STAFF PROFILE
Dr Ken Chiang
Position:
Associate Professor
College / Portfolio:
STEM College
School / Department:
STEM|School of Engineering
Phone:
+61399252060
Email:
ken.chiang@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
A/Prof. Ken Chiang (He/His) has over 20 years of experience in academic and industrial research. He has raised over $12 million research funding and led a number of government and industry funded projects. His work covers:
- Innovative catalyst technologies and sustainable catalytic processes
- Novel catalytic structures including nanocatalysts and liquid metal catalysts
- The design of advanced catalyst structures, syngas production and conversion, greener/synthetic fuel production, low emission hydrogen generation, and CO2 utilisation.
- New reactor concepts that enable process intensification
- Advanced oxidation processes for water and air purification
- Solar-to-chemical/fuel technologies
Media release: Decarbonisation tech instantly converts CO2 to solid carbon
- PhD, The University of New South Wales, Australia
- BE (Hons) Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Australia
- 2022 – present: Associate Professor, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
- 2016 – 2022: Senior Lecturer, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
- 2007 - 2016: Research Team Leader & Senior Research Scientist, Energy, CSIRO, Australia.
- 2003 - 2007: Research Fellow/Assistant Lecturer – ARC Centre for Functional Nanomaterials, School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, UNSW, Australia
- 2001 - 2003: Research Scientist, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Parker, C.,Krishnamurthi, V.,Zuraqi, K.,Nguyen, K.,Irfan, M.,Jabbar, F.,Yang, D.,Aukarasereenont, P.,Mayes, E.,Murdoch, B.,Elbourne, A.,Chiang, K.,Daeneke, T. (2023). Synthesis of Planet-Like Liquid Metal Nanodroplets with Promising Properties for Catalysis In: Advanced Functional Materials, , 1 - 9
- Irfan, M.,Zuraqi, K.,Nguyen, K.,Le, T.,Jabbar, F.,Ameen, M.,Parker, C.,Chiang, K.,Jones, L.,Elbourne, A.,McConville, C.,Yang, D.,Daeneke, T. (2023). Liquid metal-based catalysts for the electroreduction of carbon dioxide into solid carbon In: Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 11, 14990 - 14996
- Sun, J.,Yamaguchi, D.,Tang, L.,D'Angelo, A.,Chiang, K. (2023). Low temperature catalytic activity of hydrothermally synthesised ruthenium promoted ceria-zirconia composites for reforming CO2-rich methane In: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, , 1 - 15
- Shah, K.,Patel, S.,Halder, P.,Kundu, S.,Hedayati Marzbali, M.,Hakeem, I.,Pramanik, B.,Chiang, K.,Patel, T. (2022). Conversion of pyrolytic non-condensable gases from polypropylene co-polymer into bamboo-type carbon nanotubes and high-quality oil using biochar as catalyst In: Journal of Environmental Management, 301, 1 - 11
- Zuraqi, K.,Parker, C.,Zavabeti, A.,Christofferson, A.,Maniam, S.,McConville, C.,Chiang, K.,Daeneke, T. (2022). Field's Metal Nanodroplets for Creating Phase-Change Materials In: ACS Applied Nano Materials, 5, 5952 - 5958
- Siddiqui, N.,Khan, T.,Chiang, K.,Shah, K., et al, . (2022). Study of ?-valerolactone production from hydrogenation of levulinic acid over nanostructured Pt-hydrotalcite catalysts at low temperature In: Fuel, 323, 1 - 9
- Widhiastuti, F.,Fan, L.,Paz-Ferreiro, J.,Chiang, K. (2022). Oxidative treatment of bisphenol A by Fe(VI) and Fe(VI)/H2O2 and identification of the degradation products In: Environmental Technology & Innovation, 28, 1 - 14
- Widhiastuti, F.,Fan, L.,Paz-Ferreiro, J.,Chiang, K. (2022). Oxidative degradation of bisphenol A in municipal wastewater reverse osmosis concentrate (ROC) using ferrate(VI)/hydrogen peroxide In: Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 163, 58 - 67
- Nguyen, C.,Low, M.,Zavabeti, A.,Murdoch, B.,Guo, X.,Aukarasereenont, P.,Mazumder, A.,Dubey, A.,Jannat, A.,Rahman, M.,Chiang, K.,Truong, V.,Bao, L.,McConville, C.,Walia, S.,Daeneke, T.,Syed, N. (2022). Atomically Thin Antimony-Doped Indium Oxide Nanosheets for Optoelectronics In: Advanced Optical Materials, 10, 1 - 9
- Hakeem, I.,Halder, P.,Dike, C.,Chiang, K.,Sharma, A.,Paz-Ferreiro, J.,Shah, K. (2022). Advances in biosolids pyrolysis: Roles of pre-treatments, catalysts, and co-feeding on products distribution and high-value chemical production In: Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 166, 1 - 29
Student supervision and co-supervision
- 10 PhD students
- 2 Master students
- 2 exchange diploma students from Sweden
- Honours Year research students
- 2 industrial trainees
11 PhD Current Supervisions and 1 Masters by Research Current Supervisions5 PhD Completions
Nano-catalyst - synthesis and characterisation, Heterogeneous catalysis, Reaction engineering, Wastewater and air purification, CO2 utilisation, Hydrogen production, Biomass/biogas conversion, Sustainable energy, Chemical production
- Multifunctional Platform for Chemical Manufacturing and Energy Materials. Funded by: ARC Linkage Infrastructure Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) Grant from (2021 to 2023)
- Hybrid photocatalytic nanomaterials for water purification. Funded by: ARC Discovery Projects 2018 from (2018 to 2022)