Meet our team of dedicated experts, who are driving our research success
The Centre for Catalysis and Clean Energy brings together key research staff across a diverse range of specialty areas.
Our expertise drives the Centre with the strength and capability to conduct excellent research across large-scale, complex environmental fields.
Director
Professor Karen Wilson
Professor Karen Wilson was appointed Director of the Centre for Catalysis and Clean Energy at the beginning of 2024. She has made significant contributions in the design of heterogeneous catalysts for clean chemical synthesis, particularly the design of tuneable porous materials for sustainable biofuels and chemicals production from renewable resources, specifically waste biomass. Recent projects have spanned the conversion of biomass from municipal, agricultural or forestry waste to fuels and chemicals, and the transformation of bakery waste to additives for application in coatings and polymers. She has also worked on depollution technologies to remove organic contaminants from wastewater in the seafood industry and palm and olive oil plantations in South East Asia. Karen is a co-investigator and theme leader on a recently funded Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence, ‘Green Electrochemical Transformation of Carbon Dioxide’ GetCO2.
Our researchers and their expertise
Professor Anthony (Tony) Carroll
Invertebrate biology, marine and estuarine ecology, medicinal and biomolecular chemistry, natural products chemistry and organic chemistry
Dr Van Dau
Electrohydrodynamics, micro/nano printing, atomisation, aerosol, flexible electronics and MEMS/NEMS
Dr Mengyang Dong
Research focus is on the design and synthesis of heterostructured electrocatalysts for energy conversions such as rechargeable Metal-air batteries, PEMFC and Water-splitting devices.
Professor Adam Lee
Adam’s research addresses the rational design of nanoengineered materials for energy, environmental and health applications.
Associate Professor Porun Liu
CCCE Deputy Director Nanofabrication of inorganic, hybrid materials; photocatalysis, photoelectrocatalysis, DSSCs, fuel cells.
Dr Liang Wang
Post Doctoral Research Fellow his work focuses on Structural Engineering of 2D Layered Nano-materials for Energy-related Catalysis Electrocatalysis and Photocatalysis
Associate Professor Yun Wang
Heterogeneous catalysis and renewable energy.
Professor Huijun Zhao
Professor Huijun Zhao was the founding Director of the Centre for Catalysis and Clean Energy. His research focus is electrocatalysis, photoelectrocatalysis and thermocatalysis principles, and nanostructured catalysts for important reactions of solar energy conversion, batteries, fuel cells, hydrogen generation, nitrogen-fixation, biomass-derived platform compounds upgrading, environmental remediation, bactericidal and sensing applications.
Dr Zhenzhen Wu
Dr. Zhenzhen Wu received her Ph.D. degree at Griffith in 2021. She is currently a Griffith University Post-Doctoral Research Fellow. Her research focuses on the organic electrode materials and functional electrolyte for rechargeable metal batteries.
Dr Lei Zhang
Energy storage materials and second batteries, carbon-based/2D materials for electrocatalysis, functional polymer materials.
Dr Yu Zou
Research interests in nanomaterials and hybrid materials for electrochemical energy conversion including water electrolysis and fuel cell.
Full members
- Professor Anthony Carroll
- Dr Van Dau
- Dr Mengyang Dong
- Professor Adam Lee
- A/Professor Porun Liu
- Dr Liang Wang
- A/Professor Yun Wang
- Dr Zhenzhen Wu
- Dr Lei Zhang
- Professor Huijun Zhao
- Dr Yu Zou
Research Staff
- Dr Huai Qin Fu
- Dr Ming Zhou
Adjunct members
- A/Professor Shan Chen
- Dr Chao Lai
- Dr Sheng Li
- Dr Ge Shi
- Professor Zhiyong Tang
- Professor Dan Wang
- Professor Huagui Yang
- Professor Haimin Zhang
- Professor Shanqing Zhang
Centre administration
- Christina Perry