PERSONAL RESUME 2008
PERSONAL DETAILS
Name Jeremy Peter MATTHEWS jm
Address

Freudensprungstrasse 3
93437 Furth im Wald
GERMANY
Telephone +49 (0)9973 803 769
Email jeremy@hypercapnian.com
Date of Birth 9th August 1973
Nationality Australian/British

EDUCATION
Tertiary
August 1997 -
December 2000

PhD Program
Queensland University of Technology, AUSTRALIA

Thesis title: Kinetic Behaviour of Ion Intercalation Electrodes at Elevated Temperatures

March 1993 -
June 1997

Bachelor of Applied Science (Hons) - Chemistry
University of Technology, Sydney, AUSTRALIA

Thesis title: Metal Complexes of Some Tridentate Pyrazolyl Ligands

Honours awarded: First Class

Secondary
1991

Higher School Certificate
The Entrance High School
New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

Tertiary Entrance Rank: 81.05
Subjects: Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, English, Industrial Technology
Academic Awards
December 1996

Deans Merit List for Academic Excellence
University of Technology, Sydney, AUSTRALIA

 

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
(Reverse chronological order)
1

J.P. Matthews, J.M. Bell and I.L. Skryabin, “Simulation of Electrochromic Switching Voltages at Elevated Temperatures”, Presented at the Fourth international Meeting on Electrochromics (IME-4), Uppsala, Sweden, 2000 (To be published in Electrochimica Acta).
2 J.P. Matthews, J.M. Bell and I.L. Skryabin, “High Temperature Behaviour of Electrochromics”, presented at the World Renewable Energy Congress VI, Brighton, UK, 2000 (To be published in Renewable Energy).
3 J.M. Bell and J.P. Matthews, "Temperature Dependence of Kinetic Properties of Sol-Gel Deposited Electrochromics", Submitted to Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, currently under review.
4 A.T. Baker and J.P. Matthews, "Iron(II) and Nickel(II) Complexes of
6-(Pyrazol-1-yl)-2-2'-bipyridine", Aust. J. Chem, 52, 339-342(1999).
5 J.M. Bell, J.P. Matthews and I.L. Skryabin, "Smart Windows", entry in Encyclopedia of Smart Materials, Pending publication.
6 G. Dong, J.P. Matthews, D.C. Craig and A.T. Baker, "The Syntheses, Spectra and Structures of Five-Coordinate Cobalt(II) Complexes of Pyrazolyl-Containing Ligands", Inorganica Chimica Acta, 284(2), 266-272(1999).
7 J.P. Matthews, J.M. Bell and I.L. Skryabin, "Effects of Temperature on Electrochromic Device Switching Voltages", Electrochimica Acta, 44(18),
3245-3250(1999).
8 J.M. Bell, J.P. Matthews, I.L. Skryabin, J. Wang and B.G. Monsma, "Sol-Gel Deposited Electrochromic Devices", Renewable Energy, 15(1-4), 312-317(1998).
9 J.M. Bell and J.P. Matthews, "Glazing Materials", Materials Forum, 22,
1-24(1998).
10 J.P. Matthews, "Metal Complexes of Some Tridentate Pyrazolyl Ligands",
B. App. Sc. (Honours) Thesis, University of Technology, Sydney (1997).
   
Conference Papers
1

J.P. Matthews, J.M. Bell and I.L. Skryabin, "Cycling Reversibility of Electrochromic WO3 Films at Elevated Temperatures", Presented at the Australian CRC for Renewable Energy Postgraduate Research Students Conference, Melbourne, November 1999.

2 J.P. Matthews, J.M. Bell and I.L. Skryabin, "Memory Effect of Sol-Gel Deposited Electrochromic WO3 Films at Elevated Temperatures", Presented at the Australian CRC for Renewable Energy Postgraduate Research Students Conference, Perth, February 1999.
 

 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
 
May 2006 -
December 2000

Laboratory Manager, Research and Development
Labor Chemische Technologie
EControl-Glas GmbH & Co. KG

Skills/Duties:

  • Electrochemical research into thin film electrodes
  • Development of software applications for control/measurement of electrochromic devices
  • Project management
  • Management of laboratory staff
  • Management of trainees (IASTE Exchange program)
February 2001 -
November 2003

R+D Electrochemist
Labor Chemische Technologie
Flabeg GmbH & Co. KG

Skills/Duties:

  • Electrochemical characterisation and assessment of thin film materials, transition metal oxides and complete electrochemical cells
  • Establishment of materials analysis and testing procedures
  • Cyclic voltammetry, impedance spectroscopy
  • LabVIEW software development (experiment automation and data acquisition)
  • Development of charge-injection reversibility determination procedures
  • Management of small research projects
  • Regular reporting of results and future research directions
  • Regular presentation of research results to supervisors/research team
August 1997 -
December 2000

Academic Tutor - Engineering Materials
Queensland University of Technology, AUSTRALIA

Skills/Duties:

  • Teaching student tutorial classes
  • Preparation of class notes and lecture materials
  • Demonstration of student laboratories (responsible for safety of ca. 15 students per lab class)
August 1993 -
June 1997

Academic Tutor - Organic Chemistry
University of Technology, Sydney, AUSTRALIA

Skills/Duties:

  • Teaching student tutorial classes
  • Preparation of class notes and lecture materials
  • Demonstration of student laboratories (responsible for safety of ca. 12 students per lab class)
June 1994 -
August 1995

Laboratory Assistant
CSIRO Centre for Andanced Analytical Chemistry Environmental Toxicology Division, AUSTRALIA

Skills/Duties:

  • Terrestrial and aqueous toxicity testing
  • GC-MS analysis
  • Spectroscopic techniques (UV-VIS, FTIR)
  • Aseptic technique
  • Sample preparation