Honorary Professor Vicki Chen
Honorary Professor

Vicki Chen

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Background

Professor Chen graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Minnesota. She has over twenty five years research experience in the areas of membrane separation, gas separation, biocatalytic systems, nanomaterials, and water treatment. She was professor of chemical engineering at the University of New South Wales from 2008 - 2018, the Director of the UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology from 2006 - 2014 and head of school of chemical engineering fron 2014 - 2018. She is currently on the editorial board for the Journal of Membrane Science and was formerly on the editorial board for Desalination Journal.

She currently holds ARC Discovery grants ("Putting MOFs to Work on Interfaces") and has recently held funding from diverse sources such as CO2CRC, Coal Innovation NSW, ARC Linkage program, and CRC-P (Printed Energy).

Availability

Honorary Professor Vicki Chen is:
Available for supervision

Fields of research

Carbon capture engineering (excl. sequestration) Composite and hybrid materials Engineering Food sciences Materials engineering Polymers and plastics Separation technologies Wastewater treatment processes Water treatment processes

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Doctor of Philosophy of Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota

Search Professor Vicki Chen’s works on UQ eSpace

238 works between 1985 and 2025
All (238) Journal Article (208) Book Chapter (5) Conference Publication (24) Other Outputs (1)

1 - 20 of 238 works

2025

Journal Article

Aggregation suppression and enhanced blue emission of perylene in zinc-based coordination polymer glass

Lee, Jaeho, Xie, Zixi, Huang, Wengang, Chai, Milton, Li, Xuemei, Chan, Bun, Cheng, Huiyuan, He, Dongxu, Han, EQ, Chen, Yuelei, Chen, Vicki, Wang, Lianzhou and Hou, Jingwei (2025). Aggregation suppression and enhanced blue emission of perylene in zinc-based coordination polymer glass. Chemical Communications, 61 (17), 3492-3495. doi: 10.1039/d4cc05790b

Aggregation suppression and enhanced blue emission of perylene in zinc-based coordination polymer glass

2024

Journal Article

Intermarrying MOF Glass and Lead Halide Perovskites for Artificial Photosynthesis

Huang, Wengang, Chan, Bun, Yang, Yuwei, Chen, Peng, Wang, Jingjing, Casey, Lachlan, Atzori, Cesare, Schulli, Tobias, Mathon, Olivier, Hackbarth, Haira G., Bedford, Nicholas M., Appadoo, Dominique, Li, Xuemei, Lin, Tongen, Lin, Rijia, Lee, Jaeho, Wang, Zhiliang, Chen, Vicki, Cheetham, Anthony K., Wang, Lianzhou and Hou, Jingwei (2024). Intermarrying MOF Glass and Lead Halide Perovskites for Artificial Photosynthesis. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147 (4), 3195-3205. doi: 10.1021/jacs.4c12619

Intermarrying MOF Glass and Lead Halide Perovskites for Artificial Photosynthesis

2024

Journal Article

Regulating thermal dynamics and gas transport of metal‐oraganic framework glass through silver composites

Zulkifli, Muhammad Yazid Bin, Chen, Ruiqi, Yao, Yuqi, Lin, Rijia, Chai, Milton, Appadoo, Dominique, Wang, Wupeng, Zhu, Zhonghua, Liang, Kang, Chen, Vicki and Hou, Jingwei (2024). Regulating thermal dynamics and gas transport of metal‐oraganic framework glass through silver composites. AIChE Journal, 70 (2) e18287, 1-16. doi: 10.1002/aic.18287

Regulating thermal dynamics and gas transport of metal‐oraganic framework glass through silver composites

2023

Journal Article

Interfacial alloying between lead halide perovskite crystals and hybrid glasses

Li, Xuemei, Huang, Wengang, Krajnc, Andraž, Yang, Yuwei, Shukla, Atul, Lee, Jaeho, Ghasemi, Mehri, Martens, Isaac, Chan, Bun, Appadoo, Dominique, Chen, Peng, Wen, Xiaoming, Steele, Julian A., Hackbarth, Haira G., Sun, Qiang, Mali, Gregor, Lin, Rijia, Bedford, Nicholas M., Chen, Vicki, Cheetham, Anthony K., Tizei, Luiz H. G., Collins, Sean M., Wang, Lianzhou and Hou, Jingwei (2023). Interfacial alloying between lead halide perovskite crystals and hybrid glasses. Nature Communications, 14 (1) 7612, 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-43247-6

Interfacial alloying between lead halide perovskite crystals and hybrid glasses

2023

Journal Article

Mechanism comprehension and design of MOF catalysts for photocatalytic ammonia production

Huang, Wengang, Chai, Milton, Lin, Rijia, Chen, Vicki and Hou, Jingwei (2023). Mechanism comprehension and design of MOF catalysts for photocatalytic ammonia production. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 62 (36), 14130-14143. doi: 10.1021/acs.iecr.3c02177

Mechanism comprehension and design of MOF catalysts for photocatalytic ammonia production

2023

Journal Article

Ion transport and conduction in metal–organic framework glasses

Chai, Milton, Chen, Ruiqi, Xu, Kaijie, Chen, Yuelei, Ma, Shengchun, Lin, Rijia, Chen, Vicki and Hou, Jingwei (2023). Ion transport and conduction in metal–organic framework glasses. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 11 (38), 20302-20314. doi: 10.1039/d3ta03192f

Ion transport and conduction in metal–organic framework glasses

2023

Journal Article

Recent advances in enzymatic biofuel cells enabled by innovative materials and techniques

Huang, Wengang, Zulkifli, Muhammad Yazid Bin, Chai, Milton, Lin, Rijia, Wang, Jingjing, Chen, Yuelei, Chen, Vicki and Hou, Jingwei (2023). Recent advances in enzymatic biofuel cells enabled by innovative materials and techniques. Exploration, 3 (4) 20220145, 20220145. doi: 10.1002/exp.20220145

Recent advances in enzymatic biofuel cells enabled by innovative materials and techniques

2023

Journal Article

UiO-66-(COONa)2 membrane with programmable ionic channels for lithium ion-selective transport

Xiao, Huan, Chai, Milton, Hosseini, Amin, Korayem, Asghar Habibnejad, Abdollahzadeh, Mojtaba, Ahmadi, Hadi, Chen, Vicki, Gore, Damian B., Asadnia, Mohsen and Razmjou, Amir (2023). UiO-66-(COONa)2 membrane with programmable ionic channels for lithium ion-selective transport. Journal of Membrane Science, 670 121312. doi: 10.1016/j.memsci.2022.121312

UiO-66-(COONa)2 membrane with programmable ionic channels for lithium ion-selective transport

2023

Journal Article

Amorphous MOFs for next generation supercapacitors and batteries

Wang, Wupeng, Chai, Milton, Lin, Rijia, Yuan, Fangfang, Wang, Lianzhou, Chen, Vicki and Hou, Jingwei (2023). Amorphous MOFs for next generation supercapacitors and batteries. Energy Advances, 2 (10), 1591-1603. doi: 10.1039/d3ya00306j

Amorphous MOFs for next generation supercapacitors and batteries

2023

Journal Article

Metal–organic framework composites from a mechanochemical process

Wang, Wupeng, Chai, Milton, Bin Zulkifli, Muhammad Yazid, Xu, Kaijie, Chen, Yuelei, Wang, Lianzhou, Chen, Vicki and Hou, Jingwei (2023). Metal–organic framework composites from a mechanochemical process. Molecular Systems Design and Engineering, 8 (5), 560-579. doi: 10.1039/d2me00211f

Metal–organic framework composites from a mechanochemical process

2023

Journal Article

Metal–organic framework glass composites

Lin, Rijia, Chai, Milton, Zhou, Yinghong, Chen, Vicki, Bennett, Thomas D. and Hou, Jingwei (2023). Metal–organic framework glass composites. Chemical Society Reviews, 52 (13), 4149-4172. doi: 10.1039/d2cs00315e

Metal–organic framework glass composites

2022

Journal Article

Propulsion, deformation, and confinement response of hollow nanocellulose millimotors

Hosseini, Maryam, Babayekhorasani, Firoozeh, Guo, Ziyi, Liang, Kang, Chen, Vicki and Spicer, Patrick T. (2022). Propulsion, deformation, and confinement response of hollow nanocellulose millimotors. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 628 (Pt B), 435-445. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.08.035

Propulsion, deformation, and confinement response of hollow nanocellulose millimotors

2022

Journal Article

Heterogeneous asymmetric passable cavities within graphene oxide nanochannels for highly efficient lithium sieving

Ahmadi, Hadi, Zakertabrizi, Mohammad, Hosseini, Ehsan, Cha-Umpong, Withita, Abdollahzadeh, Mojtaba, Korayem, Asghar Habibnejad, Chen, Vicki, Shon, Ho Kyong, Asadnia, Mohsen and Razmjou, Amir (2022). Heterogeneous asymmetric passable cavities within graphene oxide nanochannels for highly efficient lithium sieving. Desalination, 538 115888, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.desal.2022.115888

Heterogeneous asymmetric passable cavities within graphene oxide nanochannels for highly efficient lithium sieving

2022

Journal Article

Meat production and consumption for a healthy and sustainable Australian food system: Policy options and political dimensions

Sievert, Katherine, Chen, Victoria, Voisin, Rebecca, Johnson, Hope, Parker, Christine, Lawrence, Mark and Baker, Phillip (2022). Meat production and consumption for a healthy and sustainable Australian food system: Policy options and political dimensions. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 33, 674-685. doi: 10.1016/j.spc.2022.08.007

Meat production and consumption for a healthy and sustainable Australian food system: Policy options and political dimensions

2022

Journal Article

A lithium ion selective membrane synthesized from a double layered Zrbased metalorganic framework (MOF-on-MOF) thin film

Xiao, Huan, Chai, Milton, Abdollahzadeh, Mojtaba, Ahmadi, Hadi, Chen, Vicki, Gore, Damian B., Asadnia, Mohsen and Razmjou, Amir (2022). A lithium ion selective membrane synthesized from a double layered Zrbased metalorganic framework (MOF-on-MOF) thin film. Desalination, 532 115733, 115733. doi: 10.1016/j.desal.2022.115733

A lithium ion selective membrane synthesized from a double layered Zrbased metalorganic framework (MOF-on-MOF) thin film

2022

Journal Article

Transport tuning strategies in MOF film synthesis – a perspective

Zulkifli, Muhammad Yazid Bin, Lin, Rijia, Chai, Milton, Chen, Vicki and Hou, Jingwei (2022). Transport tuning strategies in MOF film synthesis – a perspective. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 10 (28), 14641-14654. doi: 10.1039/d2ta03216c

Transport tuning strategies in MOF film synthesis – a perspective

2022

Journal Article

Omniphobic membrane via bioinspired silicification for the treatment of RO concentrate by membrane distillation

Meng, Lijun, Mansouri, Jaleh, Li, Xuesong, Liang, Jiaxing, Huang, Manhong, Lv, Yan, Wang, Zhiwei and Chen, Vicki (2022). Omniphobic membrane via bioinspired silicification for the treatment of RO concentrate by membrane distillation. Journal of Membrane Science, 647 120267, 120267. doi: 10.1016/j.memsci.2022.120267

Omniphobic membrane via bioinspired silicification for the treatment of RO concentrate by membrane distillation

2022

Journal Article

Designing angstrom-scale asymmetric MOF-on-MOF cavities for high monovalent ion selectivity

Abdollahzadeh, Mojtaba, Chai, Milton, Hosseini, Ehsan, Zakertabrizi, Mohammad, Mohammad, Munirah, Ahmadi, Hadi, Hou, Jingwei, Lim, Sean, Habibnejad Korayem, Asghar, Chen, Vicki, Asadnia, Mohsen and Razmjou, Amir (2022). Designing angstrom-scale asymmetric MOF-on-MOF cavities for high monovalent ion selectivity. Advanced Materials, 34 (9) 2107878, 1-10. doi: 10.1002/adma.202107878

Designing angstrom-scale asymmetric MOF-on-MOF cavities for high monovalent ion selectivity

2022

Journal Article

Mechanochemically synthesised flexible electrodes based on bimetallic metal–organic framework glasses for the oxygen evolution reaction

Lin, Rijia, Li, Xuemei, Krajnc, Andraž, Li, Zhiheng, Li, Mengran, Wang, Wupeng, Zhuang, Linzhou, Smart, Simon, Zhu, Zhonghua, Appadoo, Dominique, Harmer, Jeffrey R., Wang, Zhiliang, Buzanich, Ana Guilherme, Beyer, Sebastian, Wang, Lianzhou, Mali, Gregor, Bennett, Thomas D., Chen, Vicki and Hou, Jingwei (2022). Mechanochemically synthesised flexible electrodes based on bimetallic metal–organic framework glasses for the oxygen evolution reaction. Angewandte Chemie, 134 (4) e202112880, 21-7. doi: 10.1002/ange.202112880

Mechanochemically synthesised flexible electrodes based on bimetallic metal–organic framework glasses for the oxygen evolution reaction

2022

Journal Article

Binder-Free mechanochemical metal-organic framework nanocrystal coatings

Lin, Rijia, Yao, Yuqi, Bin Zulkifli, Muhammad Yazid, Li, Xuemei, Gao, Shuai, Huang, Wengang, Smart, Simon, Lyu, Miaoqiang, Wang, Lianzhou, Chen, Vicki and Hou, Jingwei (2022). Binder-Free mechanochemical metal-organic framework nanocrystal coatings. Nanoscale, 14 (6), 2221-2229. doi: 10.1039/d1nr08377e

Binder-Free mechanochemical metal-organic framework nanocrystal coatings

Current funding

  • 2023 - 2026
    Responsive Metal-organic Framework Glass Membranes for Molecular Sieving
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2018
    A Multiple Ion Beam Facility for Microscopy and Nanofabrication (ARC LIEF led by USYD)
    University of Sydney
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2020
    Membrane Distillation Development for Concentrated Solar Thermal Systems (ARC Linkage Project Led by the University of New South Wales)
    University of New South Wales
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2021
    Membrane Systems for CO2 Capture and Conversion Using Multi-Enzyme Cascades
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2022
    Putting Metal Organic Frameworks to Work at Interfaces
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant

Availability

Honorary Professor Vicki Chen is:
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