Dr. Ben McLean
Details
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College: School of Engineering
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Department: School of Engineering
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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ben.mclean2@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID: 0000-0001-7763-8828
Open to
- Collaborative projects
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Dr, Ben McLean is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Materials Modelling and Simulation Group, working within the ARC Steel Research Hub.
Ben employs multiscale molecular simulations and quantum chemical calculations to study fundamental molecular mechanisms of adsorption to functional nanomaterial interfaces, self-assembly, and the growth of low dimensional nanomaterials.
With his expertise, he has made significant contributions to computational chemistry and materials science research and high quality teaching at RMIT University.
Research fields
- 3407 Theoretical and computational chemistry
- 401605 Functional materials
Academic positions
- Senior Researcher
- Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- Ulsan, South Korea
- 28 Sep 2020 – 27 May 2022
Teaching interests
Ben delivers lectures, lectorials and tutorials for undergraduate courses in the School of Engineering focused on Chemical Engineering, Chemistry and Research methods.
His passion for education drives him to continually develop his teaching methods to provide a positive and valuable student experience.
Research interests
Computational chemistry:
Classical force fields
Machine learning force fields
Density functional theory
Density functional tight binding
Low dimensional nanomaterials:
Carbon nanotubes
Graphene
Boron nitride nanotubes
Self-assembly:
Polymers
Peptides
Functional interfaces:
Silica
Paint/polymer coatings
