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Dr Lathe Jones
Dr. Lathe A. Jones is a lecturer in the School of Applied Sciences (RMIT, City Campus), and Deputy Director of the Centre for Advanced Materials and Industrial Chemistry (CAMIC).
Research interests
Applied Chemistry (Industrial Chemistry, Minerals Chemistry) and Electrochemistry (Electrodeposition and Catalysis).
Dr. Jones currently supervises 6 postgraduate students in these areas and Inquiries about PhD projects are welcome.
Recent Projects and Funding are listed below, including involvement in attracting more than $1.5M in funding from Industry in the last 4 years (in collaboration with other scientists at RMIT):
- Advanced Studies on the Hydrometallurgy and Electrochemistry of Primary Copper Sulphide Ores (LP13010091). Rio Tinto, Murdoch University, Monash University ($400K Industry cash, $615K ARC, 2013-16, >$1.1 M).
- Studies of factors that lead to benzene emission from Alumina calcination stacks (BHP Billiton Worsley).
- Studies on the physical chemistry of Bayer liquors (BHP Billiton Worsley)
- Surface studies of mineral ores by Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy (SECM) (BHP Billiton)
- Electrodeposition of porous materials for catalysis and sensing.
- Surface chemistry and morphological control of electrodeposited metals and alloys.
More information on Dr Jone's Google Scholar publication list of peer reviewed journals
Deputy Director CAMIC (Centre for Advanced Materials and Industrial Chemistry).
Teaching
- ONPS2320/2321 – Applied Science 1 and 2 (Chemistry)
- CHEM1031/1254 – Chemistry of Materials (Inorganic Chemistry)
- CHEM1068 – Chemistry Theory 3B (Physical Chemistry, Electrochemistry)
- ONPS2186 – 3rd Year Chemistry Project (Project Supervisor)
- ONPS2335 Professional Scientist (Group Mentor)
Deputy Director CAMIC (Centre for Advanced Materials and Industrial Chemistry).
Teaching
- ONPS2320/2321 – Applied Science 1 and 2 (Chemistry)
- CHEM1031/1254 – Chemistry of Materials (Inorganic Chemistry)
- CHEM1068 – Chemistry Theory 3B (Physical Chemistry, Electrochemistry)
- ONPS2186 – 3rd Year Chemistry Project (Project Supervisor)
- ONPS2335 Professional Scientist (Group Mentor)
- B.Sc. (Hons I.), University of Newcastle (Australia)
- Ph.D., University of Queensland (Australia).
- Royal Australian Chemical Society, RACI (Member) and Chartered Chemist (C. Chem.)
- International Society for Electrochemistry, ISE. (Member)
- Electrochemical Society, ECS. (Member)
Past experience
- Lecturer (School of Applied Science) and Deputy Director (Centre for Advanced Materials and Industrial Chemistry - CAMIC), 2015 to present.
- Vice Chancellors (Industry) Fellow, RMIT University, 2010 – 2014.
- Senior Research Fellow and Unit Manager (CIDETEC, San Sebastian, Spain), 2005-2010.
- Research Fellow (Universidad De Zaragoza, Spain), 2003 – 2004.
- Postdoctoral Fellow (University of Manchester, UK), 1999 – 2002.
- Venkatachalam, R.,Ragunath, M.,Khan, N.,Kathiresan, M.,Suryanarayanan, V.,Jones, L.,Kundu, S. (2023). Gold nanoparticles decorated covalent organic polymer as a bimodal catalyst for total water splitting and nitro compound reduction In: Materials Today Chemistry, 27, 1 - 11
- Jadhav, R.,Nadimetla, D.,Gawade, V.,Jones, L.,Bhosale, S. (2023). Mimicking the Natural World with Nanoarchitectonics for Self-Assembled Superstructures In: Chemical Record, 23, 1 - 19
- Greaves, T.,Dharmadana, D.,Yalcin, D.,Clarke-Hannaford, J.,Christofferson, A.,Murdoch, B.,Han, H.,Brown, S.,Weber, C.,Spencer, M.,McConville, C.,Drummond, C.,Jones, L. (2022). Electrochemical Stability of Zinc and Copper Surfaces in Protic Ionic Liquids In: Langmuir, 38, 4633 - 4644
- Venkatachalam, R.,Manivannan, M.,Kathiresan, M.,Suryanarayanan, V.,Jones, L. (2022). Metal/metal oxide-decorated covalent organic frameworks as electrocatalysts for electrocarboxylation and water splitting In: Materials Chemistry and Physics, 285, 1 - 11
- Reddy, G.,Della Gaspera, E.,Jones, L.,Giribabu, L. (2021). Self-assembly of a symmetrical dimethoxyphenyl substituted Zn(II) phthalocyanine into nanoparticles with enhanced NIR absorbance for singlet oxygen generation In: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 408, 1 - 8
- Hundal, A.,Jones, L. (2021). Enhanced Photovoltaic Efficiency via Control of Self-Assembly in Cyanopyridone-Based Oligothiophene Donors In: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 12, 919 - 924
- Faris, N.,White, J.,Magazowski, F.,Fischmann, A.,Jones, L.,Tardio, J.,Madapusi, S.,Grocott, S.,Bhargava, S. (2021). An investigation into potential pathways for nickel and cobalt loss during impurity removal from synthetic nickel laterite pressure acid leach solutions via partial neutralisation In: Hydrometallurgy, 202, 1 - 13
- Faris, N.,Fischmann, A.,Assmann, S.,Jones, L.,Tardio, J.,Madapusi, S.,Grocott, S.,Bhargava, S. (2021). A study into the behaviour of nickel, cobalt and metal impurities during partial neutralisation of synthetic nickel laterite pressure leach solutions and pulps In: Hydrometallurgy, 202, 1 - 18
- Deller, Z.,Jones, L.,Maniam, S. (2021). Aqueous redox flow batteries: How ‘green’ are the redox active materials? In: Green Chemistry, 23, 4955 - 4979
- Bhosale, S.,Al Kobaisi, M.,Jadhav, R.,Morajkar, P.,Jones, L.,George, S. (2021). Naphthalene diimides: Perspectives and promise In: Chemical Society Reviews, 50, 9845 - 9998
12 PhD Current Supervisions14 PhD Completions and 1 Masters by Research Completions
- Understanding Nickel and Cobalt Reactions and Speciation during Neutralisation. Funded by: Clean TeQ Limited from (2019 to 2020)
- Controlling arsenic to unlock value in gold and copper resources. Funded by: ARC Linkage Project Grant 2016 from (2018 to 2023)