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IPRI - PhD Candidates 2009
Mohammed Suliman ALMOIQLI BSc Chemistry, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia – 2003 MSc Chemistry, University of Wollongong, Australia – 2008 Research Project: Nanostructured ICP-CNT Electrodes for Capactive Deionisation and Water Clean Up Supervisors: Dr J. Chen and Prof. G.G. Wallace email: msmam086@uow.edu.au phone: +61 (02) 4298 1452 fax: +61 (02) 4298 1477 office number: 231.233
Robert BREUKERS BSc (Hons first class), Massey University, New Zealand. Research Project: Biodegradable conducting polymers. Supervisors: Prof. D Officer, Prof. G.G. Wallace email: rdb102@uow.edu.au phone: +61 (02) 4298 1457 fax: +61 (02) 4298 1477 office number: 231.216A
Widsanusan Chartarrayawadee B.Sc Chemical engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. M.Sc Physical Chemistry, Chiang Mai University, Thailand. Research Project: Novel Carbon Nanostructures. Supervisors: Dr D. Li, Prof G.G. Wallace. email: wc447@uow.edu.au phone: +61 (02) 4298 1452 fax: +61 (02) 4298 1477 office: 231
Cameron J. Ferris B Nanotechnology Advanced, Honours, Class I University of Wollongong Research Project: Fabrication of three-dimensional, cell-laden architectures by the controlled deposition of biopolymers, conducting polymers, cells and bio-molecules for the engineering of cardiac tissue. Publications: (1) Ferris, C.J. and in het Panhuis, M., Conducting bio-materials based on gellan gum hydrogels. Soft Matter (2009). DOI: 10.1039/b909795c (2) Ferris, C. J. and in het Panhuis, M, Gel-carbon nanotube composites: the effect of carbon nanotubes on gelation and conductivity behaviour. Soft Matter 5 (7), 1466 (2009). Supervisors: Dr Marc in het Panhuis, Prof G.G. Wallace and Dr Kerry Gilmore. email: cjf146@uow.edu.au phone: +61 2 4298 1456 fax: +61 2 4298 1477 office: 231.241D
Javad FOROUGHI B.Sc & M.Sc Textile Chemistry and Fibres Science Isfahan University of Technology, Iran (www.iut.ac.ir ) Research Project: Development of Actuators using Polypyrrole and Polyaniline Fibres Supervisors Prof G.M. Spinks, Prof G.G. Wallace. email: jf915@uow.edu.au phone: +61 (02) 4298 1452 fax: +61 (02) 4298 1477 office number: 231.227
Adrian GESTOS B.Sc (Chemistry) University of Wollongong, Australia – 2003 Research Project: Investigating the physical and mechanical properties of individual electrospun nanofibres Supervisors Dr Philip Whitten, Prof G.M. Spinks, Prof G.G. Wallace. email: aag05@uow.edu.au phone: +61 (02) 4298 1453 fax: +61 (02) 4298 1477 office number: 231.233A
Alberto Javier, GRANERO RODRIGUEZ Industrial Technical Engineering Degree (Especialised in Industrial Chemistry) Spain-2003 Master in Chemistry, MChem (Hons first class) England - 2006 Research Project: Synthesis and characterisation of polyion complex fibres. This project investigates the processing of carbon nanotubes into fibres using polyion complexes. Supervisors: Prof G.G.Wallace, Dr M.in het Panhuis email: ajgr985@uow.edu.au phone: +61 (02) 4298 1452 fax: +61 (02) 4298 1477 office number: 231.223M
Mat GRIFFITH Bachelor of Nanotechnology (Advanced), Honours (Class I), University of Wollongong, 2007 Research Project: Artifical Photosynthesis: The Development of Novel Organic Photovoltaic Devices Supervisors: Prof. G.G. Wallace, Prof. David Officer and Assoc.Prof. P. Innis email: mjg48@uow.edu.au phone: +61 (02) 4298 1457 fax: +61 (02) 4298 1477 office number: 231.216B
Rouhollah (Ali) JALILI BSc & M.Sc Textile Chemistry and Fibres Science Isfahan University of Technology, Iran (www.iut.ac.ir ) Research Project: Wet spinning of nanostructured fibres Supervisors: Dr J Razal and Prof. G Wallace email: rj713@uow.edu.au phone: +61 (02) 4298 1450 fax: +61 (02) 4298 1477 office number: 231.223
George LEE BSc Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks MSc Chemistry, University of Alaska Fairbanks Research Project Photomorphic silver nanoparticles. Supervisors Prof L. Kane-Maguire, Assoc. Prof. P. Innis, Prof G.G. Wallace. Email: gli220@uow.edu.au phone: +61 (02) 4298 1454 fax: +61 (02) 4298 1477 office number: 231.235D
Shannon LITTLE BSc (Advanced) (Hons) (First Class) UoW Research Project: Synthesis and characterisation of new nanostructured materials for use in applications such as: thermal energy harvesting, photovoltaics, electrochromics, batteries and supercapacitors. Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Stephen Ralph, Dr J. Chen, Prof. G.G. Wallace. Email: sjl68@uow.edu.au phone: +61 (02) 4298 1453 fax: +61 (02) 4298 1477 office number: 231.233B
Xiao LIU BSc (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China) MSc (National University of Singapore, Singapore) Research Project: Biocommunications using conductive polymers. Supervisors: Dr. K.Gilmore, Dr. S. Moulton, Prof. G.G. Wallace. Email: xl073@uow.edu.au phone: +61 (02) 4298 1455 fax: +61 (02) 4298 1477 office number: 231.241A
Troy LOWE BSc (Hons 1^st Class), University of Wollongong Research Project The work of my PhD thesis will focus on discovery of the chemical and structural composition of native metal oxide films and deposited oxide films on model samples fabricated using Al, Zn and their alloys. The surface of these samples will be engineered to have discrete and uniform features on the tens of microns scale. Characterisation of the metal surface, native oxide and deposited oxide composition will hopefully lead to a better understanding of the nature of Al-Zn alloy surfaces and the structure of deposited barrier oxides to affect processes like corrosion, biomedical compatibility and chemical compatibility with polymers. Supervisors Dr Aaron Neufeld (BlueScope Steel), Prof. G.G. Wallace. Email: tal02@uow.edu.au phone: +61 (02) 4298 1451 fax: +61 (02) 4298 1477 office number: 231.226
Charles MIRE BA(Russian), University of Texas, Arlington MSc Applied Physics, University of Texas at Dallas. Research Project: Investigating inkjet and extrusion printing of conducting polymers, like PEDOT/PSS, PANi, Ppy and PMAS on bioscaffolds such as chitosan, PLGA and PCL. Supervisors: Dr M. net in Panhuis, Prof. G.G. Wallace email: cm482@uow.edu.au fax: +61 (02) 4298 1477 office number: 231.235A
Benjamin Mueller Diploma in Physics, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburgi.Br. (Germany) Research Project: Novel carbon based nano-biostructures. I am working mainly with Graphene, single layer sheets of sp2-bonded carbon. Graphene, like carbon nanotubes, is used in experiments in Solid State Physics on a very tiny scale (like Quantum Hall Effect and ballistic transport of “massless” electrons), as well as in Bionics and Material Sciences. Supervisors: Dr S. Moulton, Dr D. Li, Prof G.G. Wallace. Email: mbm990@uow.edu.au phone: +61 (02) 4298 1452 fax: +61 (02) 4298 1477 office number: 231.
Sina NAFICY BSc Chemical Engineering/Polymer Science, Isfahan University of Technology, Iran MSc Polymer Science and Engineering, AmirKabir University of Technology, Iran Research Project: Conductive Hydrogel Fibres Supervisors: Prof. G.M. Spinks, Prof. G.G. Wallace email: sn950@uow.edu.au phone: +61 (02) 4298 1454 fax: +61 (02) 4298 1477 office number: 231.235C
Suriya OUNNUNKAD BSc (2^nd Class Honours) Chiang Mai University, Thailand MSc (Physical Chemistry) Mahidol University, Thailand Research Project: Carbon Nanotube Biosensors. Supervisors: Dr A. Minett, Prof. G. Wallace email: so210@uow.edu.au phone: +61 (02) 4298 1453 fax: +61 (02) 4298 1477 office number: 231.233C
Dillip KUMAR PANDA BSc (First class with Chemistry Honours) Utkal University , Bhubaneswar, Orissa, INDIA MSc in Chemistry ( First class first University Gold medal)National Institute of Technology (N.I.T) Rourkela,Orissa, INDIA Research project: Development of inorganic/ organic hybrid nanostructured solar cells, photoactive polymers, conducting polymers and their applications. Supervisors: Dr A. Mozer, Prof G. Wallace Email: dkp807@uow.edu.au phone: +61 (02) 4298 1451 fax: +61 (02) 4298 1477 office number: 231.226
Peter SHERRELL B.Nano(Adv)(Hons Class 1) University of Wollongong Research Project: Novel 3D Carbon Architectures for Fuel Cell Applications Supervisors: Dr Andrew Minett, Dr Jun Chen email: pcs759@uow.edu.au phone: (+61) 2 4298 1452 fax: (+61) 2 4298 1477 office: 231.233J
Grace STEVENSON MChem (Chemistry with Pharmaceutical and Forensic Science),University of Bradford, UK Research Project: Characterisation of Nano-bio-electromaterials. Supervisors Dr S. Moulton, Assoc. Prof. P. Innis, Prof G. Wallace email: gs383@uow.edu.au phone: +61 (02) 4298 1455 fax: +61 (02) 4298 1477 office number: 231.241C
Luke SWEETMAN BNano (Adv.) (Hons.) (First Class), University of Wollongong Research Project: Molecular Separation using Carbon Nanotube Membranes Supervisors Assoc. Prof. Stephen Ralph, Dr. Marc in het Panhuis Email: ljs358@uow.edu.au Phone: +61 (02) 4221 3482 Fax: +61 (02) 4221 3114 Office Number: 18.118
Nuchalee THIPMONTA BEd. (Science Physics) Srinakharinwirot University Southern Region, Thailand MSc (Physics) Prince of Songkla University, Thailand Research Project Biocompatible conducting gels Supervisors Dr Philip Whitten, Dr Simon Moulton, Prof G.G. Wallace email: nt962@uow.edu.au phone: +61 (02) 4298 1452 fax: +61 (02) 4298 1477 office number: 231.2331
Bo WENG BSc Beihang University, China Research Project: Inkjet Printing Supervisors: Dr R. Shepherd, Prof G.G. Wallace email: bweng@uow.edu.au phone: +61 (02) 4298 1453 fax: +61 (02) 4298 1477 office number: 231.216C
Weimin ZHANG BSc (Shandong University of Science and Technology, China) MSc (Zhejiang University of Technology, China) Research Project: Nanostructured Electrodes for Catalysis Supervisors: Dr Jun Chen, Prof. G. Wallace email: wz181@uow.edu.au phone: +61 (02) 4298 1453 fax: +61 (02) 4298 1477 office number: 231.233G
Wen ZHENG B Eng Tsinghua University Research Project: Conducting Polymer Actuators Supervisors: Prof G. Spinks, Prof. G. Wallace email: wz248@uow.edu.au phone: +61 (02) 4298 1453 fax: +61 (02) 4298 1477 office number: 231.