistry at the University of Sydney. His Ph.D. (co-supervised by Emeritus Prof. Peter Lay) investigates novel extended materials incorporating 2nd and 3rd row transition metals with a mind to producing electroactive, conductive and charge-transfer capable systems. Harrison is also a passionate musician and is in Sydney-based art-rock/shoegaze band Nyanza.

Current: Ph.D. (2021-present)

Sam holds a M.Sc. degree in Energy & Sustainability from Northwestern University and a B.Sc. in Operations Research & Information Engineering from Cornell University. Most recently, he worked at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington D.C. as a Direct Air Capture (DAC) Consultant on their Energy Project team. Sam is currently pursuing his Ph.D. focusing on Social License to operate for DAC, and is jointly supervised by Prof. Chris Wright from the Sydney Business School. Sam authors the blog RemoveCarbon to help the community better understand technologies such as DAC.