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CLAYTON SOUTH VIC 3169 AUSTRALIA
Biography
Dr Thornton completed a Bachelor of Mathematics and Finance at the University of Wollongong Australia in 2005. Since then he has transitioned through a PhD, contributed academically to the field of membranes and adsorbents, and led multiple commercial projects at the CSIRO (Australia’s national research agency). He has established a commercial relationship with Air Liquide and multiple academic relationships as a Visiting Scholar through secondment programs with the University of California Berkeley, Chimie ParisTech, Hanyang University, University of Cambridge and the National Technical University of Athens. Dr Thornton has also served as the President of the Membrane Society of Australasia since 2014 and is currently acting as the CTO for start-up company MOFWORX.
Other Interests
http://www.researcherid.com/rid/A-6675-2011
Professional Areas
Academic Qualifications
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2010
PhD in Mathematics
University of Wollongong and CSIRO -
2005
Bachelor of Mathematics and Finance (1st Class Honors)
University of Wollongong
Professional Experiences
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2014-2017
President
Membrane Society of Australasia -
2012-2013
Treasurer
Membrane Society of Australasia -
2010-2011
Secretary
Membrane Society of Australasia
Achievements and Awards
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2019-2019
Performance and Innovation Award
Boeing -
2018-2018
Executive Endeavour Fellowship
Department of Education -
2013-2016
Julius Career Award
CSIRO -
2013-2013
Jacques-Emile Dubois Award
Chemical Structure Association Trust -
2012-2012
Young Tall Poppy Science Award - VIC
Australian Institute of Policy & Science
Other highlights
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2016-2020
Project Lead of Airthena Technology - CO2 from Air
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2015-2018
Project Lead of 'Noble Gas Therapeutics' with partner Air Liquide
Grants
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2018-2021
'Breaking the Limit in Membranes' Research Plus Postdoctoral Fellowship
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2018-2021
'Engineering Ion Channels for Selective and Switchable Ion Conduction' ARC Discovery Project
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2017-2022
'Research Hub for Energy-Efficient Separation' ARC Industry Transformation Research Hub
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2017-2019
Science and Industry Endowment Fund - Experimental Development Program - 'CO2Gen: A product that generates pure CO2 directly from the atmosphere'
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2016-2017
'Start-Up Company Development' - Innovation Acceleration Fund
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2016-2016
Deep Technology Accelerator - Bright Arena
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2015-2015
3D Snapshot of Termites Nest for Bio-Inspired Design of Porous Materials" Australian Synchrotron
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2012-2012
'Research Intensification: Closing the High Throughput Research Loop with Knowledge-Driven In-Silico Prediction and an Automatic Experimental Design and Management Tool" - CSIRO Intelligent Processing Transformational Capability Platform
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2011-2016
'Solving the Energy the Energy Waste Roadblock' - Science and Industry Endowment Fund
Publications
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ORCID 0000-0002-7959-1397
- Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=mCMUF5kAAAAJ
- Researcher ID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/A-6675-2011
We have publications by Dr Aaron Thornton