Maria Forsyth

Maria Forsyth is an Australian chemist. She is a research professor at the University of the Basque Country and an Alfred Deakin Fellow at Deakin University in Victoria, Australia where she holds the Chair in Electromaterials and Corrosion Sciences.

Maria Forsyth
Alma materMonash University
Known forResearch on materials for energy storage
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsDeakin University

Her research has applications in both energy storage and in understanding the mechanisms of corrosion.

Biography

Education

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]

Research

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]

In 2020 she and colleagues announced a breakthrough in Lithium batteries due to a novel salt based electrolyte. The resulting batteries were more efficient and they were not flammable. In fact their new batteries became more efficient as the temperature increases.[5]

Other awards

References
  1. "Maria Forsyth". Ikerbasque Basque Foundation for Science. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  2. "Professor Maria Forsyth - Our People - ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science". www.electromaterials.edu.au. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  3. "Professor Maria Forsyth | Australian Academy of Science". www.science.org.au. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  4. "ペニスの大きさとアルコールや喫煙の関係について". ペニス増大サプリ最強ランキング！ (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  5. Biscevic, Tajna (6 March 2020). "Deakin scientists develop better performing lithium batteries". Manufacturers' Monthly. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  6. "Professor Maria Forsyth awarded Australian Laureate Fellowship". Deakin University. 8 August 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  7. "Professor Maria Forsyth". www.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
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