Thomas Maschmeyer#
| Membership Number: | 3058 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2011 |
| Main Country of Residence: | AUSTRALIA |
| Homepage(s): | http://sydney.edu.au/science/people/thomas.maschmeyer.php |
Present and Previous Positions
- since 2009 ARC Professorial Future Fellow/Professor of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, School of Chemistry
- 2008 - 2009 Professor of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, School of Chemistry, Foundation Director USyd Institute of Sustainable Solutions – now part of the Charles Perkins Centre
- 2006 University Professor, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris VI
- 2003 - 2008 ARC Federation Fellow/Professor of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, School of Chemistry
- 2001 - 2003 Vice-Chairman of the Institute of Chemical Technology, TU Delft
- 1998 - 2003 Head of The Department of Applied Organic and Catalytic Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Technology, TU Delft
- 1998 - 2003 Professor of Industrial Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Technology, TU Delft
- 1996 - 1998 EU Fellow/Fellow Peterhouse, University of Cambridge
- 1996 - 1998 Assistant Director, Davy Faraday Laboratories, The Royal Institution, London
- 1994 - 1995 Australian Bicentennial Fellow and EPSRC PDRA, Davy Faraday Laboratories, The Royal Institution, London
Fields of Scholarship
- Catalysis
- 3rd Generation, Sustainable Biofuels
- Solar Hydrogen from Waste Streams
- High-Energy-Density Flow Batteries
- Ionic Liquids
- Sustainable Processes (Green Chemistry)
- Micro- and Mesoporous Nano-structured Materials
Honours and Awards
- 2019 The Federation of Asian Chemical Societies’ Contribution to Economic Development Award
- 2019 Honorary doctorate from the Universities of Ca’Foscari Venice and Trieste
- 2018 RACI R.K. Murphy Medal for Industrial Chemistry
- 2018 CSIRO Eureka Prize for Leadership in Innovation and Science
- 2016 Inaugural USyd Vice-Chancellor’s Prize for Outstanding Research Engagement and Innovation
- 2014 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales
- 2013 New South Wales Science and Engineering Award for Renewable Energy Innovation
- 2012 RACI Weickhardt Medal – for Economic Contributions Through Chemistry
- 2012 Liversidge Lecture and Prize, Royal Society of NSW
- 2011 Elected Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, RACI
- 2011 RACI Applied Research Award
- 2011 Elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Science and Engineering
- 2011 Elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
- 2007 Australian Academy of Science, Le Fèvre Memorial Prize, for outstanding basic research in chemistry by a scientist under 40
- 2004 NSW Tall Poppy Award for Outstanding Contributions to Science
- 1989 Research Fellowship of the Royal Society (Oxford) – not commenced
- 1996 - 1998 EU Marie Curie Fellowship (personal, not institutional)
- 1994 Australian Bicentennial Fellowship
- 1994 George Harris Scholarship
- 1993 C.G. and R.J.W. Le Fèvre Prize
