Dr. Yijiao Jiang
- Associate Professor
- Chair of Macquarie University (MQ) Women in Engineering Committee
- Co-Director of MQ-Jilin University Joint Research Centre for Green Catalysis
- Associate Editor of Energy & Fuels (American Chemical Society Publications)
- Macquarie University Sustainable Energy Research Centre
- School of Engineering, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Employment
- 01/2020-present Associate Professor, School of Engineering, Macquarie University
- 08/2014-12/2019 Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering, Macquarie University
- 01/2012-04/2014, ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award, UNSW and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
- 09/2010-12/2011, Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellow, School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW
- 07/2008- 07/2010, Postdoc, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), Switzerland
Education
- PhD in Chemical Technology, University Stuttgart, Germany
- BEng & MEng in Environmental Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, China
Grants & Awards
- 2021 MQ Research Infrastructure: Spectroelectrochemical analysis for characterisation of solid materials (Lead CI)
- 2019-2021 ARC Discovery Project (Yijiao Jiang and Catherine Stampfl)
- 2019 MQ Research Infrastructure: Solid-state NMR probe at MQ (Lead CI)
- 2019-2022 EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchange Grant
- 2018-2021 ARC Research Hub for Computational Particle Technology (Industrial Partner: JITRI, Lead CI)
- 2018 Macquarie University Re-Start Grant
- 2017-2020 ARC Research Hub for Computional Particle Technology (Industrial Partner: Rio Tinto, Second CI)
- 2017 Monash Engineering Women Leadership Award
- 2016-2018 Macquarie University Research Centres Scheme (Energy and Environmental Contaminants)
- 2015-2016 Macquarie University Research Development Grant
- 2014-2017 ARC Discovery Project (Rose Amal and Yijiao Jiang)
- 2013 Young Scientist Award in the 6th Asia-Pacific Congress on Catalysis
- 2012-2015 ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA)
- 2011 Faculty Research Grant & Early Career Researcher Grant, UNSW Australia
- 2010-2012 Vice-Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, UNSW Australia
- 2008-2010 Postdoctoral Fellowship, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- 2006 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Abroad, Germany
- 2004-2007 Scholarship from the Graduate College for Magnetic Resonance Sponsored by DFG, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Invited Speaker at Conferences
- The International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies 2021, Honolulu, USA, 16-21 Dec 2021.
- 2nd Singapore ECS International Symposium on Energy Materials, Singapore, 20-21 Nov 2021.
- 4th Energy Future Conference, Sydney, 17-21 Oct 2021.
- 2021 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit, Seattle, USA, 18-23 Apr 2021
- 7th UK Catalysis Conference, Belfast, UK, 6-8 January 2021
- 27th Joint Annual Conference of the Chinese Society of Chemical Science and Technology in the UK and Society of Chemical Industry's Chinese UK Regional Group, Belfast, UK, 11-12 Sep 2020
- 2020 Taipei International Conference on Catalysis, Taiwan, 25-28 Jun. 2020
- International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN 2020), Brisbane, Australia, 9-13 Feb. 2020.
- 2019 Wiley-Guangdong University of Technology International Conference on Energy Chemistry, 20-22 Dec. 2019
- 7th Sino-Australian Symposium on Advanced Coal and Biomass Utilisation Technologies, Wuhan, China, 3-6 Dec. 2019
- 2019 Food & Environmental Application Symposium, The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, 6th Sep. 2019
- 2019 International Symposium on Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, Brisbane, Australia, 30 July-2 Aug. 2019
- 10th Singapore International Chemistry Conference, Singapore, 16-19 Dec. 2018
- 3rd International Conference on Emerging Advanced Nanomaterials, Newcastle, Australia, 30 Oct-2 Nov. 2018
- 256th ACS National Meeting & Exhibit, Boston, USA, 19-24 Aug. 2018
- 3th International Symposium on Renewable Energy Technologies, Gold Coast, Australia, 19-22 Jul. 2018
- 6th Sino-Australian Symposium on Advanced Coal and Biomass Utilisation Technologies, Perth, Australia, 4-8 Dec. 2017
- Fudan-University Hamburg-MQ Workshop on Nanotechnology meets Bioengineering, Sydney, Australia, 28-29 Jun. 2017
- 7th Asia-Pacific Congress on Catalysis, Session Chair, Mumbai, India, 17-21 Jan. 2017
- 9th International Conference on Environmental Catalysis, Newcastle, Australia 10-13 Jul. 2016
- MQ Biofocus Research Conference, Session Chair, Sydney, Australia, 1 Dec. 2014
- 8th International Conference on Advanced Materials Processing, Gold Coast, Australia 27-30 Jul. 2014
- 4th International Symposium on Solar Fuels and Solar Cells & The 3rd DNL Conference on Clean Energy, Dalian, China, 20-24 Oct. 2014
- 6th International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Auckland, New Zealand, 11-15 Feb. 2013
- 2nd International Conference on Molecular & Functional Catalysis, Singapore, 29-31 Jul. 2012
Professional Activities
- Member of the College of Experts of the Australian Research Council (ARC): 2021-2023
- Associate Editor of Energy & Fuels (ACS Publications)
- Editorial Board Member: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Carbon Capture Science and Technology (Elsevier), Scientific Reports, IOP SciNotes
- Guest Editor: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Catalysis Today
- Local Organising Committee, 2019 Women in Engineering and IT Symposium, 3-4 October 2019
- Leading Organiser, MQ Women in Engineering Leadership Summit, 15th April 2019
- Co-Chair, International Symposium of Catalysis for Transformation of Carbon Dioxide or Nitrogen to Chemical and Fuel Feedstock, 256th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, 19-24 August 2018, Boston, USA
- Co-Chair, 2018 International Symposium on Advancement and Prospect of Catalysis Science & Technology, 25-27th July 2018, Sydney, Australia
- Sole Organiser, Symposium on Energy and Environmental Contaminants, 1st Sep 2016, Sydney, Australia
- Local Organising Committee, 9th International Conference on Environmental Catalysis,10-13th Jul 2016, Newcastle, Australia
- National Advisory Committee, 18th International Symposium on the Relations between Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis, 22-25th July, Sydney, Australia
- External judges for Materials Science and Engineering Postgraudate Poster Competition at UNSW, 10th October, 2017
- Keynote Speaker and Panel Discussion, 2017 Women in Leadership Forum, Our Lady of Mercy College, 23rd Aug 2017, Paramatta, Australia
- Career Mentor for the students in Years 10-12 at the Ravenswood School for Girls, Gordon