Rose Amal (born 1965) is an Australian

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, currently serving as Scientia Professor and ARC Laureate Fellow in the School of Chemical Engineering at the

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, Australia, where she is the director of the Particles and Catalysis Research Group. Previously she was director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Functional Nanomaterials (2010–2013). From 2012 to 2015 she was named in the

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list of Australia's Top 100 Most Influential Engineers. In 2014 she became the first female engineer elected a

Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science The Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Science is made up of about 500 Australian scientists. Scientists judged by their peers to have made an exceptional contribution to knowledge in their field may be elected to Fellowship of the Academy ...

Education

Amal was born in Medan, Indonesia and moved to Australia in October 1983 after finishing high school. She completed a

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majoring in Chemical Engineering at the University of New South Wales in 1988, and received her PhD in chemical engineering in 1991. From 1992, she was a lecturer in the School of Chemical Engineering before becoming director of the Centre for Particle and Catalyst Technologies (later Particles and Catalysis Research Group) in 1997. She became a full professor in 2004.

Research

Throughout her career, Amal's work has been focused on "fine

particle aggregation Particle agglomeration refers to the formation of assemblages in a suspension (chemistry), suspension and represents a mechanism leading to the functional destabilization of colloidal systems. During this process, particles dispersed in the liquid ...

photocatalysis In chemistry, photocatalysis is the acceleration of a photoreaction in the presence of a photocatalyst, the excited state of which "repeatedly interacts with the reaction partners forming reaction intermediates and regenerates itself after each ...

nanoparticle A nanoparticle or ultrafine particle is a particle of matter 1 to 100 nanometres (nm) in diameter. The term is sometimes used for larger particles, up to 500 nm, or fibers and tubes that are less than 100 nm in only two directions. At ...

synthesis" and their applications in areas such as the control of

water pollution Water pollution (or aquatic pollution) is the contamination of Body of water, water bodies, with a negative impact on their uses. It is usually a result of human activities. Water bodies include lakes, rivers, oceans, aquifers, reservoirs and ...

and

air quality Air pollution is the presence of substances in the Atmosphere of Earth, air that are harmful to humans, other living beings or the environment. Pollutants can be Gas, gases like Ground-level ozone, ozone or nitrogen oxides or small particles li ...

clean energy Energy is sustainable if it "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." Definitions of sustainable energy usually look at its effects on the environment, the economy, and s ...

technologies and

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. She is particularly interested in designing nanomaterials and engineering systems for solar and chemical

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applications. Some of her most cited works include a review on the role of nanoparticles in photocatalysis and a study on a bismuth vanadate-reduced

graphene Graphene () is a carbon allotrope consisting of a Single-layer materials, single layer of atoms arranged in a hexagonal lattice, honeycomb planar nanostructure. The name "graphene" is derived from "graphite" and the suffix -ene, indicating ...

oxide composite for enhanced photoelectrochemical

water splitting Water splitting is the chemical reaction in which water is broken down into oxygen and hydrogen: Efficient and economical water splitting would be a technological breakthrough that could underpin a hydrogen economy. A version of water splitti ...

. The short citation made in the year of Amal's election to Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Science stated:

Recognition

Amal was appointed as a member of the ARC College of Experts on the Environmental Science and Engineering panel in 2007 and served as chair in 2009. From 2008 to 2010 she was the Inaugural Director of the Centre for Energy Research and Policy Analysis and in 2012 she was the chair of the ARC–ERA Research Evaluation Committee in the Engineering and Environmental Sciences Cluster. From 2010 to 2013 she was director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Functional Nanomaterials. Amal is a Fellow of Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) and the Australian Academy of Science (FAA). In addition to being named in the list of Australia's Top 100 Most Influential Engineers in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015, Amal has received several awards including: * 2008 Freehills Innovation Award in Chemical Engineering *2011 NSW Science and Engineering Award – Emerging Research * 2012 Judy Raper Women in Engineering Leadership Award * 2012

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Award * 2014

Australian Laureate Fellowship The Australian Laureate Fellowship is an Australian professorial research fellowship awarded by the Australian Research Council. Fellows are chosen each year for five-year awards. In 2023 8 industry-focused Laureate Fellowships were awarded for the ...

* 2019 NSW Scientist of the Year * 2021

James Cook Medal The James Cook Medal is awarded on an occasional basis by the Royal Society of New South Wales for "outstanding contributions to science and human welfare in and for the Southern Hemisphere". It was established in 1947 from funds donated by Henry Fe ...

In the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours, Amal was named a Companion of the Order of Australia.

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List of publications
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