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Skyllas-Kazakos, Maria (1951 - )

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Born
26 October 1951
Kalymnos, Greece
Occupation
Chemical engineer

Summary

Maria Skyllas-Kazakos has been Professor, School of Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry, University of New South Wales since 1993. She has considerable expertise in battery research and has invented a revolutionary battery called the vanadium redox battery, which can be used to provide power in remote areas as a renewable energy storage system, and in electric vehicles.

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Chronology

1974
Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc(Hons)), University of New South Wales
1978 - 1979
Career position - Member of the technical staff at Bell Labs in New Jersey
1979
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of New South Wales
1980 - 1981
Career position - Queen Elizabeth II Fellow in Physics, University of New South Wales
1982 - 1986
Career position - Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales
1987 - 1992
Career position - Associate Professor, University of New South Wales
1993 -
Career position - Professor of School of Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry, University of New South Wales
1997
Award - Whiffen Medal, Institution of Chemical Engineers and the Institution of Engineers Australia
1998
Award - Chemeca Medal, Australian and New Zealand Federation of Chemical Engineers
1999
Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - for service to science and technology, particularly in the development of the vanadium redox battery as an alternative power source
2000
Award - R. K. Murphy Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
2014 -
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering

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Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

  • McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details

Books

  • Bhathal, Ragbir, Profiles, Australian women scientists (Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1999), 191 pp. Details

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