About us
Group Leader
 | Office: Room 328, Green Chemical Futures, Building 86, 13 Rainforest Walk Email: alexandr.simonov@monash.edu |
Vale Professor Leone Spiccia
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Collaborators
| Professor Udo Bach Office: Room 108, New Horizons, Building 82, 20 Research Way Email: udo.bach@monash.edu |
| https://www.monash.edu/science/research-groups/chemistry/macfarlane Office: Room 328, Green Chemical Futures, Building 86, 13 Rainforest Walk Email: douglas.macfarlane@monash.edu |
Research Fellows
 | Dr Manjunath Chatti Education: PhD in Chemistry, Monash University BSc-MSc in Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research - Kolkata, India Research: Design of novel electromaterials for water splitting Office: Room 333, Green Chemical Futures, Building 86, 13 Rainforest Walk Email: manjunath.chatti1@monash.edu |
 | Dr Khang (Roy) Dinh Education: PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Research: Seawater electrolysis Office: Room 332, Green Chemical Futures, Building 86, 13 Rainforest Walk E-mail: roy.dinh@monash.edu |
| Dr Hoang-Long Du Education: PhD in Chemistry, Monash University, M.Sc. in Energy and Environmental Engineering, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea Research: Design of electro-catalysts for the nitrogen reduction reaction for the synthesis of ammonia Office: Room 332, Green Chemical Futures, Building 86, 13 Rainforest Walk E-mail: hoang-long.du1@monash.edu |
| Dr Rebecca Hodgetts Education: PhD in Chemistry, Monash University, M.Sc. in Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Australia Research: Mechanistic studies of the electrochemical ammonia synthesis Office: Room 333, Green Chemical Futures, Building 86, 13 Rainforest Walk E-mail: beck.hodgetts@monash.edu |
| Dr Dijon Hoogeveen Education: PhD in Chemistry, Monash University BSc (hons.) in Chemistry, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Research: Development of water splitting electrodes and devices; mechanistic studies in electrocatalysis Office: Room 333, Green Chemical Futures, Building 86, 13 Rainforest Walk Email: dijon.hoogeveen@monash.edu |
 | Dr Tam D. Nguyen Education: PhD in Materials Science, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore BEng in Engineering Physics and Nanotechnology, Vietnam National University, Vietnam Research: High temperature and high pressure water splitting Office: Room 333, Green Chemical Futures, Building 86, 13 Rainforest Walk Email: tam.nguyen2@monash.edu |
 | Dr Narendra K. R. Pai Education: PhD in Chemistry, Monash University M.Sc. in Nanotechnology, Amrita Centre for Nanosciences, India Research: Inorganic thin-film solution-processable solar cells Office: Room 103, New Horizons, Building 82, 20 Research Way Email: narendra.pai@monash.edu |
 | Dr Gaveshana Anuradha Sepalage Education: PhD in Chemistry, Monash University, Australia Research: Development and investigation of low-cost electrodes for perovskite solar cells Office: Room 103, New Horizons, Building 82, 20 Research Way Email: gaveshana.sepalage@monash.edu |
PhD students
| Eleanora (Ella) Charnetskaya Education: MSc in Chemistry, United Arab Emirates University - Al Ain, UAE Research: Design of electrocatalysts for the hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions Office: Room 333, Green Chemical Futures, Building 86, 13 Rainforest Walk E-mail: eleanora.charnetskaya@monash.edu |
 | Sam Cohen Education: Hons in Chemistry, Monash University, Australia Research: The reduction of ammonia to dintrogen Office: Room 332, Green Chemical Futures, Building 86, 13 Rainforest Walk E-mail: sam.cohen2@monash.edu |
| Yvonne Hora Education: M.Sc. in Nanotechnology, Hons in Chemistry, Nanotechnology and Physics, La Trobe University, Melbourne VIC Research: Understanding the mechanisms of degradation of perovskite solar cells; design of cheap and robust electrodes for perovskite solar cells Office: Room 103, New Horizons, Building 82, 20 Research Way E-mail: yvonne.hora@monash.edu |
 | Melinda Krebz Education: M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics Research: Mechanistic studies of the electrochemical ammonia synthesis Office: Room 333, Green Chemical Futures, Building 86, 13 Rainforest Walk E-mail: melinda.krebsz@monash.edu |
| Nitish Rai Education: B.S.-M.S. in Material Science and Technology, Indian Institute Of Technology - Varanasi, India Research: Design of cheap and robust electrodes for perovskite solar cells Office: Room 103, New Horizons, Building 82, 20 Research Way E-mail: nitish.rai@monash.edu |
 | Darcy Simondson-Tammer Education: Hons in Chemistry, Monash University, Australia Research: Investigation of electrocatalytic systems for acidic and sea water splitting Office: Room 333, Green Chemical Futures, Building 86, 13 Rainforest Walk E-mail: darcy.simondson-tammer@monash.edu |
 | Daniel van Zeil Education: Hons in Chemistry, Monash University, Australia Research: High temperature and high pressure water splitting Office: Room 333, Green Chemical Futures, Building 86, 13 Rainforest Walk E-mail: daniel.vanzeil@monash.edu |
