People

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Staff

Students

  • Beenish Imtiaz

    PhD candidate

    beenish.imtiaz@student.unimelb.edu.au

  • Sung Joon Park

    PhD candidate

    sungjoonp@student.unimelb.edu.au

  • Ronald Theoman Leon

    PhD candidate

    ronaldtheoma@student.unimelb.edu.au

  • Kiet T Pham

    PhD candidate

    ktpham@student.unimelb.edu.au

  • Solmaz Zamani

    PhD candidate

    szamanikiasa@student.unimelb.edu.au

  • Donghyuck Park

    PhD candidate

    donghyuckp@student.unimelb.edu.au

  • Jia Ming Goh

    PhD candidate

    goh3@student.unimelb.edu.au

  • Lucy McElhone

    Joint Manchester PhD candidate

    lucy.mcelhone@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk

    • Beenish Imtiaz

    Biography

    Beenish Imtiaz did a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering from National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan. She is currently pursuing a PhD degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Her research interests include water treatment, and wastewater reclamation and reuse, with particular focus on membrane technology.

    Office

    G09, Building 167 (Chemical Engineering 2)

    Further information

    UniMelb Profile

    Solmaz Zamani

    Biography

    Solmaz Zamani received her bachelor’s degree in pure chemistry from Guilan University, Iran in 2012. She then continued her studies and obtained a Master in organic chemistry from the same university in 2014 (considered as exceptional talented student). She is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne and her aim is to synthesise the biopolymers which are capable of mimicking DNA and RNA properties. Her research interests include polymers, biomaterials (DNA mimicking materials) and organic synthesis.

    Office

    G09, Building 167 (Chemical Engineering 2)

    Further information

    Unimelb: Profile
    LinkedIn: au.linkedin.com/in/solmaz-zamani-6b8044166

    Ronald Theoman Leon

    Biography

    Presently, ceramics and ceramic-polymer composites have been utilised as flexible electro-mechanical energy harvesters and sensors. Some common polymer composites such as poly (vinylidene fluoride trifluoroethylene) offer promising results for pressure and temperature sensing in soft robotics through tactile sensors; however, energy outputs from these polymer composites are in-sufficient and require sophisticated material enhancement techniques (i.e., nanoparticles) for effective functioning with energy transfer electronics required for charge extraction and storage. Ronald's PhD project aims to design and develop a hybrid piezoelectric-triboelectric-pyroelectric sensor with the aid of flexible fluoropolymers by decoupling the multi-functional sensory capabilities of functional fluoropolymer composites for ultra-flexible wearable electronics.

    Office

    G09, Building 167 (Chemical Engineering 2)

    Alumni

    Name Position Last known affiliation
    Staff
    Dr Shwathy Ramesan Research Fellow Florey Institute
    Dr Renzo Fenati PhD Candidate and Research Assistant Monash University, Research Fellow
    Dr Jonathan Sierke PhD Candidate and Research Fellow  
    Dr Konstantin Romanenko Research Fellow New York University, Research Fellow
    Dr Alexey Glushenkov Research Fellow Australian National University, Research Leader in Battery Materials
    Dr Christopher Fewkes Research Assistant  
    Dr Dmitriy Khodakov Research Fellow Rice University, Research Scientist
    Dr Luke Sweetman Research Fellow IP Australia, Patent Examiner
    Dr Andrew Blok Research Fellow University of Nottingham, Research Fellow
    Dr Murthy Bandaru Research Fellow Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, Senior Development Scientist
    Dr Yang Yu Research Fellow CITIC Pacific Mining, Laboratory Technician
    Dr Kristina Constantopoulos Research Fellow SafeWork SA, Manager
    Students
    Dr Nick Shepelin PhD Candidate and Research Assistant Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland, Research Fellow
    Michael Wilson PhD Candidate Melbourne Polytechnic, STEM Communications Officer
    Dr Simon Bou PhD Candidate  
    Gaurav Singhai PhD Candidate Flinders University
    Ashley Blythe Honours Swinburne University of Technology, PhD Candidate
    Cheylan McKinley Honours Flinders University, Technical Assistant
    Jonathan Ben-David Honours The Fan Shop
    Emma McGough Honours Jurlique, Quality Control Officer
    Dr Cheng Fang   The University of Newcastle, Senior Research Fellow
    Dr Wafa Algothmi PhD Candidate  
    Dr Jessirie Dilag PhD Candidate RMIT University, Research Fellow
    Dr Kerrilee Allan PhD Candidate ACT Health, Forensic Chemist
    Dr Thomas Macdonald Honours Imperial College London, Research Fellow
    Visiting researchers
    Dr Sharifah Nabihah Syed Jaafar Visiting Researcher Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Head of Materials Science Programme
    Parul Johar Visiting Researcher University of York, PhD Candidate
    Khairunnisa Waznah Baharin Visiting Researcher Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, PhD Candidate
    Dr Nianjia Seow Visiting Researcher National University of Singapore, Research Fellow