Alumni

Graduates		Thesis title	Subsequent position (last known)
Dr Graeme Bushell	1999	Studying the primary particle polydispersity in fractal aggregates	Senior Lecturer, School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW
Dr Donia Friedman (nee Beydoun)	2000	The development of a novel magnetic photocatalyst: preparation, characterisation and implication for organic degradation in aqueous system	Research Scientist, Dupont Titanium Technologies
Mr Isaac Tsui, Master	2000	The dewatering of coal slurry	Process Manager at SITA, Australia
Dr Jing Guan	2000	Implications of floc structure to solid-liquid separation processes in waste water treatment	Research Fellow, School of Civil Engineering, UNSW
Dr Daniel Woodfield	2001	Aggregate behaviour in Hydrocyclones	Climate Strategy and Analysis at Rio Tinto
Dr Ken Chiang	2001	Catalysts for the photocatalytic remediation of toxic cyanidation waste	Research Project Leader, Gas Processing and Conversion Division, CSIRO
Dr Metta Penpolcharoen	2002	Titania Coated Hematite Particles
Prof. Cordelia Selomulya	2002	Development of an integrated model to assess system performance in solid-liquid separation	Associate Professor, Dept of Chemical Engineering, Monash University.
Dr Veronica Vamathevan	2003	The role of silver deposits on titania in the photocatalytic oxidation of organics in aqueous media.	National Measurement Institute, Australia
Dr Kevin Foong	2004	Floc formation in acidic beverages produced from cane sugar	National Product Manager, Malcolm Thompson Pumps
A/Prof. Timothy Tan	2004	Photocatalytic reduction of selenate and selenite: Water/Wastewater treatment and the formation of nanoselenium compounds	Associate Professor, School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, NTU, Singapore
Dr Sarah Grundy (nee Watson)	2004	Optimising the preparation of a novel magnetic photocatalyst	Lecturer, UNSW Sydney
Dr Cheryl Halim	2004	Investigating the leaching of heavy metals from cementitious waste and contaminated soil – assessing the applicability of standard leaching procedures	Associate Environmental Engineer, Coffey Environments Pty Ltd.
Dr May Lim	2004	Computational and physical modelling of floc behaviour in a vortex separator	Lecturer, School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW
Dr Peter Marsh	2005	Simulation of orthokinetic aggregation
Dr Nu Vi Nguyen	2005	Photoreduction of Cadmium and Other Heavy Metals in Waters Using Photocatalysis	Division Director at Vietnam Agency for Radiation and Nuclear Safety
Mr Nguyen Hoang Tran, Master	2006	Effect of Nanosize Metal Deposits on Titanium Dioxide Photocatalysts
Dr Mandalena Hermawan	2006	An Experimental Study of the Relationship between Floc Properties and Sediment Compaction	Research Manager, ARC TC Global Hydrogen Economy, School of Chem. Eng, UNSW
Dr Sai Wei Lam	2006	Photocatalysis Degradation of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and the Effect of Dissolved Metal Ions	Senior Process Engineer at Midwest Vanadium Pty Ltd
Dr Cissilia Djongkah	2006	Effect of Pt and Ag Metals to the Degradation of Trichloroethylene, Etylene, Ethane, and Toluene by Gas Phase Photocatalysis	Environmental Engineer, Coffey Environments Pty
A/Prof Wey Yang Teoh	2007	Flame Spray Synthesis of Catalyst Nanoparticles for Photocatalytic Mineralisation of Organics and Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis	Assistant Professor, School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong
Julie Glasscock	2008	Nanostructured Materials for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production using Sunlight	Research Fellow, Technical University Denmark
Dr Wee Yong Gan	2009	Synthesis of Synthesis of Mesoporous TiO2 Thin Films for Environmental Remediation	Process Engineer, Chevron Energy, Australia
Mr Woon Shin Law	2009	Synthesis of Nanostructured Materials for Self-Cleaning and Solar Energy Application	Plant Engineer at Agro-TechNPK, Malaysia
Dr Dan Li	2009	Functionalisation of Magnetic Particles for Bioseparation	Chevron Energy, Australia
Dr Sanly Liu	2009	Advanced Oxidation Processes for the Removal of Natural Organic Matter	Australian Postdoctoral Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Functional Nanomaterials, School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW
Dr Richard Kydd	2009	Metal Oxide Nanoparticle Catalysts	Senior Associate, Partners in Performance, Management Consulting, Sydney
Ms Soo Li Lee, Master	2009	Gas phase photocatalysis
Dr Andrew Sim	2010	Hydrogen Generatin from Methane Decomposition
Dr Frans Denny	2010	Development and Optimisation of a Novel Optical Fibre Photoreactor for Photocatalytic Applications	R&D Chemist, Pax Australia
Dr Kho Yung Kent	2010	Design of novel nanocomposites by flame spray pyrolysis for water splitting and environmental remediation	Engineer, Parson Birchenhoff
Dr Maria Arsianti	2011	Preparation and Functionalisation of Magnetic Nanoparticles for Gene Delivery Applications	Process Engineer, Metal-Ardagh Group, ANZ
Dr Ian Goon	2011	Preparation and Functionalisation of Magnetic Gold Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications	Boston Consulting
Mr Nicholas Bell, Master	2012	Anchoring TiO2 Nanoparticles on Graphene Sheets for Photocatalytic Light Energy Conversion
Dr Kunlanan Kiatkittipong	2012	Metal Oxide Support Morphology Effects on the Water-Gas-Shift Reaction	Lecturer, School of Chemical Engineering, King Mongkut University, Thailand
Dr Yun Jung Ho	2012	Flexible Hybrid Solar Cells Using CuInS2 on TiO2 Nanotubes Array	Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Queensland
Dr. Charlene Ng	2012	Synthesis of tungsten oxide for solar energy conversion and water splitting applications	Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow, Univ. of Hannover, Leibnitz Institute of Polymer Research
Dr Li Yarong	2012	Speciation and microbial transformation of chromium, arsenic and mercury in municipal landfill leachate	Team Leader, Chemical Forensics, Environmental Protection Science Branch, Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH)
Dr Roslyn Tedja	2012	The impact of titanium dioxide nanoparticles on human lung cell lines in vitro	Associate Research Scientist, Yale School of Medicine, USA
Dr Esther Kok	2012	The influence of alumina Supported Cobalt Catalysts on Synthetic Fuel Production	Scientist I, Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, A Star, Singapore
Dr Hilda Wiogo	2012	Design and Theoretical Studies of Magnetite Nanoparticles Stability in Biological Media	Lecturer, IPH School, Surabaya
Dr Wenny Irawaty	2012	Insights into photocatalytic Oxidation by Bare and Platinised TiO2: the Impact of Adding Hydroxyl Functional Groups to Butanedioic Acid and Propanol	Lecturer, School of Chemical Engineering, Universitas of Widya Mandala, Surabaya
Dr Mega Ng	2014	Characterisation and Removal of Natural Organic Matter in Drinking Water Treatment	Scientist – Chemical Forensics, Environmental Protection Science, Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH)
Dr Lipson Chin	2015	Synthesis of Silica Hollow Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications	Entrepreneur, Malaysia
Dr Peng Wang	2015	Anodized Cuprous Oxide Photocathodes for Solar Energy Conversion	Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Wyoming
Dr Yiming Tang	2015	Development of Sulphide Semiconductor Electrodes for Visible Light Conversion	Postdoctoral Research Associate, South China Normal University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre
Dr Ayu Liana Ekajanthi	2015	Controlled Fabrication of Bacteriophage Based Interfaces: Understanding and Applications	Entrepenur, Indonesia
Dr Vita Wonoputri	2016	Development of Copper Based Material System for Generating Nitric Oxide to Control Nitrifying Bacterial Biofilms	Lecturer, Institute Technology Bandung, Indonesia
Dr Emma Lovell	2016	Closing the carbon loop: Activating Ni-based catalysts for the carbon dioxide reforming of methane	Lecturer, School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW
Dr Ee Teng Kho	2016	Capturing the attributes of reducible oxides for steam reforming and methanation reactions	Education Technologist, UNSW
Dr Tze Hao Tan	2016	De-coupling Thermal and Photo-Illumination Effects Induced by Hybrid Semiconductor-Plasmonic Catalysts during Oxidative and Reductive Reactions	JSPS Fellow, Kyushu University
Dr Roong Jien Wong	2016	Probing light pre-treatment of Au-based catalysts as a means of promoting catalytic oxygen activation	Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW
Dr Huiling Tan	2016	Understanding and improving the charge kinetics of BiVO₄	JSPS Fellow, Kyushu University
Dr Shi Nee Lou	2017	Development of Molybdenum-based oxide for light energy conversion and storage	Postdoctoral Researcher, Nanyang Technological University
Dr Cameron J Fletcher	2017	CO₂ as a sustainable feedstock for the production of valuable chemicals: mechanism determination and heterogeneous catalyst development	Casual Academics, UNSW Sydney
Dr Hendra Saputera Wibawa	2018	Promoting catalytic oxygen activation by UV-light pre-treatment approach	Lecturer, Institute Technology Bandung, Indonesia
Dr Sina Moradi	2018	Assessment and modelling of chloramine residual decay in drinking water	Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Membrane Science & Technology
Dr Yuan Wang	2018	Porous metal oxides and supported noble metal catalysts for methane oxidation and CO2 methanation	Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Chemistry, UNSW with Prof Chuan Zhao
Dr Cuiying Toe	2018 (joint supervisor)	Stabilising the unstable oxide photocatalysts	Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW
Dr Xuelian Wu	2018 (joint-supervisor)	Bi2MoO6-based semiconductor for photocatalytic water oxidation: strategies for improving the performance	Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW
Dr Xiao Kefeng	2018 (joint supervisor)	Tungstic acid linked pernigraniline (TALP) a two-dimensional conductive hybrid framework capable of intercalative charge storage	Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW
Dr Rahman Daiyan	2018	Reduction of CO2 into value added chemicals and fuel	Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW
Rui Chen, Master	2018	Novel transition metal-carbon catalysts for CO production from CO2 electroreduction	Pursuing PhD, unknown
Dr Jonathan Horlyck	2018 (joint supervisor)	The challenges of Co/Al catalyst synthesis via flame spray pyrolysis: preventing the formation of the Co aluminate spinel	Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW
Dr Hoi Ying Chung	2019 (joint supervisor)	Development of Efficient Bismuth Tungstate for Photocatalytic and Photoelectrochemical Reactions	Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong
Dr Wu Hao	2019 (joint supervisor)	Surface Coating of Nanostructured Thin Films for Photo(electro)catalytic Applications	Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong
Dr Salina Jantarang	2019	Altering the Properties of Metal Oxide Supports for Nickel Catalysts for the Photothermal Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation to Methane	Looking for Postdoctoral Fellowship
Dr Qingran Zhang	2020	Electrochemical Energy Conversion Systems based on Oxygen Catalysis: A Development of Electrocatalysts	ARENA Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW Sydney
Dr Xiaofeng Zhu	2021	Oxygen electrocatalysis study on carbon-based single atomic catalysts for zinc-air batteries
Dr Ali Ashgar Esmailpour	2021	Understanding the Role of Oxygen Vacancies in Catalytic Ozonation Process to Degrade Organic Pollutants	Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW Sydney

In this section:

Alumni Profile - Professor Cordelia Selomulya

Alumni Profile - Assoc Prof Timothy Tan

Alumni Profile - Assoc. Prof Wey Yang Teoh

Alumni

In this section:

Alumni Profile - Professor Cordelia Selomulya

Alumni Profile - Assoc Prof Timothy Tan

Alumni Profile - Assoc. Prof Wey Yang Teoh

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