June Yong

June Yong is a postdoctoral research fellow in the School of Science (Applied Chem & Enviro Science), RMIT University. Her research centers on the design of functional nanomaterials, including perovskite nanocrystals, plasmonic nanoassemblies, and two-dimensional oxide materials. She explores the fundamental mechanisms of light/nanomaterials interaction, focusing on the applications in optoelectronics, flexible biosensors, and 2D flexible photo-/electro-catalysis for energy conversion.

She received her Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering at Monash University in July 2022 and then continued as a research assistant in the same group. In October 2022, she moved to RMIT University to take on a postdoctoral research fellow, working with Prof. Tianyi Ma and Prof. Baohua Jia.

Dr. Yong has established an impressive academic track record in the design and self-assembly of optoelectrical nanostructures for photocatalysis, optoelectronics, and flexible biosensors. She has published 27 peer-reviewed research papers, including 10 as first/co-first author, 5 as second author, and 1 book chapter. Her publications have attracted over 1300 citations overall, with an h-index of 13 on Google Scholar. More than 80% of her journal papers have been published in Q1 journals, including Advanced Materials (JIF: 32.086); Journal of American Chemical Society (JIF: 16.383); Light: Science & Applications (JIF=20.257); Angewandte Chemie (JIF: 12.257); Nano Energy (JIF=19.069); ACS Nano (JIF=18.027); Biosensors & Bioelectronics (JIF=12.545); Materials Horizons (JIF=15.717); Nano Letter (JIF=15.717); ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (JIF=10.383). Due to her outstanding performance in research, she was also awarded the Postgraduate Publications Award (Monash University, 2022) and Horizon Prize-John Jeyes Prize (awarded as a team member, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2023).