Associate Professor Geoffrey Waterhouse

PhD, MSc(1st class), BSc, FRSC, FNZIC, MRSNZ, MNZAS

Associate Professor

In: Chemical Sciences » Faculty of Science

Biography

Theme Leader (Energy), The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (2019-)
Associate Professor, School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland (2017-)
Chair Professor, College of Chemistry and Material Science, Shandong Agricultural University (2017-)
Guest Professor, Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2016-)
Principal Investigator, The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (2016-)
Chair Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology (2015-)
Associate Investigator, The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies (2015-)
Senior Lecturer - above the bar, School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland (2012-2017)
Coordinator of Synchrotron Science, The University of Auckland (2011-2014)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellow (2013)
Associate Investigator, The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (2009-2016)
Senior Lecturer, School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland (2009-2012)
Research Fellow, Dept. of Chemistry, The University of Auckland (2007-2009)
NZST Research Fellow, IFS, Massey University (2004-2007)
Staff Scientist, Light Metals Research Centre, Auckland (2003-2004)
Research Fellow, Dept. of Food Science, The University of Auckland (2001-2003)
PhD(Chemistry), The University of Auckland (2004)

Research | Current

Current research is clustered in four distinct areas;

Development of efficient semiconductor catalysts for solar water splitting, alcohol photoreforming, carbon dioxide reduction and nitrogen fixation.
Fabrication of smart optical coatings, in particular photonic crystal thin films, for sensing and optoelectronic applications.
Manipulation of the composition, structure and electronic properties of rare earth-doped oxide and oxynitride phosphors for white LED applications.
Advancement of synchrotron techniques (XPS, XANES, XRD, IR) in materials science research.

Our research in these areas supports the six year science plans of two NZ Centres of Research Excellence (CoREs), the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology and the Dodd Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies.

Teaching | Current

CHEM 251 - Structure and Spectroscopy (Teacher and Course Director)
CHEM 310 - Structural Chemistry and Spectroscopy (Teacher and Course Director)
CHEM 340 - Advanced Analytical Chemistry (Teacher)
CHEM 380 - Materials Chemistry (Teacher)
CHEM 710 - Structural and Computational Chemistry (Teacher)
CHEM 760 - Advanced Green Chemistry (Teacher)

Responsibilities

Associate Professor in Physical Chemistry/Materials Science

Areas of expertise

Surface chemistry
Heterogeneous catalysis
Photocatalysis
Renewable energy technologies
Photonic crystal engineering
Photonics

Committees/Professional groups/Services

University of Auckland Human Participants Ethics Committee (2016-now)

Australian Synchrotron User Advisory Committee (2015-2017)

New Zealand Synchrotron Group Access Committee (2013-now)

Selected publications and creative works (Research Outputs)

Sun, Y., Gao, H., Xu, L., Waterhouse, G. I. N., Zhang, H., Qiao, X., & Xu, Z. (2020). Ultrasensitive determination of sulfathiazole using a molecularly imprinted electrochemical sensor with CuS microflowers as an electron transfer probe and Au@COF for signal amplification. Food Chemistry, 332.10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.127376
Zhao, J., Yang, Q., Shi, R., Waterhouse, G. I. N., Zhang, X., Wu, L. Z., ... Zhang, T. (2020). FeO–CeO<inf>2</inf> nanocomposites: an efficient and highly selective catalyst system for photothermal CO<inf>2</inf> reduction to CO. NPG Asia Materials, 12 (1).10.1038/s41427-019-0171-5
Zhang, Y., Waterhouse, G. I. N., Xiang, Z.-P., Che, J., Chen, C., & Sun, W. (2020). A highly sensitive electrochemical sensor containing nitrogen-doped ordered mesoporous carbon (NOMC) for voltammetric determination of l-tryptophan. Food chemistry, 32610.1016/j.foodchem.2020.126976
Zhou, C., Shi, R., Waterhouse, G. I. N., & Zhang, T. (2020). Recent advances in niobium-based semiconductors for solar hydrogen production. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 419.10.1016/j.ccr.2020.213399
Deas, R., Pearce, S., Goss, K., Wang, Q., Chen, W. T., & Waterhouse, G. I. N. (2020). Hierarchical Au/TiO<inf>2</inf> nanoflower photocatalysts with outstanding performance for alcohol photoreforming under UV irradiation. Applied Catalysis A: General, 602.10.1016/j.apcata.2020.117706
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Wan-Ting Chen, Qing Wang
Chen, W. T., Dong, Y., Yadav, P., Aughterson, R. D., Sun-Waterhouse, D., & Waterhouse, G. I. N. (2020). Effect of alcohol sacrificial agent on the performance of Cu/TiO<inf>2</inf> photocatalysts for UV-driven hydrogen production. Applied Catalysis A: General, 602.10.1016/j.apcata.2020.117703
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/51844
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Wan-Ting Chen, Yusong Dong, Dongxiao Sun-Waterhouse
Xiong, X., Zhao, Y., Shi, R., Yin, W., Zhao, Y., Waterhouse, G. I. N., & Zhang, T. (2020). Selective photocatalytic CO<inf>2</inf> reduction over Zn-based layered double hydroxides containing tri or tetravalent metals. Science Bulletin, 65 (12), 987-994. 10.1016/j.scib.2020.03.032
Shi, R., Guo, J., Zhang, X., Waterhouse, G. I. N., Han, Z., Zhao, Y., ... Zhang, T. (2020). Efficient wettability-controlled electroreduction of CO2 to CO at Au/C interfaces. Nature communications, 11 (1)10.1038/s41467-020-16847-9