Assoc ProfessorVeronica Sofianos

Veronica Sofianos is a Materials Scientist with a PhD in Chemistry. She was awarded a prestigious scholarship from the National Centre of Scientific Research (NCSR) “Demokritos” in Athens, Greece, to undertake doctoral research on nanomaterials for photocatalytic air purification. Her PhD dissertation received the Centre’s “Best Thesis” award. She subsequently held a casual academic appointment at the University of Melbourne (School of Chemistry), Australia, before taking up a research academic position at Curtin University (Department of Physics and Astronomy) in Perth. As a Research Fellow at Curtin, her resarch focused on the synthesis and characterisation of metal hydrides for hydrogen storage, targeting both vehicular and high-temperature applications to support green growth and the hydrogen economy. She later joined the UCD School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering as an Ad Astra Fellow, where she established her independent academic career in the green synthesis of advanced nanomaterials for sustainable energy applications. She is currently a tenured Associate Professor.