Group Alumni
Former Honours & Masters Students
Mathew Tam
BSc with Honours (Class I), 2023
Ryan Pratt
BSc (Chemistry & Physics) with Honours (Class I), 2022
Asher Jintoorkar
BSc (Chemistry & Mathematics) with Honours, 2022
Working in Finance Industry
Ada Fang
BSc (Chemistry & Computer Science) with Honours (Class I and University Medal), 2021
Ph.D. student at Harvard University, USA
Rowan Faint
BSc with Honours (Class I), 2020
Graduate Environmental Scientist, Senversa, Sydney
Tom Bryan
BSc with Honours (Class I), 2019 (with Prof. Cameron Kepert)
Ph.D. student at the University of Sydney
Bowen Ding
BSc with Honours (Class I) (2018) and Master of Philosophy (Chemistry) 2019
Ph.D. student at University College London, UK
Dylan Sherman
BSc with Honours (Class I and University Medal), 2017
Ph.D. student at University of Oxford, UK (John Monash Scholar for 2020 and Stipendiary Lecturer at Trinity College Oxford)
Katie Healey
BSc with Honours (Class I), 2015
Scientific Analyst with Reserve Bank of Australia, Sydney
Rob Walwyn
BSc with Honours (Class I), 2015 (joint with Prof. Cameron Kepert)
Ph.D. student at University of Sydney
Henry Jiang
BSc with Honours (Class I), 2014 (Joint with Prof. Tim Schmidt)
Ph.D. student with Prof. Jeff Long at University of California Berkeley, USA
Zach Cristina
BSc with Honours (Class I), 2014 (Joint with Prof. Jeff Reimers)
Ph.D. student in Physics, University of Sydney
Felix Rizzuto
BSc with Honours (Class I and University Medal), 2013 (Joint with Prof. Cameron Kepert)
Ph.D. student at Cambridge University (Prof. Jonathan Nitschke), followed by Postdoc (Banting Fellowship) at McGill University in Canada with Prof. Hanadi Sleiman. Felix has recently received an ARC DECRA to commence his independent academic career at UNSW commencing in 2022.
James Caddy
BSc with Honours (Class I), 2012-2013
Scientific Analyst in Banknote Quality at the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)
Ian Hemming
BSc with Honours, 2013
Internship, Department of Industry, Innovation, and Science, Canberra ACT
Brian Leung
BSc with Honours, 2012 (Joint with Prof. Cameron Kepert)
Pursued teaching qualifications in Hong Kong
Former Ph.D. Students
Dr. Xiaochen Fu
B.Sc. (Appl. Sci.) North College of Beijing University of Chcemical Technology (2009), M.Sc. Newcastle U. (2012), Ph.D. 2023
Seeking Post-doctoral fellowship opportunities
Dr. Hunter Windsor
BSc (Honours Class I, 2018) and Ph.D. 2022 (joint with Prof. Cameron Kepert)
Post-doctoral fellow with Prof. Cameron Kepert (USyd)
Dr. Patrick Doheny
BSc (Honours Class I, 2016) and Ph.D. 2020 (joint with Prof. Cameron Kepert)
Post-doctoral fellow, University of Kent, U.K.
Dr. Nick Shepherd
Ph.D. 2020
Undertaking Masters in Education (Secondary School) at ACU
Dr. Ryuichi Murase
Ph.D. 2018 (joint with Prof. Brendan Abrahams)
Staff Scientist with Toshiba, Tokyo Japan
BSc (Honours Class I, 2013) and Ph.D. 2016
Senior Scientist with Nicoya, Canada, a biotech company innovating in the development of optical sensors using nanotechnology and materials chemistry.
Dr. Marcello Solomon
BSc (Honours Class I, 2013) and Ph.D. 2016
Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Adelaide with Professors Christian Doonan and Chris Sumby, followed by a Post-doc with Prof. Paolo Falcaro at TU Gratz, Austria. Marcello has a strong background in academic-industry partnerships and is currently a Research Officer on an industry-led project with Southern Green Gas.
Ph.D. 2015
Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Mike Zaworotko, University of Limerick, Ireland (Endeavor Foundation Fellowship) and Dow Chemical Company American-Australian Association Fellowship at Northwestern University, USA. Carol won an independent Mckenzie Fellow at the University of Melbourne and joined the faculty at Deakin University in 2021 where she began establishing her independent research group. Carol moved to the University of Melbourne in 2023 as a continuing Senior Lecturer.
Dr. Weibin Liang
Ph.D. 2015
Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Adelaide with Professors Christian Doonan and Chris Sumby, followed by a Post-doc with Prof. Mohammad Eddaoudi at the King Abdullah University, Saudi Arabia. Weibin has recently been awarded an ARC DECRA to commence his indpendent research in the School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at USyd.
Dr. Pavel Usov
BSc (Honours Class I, 2012) and Ph.D. 2015
Post-doctoral Fellow with Prof. Amanda Morris in Electrocatalysis at Virginia Polytechnic University, USA. Pavel received a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship and is currently a Special Assistant Professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Dr. Anita Das
BSc (Honours Class I, 2012), Ph.D. 2015
Scientific Analyst with Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, Canberra, ACT
Dr. Michael Murphy
Ph.D. 2014 (joint with Prof. Cameron Kepert)
Post-doctoral Fellow at the Advanced Photon Source (APS) Chicago, USA
Former Post-docs
Dr Martin van Koeverden
Post-doc Fellow 2022
Where did they go next: CSIRO Postdoctoral Fellow, Melbourne
Post-doc Fellow 2019-2020
Where did they go next: Associate Professor at Dalian University of Technology (DUT), China
Post-doc Fellow 2014-2015 (Joint with Prof. Cameron Kepert)
Where did they go next: Research Scientist in Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, Sweden
Post-doc Fellow 2012-2014 (Joint with Prof. Cameron Kepert)
Where did they go next: Head of Publishing Insight and Innovation at Hindawi Publishing
Former Visiting Students/Volunteers
Michelle Yu
Volunteer Undergraduate at USyd (2017)
Where did they go next: Laboratory Technician, Envirolab Group, Sydney
Josh Morris
Visiting MChem Student, 2019 (from Cardiff University, UK)
Where did they go next: Ph.D. at Cardiff University, UK
Edar Chan
Visiting Student, 2016 (from York University, UK)
Where did they go next: Ph.D. at York University, UK
Kate Richards
Visiting MChem Student, 2013-2014 (from York University, UK)
Where did they go next: Staff Scientist at Sygenta, UK