DoctorFernando Maya Alejandro
Senior Lecturer in Chemistry
Chemistry
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- Senior Lecturer in ChemistryChemistry
- +61 3 6226 2165 (Work)
- School of Natural Sciences, Chemistry, 403 Chemistry Building, Sandy Bay Campus, TAS
SUPERVISION AND TEACHING SUMMARy
Analytical Chemistry, Separation Science, Environmental Chemistry
Teaching responsibility
Unit Coordinator:
KRA114 Chemistry 1B Hobart
Teaching:
KRA161 Introduction to Chemistry
KRA114 Chemistry 1B
KRA211 Environmental Chemistry
KRA242 Physical and Analytical Chemistry
KRA344 Advanced Analytical Techniques
Research Supervision
Fernando is currently the primary supervisor of 5 PhD students.
He is also involved in the co-supervision of several PhD students at the Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science (ACROSS), Chemistry (UTAS) and the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA).
He has successfully supervised/co-supervised 12 PhD students, 8 MSc students, 3 Honours students, and 4 BSc thesis to completion at the University of the Balearic Islands (Spain) and the University of Tasmania.
SUPERVISION & TEACHING
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONDeveloping a Phytochemical profile of Underutilised Forestry Biomass for Product Development5 Aug 2026
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONMethods for trace explosive detection13 Apr 2026
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONDevelopment of novel separation techniques for nanoplastics analysis5 Jan 2026
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONHyphenated sample preparation and analysis using automated liquid/liquid extraction and gas chromatography3 Jun 2025
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONInnovative HPLC Frit Technology12 Apr 2024
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONSoil Health Chip22 Feb 2024
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONDevelopment of New Applications of Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks for Chemical Separation and Degradation2 Jan 2023
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONElectrokinetic Extraction and Electrokinetic Separation of Heavy Metals using Polymer Inclusion Membrane Directly from Solid Sample14 Mar 2022 - 22 Apr 2026
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION3D printed analytical systems7 Feb 2022
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION3D Printing High-resolution Micro Total Analysis Systems16 Aug 2021
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONMicroplastic Separations Enabled by Magnetic Levitation15 Feb 2021 - 28 Aug 2024
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONApplications of Capillary Electrophoresis and Electric Assisted Extraction for Phytochemicals and Nanoplastics Analysis in Food1 Dec 2020 - 16 Apr 2025
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONMagnetic Nanocomposites for Removal and Analysis of Microplastics, Nanoplastics, and Plastic Derived Pollutants30 Nov 2020 - 27 Aug 2025
- COMPLETED MASTERS SUPERVISIONPhytochemical Screening and Guided Natural Products Isolation Facilitated by Liquid Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry2 Nov 2020 - 28 Apr 2023
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONNatural Products from Fungal Endophytes of Dodonaea viscosa ssp. spatulata & Tasmannia lanceolata14 Sep 2020 - 27 Aug 2025
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONSponge-nested Polymer Monoliths: Versatile materials for sample preparation8 Sep 2020 - 27 Aug 2025
- COMPLETED MASTERS SUPERVISIONAnalytical Methods for Sample Preparation and Separation of Potentially Harmful Alkenylbenzenes in Food10 Aug 2020 - 16 Dec 2022
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONSPE of PFAS5 May 2020
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONBiomass Residues: Assessing the potential16 Mar 2020 - 18 Dec 2024
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONMetal-organic Framework Polymer Composites for Sample Preparation16 Dec 2019 - 18 Dec 2025
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONThe Development of 3D Printed Microfluidic Devices for the In-field Colourimetric Analysis of Soil Macronutrients1 Dec 2019 - 18 Dec 2024
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONExploring the Annual and Geographical Variability of Leatherwood Honey through its Chemical Profile, Bioactivity, and Physico-chemical Properties25 Mar 2019 - 18 Dec 2024
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONDetection of Penicillin Antibiotics in River Water, Effluent Waste and Milk using Capillary Zone Electrophoresis Laser-induced Fluorescence6 Dec 2018 - 27 Aug 2025
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONNew Materials for Separation and Preconcentration in Open Tubular Capillary-based Separations16 Oct 2018 - 28 Apr 2023
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONNew Chemical Resins for SLA-based 3D Printers6 Aug 2018 - 16 Dec 2022