Maria Forsyth
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Maria Forsyth | |
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| Alma mater | Monash University |
| Known for | Research on materials for energy storage |
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| Fields | Chemistry |
| Institutions | Deakin University |
Maria Forsyth is an Australian chemist. She is a research professor at the University of the Basque Country and an Alfred Deakin Fellow at Deakin University in Victoria, Australia where she holds the chair in Electromaterials and Corrosion Sciences.
Her research has applications in both energy storage and in understanding the mechanisms of corrosion.
Forsyth gained a first class degree and her doctorate at Monash University.[1] In 1985 she was the top Australian student chemist and she was awarded the Masson medal. This led to a three-year commonwealth scholarship.[2]
In 1990, Fulbright funded her postdoctoral Fellowship. The Australian Research Council funded her fellowship from 2003 for four years and during this time she won the Dean's Award for Excellence in Research from her university's Engineering department.[2]
In 2012, she became the Alfred Deakin Professor at Deakin University. She then became a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2015,[3] an associate Director of ACES as well as being an Australian Laureate Fellow and the Chair of Electromaterials and Corrosion Science.[2] Forsyth is a research Professor at the University of the Basque Country in Spain.[1]
