2016 Honours Students
Ben Austen
Electrochemical Behaviour of Nanoscale Sensing Platforms
Supervisors: Damien Arrigan, Tom Beckers, Debbie Silvester
Fields of interest
- Electrochemistry
- Chemical sensing
- Nanotechnology
- Wine science
Biography
2010 – 2015: Bachelor of Science with Honours in Physics and Chemistry, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia
Emily Byrne
Simulation of the Properties of Calcium Sulphate in Water
Supervisors: Julian Gale, Paolo Raiteri
Caitlyn Gibson
Sensing of Hydrogen in Ionic Liquids using Mesoporous Metal Frameworks
Supervisor: Dr Debbie Silvester-Dean
Fields of interest
- Electrochemical analysis
- Gas sensing
- Ionic Liquids
- Hydrogen
Biography
February 2016 – present: Honours project, modifying of Pt electrode surfaces with mesoporous metal frameworks, investigating the sensing of hydrogen gas in room temperature ionic liquids.
June – November 2015: Undergraduate 3rd Year Project, researching heavy-metal analysis in Cat hair using electrochemical techniques.
Rene Zhi Hui Phe
Lanthanoid-Calixarene Bottlebrush Clusters
Supervisors: Mark Ogden, Max Massi
Fields of interest
- Chemical Synthesis
- Photophysical Investigation
Biography
2013 – 2014 Bachelor of Science (Honours), Chemistry, at Curtin University, Perth. “Synthesis and photophysical investigation on n-Heterocyclic carbene- copper(I) complexes”
2010 – 2013 Bachelor of Science, Chemistry, at Curtin University, Perth