DoctorFernando Maya Alejandro

Senior Lecturer in Chemistry

Chemistry

  • Senior Lecturer in Chemistry
    Chemistry
  • +61 3 6226 2165 (Work)
  • School of Natural Sciences, Chemistry, 403 Chemistry Building, Sandy Bay Campus, TAS

BIO

Fernando Maya is a Senior Lecturer in Chemistry at the School of Natural Sciences.

He is interested in the development of novel materials and their application as supports for chemical separation.

Biography
Fernando completed his MSc (2007) and PhD in Chemistry (2011) from University of the Balearic Islands (UIB, Spain). He was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to conduct postdoctoral research at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (USA, 2012-2013), followed by a postdoctoral research/adjunct lecturer position at the UIB (2014-2018). He was appointed as a Lecturer in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Tasmania in July 2018 and promoted to Senior Lecturer in July 2020. He is an academic member of the Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science (ACROSS).

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Lecturer in Chemistry
    University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia2018 - 2020
  • Postdoctoral Researcher
    University of the Balearic Islands, Spain2014 - 2018
  • Postdoctoral Researcher / Fulbright Scholar
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States2012 - 2013

DEGREES

  • PhD Chemistry
    University of the Balearic Islands, Spain2011
  • MSc Chemistry
    University of the Balearic Islands, Spain2007

LANGUAGES

  • English
  • Spanish; Castilian
  • Catalan; Valencian

SCHOOL AND PORTFOLIO

  • School of Natural Sciences

FIELD OF RESEARCH