Person
Skyllas-Kazakos, Maria (1951 - )
AM FTSE
- Born
- 26 October 1951
Kalymnos, Greece - Occupation
- Chemical engineer
Summary
Maria Skyllas-Kazakos has been Professor, School of Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry, University of New South Wales since 1993. She has considerable expertise in battery research and has invented a revolutionary battery called the vanadium redox battery, which can be used to provide power in remote areas as a renewable energy storage system, and in electric vehicles.
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Chronology
- 1974
- Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc (Hons)), University of New South Wales
- 1978 - 1979
- Career position - Member of the technical staff at Bell Labs in New Jersey
- 1979
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of New South Wales
- 1980 - 1981
- Career position - Queen Elizabeth II Fellow in Physics, University of New South Wales
- 1982 - 1986
- Career position - Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales
- 1987 - 1992
- Career position - Associate Professor, University of New South Wales
- 1993 -
- Career position - Professor of School of Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry, University of New South Wales
- 1997
- Award - Whiffen Medal, Institution of Chemical Engineers and the Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1998
- Award - Chemeca Medal, Australian and New Zealand Federation of Chemical Engineers
- 1999
- Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - for service to science and technology, particularly in the development of the vanadium redox battery as an alternative power source
- 2000
- Award - R. K. Murphy Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 2014 -
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
Related entries
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Books
- Bhathal, Ragbir, Profiles, Australian women scientists (Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1999), 191 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Anon, 'Chemeca Awards', Engineers Australia, 70 (1998), 51. Details
- Hickey, Benjamin, 'The accidental engineer [interview with Maria Skyllas-Kazacos]', Impact, 209 (2019), 40-2. https://www.atse.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMPACT-2019-September-low-res-spreads-for-web.pdf. Details
Resources
- 'Skyllas-Kazacos, Maria (19511026-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1307241. Details
Resource Sections
- Hooker, Claire, 'Interview with Professor Maria Skyllas-Kazacos', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 15 June 2000, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/s/msk.html. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 15 August 2002, Last modified: 26 September 2023