Dr Sarina Sarina
Faculty of Science,
School of Chemistry & Physics
Biography
Sarina is an ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher (DECRA) Fellow and Senior Lecturer in School of Chemistry and Physics, QUT since 2019 and an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow (2014). Sarina was awarded her PhD in November 2013 from QUT, with winning "QUT Outstanding Doctoral Thesis". She has extensive research experience in the plasmonic photocatalysts and their application in selective organic synthesis, she also established excellent international and national collaborations with highly recognized experts in related fields (ANSTO and SCK-CEN Belgium). Her current research is focusing especially on the impact of irradiation wavelength on the molecule selectivity in the organic synthesis, which is involving a cross-disciplinary research knowledge of optical physics, surface chemistry and organic synthesis chemistry. Sarina has published 38 journal articles in a career covering photocatalysis, chemical physics, physical chemistry and materials science, with total citation over 3300, including 3 Highly Cited Paper on Web of Science, and an h-index of 25.Major research interests are in the fields of plasmonic catalysts and nanostructured materials including:
- Visible light plasmonic catalysts of noble metal nanoparticles supported on inactive support for high value chemical synthesis.
- Wavelength controllable reaction pathway change in organic synthesis.
- Plasmonic Optical Force investigation in catalytic process and its application in chemical synthesis selectivity control
- Intelligent adsorbents for removal of radioactive ions from water system.
Media release about Sarina's research:
https://www.qut.edu.au/science-engineering/about/news?id=78896
https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news/newsid=37395.php
Research Funding
ARC Grants
Discovery Project (DP210103284, $28,4000, 2021-2024), project title: Promoting Transition Metal Complex Catalysis with Plasmonic Antennae.
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DE190101450, $392,556, 2019-2022), project title: Enhanced non-plasmonic alloy photocatalyst by morphology and irradiation tuneable reaction pathway.
Industrial Research Fund ($257,209)
2016 - Huaiyong Zhu, Sarina Sarina, Eric Waclawik “Further Study on Titanate Nanostructure Sorbents for the Extraction of Lithium from Brine Solution” Inneovation Pty Ltd, AU$186,089.
2017 - Huaiyong Zhu, Sarina Sarina, Eric Waclawik “Further Study on Titanate Nanostructure Sorbents for the Extraction of Lithium from Brine Solution-Supplementary Tests” Inneovation Pty Ltd, AU$14,475.
2017/2018 - Huaiyong Zhu, Sarina Sarina, Eric Waclawik “Sodium Titanate Adsorbents Synthesis and Characterisation” Inneovation Pty Ltd, AU$56,645.
Employment
07/2020 - present Senior Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology
02/2019 – 06/2020 Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology
02/2019 – 02/2022 Discovery Early Career Researcher Award, Australian Research Council
12/2015 – 01/2019 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
09/2014 – 11/2015 Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute of Colloid and Interface, Germany
11/2013 – 08/2018 Senior research assistant, Queensland University of Technology
Personal details
Positions
- Senior Research Fellow (DECRA)
Faculty of Science,
School of Chemistry & Physics - Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Science,
School of Chemistry & Physics
Keywords
Surface plasmon resonance effect, metal nanoparticle, catalyst and photocatalyst, selective synthesis, nanosorbent materials
Discipline
Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural), Other Chemical Sciences
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (Queensland University of Technology)
- Undergraduate Major in Chemistry
Professional memberships and associations
MRACI
Member of Royal Australian Chemical Institute
Member of Royal Australian Chemical Institute
Teaching
General Chemistry CVB101 (Lectures, workshops) 2019, 2020, 2021
Analytical Chemistry CVB202 (Pracs) 2017 - present
Physical Chemistry CVB203 (Pracs) 2017 - present
Capstone Project CVB304 (Supervision of 2 projects) 2019, 2021
VRES students projects (Supervision of 4 projects) 2020, 2021
2021
SEM-1
CVB101_21se1 : General Chemistry
CVB202_21se1 : Analytical Chemistry
CVB304_21se1 : Chemistry Research Project
2020
SEM-1
CVB101_20se1 : General Chemistry
CVB202_20se1 : Analytical Chemistry
CVB302_20se1 : Applied Physical Chemistry
SEM-2
CVB101_20se2 : General Chemistry
CVB203_20se2 : Physical Chemistry
2019
SEM-1
CVB202_19se1 : Analytical Chemistry
CVB302_19se1 : Applied Physical Chemistry
SEM-2
CVB101_19se2 : General Chemistry
CVB203_19se2 : Physical Chemistry
CVB304_19se2 : Chemistry Research Project
EGB364_19se2 : Process Modelling
Analytical Chemistry CVB202 (Pracs) 2017 - present
Physical Chemistry CVB203 (Pracs) 2017 - present
Capstone Project CVB304 (Supervision of 2 projects) 2019, 2021
VRES students projects (Supervision of 4 projects) 2020, 2021
2021
SEM-1
CVB101_21se1 : General Chemistry
CVB202_21se1 : Analytical Chemistry
CVB304_21se1 : Chemistry Research Project
2020
SEM-1
CVB101_20se1 : General Chemistry
CVB202_20se1 : Analytical Chemistry
CVB302_20se1 : Applied Physical Chemistry
SEM-2
CVB101_20se2 : General Chemistry
CVB203_20se2 : Physical Chemistry
2019
SEM-1
CVB202_19se1 : Analytical Chemistry
CVB302_19se1 : Applied Physical Chemistry
SEM-2
CVB101_19se2 : General Chemistry
CVB203_19se2 : Physical Chemistry
CVB304_19se2 : Chemistry Research Project
EGB364_19se2 : Process Modelling
Experience
Research Experience
Senior Lecturer, DECRA, Queensland University of Technology 07/2020 – present
Lecturer, DECRA, Queensland University of Technology 02/2019 – 06/2020
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology 12/2015 – 01/2019
Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute of Colloid and Interface, Germany 09/2014 – 11/2015
Senior research assistant, Queensland University of Technology 11/2013 – 08/2018
Research collaboration at SCK-CEN (Belgium Nuclear Centre) 02/2012 – 04/2012
Research collaboration at Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organization 12/2010 – 02/2011
Visiting student at Queensland University of Technology 11/2008 – 10/2009
Conference Talks
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Senior Lecturer, DECRA, Queensland University of Technology 07/2020 – present
Lecturer, DECRA, Queensland University of Technology 02/2019 – 06/2020
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology 12/2015 – 01/2019
Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute of Colloid and Interface, Germany 09/2014 – 11/2015
Senior research assistant, Queensland University of Technology 11/2013 – 08/2018
Research collaboration at SCK-CEN (Belgium Nuclear Centre) 02/2012 – 04/2012
Research collaboration at Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organization 12/2010 – 02/2011
Visiting student at Queensland University of Technology 11/2008 – 10/2009
Conference Talks
- Invited talk
- IUMRS-ICA -IUMRS International Conference in Asia, Perth, Australia, 22-26 Sep. 2019
- TOCAT8-The 8th Tokyo Conference on Advanced Catalytic Science and Technology, Yokohama, Japan,5-10 Aug.2018,
- MS&T 2016–Material Science & Technology, Technical Meeting and Exhibition, Salt Lake City, United States, Oct. 23~27, 2016.
- ICONN 2018 -International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Wollongong, NSW, Australia, 29 Jan ~ 2 Feb 2018.
- Oral presentation
- Pre-conference of TOCAT8 and the 5th International Symposium of Institute for Catalysis (ICAT), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, 3-4 Augest, 2018.
- PSRC-8, 8th Pacific Symposium on Radical Chemistry, Brisbane, Australia, 18 ~ 22 July 2017.
- ISGC2015 -3rd International Symposium on Green Chemistry –La Rochelle/France, May 03~07, 2015.
- GOLD2012 –the 6thInternational Conference -Tokyo/Japan, Sep. 05~08, 2012.
- ICC 2012 -15thInternational Congress on Catalysis 2012, Munich/Germany, Jul.01~06, 2012.
Publications
- Prangige E, Sarina S, Waclawik E, Ayoko G, Han P, Jia J, Zhu H, (2019) Plasmonic switching of the reaction pathway: Visible-light irradiation varies the reactant concentration at the solid-solution interface of a gold-cobalt catalyst, Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 58 (35) p12032
- Han P, Tana T, Xiao Q, Sarina S, Waclawik E, Gómez D, Zhu H, (2019) Promoting Ni(II) catalysis with plasmonic antennas, Chem, 5 (11) p2879
- Sarina S, Jaatinen E, Xiao Q, Huang Y, Christopher P, Zhao J, Zhu H, (2017) Photon energy threshold in direct photocatalysis with metal nanoparticles: Key evidence from the action spectrum of the reaction, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 8 (11) p2526
- Huang Y, Liu Z, Gao G, Xiao G, Du A, Bottle S, Sarina S, Zhu H, (2017) Stable copper nanoparticle photocatalysts for selective epoxidation of alkenes with visible light, ACS Catalysis, 7 (8) p4975
- Xiao Q, Liu S, Bo A, Zavahir F, Sarina S, Bottle S, Riches J, Zhu H, (2015) Catalytic transformation of aliphatic alcohols to corresponding esters in O2 under neutral conditions using visible-light irradiation, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137 (5) p1956
- Sarina S, Bo A, Liu D, Liu H, Yang D, Zhou C, Maes N, Komarneni S, Zhu H, (2014) Separate or simultaneous removal of radioactive cations and anions from water by layered sodium vanadate-based sorbents, Chemistry of Materials, 26 (16) p4788
- Sarina S, Zhu H, Xiao Q, Jaatinen E, Jia J, Huang Y, Zheng Z, Wu H, (2014) Viable photocatalysts under solar-spectrum irradiation: Nonplasmonic metal nanoparticles, Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 53 (11) p2935
- Sarina S, Bai S, Huang Y, Chen C, Jia J, Jaatinen E, Ayoko G, Zhaorigetu B, Zhu H, (2014) Visible light enhanced oxidant free dehydrogenation of aromatic alcohols using Au-Pd alloy nanoparticle catalysts, Green Chemistry, 16 (1) p331
- Sarina S, Zhu H, Jaatinen E, Xiao Q, Liu H, Jia J, Chen C, Zhao J, (2013) Enhancing catalytic performance of palladium in gold and palladium alloy nanoparticles for organic synthesis reactions through visible light irradiation at ambient temperatures, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135 (15) p5793
- Sarina S, Waclawik E, Zhu H, (2013) Photocatalysis on supported gold and silver nanoparticles under ultraviolet and visible light irradiation, Green Chemistry, 15 (7) p1814
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Sarina, explore their research on ePrints (our digital repository).
Awards
- Type
- Recipient of an Australia Council Grant or Australia Council Fellowship
- Reference year
- 2019
- Details
- ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA)
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2015
- Details
- Nominated by Alexander von Humboldt Fundation to participate 65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
- Type
- Recipient of a Nationally Competitive Research Fellowship
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2013
- Details
- QUT Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award 2013
Research projects
- Title
- Promoting Transition Metal Complex Catalysis with Plasmonic Antennae
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP210103357
- Start year
- 2021
- Keywords
- Title
- Tuning Non-plasmonic Metals to High Performance Photocatalysts
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DE190101450
- Start year
- 2019
- Keywords
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Plasma activated liquids for the environmentally friendly and energy efficient improvement and manipulation of nanomaterials
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Ken Ostrikov, Professor Nunzio Motta - Photo-switchable Product Selectivity Control in Aniline Based Synthesis
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Eric Waclawik, Professor Huai Yong Zhu - Morphology Controlled Growth of Boehmite Nanofibers with Surfactant at Low Temperature
MPhil, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Huai Yong Zhu - Photo-switchable product selectivity control in hydroamination reactions
MPhil, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Eric Waclawik, Professor John McMurtrie