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
- 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
- RACI Weickhardt Medal (2012) – for Economic Contributions Through Chemistry
- Liversidge Lecture and Prize (2012) Royal Society of NSW
- 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 Foreign Member of the Academia Europea (2011)
- Elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (2011)
- Australian Academy of Science, Le Fèvre Memorial Prize (2007) – for outstanding basic research in chemistry by a scientist under 40.
- University Professor, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris VI (2006)
- NSW Tall Poppy Award for Outstanding Contributions to Science (2004)
- Research Fellowship of the Royal Society (Oxford 1998) – not commenced
- EU Marie Curie Fellowship (personal, not institutional) (1996–98)
- Australian Bicentennial Fellowship (1994)
- George Harris Scholarship (1994), C.G. and R.J.W. Le Fèvre Prize (1993), H.B. and F.M. Gritton
