Maria Forsyth

Maria Forsyth
Residence Victoria
Education Monash University
Occupation Chemist
Employer Deakin University
Known for research on materials for energy storage

Professor Maria Forsyth is an Alfred Deakin Fellow at the Australian Deakin University where she holds the Chair in Electromaterials and Corrosion Sciences. She is a research Professor at the University of the Basque Country. Her research work has applications in both energy storage and in understanding the mechanisms of corrosion.

Life

Forsyth gained a first class degree and her doctorate at Monash University.[1] In 1985 she was the top Australian student chemist and she was awarded the Masson medal. This led to a three year commonwealth scholarship.[2]

In 1990 Fulbright funded her postdoctoral Fellowship. The Australian Research Council funded her fellowship from 2003 for four years and during this time she won the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research from her university's Engineering department.[2]

In 2012 she became the Alfred Deakin Professor at Deakin University. She then became a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2015,[3] an associate Director of ACES as well as being an Australian Laureate Fellow and the Chair of electromaterials and Corrosion science.[2] Forsyth is a research Professor at the University of the Basque Country in Spain.[1]

In 2018 her research group was looking at novel metal-air batteries where the electrolytes are unusual. They are able to look at electrochemical processes using Nuclear magnetic resonance techniques.[4] She focuses on studying materials which are use for transporting electrical charge both within the electrolyte and at the interface between the electrolyte and the metal. This has applications in both energy storage and in understanding the mechanisms of corrosion.[2]

The battery systems include combinations which include either sodium or lithium battery systems. The ion transportation has included systems using ionic liquids, polymer electrolytes and plastic crystals. Her group has created a new large rage of organic plastics that have ionic applications.[3]

Other awards

  • Deputy Director Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM), Deakin University

References

  1. 1 2 "Maria Forsyth". Ikerbasque Basque Foundation for Science. 2018-08-31. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Professor Maria Forsyth - Our People - ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science". www.electromaterials.edu.au. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  3. 1 2 "Professor Maria Forsyth | Australian Academy of Science". www.science.org.au. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  4. ↑ http://www.macro18.org/speakers/invited-speakers/energyoptics-optoelectronics/professor-maria-forsyth/
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