Swiegers, Gerhard (Gerry)

Overview

Gerhard (Gerry) F. Swiegers received a PhD in 1991 from the University of Connecticut in the USA. Following Post-Doctoral work at the Australian National University, he joined the University of Wollongong in 1995. During 1998-2009 he was a Principal Research Scientist at the CSIRO. In 2010, he returned to the University of Wollongong as a Professor, specializing in the commercialization of fundamental research and bridging the academia-to-industry gap.

Prof Swiegers is an expert in chemical catalysis and characterization. He has illuminated important fundamental aspects of catalysis and developed several chemically-based techniques that can be used to confirm the authenticity of commercial items in distribution chains. He has founded 6 spin-off companies and licensed out 3 new technologies in the last 15 years. His commercialization activities have attracted an estimated $100 million in private investment and numerous awards, including two DuPont Innovation awards. He has published 2 books, 135 scientific papers/chapters, and 51 patent families, and participated in $19 million of competitive grant funding. His inventions have found use in the pharmaceutical, apparel, casino chip, agricultural, automobile, energy and other industries.

Top Publications

Year	Title
2019	A new class of bubble-free water electrolyzer that is intrinsically highly efficient Published in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
2018	Alkaline Fuel Cells with Novel Gortex-Based Electrodes are Powered Remarkably Efficiently by Methane Containing 5% Hydrogen Published in Advanced Energy Materials
2018	An electrochemical cell with Gortex-based electrodes capable of extracting pure hydrogen from highly dilute hydrogen-methane mixtures Published in Energy and Environmental Science
2012	A porphyrin-doped polymer catalyzes selective, light-assisted water oxidation in seawater Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2011	Structural similarities in enzymatic, homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts of water oxidation Published in Chemical Science
2010	Solar driven water oxidation by a bioinspired manganese molecular catalyst Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
2009	Development of Bioinspired Mn4O4−Cubane Water Oxidation Catalysts: Lessons from Photosynthesis Published in Accounts of Chemical Research
2009	Homogeneous catalysts with a mechanical (Machine-like) action Published in Chemistry: A European Journal
2008	Sustained water oxidation photocatalysis by a bioinspired manganese cluster Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Research Areas

Research Overview

Professor Swiegers has an active program of fundamental research that currently focuses on electrochemical catalysis and the production of hydrogen from water using renewable electricity. He also works in the fields of electrocatalytic process engineering and industrial electrochemistry. He has published widely on the interrelated properties of catalysis in natural and man-made systems, and on amplifying catalysis by thoughtful exploitation of synergistic effects with interacting supports. His book on "Bioinspiration and Biomimicry in Chemistry" (Wiley) received an American Publishers Award (Prose Award) for Professional and Scholarly Excellence. Professor Swiegers has supervised 26 PhD students and Post-Doctoral Fellows.

Available as Research Supervisor

Available for Collaborative Projects

Head Of

Multiple Spin-Off Companies - Chief Technical Officer / Chief Scientific Officer (concurrent with Professorial Appointment) 2005 -

Member Of

Australian Institute of Innovative Materials 2010 -
Intelligent Polymer Research Institute 2010 -
Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science 2006 -
American Chemical Society (ACS) Member 1990 -

Has Collaborator

Wallace, Gordon G. Professor

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2020	Comparative evaluation of the structural and other features governing photo-electrochemical oxygen evolution by Ca/Mn oxides Published In Catalysis Science & Technology
2020	Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation from pH-Neutral Water by a Flexible Tri-Component Composite Published In Catalysis Letters
2020	Preparation and Characterisation of Metallorganic Precursors Derived Iron Oxides on Porous Silicon Layers Published In Materials Science Forum
2020	Synergistic Amplification of Oxygen Generation in (Photo)Catalytic Water Splitting by a PEDOT/Nano-Co3O4/MWCNT Thin Film Composite Published In ChemCatChem
2020	Synergistic amplification of (photo)catalytic oxygen and hydrogen generation from water by thin-film polypyrrole composites Published In Molecular Catalysis
2019	A new class of bubble-free water electrolyzer that is intrinsically highly efficient Published In International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
2019	Designed Conducting Polymer Composites That Facilitate Long-Lived, Light-Driven Oxygen and Hydrogen Evolution from Water in a Photoelectrochemical Concentration Cell (PECC) Published In Journal of composites science
2019	Photo-Electrochemical Oxygen Evolution Reaction by Biomimetic CaMn2O4 Catalyst Published In Applied Sciences (APPS)
2018	Alkaline Fuel Cells with Novel Gortex-Based Electrodes are Powered Remarkably Efficiently by Methane Containing 5% Hydrogen Published In Advanced Energy Materials
2018	An electrochemical cell with Gortex-based electrodes capable of extracting pure hydrogen from highly dilute hydrogen-methane mixtures Published In Energy and Environmental Science
2018	Gortex-Based Gas Diffusion Electrodes with Unprecedented Resistance to Flooding and Leaking Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
2018	Synergistic Amplification of Water Oxidation Catalysis on Pt by a Thin-Film Conducting Polymer Composite Published In ACS Applied Energy Materials
2018	Synergistic amplification of catalytic hydrogen generation by a thin-film conducting polymer composite Published In Catalysis Science & Technology
2017	Demetallatation of electrochemically polymerised Mn porphyrin anion / PEDOT composites under light-illumination Published In Synthetic Metals
2017	Investigations into the electrochemical etching process of p-type silicon using ethanol-surfactant solutions Published In AIP Conference Proceedings
2016	Kinematic molecular manufacturing machines Published In Coordination Chemistry Reviews
2016	Studies of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) films containing cationic Mn porphyrins. A loading-dependent demetalation of Mn(III)TPP in PEDOT (Mn(III)TPP=5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphyrinato manganese(III)) Published In Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
2013	A light-assisted, polymeric water oxidation catalyst that selectively oxidizes seawater with a low onset potential Published In Chemical Science
2012	A porphyrin-doped polymer catalyzes selective, light-assisted water oxidation in seawater Published In Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2012	Towards hydrogen energy: progress on catalysts for water splitting Published In Australian Journal of Chemistry: an international journal for chemical science
2011	Photocatalytic oxygen evolution from non-potable water by a bioinspired molecular water oxidation catalyst Published In Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical
2011	Structural similarities in enzymatic, homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts of water oxidation Published In Chemical Science
2010	A method for monitoring ink homogeneity Published In Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology
2010	A tandem water-splitting device based on a bio-inspired manganese catalyst Published In ChemSusChem: chemistry and sustainability, energy and materials
2010	Microwave-assisted synthesis of Pt/CNT nanocomposite electrocatalysts for PEM fuel cells Published In Nanoscale
2010	Novel ACNT arrays based MEA structure-nano-Pt loaded ACNT/Nafion/ACNT for fuel cell applications Published In Chemical Communications
2010	Solar driven water oxidation by a bioinspired manganese molecular catalyst Published In Journal of the American Chemical Society
2010	Synthesis and characterisation of optically tuneable, magnetic phosphors Published In Materials Chemistry and Physics
2009	Development of Bioinspired Mn4O4−Cubane Water Oxidation Catalysts: Lessons from Photosynthesis Published In Accounts of Chemical Research
2009	Electrochemical investigation of Mn4O4-cubane water oxidizing clusters Published In Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
2009	Homogeneous catalysts with a mechanical (Machine-like) action Published In Chemistry: A European Journal
2009	Molecular Water Oxidation Catalysts for Photoelectrochemical Cells Published In Dalton Transactions: an international journal of inorganic chemistry
2009	Multiresonator-based Chipless RFID System for Low-Cost Item Tracking Published In IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
2009	Sustained water oxidation by [Mn4O4]7+ core complexes inspired by oxygenic photosynthesis Published In Inorganic Chemistry: including bioinorganic chemistry
2008	Nano-Pt Modified Aligned Carbon Nanotube Arrays Are Efficient, Robust, High Surface Area Electrocatalysts Published In Chemistry of Materials
2008	Polypyrrole/Co-tetraphenylporphyrin modified carbon fibre paper as a fuel cell electrocatalyst of oxygen reduction Published In Electrochemistry Communications
2008	Sustained water oxidation photocatalysis by a bioinspired manganese cluster Published In Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2007	A readily-prepared, convergent, oxygen reduction electrocatalyst Published In Chemical Communications
2007	An efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst of methanol oxidation Published In Organometallics
2007	Development of low-cost backscattered semi-active RFID tag at 2.4 GHz Published In International Journal of R F and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering
2007	Preparation of platinum inverse opals using self-assembled templates and their application in methanol oxidation Published In Materials Letters

Chapter

Year	Title
2016	Application of conducting polymers in solar water-splitting catalysis Published In Industrial Applications for Intelligent Polymers and Coatings Publisher Switzerland
2012	Bioinspired catalysis Published In Bioinspiration and Biomimicry in Chemistry: Reverse-Engineering Nature Publisher Hoboken, NJ
2012	Conclusion and future perspective: drawing inspiration from the complex system that is nature Published In Bioinspiration and Biomimicry in Chemistry: Reverse-Engineering Nature Publisher Hoboken, NJ
2012	Energy from photosystem II: Manganese water oxidation catalysts Published In Molecular Solar Fuels Publisher Cambridge, United Kingdom
2012	Printing techniques and performance of chipless tag design on flexible low-cost thin-film substrates Published In Chipless and Conventional Radio Frequency Identification: Systems for ubiquitous tagging Publisher United States of America
2008	Time-Dependent ("Mechanical"), Nonbiological Catalysis. 2. Highly Efficient, "Biomimetic" Hydrogen-Generating Electrocatalysts Published In Mechanical Catalysis - Methods of Enzymatic, Homogeneous, and Heterogeneous Catalysis Publisher Hoboken, United States
2008	Time-Dependent ("Mechanical"), Nonbiological Catalysis. 3. A Readily Prepared, Convergent, Oxygen-Reduction Electrocatalyst Published In Mechanical Catalysis - Methods of Enzymatic, Homogeneous, and Heterogeneous Catalysis Publisher Hoboken, United States
2008	Time-dependence in homogeneous catalysis. 1. Many enzymes display the hallmarks of time-dependent (“mechanical”) catalysis. Nonbiological homogeneous catalysts are typically energy-dependent (“thermodynamic”) catalysts Published In Mechanical Catalysis: Methods of Enzymatic, Homogeneous, and Heterogeneous Catalysis Publisher Hoboken, United States
2008	Time-dependence in homogeneous catalysis. 2. The general actions of time-dependent ("mechanical") and energy-Dependent ("thermodynamic") catalysts Published In Mechanical Catalysis: Methods of Enzymatic, Homogeneous, and Heterogeneous Catalysis Publisher Hoboken, New Jersey

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2010	Catalytic solar water splitting inspired by photosynthesis. homogeneous catalysts with a Mechanical ("Machine-like") action Published In 240th ACS National Meeting and Exposition
2009	A bio-inspired molecular catalyst that selectively catalyzes water oxidation in seawater, without significant chlorine formation Published In SPIE - Solar Hydrogen and Nanotechnology IV, Vol 7408
2009	A bio-inspired molecular water oxidation catalyst for renewable hydrogen generation: An examination of salt effects Published In Proceedings of the SPIE Volume 7408: Solar Hydrogen and Nanotechnology
2009	Inorganic chemistry in service of renewable energy science: solar driven water oxidation by bioinspired manganese catalysts Published In 238th National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society, ACS 2009: Book of Abstract
2008	"FUEL 71-""Green"" catalysts for renewable hydrogen fuel production from water" Published In 236th National Meeting of the American-Chemical-Society
2008	A novel chipless RFID system based on planar multiresonators for barcode replacement Published In 2008 IEEE International Conference on RFID
2008	Chipless frequency signature based RFID transponders Published In European Microwave Week 2008 Conference Proceedings
2008	DatatraceDNA®: a novel authentication technology for forensic detections and identification Published In e-Forensics 08: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Forensic Applications and Techniques in Telecommunications, Information, and Multimedia and Workshop

Editor Of

Book
- Bioinspiration and Biomimicry in Chemistry: Reverse-Engineering Nature. Hoboken, N.J.. 2012
- Mechanical Catalysis: Methods of Enzymatic, Homogeneous, Heterogeneous Catalysis. New York. 2008

Assignee For Patent

Investigator On

Year	Title
2018 - 2021	Ammonia Production from Renewables at Ambient Temperature and Pressue. Developing a Process for Reduction of Nitrogen to Ammonia Awarded by: Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) Funding Scheme: Research and Development Program
2018 - 2021	Bio-Inspired Hydrogen Generation by Novel Bubble Free Electro-Catalytic Systems Awarded by: Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) Funding Scheme: Research and Development Program
2017	A High Field Pulse EPR Facility - Enhanced Sensitivity and Resolution Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2013 - 2016	Highly-Efficient, Reversible Fuel Cell Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
2011	Co and Mn K-edge XAS on a series of molecular doped polymer catalysts Awarded by: Australian Synchrotron Research Program Funding Scheme: Travel Grant

Other Research Activities

Connecting the Power and Gas Grids - Chief Investigator ($5 million grant by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to AquaHydrex) 2017 -
AquaHydrex – State-of-the-art Pilot Manufacturing Facility - Chief Investigator ($1 million grant by Accelerating Commercialisation) 2016
Low CO2 Hydrogen Production - Chief Investigator ($2.2 million grant by Australian Clean Tech fund to AquaHydrex) 2013 - 2015

Available as Research Supervisor

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Printable Electrodes	Hodges, Aaron
Doctor of Philosophy	Electrode Composite Design	Hoang, Anh Linh Hoang

Outreach Overview

Selected External Scientific Activities:
- Assessor of Scientific Funding Applications (Australian Research Council, National Science Foundation (USA), Petroleum Research Fund (USA)), various state Scientific funds)
- PhD Examiner (numerous)
- Reviewer of Submitted Research Papers (including Nature, Nature Materials, Nature Catalysis, Angewandte Chemie, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA, and numerous others),
- Session Chair at Domestic and International Conferences (numerous)
- Organising Committee: International Conference on Synthetic Metals 2004 (ICSM 2004).
- Treasurer: Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Inorganic Division Conference, IC'98.
- Founder Member and Participant: VUSP Township Outreach Initiative in Natural Sciences, Port Elizabeth, South Africa (Ford Foundation funding): 1992.
Selected Professional Advising:
- Reserve Bank of Australia and Note Printing Australia Ltd: Forensic Authentication of Banknotes
- Securency International (later renamed CCL Secure): Forensic Authentication and Track-and-Trace of Polymer Banknote Substrates
- Innovia Films PLC (United Kingdom): Forensic Authentication and Track-and-Trace of Polymer Films
- Dolphin Products Pty Ltd and Crown Resorts Ltd: Forensic Authentication and Track-and-Trace of Casino Chips (dolphinproducts.com.au) (crownresorts.com.au)
- Bayer Healthcare (Germany): Forensic Authentication and Track-and-Trace of Pharmaceuticals
- Cooperative Research Centre for Functional Communication Surfaces - Project Manager, Security Devices and Printing Technologies: Amcor Ltd: Smart Packaging Indicators, Carter Holt Harvey (Australasia) Pty Ltd: Printing and Process Development, Norske Skog (Australasia) Ltd: De-Inking Technologies
- Satellite Telemetry (Aust) Pty Ltd and P & O Ports ANZ: Real-time Tracking Technologies for Container Terminals (sattel.com.au) (poports.com.au)
- Orica Ltd: Forensic Authentication and Track-and-Trace of Mining Explosives; Real-Time Assay Technologies for Mining (orica.com)
- DataDot Technology: Forensic Authentication and Track-and-Trace of Industrial Products (datadotdna.com)
- AgResearch Ltd (New Zealand): Forensic Authentication and Track-and-Trace of Wool and Woolen Products (agresearch.co.nz)
- IDT Systems (United Kingdom): Dye-Sublimation Printing for Forensic Authentication and Track-and-Trace Technologies
- SatNet Pty Ltd: Real-Time Tracking Technologies for Thoroughbred Racing Industry
- Pennywise Peripherals Pty Ltd: Machine-Readable Authentication Technologies (pennywise.com.au)
- Datadot (Europe) and Honeywell (Germany): Forensic Authentication and Track-and-Trace of Automobile Spare Parts
- Seed Solutions Pty Ltd: Forensic Authentication and Track-and-Trace of Agricultural Seeds for the Protection of Plant Breeder Rights (seedsol.com.au)
- Coats PLC (United Kingdom) and Verifi-TT Management Pty Ltd (New Zealand): Forensic Authentication and Track-and-Trace of Branded Apparel and Footwear (coats.com) (verifitt.com)
- Hyconix, Inc (USA): Electrochemical Process Engineering
- AgLive: On-line Authentication and Track-and-Trace of Agricultural Products in Distribution Chains (aglive.com)
Selected External Business Activities:
- Founder, Precious Metals Online, PMO Pty Ltd. Internet retailer of precious metal compounds to academic scientists around the world (precmet.com.au) (2000 - present)
- Chief Technical Officer of MicroID (a subsidiary of Datadot Technology, South Africa, datadot.co.za) (2012 - present)

Education And Training

Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Connecticut 1987 - 1991
B Science (Hon) in Chemistry, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa 1979 - 1982

Awards And Honors

American Publishers Award (Prose Award) for Professional and Scholarly Excellence in Chemistry and Physics, conferred by Association of American Publishers (AAP) for book entitled "Bioinspiration and Biomimicry in Chemistry" (Wiley), 2012
DuPont Innovation Award, conferred by DuPont Australia for new technology trade-named 'Intelliseed', 2011
Invited Keynote Speaker, conferred by Inaugural National 'Innovation in Australia' Awards Ceremony, 2011
National Australia Bank Excellence in Agribusiness Award , conferred by The Australian Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology for new technology tradenamed 'Intelliseed', 2010
Copper Theft Campaign Award, conferred by Crime Stoppers Australia, for new technology trade-named 'Datatrace', 2009
DuPont Innovation Award, conferred by DuPont Australia, for new technology trade-named 'Datatrace', 2008
Chiefs Quarterly Award, conferred by Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2005

Keywords

Catalysis
Hydrogen generation from water
Electrolysis
Electrochemical engineering
Commercialization
Bridging the academia-to-industry gap

Full Name

Gerhard F. Swiegers

Mailing Address

Intelligent Polymer Research Institute

University of Wollongong

Wollongong

NSW

2522

Australia

Top Publications

Year	Title
2019	A new class of bubble-free water electrolyzer that is intrinsically highly efficient Published in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
2018	Alkaline Fuel Cells with Novel Gortex-Based Electrodes are Powered Remarkably Efficiently by Methane Containing 5% Hydrogen Published in Advanced Energy Materials
2018	An electrochemical cell with Gortex-based electrodes capable of extracting pure hydrogen from highly dilute hydrogen-methane mixtures Published in Energy and Environmental Science
2012	A porphyrin-doped polymer catalyzes selective, light-assisted water oxidation in seawater Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2011	Structural similarities in enzymatic, homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts of water oxidation Published in Chemical Science
2010	Solar driven water oxidation by a bioinspired manganese molecular catalyst Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
2009	Development of Bioinspired Mn4O4−Cubane Water Oxidation Catalysts: Lessons from Photosynthesis Published in Accounts of Chemical Research
2009	Homogeneous catalysts with a mechanical (Machine-like) action Published in Chemistry: A European Journal
2008	Sustained water oxidation photocatalysis by a bioinspired manganese cluster Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Research Areas

Research Overview

Professor Swiegers has an active program of fundamental research that currently focuses on electrochemical catalysis and the production of hydrogen from water using renewable electricity. He also works in the fields of electrocatalytic process engineering and industrial electrochemistry. He has published widely on the interrelated properties of catalysis in natural and man-made systems, and on amplifying catalysis by thoughtful exploitation of synergistic effects with interacting supports. His book on "Bioinspiration and Biomimicry in Chemistry" (Wiley) received an American Publishers Award (Prose Award) for Professional and Scholarly Excellence. Professor Swiegers has supervised 26 PhD students and Post-Doctoral Fellows.

Head Of

Multiple Spin-Off Companies - Chief Technical Officer / Chief Scientific Officer (concurrent with Professorial Appointment) 2005 -

Member Of

Australian Institute of Innovative Materials 2010 -
Intelligent Polymer Research Institute 2010 -
Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science 2006 -
American Chemical Society (ACS) Member 1990 -

Has Collaborator

Wallace, Gordon G. Professor

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2020	Comparative evaluation of the structural and other features governing photo-electrochemical oxygen evolution by Ca/Mn oxides Published In Catalysis Science & Technology
2020	Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation from pH-Neutral Water by a Flexible Tri-Component Composite Published In Catalysis Letters
2020	Preparation and Characterisation of Metallorganic Precursors Derived Iron Oxides on Porous Silicon Layers Published In Materials Science Forum
2020	Synergistic Amplification of Oxygen Generation in (Photo)Catalytic Water Splitting by a PEDOT/Nano-Co3O4/MWCNT Thin Film Composite Published In ChemCatChem
2020	Synergistic amplification of (photo)catalytic oxygen and hydrogen generation from water by thin-film polypyrrole composites Published In Molecular Catalysis
2019	A new class of bubble-free water electrolyzer that is intrinsically highly efficient Published In International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
2019	Designed Conducting Polymer Composites That Facilitate Long-Lived, Light-Driven Oxygen and Hydrogen Evolution from Water in a Photoelectrochemical Concentration Cell (PECC) Published In Journal of composites science
2019	Photo-Electrochemical Oxygen Evolution Reaction by Biomimetic CaMn2O4 Catalyst Published In Applied Sciences (APPS)
2018	Alkaline Fuel Cells with Novel Gortex-Based Electrodes are Powered Remarkably Efficiently by Methane Containing 5% Hydrogen Published In Advanced Energy Materials
2018	An electrochemical cell with Gortex-based electrodes capable of extracting pure hydrogen from highly dilute hydrogen-methane mixtures Published In Energy and Environmental Science
2018	Gortex-Based Gas Diffusion Electrodes with Unprecedented Resistance to Flooding and Leaking Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
2018	Synergistic Amplification of Water Oxidation Catalysis on Pt by a Thin-Film Conducting Polymer Composite Published In ACS Applied Energy Materials
2018	Synergistic amplification of catalytic hydrogen generation by a thin-film conducting polymer composite Published In Catalysis Science & Technology
2017	Demetallatation of electrochemically polymerised Mn porphyrin anion / PEDOT composites under light-illumination Published In Synthetic Metals
2017	Investigations into the electrochemical etching process of p-type silicon using ethanol-surfactant solutions Published In AIP Conference Proceedings
2016	Kinematic molecular manufacturing machines Published In Coordination Chemistry Reviews
2016	Studies of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) films containing cationic Mn porphyrins. A loading-dependent demetalation of Mn(III)TPP in PEDOT (Mn(III)TPP=5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphyrinato manganese(III)) Published In Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
2013	A light-assisted, polymeric water oxidation catalyst that selectively oxidizes seawater with a low onset potential Published In Chemical Science
2012	A porphyrin-doped polymer catalyzes selective, light-assisted water oxidation in seawater Published In Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2012	Towards hydrogen energy: progress on catalysts for water splitting Published In Australian Journal of Chemistry: an international journal for chemical science
2011	Photocatalytic oxygen evolution from non-potable water by a bioinspired molecular water oxidation catalyst Published In Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical
2011	Structural similarities in enzymatic, homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts of water oxidation Published In Chemical Science
2010	A method for monitoring ink homogeneity Published In Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology
2010	A tandem water-splitting device based on a bio-inspired manganese catalyst Published In ChemSusChem: chemistry and sustainability, energy and materials
2010	Microwave-assisted synthesis of Pt/CNT nanocomposite electrocatalysts for PEM fuel cells Published In Nanoscale
2010	Novel ACNT arrays based MEA structure-nano-Pt loaded ACNT/Nafion/ACNT for fuel cell applications Published In Chemical Communications
2010	Solar driven water oxidation by a bioinspired manganese molecular catalyst Published In Journal of the American Chemical Society
2010	Synthesis and characterisation of optically tuneable, magnetic phosphors Published In Materials Chemistry and Physics
2009	Development of Bioinspired Mn4O4−Cubane Water Oxidation Catalysts: Lessons from Photosynthesis Published In Accounts of Chemical Research
2009	Electrochemical investigation of Mn4O4-cubane water oxidizing clusters Published In Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
2009	Homogeneous catalysts with a mechanical (Machine-like) action Published In Chemistry: A European Journal
2009	Molecular Water Oxidation Catalysts for Photoelectrochemical Cells Published In Dalton Transactions: an international journal of inorganic chemistry
2009	Multiresonator-based Chipless RFID System for Low-Cost Item Tracking Published In IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
2009	Sustained water oxidation by [Mn4O4]7+ core complexes inspired by oxygenic photosynthesis Published In Inorganic Chemistry: including bioinorganic chemistry
2008	Nano-Pt Modified Aligned Carbon Nanotube Arrays Are Efficient, Robust, High Surface Area Electrocatalysts Published In Chemistry of Materials
2008	Polypyrrole/Co-tetraphenylporphyrin modified carbon fibre paper as a fuel cell electrocatalyst of oxygen reduction Published In Electrochemistry Communications
2008	Sustained water oxidation photocatalysis by a bioinspired manganese cluster Published In Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2007	A readily-prepared, convergent, oxygen reduction electrocatalyst Published In Chemical Communications
2007	An efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst of methanol oxidation Published In Organometallics
2007	Development of low-cost backscattered semi-active RFID tag at 2.4 GHz Published In International Journal of R F and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering
2007	Preparation of platinum inverse opals using self-assembled templates and their application in methanol oxidation Published In Materials Letters

Chapter

Year	Title
2016	Application of conducting polymers in solar water-splitting catalysis Published In Industrial Applications for Intelligent Polymers and Coatings Publisher Switzerland
2012	Bioinspired catalysis Published In Bioinspiration and Biomimicry in Chemistry: Reverse-Engineering Nature Publisher Hoboken, NJ
2012	Conclusion and future perspective: drawing inspiration from the complex system that is nature Published In Bioinspiration and Biomimicry in Chemistry: Reverse-Engineering Nature Publisher Hoboken, NJ
2012	Energy from photosystem II: Manganese water oxidation catalysts Published In Molecular Solar Fuels Publisher Cambridge, United Kingdom
2012	Printing techniques and performance of chipless tag design on flexible low-cost thin-film substrates Published In Chipless and Conventional Radio Frequency Identification: Systems for ubiquitous tagging Publisher United States of America
2008	Time-Dependent ("Mechanical"), Nonbiological Catalysis. 2. Highly Efficient, "Biomimetic" Hydrogen-Generating Electrocatalysts Published In Mechanical Catalysis - Methods of Enzymatic, Homogeneous, and Heterogeneous Catalysis Publisher Hoboken, United States
2008	Time-Dependent ("Mechanical"), Nonbiological Catalysis. 3. A Readily Prepared, Convergent, Oxygen-Reduction Electrocatalyst Published In Mechanical Catalysis - Methods of Enzymatic, Homogeneous, and Heterogeneous Catalysis Publisher Hoboken, United States
2008	Time-dependence in homogeneous catalysis. 1. Many enzymes display the hallmarks of time-dependent (“mechanical”) catalysis. Nonbiological homogeneous catalysts are typically energy-dependent (“thermodynamic”) catalysts Published In Mechanical Catalysis: Methods of Enzymatic, Homogeneous, and Heterogeneous Catalysis Publisher Hoboken, United States
2008	Time-dependence in homogeneous catalysis. 2. The general actions of time-dependent ("mechanical") and energy-Dependent ("thermodynamic") catalysts Published In Mechanical Catalysis: Methods of Enzymatic, Homogeneous, and Heterogeneous Catalysis Publisher Hoboken, New Jersey

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2010	Catalytic solar water splitting inspired by photosynthesis. homogeneous catalysts with a Mechanical ("Machine-like") action Published In 240th ACS National Meeting and Exposition
2009	A bio-inspired molecular catalyst that selectively catalyzes water oxidation in seawater, without significant chlorine formation Published In SPIE - Solar Hydrogen and Nanotechnology IV, Vol 7408
2009	A bio-inspired molecular water oxidation catalyst for renewable hydrogen generation: An examination of salt effects Published In Proceedings of the SPIE Volume 7408: Solar Hydrogen and Nanotechnology
2009	Inorganic chemistry in service of renewable energy science: solar driven water oxidation by bioinspired manganese catalysts Published In 238th National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society, ACS 2009: Book of Abstract
2008	"FUEL 71-""Green"" catalysts for renewable hydrogen fuel production from water" Published In 236th National Meeting of the American-Chemical-Society
2008	A novel chipless RFID system based on planar multiresonators for barcode replacement Published In 2008 IEEE International Conference on RFID
2008	Chipless frequency signature based RFID transponders Published In European Microwave Week 2008 Conference Proceedings
2008	DatatraceDNA®: a novel authentication technology for forensic detections and identification Published In e-Forensics 08: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Forensic Applications and Techniques in Telecommunications, Information, and Multimedia and Workshop

Editor Of

Book
- Bioinspiration and Biomimicry in Chemistry: Reverse-Engineering Nature. Hoboken, N.J.. 2012
- Mechanical Catalysis: Methods of Enzymatic, Homogeneous, Heterogeneous Catalysis. New York. 2008

Assignee For Patent

Investigator On

Year	Title
2018 - 2021	Ammonia Production from Renewables at Ambient Temperature and Pressue. Developing a Process for Reduction of Nitrogen to Ammonia Awarded by: Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) Funding Scheme: Research and Development Program
2018 - 2021	Bio-Inspired Hydrogen Generation by Novel Bubble Free Electro-Catalytic Systems Awarded by: Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) Funding Scheme: Research and Development Program
2017	A High Field Pulse EPR Facility - Enhanced Sensitivity and Resolution Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2013 - 2016	Highly-Efficient, Reversible Fuel Cell Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
2011	Co and Mn K-edge XAS on a series of molecular doped polymer catalysts Awarded by: Australian Synchrotron Research Program Funding Scheme: Travel Grant

Other Research Activities

Connecting the Power and Gas Grids - Chief Investigator ($5 million grant by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to AquaHydrex) 2017 -
AquaHydrex – State-of-the-art Pilot Manufacturing Facility - Chief Investigator ($1 million grant by Accelerating Commercialisation) 2016
Low CO2 Hydrogen Production - Chief Investigator ($2.2 million grant by Australian Clean Tech fund to AquaHydrex) 2013 - 2015

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Printable Electrodes	Hodges, Aaron
Doctor of Philosophy	Electrode Composite Design	Hoang, Anh Linh Hoang

Outreach Overview

Selected External Scientific Activities:
- Assessor of Scientific Funding Applications (Australian Research Council, National Science Foundation (USA), Petroleum Research Fund (USA)), various state Scientific funds)
- PhD Examiner (numerous)
- Reviewer of Submitted Research Papers (including Nature, Nature Materials, Nature Catalysis, Angewandte Chemie, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA, and numerous others),
- Session Chair at Domestic and International Conferences (numerous)
- Organising Committee: International Conference on Synthetic Metals 2004 (ICSM 2004).
- Treasurer: Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Inorganic Division Conference, IC'98.
- Founder Member and Participant: VUSP Township Outreach Initiative in Natural Sciences, Port Elizabeth, South Africa (Ford Foundation funding): 1992.
Selected Professional Advising:
- Reserve Bank of Australia and Note Printing Australia Ltd: Forensic Authentication of Banknotes
- Securency International (later renamed CCL Secure): Forensic Authentication and Track-and-Trace of Polymer Banknote Substrates
- Innovia Films PLC (United Kingdom): Forensic Authentication and Track-and-Trace of Polymer Films
- Dolphin Products Pty Ltd and Crown Resorts Ltd: Forensic Authentication and Track-and-Trace of Casino Chips (dolphinproducts.com.au) (crownresorts.com.au)
- Bayer Healthcare (Germany): Forensic Authentication and Track-and-Trace of Pharmaceuticals
- Cooperative Research Centre for Functional Communication Surfaces - Project Manager, Security Devices and Printing Technologies: Amcor Ltd: Smart Packaging Indicators, Carter Holt Harvey (Australasia) Pty Ltd: Printing and Process Development, Norske Skog (Australasia) Ltd: De-Inking Technologies
- Satellite Telemetry (Aust) Pty Ltd and P & O Ports ANZ: Real-time Tracking Technologies for Container Terminals (sattel.com.au) (poports.com.au)
- Orica Ltd: Forensic Authentication and Track-and-Trace of Mining Explosives; Real-Time Assay Technologies for Mining (orica.com)
- DataDot Technology: Forensic Authentication and Track-and-Trace of Industrial Products (datadotdna.com)
- AgResearch Ltd (New Zealand): Forensic Authentication and Track-and-Trace of Wool and Woolen Products (agresearch.co.nz)
- IDT Systems (United Kingdom): Dye-Sublimation Printing for Forensic Authentication and Track-and-Trace Technologies
- SatNet Pty Ltd: Real-Time Tracking Technologies for Thoroughbred Racing Industry
- Pennywise Peripherals Pty Ltd: Machine-Readable Authentication Technologies (pennywise.com.au)
- Datadot (Europe) and Honeywell (Germany): Forensic Authentication and Track-and-Trace of Automobile Spare Parts
- Seed Solutions Pty Ltd: Forensic Authentication and Track-and-Trace of Agricultural Seeds for the Protection of Plant Breeder Rights (seedsol.com.au)
- Coats PLC (United Kingdom) and Verifi-TT Management Pty Ltd (New Zealand): Forensic Authentication and Track-and-Trace of Branded Apparel and Footwear (coats.com) (verifitt.com)
- Hyconix, Inc (USA): Electrochemical Process Engineering
- AgLive: On-line Authentication and Track-and-Trace of Agricultural Products in Distribution Chains (aglive.com)
Selected External Business Activities:
- Founder, Precious Metals Online, PMO Pty Ltd. Internet retailer of precious metal compounds to academic scientists around the world (precmet.com.au) (2000 - present)
- Chief Technical Officer of MicroID (a subsidiary of Datadot Technology, South Africa, datadot.co.za) (2012 - present)

Education And Training

Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Connecticut 1987 - 1991
B Science (Hon) in Chemistry, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa 1979 - 1982

Awards And Honors

American Publishers Award (Prose Award) for Professional and Scholarly Excellence in Chemistry and Physics, conferred by Association of American Publishers (AAP) for book entitled "Bioinspiration and Biomimicry in Chemistry" (Wiley), 2012
DuPont Innovation Award, conferred by DuPont Australia for new technology trade-named 'Intelliseed', 2011
Invited Keynote Speaker, conferred by Inaugural National 'Innovation in Australia' Awards Ceremony, 2011
National Australia Bank Excellence in Agribusiness Award , conferred by The Australian Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology for new technology tradenamed 'Intelliseed', 2010
Copper Theft Campaign Award, conferred by Crime Stoppers Australia, for new technology trade-named 'Datatrace', 2009
DuPont Innovation Award, conferred by DuPont Australia, for new technology trade-named 'Datatrace', 2008
Chiefs Quarterly Award, conferred by Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2005

Keywords

Catalysis
Hydrogen generation from water
Electrolysis
Electrochemical engineering
Commercialization
Bridging the academia-to-industry gap

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Gerhard F. Swiegers

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Intelligent Polymer Research Institute

University of Wollongong

Wollongong

NSW

2522

Australia

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Australian Institute of Innovative Materials

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