
Associate Professor Suzanne Neville
Bachelor of Science (Hons), The University of Sydney, 2000. Ph.D. in Chemistry, The University of Sydney, 2005. Postdoctoral researcher, Molecular Magnetism Group, Monash University, 2006-2008. Marie Curie Fellow, Institut de Chemie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux, France, 2008-2009. Laboratory Manager, Process Science and Engineering, CSIRO, Melbourne, 2010. Australian Research Fellow (ARF), Monash University, 2011-2012 and The University of Sydney, 2013-2016. Future Fellow and A/Prof Chemistry, °IJʹ, 2017. Awarded the RACI Inorganic Division Alan Sargeson Lectureship 2018 for significant and innovative contributions to the field. Awarded the Sandy Mathieson Medal for distinguished contributions to science involving X-ray, neutron, or electron diffraction.
- Publications
- Grants
- Awards
- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
Future Fellowship (FT17). Molecular switching nanomaterials for modern technology.
Discovery Project (DP20). Emergent behaviours in spin crossover materials. C. Kepert (USyd), S. Neville (°IJʹ), B. Powell (UQ).
Cooperative research centres project (CRC-P Round 8). Novel processing of pyrite ore to produce battery grade cobalt and sulfur. A. Tong (CobaltBlue), S. Neville (°IJʹ), V. Peterson (ANSTO).
Expertise in:
1) Designing and developing advanced materials for technological application
2) Deriving structure-property relationships for materials properties optimisation
3) Driving developments in energy-industry relevant materials
Current available projects:
1) Coordination and Materials Chemistry
- Synthetic inorganic chemistry
- In situ structure-function studies
- Polynuclear coordination materials
- Porous materials
- Thermal-, light- and guest-induced switching
- Spin crossover materials
- molecular switching nanoparticles/nanocrystals
2) Minerals process optimisation
- Experimental proof of concept
- Refinement of operational parameters
- Calcine and Leaching projects
- Mineral recovery
- Modelling
- New minerals processing technologies
- Feasibility studies
- Energy Materials