Prof Matthew Hill

Team Leader

https://people.csiro.au/h/m/matthew-hill

Biography

A/Prof Matthew Hill GAICD has developed a platform technology position in a group of materials known as Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs). These are the world’s most porous materials – they are almost entirely made of holes. One teaspoon of a MOF may have as much surface area as an entire football field hidden inside it.

The overall theme of Matthew’s research is smart, selective capture, release, separation and storage of molecules. Application areas include greenhouse mitigation, energy storage, agriculture, safety and manufacturing.

Like a sponge, the pore surfaces can store and release substances on demand, such as fertilisers or fuels, or, like a sieve, the pore sizes can be used to separate one thing from another, such as natural gas from impurities or carbon dioxide from an exhaust stream. Originally only made in test tube amounts, Matt has developed a commercially viable method to produce 10 kg per hour, enabling commercial usage.

He has 105 publications, 4150 citations (h-index 35), 13 patents (2 licences granted), and involvement in 43 projects with over $20M total value.

Fields of Research

Current

Former

Current Roles

Associate Professor
Monash University
Project Leader
ARC Future fellowship
Project Leader
TIC removal canisters

Academic Qualifications

2003

BSc (Hons I Chem)
UNSW
2006

PhD (Chemistry)
UNSW

Professional Experiences

2006-2008

Postdoctoral Fellow
CSIRO
2008-2010

Research Scientist
CSIRO
2001-2013

Senior Research Scientist
CSIRO
2014-2019

Principal Research Scientist
CSIRO
2016--

Associate Professor
Monash University
2008--

Adjunct Fellow
University of Adelaide
2009--

Adjunct Fellow
University of Adelaide

Achievements and Awards

2017-2017

Member: National Committee for Materials Science and Engineering
Australian Academy of Science
2016-2016

Knowledge Nation 100 Member
Australian Federal Government
2015-2015

Future Focus Group Alumnus
Committee for Melbourne
2014-2014

Prime Minister’s Prize for Science – Malcolm McIntosh Award for Physical Scientist of the year
Department of Industry - Australian Federal Government
2014-2014

Innovators under 35 Awardee, South East Asia Region
MIT Technology Review
2013-2018

Future Fellowship
ARC
2013-2013

Award for Sustainable Technology (finalist)
IChemE
2013-2015

Future Focus Group
Committee for Melbourne
2012-2012

Eureka Prize – Emerging Leadership in Science
Australian Museum
2012-2012

Australian Leadership Award
Australian Davos Connection
2012-2012

Australian Leadership Award
Australian Davos Connection
2011-2011

Finalist – Eureka Prize, Emerging Leadership in Science
Australian Museum
2011-2011

Victorian Young Tall Poppy of the Year
Australian Institute for Policy and Science
2019-2019

Eureka Prize: Outstanding Science in Safeguarding Australia (finalist)
Australian Museum
2010-2013

Julius Career Award
CSIRO
2010-2010

Victoria Fellowship
Victorian Government
2019-2019

Inaugural Pirkey Fellow
University of Texas at Austin
2018-2018

Class of Influential Researchers
Applied and Industrial Chemistry Research
2015-2019

Editorial Board
Nature Scientific Reports
2014-2014

Innovators under 35 Awardee, South East Asia Region
MIT Technology Review

Grants

2014-2018

ARC Future Fellowship
2008-2008

ARNAM Travel Grant
2003-2006

APA Scholarship
2012-2015

ARC Discovery Project
2019-2020

Australian Research Council “Linkage Project – The Integrated Bio-economy Project and the Controlled Biosphere”
2019-2022

Australian Research Council “Discovery Project – Towards New Separators for Li-S Batteries”
2019-2019

Monash Engineering-Science Seed Fund “Porous Organic Cage Membranes”
2018-2018

Hydrogen Future Science Platform “Membrane Purification of Hydrogen from Varied Production Sources”
2018-2019

RAPID – US Department of Energy/UT Austin/Monash University “Mixed matrix Membranes for Low Energy Natural Gas Upgrading”
2018-2018

CSIRO Office of the Chief Executive “Cutting Edge Symposium – Current and Future Challenges of Energy Efficient Separations”
2018-2021

Australian Research Council “Discovery Project – Triggered Release of Oxygen from Porous Materials”
2016-2019

Science and Industry Endowment Fund “EDP Project – Direct Air Capture of CO2”
2017-2020

CSIRO Research Plus “Postdoctoral Fellowship - Direct Air Oxygen Capture for People with Breathing Difficulties”
2016-2019

CSIRO Office of the Chief Executive “Postdoctoral Fellowship – Porous Liquids”
2010-2013

CSIRO “Julius Career Award”
2011-2016

Science and Industry Endowment Fund “Solving the Energy Waste Roadblock”
2011-2011

Victorian State Government “Victoria Fellowship”
2012-2015

Australian Research Council “Discovery Project – Porous Organic Cages”
2013-2015

$110k Advanced Materials Capability Platform “High Throughput Synthesis of Porous Materials”
2013-2015

CSIRO Commercialisation Office “Platform technology support”
2014-2016

CSIRO Minerals “Postdoctoral Fellowship – Flow Chemistry of MOFs”
2014-2017

Monash University/CSIRO “New Horizons Scholarship Scheme”
2014-2016

CSIRO Agriculture “MOFs on Farms”
2016-2016

CSIRO Office of the Chief Executive “Cutting Edge Symposium – Periodic Nanoporous Materials”

Community and Corporate Citizenship

2010-2017

Scientists in Schools
2018-2018

MOF 2018 organising committee
2015-2017

Editor - Nature Scientitic Reports
2014-2017

ISAP Board - Australian Synchrotron
2018-2018

Energy Efficient Separations Organising Committee
2010-2010

ACES Organising Committee
2011-2016

Deputy Director, Science and Industry Endowment Fund, “Solving the Energy Waste Roadblock” (2011-2016).
2018-2019

Deputy Director “Monash Centre for Membrane Innovation (MCMI)” (2019-).