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Thomas Maschmeyer

Thomas Maschmeyer

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Chemistry
Australia
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
77
Citations
18826
World Ranking
4088
National Ranking
110

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Australia Leader Award
  • 2011 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
  • 2011 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Thomas Maschmeyer is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia. Their research spans prominently across the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a focus on several subfields including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Biomedical Engineering, and Organic Chemistry.

Their main research topics reflect a strong emphasis on energy conversion and catalytic processes, including:

  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Lignin and Wood Chemistry
  • Nanomaterials for Catalytic Reactions

Thomas Maschmeyer's recent publications feature a blend of catalysis, materials science, and environmental applications. These include:

  • "4-Nitrophenol Reduction: Probing the Putative Mechanism of the Model Reaction" (2020), published in ACS Catalysis
  • "Defect engineering of oxide perovskites for catalysis and energy storage: synthesis of chemistry and materials science" (2021), published in Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Upgrading of marine (fish and crustaceans) biowaste for high added-value molecules and bio(nano)-materials" (2020), published in Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Role of metal support during ru-catalysed hydrodeoxygenation of biocrude oil" (2020), published in Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • "3R-MoS2 in Review: History, Status, and Outlook" (2021), published in ACS Applied Energy Materials

The venues in which they frequently publish include:

  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Australian Journal of Chemistry
  • Chemical Society Reviews
  • Journal of Chemical Education

Collaborative work forms an integral part of their research, with frequent co-authors such as:

  • Anthony F. Masters
  • Alexander K. L. Yuen
  • Jyah Strachan
  • Christopher Barnett
  • Alfonso Ballestas-Barrientos

Throughout their career, Thomas Maschmeyer has been recognized with awards including fellowship in the Australian Academy of Science and membership in the Academia Europaea, both awarded in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Heterogeneous catalysts obtained by grafting metallocene complexes onto mesoporous silica

    Thomas Maschmeyer;Fernando Rey;Gopinathan Sankar;John Meurig Thomas

  • The Reductive Amination of Aldehydes and Ketones and the Hydrogenation of Nitriles: Mechanistic Aspects and Selectivity Control

    Silvia Gomez;Joop A. Peters;Thomas Maschmeyer

  • Rapid and quantitative one-pot synthesis of sequence-controlled polymers by radical polymerization

    Guillaume Gody;Thomas Maschmeyer;Per B. Zetterlund;Sébastien Perrier

  • Hydrothermal upgrading of biomass to biofuel; studies on some monosaccharide model compounds.

    Zbigniew Srokol;Anne-Gaëlle Bouche;Anton van Estrik;Rob C.J Strik

  • Pilot plant testing of continuous hydrothermal liquefaction of microalgae

    Christopher Jazrawi;Patrick Biller;Andrew B. Ross;Alejandro Montoya

  • 4-Nitrophenol Reduction: Probing the Putative Mechanism of the Model Reaction

    Jyah Strachan;Christopher Barnett;Anthony F. Masters;Thomas Maschmeyer

  • Defect engineering of oxide perovskites for catalysis and energy storage: synthesis of chemistry and materials science.

    Hamidreza Arandiyan;Hamidreza Arandiyan;Sajjad S. Mofarah;Charles C. Sorrell;Esmail Doustkhah

  • Ordering of Ruthenium Cluster Carbonyls in Mesoporous Silica

    Wuzong Zhou;John Meurig Thomas;Douglas S. Shephard;Brian F. G. Johnson

  • Biocrude yield and productivity from the hydrothermal liquefaction of marine and freshwater green macroalgae

    N. Neveux;A.K.L. Yuen;C. Jazrawi;M. Magnusson

  • Pushing the Limit of the RAFT Process: Multiblock Copolymers by One-Pot Rapid Multiple Chain Extensions at Full Monomer Conversion

    Guillaume Gody;Guillaume Gody;Thomas Maschmeyer;Per B. Zetterlund;Sébastien Perrier;Sébastien Perrier

  • Probing the Titanium Sites in Ti−MCM41 by Diffuse Reflectance and Photoluminescence UV−Vis Spectroscopies

    Leonardo Marchese;Thomas Maschmeyer;Enrica Gianotti;Salvatore Coluccia

  • Site‐Directed Surface Derivatization of MCM‐41: Use of High‐Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy and Molecular Recognition for Determining the Position of Functionality within Mesoporous Materials

    Douglas S. Shephard;Wuzong Zhou;Thomas Maschmeyer;Justin M. Matters

  • Zeolites – From curiosity to cornerstone

    Anthony F. Masters;Thomas Maschmeyer

  • Structure–functionality relationships of grafted Ti-MCM41 silicas. Spectroscopic and catalytic studies

    Leonardo Marchese;Enrica Gianotti;Valeria Dellarocca;Thomas Maschmeyer

  • The Titanium(IV)‐Catalyzed Epoxidation of Alkenes by tert‐Alkyl Hydroperoxides

    Richard D. Oldroyd;John Meurig Thomas;Thomas Maschmeyer;Philip A. MacFaul

  • A new templating method for three-dimensional mesoporenetworks

    J. C. Jansen;Z. Shan;L. Marchese;W. Zhou

  • Two-stage hydrothermal liquefaction of a high-protein microalga

    Christopher Jazrawi;Patrick Biller;Yaya He;Alejandro Montoya

  • Synthesis of Bimodal Nanostructured Silicas with Independently Controlled Small and Large Mesopore Sizes

    Ji-Hong Sun;Zhiping Shan;Thomas Maschmeyer;Marc-Olivier Coppens

  • Hydrogenated Defects in Graphitic Carbon Nitride Nanosheets for Improved Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

    Xiaobo Li;Gareth Hartley;Antony J. Ward;Pamela A. Young

  • Exploitation of the Degenerative Transfer Mechanism in RAFT Polymerization for Synthesis of Polymer of High Livingness at Full Monomer Conversion

    Guillaume Gody;Guillaume Gody;Thomas Maschmeyer;Per B. Zetterlund;Sébastien Perrier

  • Constrained chiral catalysts

    J.M. Thomas;T. Maschmeyer;T. Maschmeyer;B.F.G. Johnson;D.S. Shephard

Frequent Co-Authors

Paolo P. Pescarmona
Paolo P. Pescarmona University of Groningen
Ulf Hanefeld
Ulf Hanefeld Delft University of Technology
Joop A. Peters
Joop A. Peters Delft University of Technology
Sébastien Perrier
Sébastien Perrier University of Warwick
Leonardo Marchese
Leonardo Marchese University of Eastern Piedmont Amadeo Avogadro
Roger A. Sheldon
Roger A. Sheldon Delft University of Technology
Maurizio Selva
Maurizio Selva Ca Foscari University of Venice
John Meurig Thomas
John Meurig Thomas University of Cambridge
Wuzong Zhou
Wuzong Zhou University of St Andrews
Isabel W. C. E. Arends
Isabel W. C. E. Arends Utrecht University

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