Biography
(Entry Date: 15-3-09)
Paul Mulvaney is an ARC Federation Fellow and Professor of Chemistry in the School of Chemistry and Bio21 Institute at the University of Melbourne.
He received his PhD degree at the University of Melbourne in 1989, working on surface electron transfer reactions with Professor Franz Grieser. He has worked as a research associate at the ANU Applied Maths Department (1988-89) and the Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago in 1986-87, 88. He was appointed as a research scientist at the Hahn-Meitner-Institute for Nuclear Research in Berlin from 1989-1992 with Professor Arnim Henglein, where he studied pulse radiolysis and the nucleation of nanocrystals. In 1993 he returned to the University of Melbourne as an ARC QEII Research Fellow, and he accepted a Faculty position in 1997. In 1999, he spent time in Palo Alto with Quantum Dot Corporation. He was a Humboldt Research Fellow in 2000 at the Max-Planck Insitute for Colloids and Surfaces in Golm with Professor Markus Antonietti, and again in 2005 at the CAESAR Nanotechnology Institute in Bonn with Professor Michael Giersig.
His current interests include the optical properties of single quantum dots, surface plasmon spectroscopy of single metal particles, nanocrystal based electronics, nanomechanics and solar energy conversion. To date he has published some 170 scientific papers averaging around 49 citations per publication. His h-index is currently 49.
The Nanoscience Laboratory at the University of Melbourne focuses on the chemistry and physics of nanoscale materials, particularly optical properties. The Laboratory has 4 postdoctoral researchers and 12 PhD students and group members come from numerous countries including Brazil, Venezuela, Germany, US, Singapore and Canada. Current funding comes from the Australian Research Council (ARC), DEST, Humboldt Foundation in Germany, ICI (UK) and the Ludwig Cancer Institute.
The NSL collaborates with a number of Australian and international centres including the Helmholtz Institute for Materials and Energy (Berlin), ARC Centre for Quantum Computing, CSIRO, University of Vigo (Spain), Notre Dame (US), Padua (Italy) and Max-Planck Institute Potsdam.
Professor Mulvaney currently serves on the editorial boards of Advanced Functional Materials, Journal of Materials Chemistry, Langmuir, Small and PCCP. From 2009-2011, he is Chair of the RACI Colloid and Surface Chemistry Division
Research Expertise and International Linkages
Research Expertise
| Research Interest |
Key Words |
Country of Expertise |
| Surface and colloid science, advanced materials, nanoscale chemistry and physics, energy conversion and nanomechanics |
Quantum size effects, atomic force microscopy, single molecule spectroscopy,semiconductor nanocrystals, plasmonics |
Australia |
International Linkages
Languages
Languages
| Language |
Proficiency |
| German |
Speak, Read & Write |
Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other
Awards
Qualifications
| Title |
Institution |
Date Awarded |
Abbreviation |
| Bachelor of Science |
University of Melbourne |
01-Dec-1984 |
|
| Doctor of Philosophy |
University of Melbourne |
01-May-1989 |
|
Memberships
| Membership Type |
Membership Body |
Description |
Start Date |
End Date |
| Member |
RACI |
FRACI, Chair of Colloid and Surface Chemistry Division |
01-Jan-1996 |
01-Jan-2008 |
Fellowships
| Fellowship |
Date Awarded |
| Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (FRACI) |
01-Jan-2006 |
| Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA) |
07-May-2009 |
Other Awards
| Award Type |
Awarding Body |
Comments |
Date Awarded |
| David Syme Research Prize |
University of Melbourne |
|
01-Dec-1999 |
| Other (Award) |
University of Melbourne |
Grimwade Prize in Chemistry |
01-Dec-1998 |
| Scholarship |
Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung |
Humboldt Scholarship to max-Planck Institute in Potsdam (sabbatical in 2000) |
01-Jun-1999 |
| Scholarship |
Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung |
Humboldt Scholarship to Caesar nanotechnology Institute Bonn (sabbatical in 2005) |
01-Jun-2004 |
Government Research Classifications
Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications
Socio-Economic Objective Classifications
Grants and Contracts
Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.
Grants
| Title |
Role |
Funding Source |
Scheme |
Award Date |
| Material properties of nanocrystals |
Chief Investigator |
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL |
Discovery Projects |
01/01/2003 |
| Characterization of bioadhesives from marine diatom slimes & their interactions with different substrata; developing environmentally friendly..... |
Chief Investigator |
AKZO NOBEL,
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL |
Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) |
01/01/2004 |
| Spectroscopy of single quantum dots |
Chief Investigator |
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL |
Discovery Projects |
01/01/2004 |
| Materials and surface characterisation facility |
Chief Investigator |
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL |
Linkage Infrastructure (Equipment and Facilities) |
01/01/2005 |
| Nanotribology-the chemical rolling resistance of single nanocrystals |
Chief Investigator |
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL |
Discovery Projects |
01/01/2005 |
| Q-SAND: WHISPERING GALLERY MODE DETECTION SYSTEM FOR ULTRASENSITIVE AND LABEL FREE TESTING IN BIOTECHNOLOGY |
Chief Investigator |
NHMRC |
Development Grants |
01/01/2005 |
| HIGH-SPEED ULTRACENTRIFUGE FACILITY WITH SENSITIVE SCANNING OPTICS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF INTERACTING BIOMOLECULES |
Chief Investigator |
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL |
Linkage Infrastructure (Equipment and Facilities) |
01/01/2005 |
| Energy conversion and signal transduction in nanomechanical systems |
Chief Investigator |
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL |
Federation Fellowships |
01/01/2006 |
| ENHANCED MICRO-RAMAN AND FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY AND IMAGING FACILITY FOR BIOSYSTEMS AND MATERIALS |
Chief Investigator |
MONASH UNIVERSITY |
Linkage Infrastructure (Equipment and Facilities) (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) |
05/04/2006 |
| The Melbourne Nanofabrication Facility |
Chief Investigator |
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL |
Linkage Infrastructure (Equipment and Facilities) |
01/01/2007 |
| DESIGNER NANOCRYSTALS FOR ADVANCED BIOLABELLING APPLICATIONS |
Chief Investigator |
DEPT OF INNOVATION INDUSTRY SCIENCE & RESEARCH |
International Science Linkages (DEPT OF EDUCATION SCIENCE & TRAINING) |
21/05/2007 |
| HIGH ACCURACY SPECTROSCOPY UNDER EXTREME CONDITIONS: COMBINING NOVEL SYNCHROTRON AND LABORATORY BASED SPECTROSCOPY |
Chief Investigator |
UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE,
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE |
Linkage Infrastructure (Equipment and Facilities) (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) |
01/01/2008 |
| Nanocrystal Electronics: A Sol-Gel Approach |
Chief Investigator |
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL |
Discovery Projects |
01/01/2009 |
| Reaction Kinetics Analysis Facility |
Chief Investigator |
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL |
Linkage Infrastructure (Equipment and Facilities) |
01/01/2009 |
| ADVANCED MICROSCOPY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR USE IN FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES |
Chief Investigator |
RMIT |
Linkage Infrastructure (Equipment and Facilities) (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) |
|
| MELBOURNE PLATFORM FOR SURFACE CHARACTERISATION OF STRUCTURED MATERIALS |
Chief Investigator |
RMIT |
Linkage Infrastructure (Equipment and Facilities) (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) |
|
Contracts
| Title |
Role |
Funding Source |
Award Date |
| RESEARCH AGREEMENT - SILICA COATED TITANIA PARTICLES |
Chief Investigator |
CRODA INTERNATIONAL PLC |
04/09/2007 |
| NCRIS - VICTORIAN NODE OF AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL FABRICATION FACILITY - MELBOURNE CENTRE OF NANOFABRICATION (MCN) |
Chief Investigator |
LA TROBE UNIVERSITY,
MONASH UNIVERSITY,
CSIRO,
SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY,
DEAKIN UNIVERSITY |
18/12/2007 |
| NANOPARTICLES FOR MEDICAL IMAGING |
Chief Investigator |
CSIRO |
11/08/2009 |
Additional Grant and Contract Information
Humboldt Fellowship (2000) - work with M Antonietti and H Mohwald at MPI Potsdam, Germany and M Giersig Hahn-Meitner Institute, Berlin.
Humboldt Fellowship (2005) - work with Michael Giesig, CAESAR Nanotechnology Institute, Bonn
Grimwade Prize in Chemistry 1998.
Publications
Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.
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