2023 HDR completions!

As we approach the end of the year it’s a good time to mention a number of HDR students from the group who completed their MPhil and PhD programs this year.

Joe Milne and Josephine Smernik both completed their MPhil, graduating in September.

Afshin Karami, co-supervised by Chris, completed his PhD in Chemical Engineering. Afshin’s thesis was entitled: Lanthanide doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) for biomedical applications, and he recieved a Dean’s Commendation for Thesis Excellence.

And finally, Pol Gimeno i Fonquernie submitted his revised PhD thesis just this week, after receiving fantastic examiner reports!

Congratulations to Joe, Josie, Afshin, and Pol!

New papers from the group

A couple of new papers from the group are now available online.

Josie’s first paper from her MPhil - “Understanding the structural landscape of Mn-based MOFs formed with hinged pyrazole carboxylate linkers” is in CrystEngComm, showcasing an array of 2D and 3D MOFs, linking together our original work on MnMOF-1 and more recent structures containing tetratopic linkers. Congratulations to Josie and the team - the author list is a great “who’s-who” of past and present students, post-docs, and collaborators!

Kate’s paper - “Protein-induced modifications in crystal morphology of a hydrogen-bonded organic framework” is also out in J. Mat. Chem. A. This work continues our collaboration with the Falcaro and White groups at TU Graz and ANU respectively, to explore enzyme encapsulation in HOFs.

Congratulations to all!

Mei's Departmental Seminar

Congratulations to Mei Tieng Yong for a fantastic seminar last week! Mei is a first-year PhD student in the group, and introduced her project to the department as part of her Major Review - sharing her most recent results about Pyrazole Functionalised Metal-organic Frameworks for Separation Applications.

Thomas wins a poster prize at the Future Fuels CRC researcher conference

Congratulations to Thomas for his first-place poster prize at the 2023 Future Fuels CRC researcher conference recently in Melbourne.

Thomas’ award-winning poster was all about “Catalysts for Efficient Conversion of Hydrogen into Future Fuels”.

Congratulations Josie and Joe - new MPhil graduates!

Josephine Smernik and Joe Milne graduated today from their Masters, after receiving glowing examiners reports earlier this year. Josephine’s thesis was entitled: Metal-organic Frameworks as Supports for Metal Catalysis, and Joe’s thesis was entitled: Porous Frameworks for Biocatalysis Applications. Congratulations!