Dr. Subashani Maniam
Details
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Department: School of Science
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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subashani.maniam@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID:
0000-0002-0272-864X
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
- Collaborative projects
About
Dr Subashani Maniam is an organic synthetic chemist with research focuse on two main aspects; developing organic materials for energy storage and synthesis of bioactive compounds with potential therapeutically properties.
Subashani obtained her PhD from the Australian National University (2008) in supramolecular chemistry under the supervision of Prof Christopher Easton.
After a joint postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Melbourne and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) (2008-2011) under the mentorship of Prof Andrew Holmes and Dr Gavin Collis working on dye-sensitised solar cells using supercritical carbon dioxide, she worked with Prof Langford exploring naphthalene diimides- and porphyrin-based photosystems at Monash University.
In 2016, she was awarded a Victorian Fellowship by the Victoria State Government which gave her the opportunity to explore small molecules and polymers as charge storage devices at Waseda University, Japan.
Recent media release and accomplishments:
- Student experience: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rmit-aces/posts/?feedView=all
- Board Member of Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) since 2024
- Edited the book "Batteries: The Future of Energy Storage" 2024
- Review, "Aqueous redox flow batteries: How ‘green’ are the redox active materials?" was selected as 2021 Green Chemistry Hot Articles
- Top 10% most downloaded articles in Chem- Eur J for 2018-2019 (Harnessing Brightness in Naphthalene Diimides & Recent Advances in the Core‐Annulation of Naphthalene Diimides)
Research fields
- 340503 Organic chemical synthesis
- 340504 Organic green chemistry
- 401703 Energy generation, conversion and storage (excl. chemical and electrical)
- 340499 Medicinal and biomolecular chemistry not elsewhere classified
UN sustainable development goals
- 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
- 3 Good Health and Well Being
Supervisor projects
- Novel catalytic system fabrication and design for clean energy applications.
- 9 Jun 2025
- Designing Sustainable Routes for the Synthesis of Key Building Blocks and Specialty Chemicals from Biomass and Marine- Resources
- 5 Jun 2025
- Development of autophagy targeting nature inspired sipro-compounds as promising anticancer therapy followed by preclinical validation
- 12 Mar 2025
- Enhancing the Delivery of Drug Molecules to the Brain Using Lipid Nanocarriers
- 18 Dec 2024
- Exploring Advanced Organic Materials for Enhanced Performance in Redox Flow Batteries
- 27 Aug 2024
- Organic molecules for redox flow batteries (RFBs)
- 3 May 2024
- Assessment of Spiro-based Drug Candidates against Alzheimer's Disease
- 16 Feb 2024
- Pyridyl nitrogen comprising porous polymers to electrocatalyse polysulfide redox reaction and suppress polysulfide dissolution
- 15 Jan 2024
- Utilizing protein-protein interactions for drug discovery
- 14 Dec 2023
- Triazine Based Materials: Design Strategy and Applications
- 23 May 2023
- Removal of fats oils and greases from catering establishment wastewater
- 5 Apr 2023
- Conversion of Waste Materials into Value Added Carbon Nanofibres
- 21 Oct 2022
- Understanding the Mechanism of Formation & Inhibition of Protein Fibrils for Treatment & Prevention of Neurodegenerative Disease
- 23 Jul 2021
- Odours and Emissions from Bituminous Road Materials and their Mitigation
- 3 May 2021
- Development of Hybrid Polymer Modified Bitumen for Road Pavement Applications
- 16 Oct 2020
- Development of Synthetic Strategies towards Quinoline-4-Carboxamide and Fused-Diaza Heterocycles via Annulations of Oxime Acetate
- 4 Jun 2020
- Synthesis, Spectroscopic Characterisation and Biological Evaluation of New Inhibitors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Based on Thiazolotriazole and Quinoline Heterocycles
- 4 Jun 2020
- Spirocycles as Inhibitors of Amyloid Misfolding Against Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease
- 24 Apr 2020
- Synthesis and Characterizations of N-heterocyclic Compounds via Transition Metal Free C-H Functionalization for C-C Bond Formation and C-S Bond Formation using Elemental Sulphur
- 8 Nov 2019
Teaching interests
Lectures:
CHEM1040 Further Concepts in Chemistry
CHEM1067 Advanced Chemistry Theory
CHEM1068 Advanced Topics in Chemistry
Laboratory:
CHEM1041 Chemistry Laboratory
CHEM1042 Spealised Chemistry Laboratory
CHEM1069 Advanced Chemistry Laboratory
Course Coordinator:
CHEM1040 Further Concepts in Chemistry
CHEM1041 Chemistry Laboratory
Research interests
Current projects:
- Advanced Materials for redox flow batteries
- Self-assembled, peptide-based new functional materials
- Developing lead small organic molecules with selective anti-cancer properties
- Optimisation of small organic molecules for Alzheimer’s disease
- Organic molecules for redox flow batteries (RFBs)
