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People
Here you'll find details of the staff and students who make up the Soft Materials Research Group.
Staff
Fellows
PhD Students
Honours Students
- Geoffrey Pidcock
- Reece Gately
- Anthony Wise
- Shannon Bakarich
Project Students
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Industrial Technical Engineering Degree (Specialised in Industrial Chemistry), Spain Master in Chemistry, MChem (Hons first class), England
Research Project:
Studying biocompatible conducting polymer/carbon nanotube composites.
Supervisors:
Dr. M. in het Panhuis, Prof. G.G. Wallace
email: ajgr985@uow.edu.au phone: +61 (02) 4298 1452 fax: +61 (02) 4298 1477 office number: 231.223M (Innovation Campus) |

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BA(Russian), University of Texas, Arlington MSc Applied Physics, University of Texas, Dallas.
Research Project:
I am investigating inkjet and extrusion printing techniques for the purpose of creating 2D and 3D bioscaffold structures that incorporate conducting polymers, drugs for timed release, and various biopolymers.
Supervisors:Dr M. in het Panhuis, Prof. G.G. Wallace
email: cm482@uow.edu.au fax: +61 (02) 4298 1477 office number: 231.235A (Innovation Campus) |

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Bachelor of Science in Oleochemistry, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Master of Science (Chemistry(Polyurethane)), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Research Project:
The aim of my research is to build a new biocompatible material preferably film or membrane. A desirable property on the materials will be biodegradability, biocompatibility, antimicrobial, non-toxic in order to be used in biomedical applications such as wound dressing or artificial skin. The raw materials used are chitosan (cationic) and gellan gum (anionic), which both of it are polysaccharides. Then nanoparticles (silver, titanium dioxide and zinc oxide) will be added to the system to improve mechanical properties, reduced water swelling, promote cell growth and act as an active antibacterial. The research will be held in different stages, first focusing on the pro-process in order to obtain film and then the process to optimize the properties of films through an extensive characterization process.
Supervisors:Dr M. in het Panhuis
email: kama937@uow.edu.au phone: +61 (02) 4221 3482
office number: 18.118
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BNano (Adv.) (Hons.) (First Class), University of Wollongong
Research Project:
Molecular Separation using Carbon Nanotube Membranes
The broad aim of this PhD project is to investigate the use of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWNTs) towards the synthesis of highly porous membrane filtration materials. Membranes will be synthesised utilising a wide range of unique functional materials, including various macrocycles, responsive and antimicrobial materials. By retaining such materials into the final structure, we hope to controllably tailor the pore structure and hence selectivity of the produced membranes towards a range of specific analytes.
Supervisors:Assoc. Prof. S. Ralph, Dr. M. in het Panhuis
email: ljs358@uow.edu.au phone: +61 (02) 4221 3482 fax: +61 (02) 4221 3114 office number: 18.118 |

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Bachelor of Chemistry, King Saud University (KSA) Master of Chemistry, University of Wollongong
Research Project:
Synthesis and characterisation of polymer/carbon nanotube composites
Supervisors:
Dr. M. in het Panhuis
email: akma365@uow.edu.au phone: +61 (02) 4221 3482 office number: 18.118 |
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Bachelor of Nanotechnology (Advanced), Honours (Class I), University of Wollongong
Research Project:
Fabrication of three-dimensional, cell-laden architectures by the controlled deposition of bio-polymers, conducting polymers, cells and bio-molecules for the engineering of cardiac tissue.
Supervisors:Dr. M. in het Panhuis, Prof. G.G. Wallace
email: cjf146@uow.edu.au fax: +61 (02) 4298 1477 office number: 231.241A (Innovation Campus) |

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Bachelor of Nanotechnology (Advanced), Honours (Class I), University of Wollongong
Research Project:
Utilising Desorption Electrospray Ionisation (DESI) Mass Spectrometry for detection and imaging of biomolecules.
Supervisors:Dr. M. in het Panhuis, Dr. S.J. Blanksby
email: sre359@uow.edu.au phone: +61 (02) 4221 3482 office number: 18.118 |

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