Debra J. Bernhardt (Searles) Royal Australian Chemical Institute National Congress 2026

Debra J. Bernhardt (Searles)

Professor Debra Bernhardt is an ARC Australian Laureate Fellow in the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) and School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences (SCMB) at The University of Queensland. She is also a Chief Investigator in the Australian Research Council’s Centre of Excellence for Green Electrochemical Transformation of Carbon Dioxide. Professor Bernhardt’s research program focuses on theoretical and computational approaches to develop a fundamental understanding of the behaviour of matter. She applies these approaches to a wide range of problems, particularly transport in nanoscale systems, nonequilibrium flow, design of materials, energy storage and conversion. She is Fellow of the Australian Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, and was awarded the Royal Australian Chemical Institute’s Margaret Sheil Award for Leadership in 2023. Debra publishes as Debra J. Searles.

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