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Fields of Research (FoR)
Polymers, Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry, Materials Engineering, Nanotechnology, Chemical Engineering DesignBiography
Dr Nathaniel (Nat) Corrigan is a ARC DECRA fellow working in the Cluster for Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD) and the Australian Centre for Nanomedicine (ACN) in the School of Chemical Engineering at UNSW. His research focuses on the use of light in macromolecular synthesis, with a particular focus on new methods for polymer synthesis. Dr. Corrigan has expertise in flow mediated photochemical reactions, reaction design for...view more
Dr Nathaniel (Nat) Corrigan is a ARC DECRA fellow working in the Cluster for Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD) and the Australian Centre for Nanomedicine (ACN) in the School of Chemical Engineering at UNSW. His research focuses on the use of light in macromolecular synthesis, with a particular focus on new methods for polymer synthesis. Dr. Corrigan has expertise in flow mediated photochemical reactions, reaction design for photopolymerization, and controlling polymer molecular weight distributions, and has also pioneered the application of reversible deactivation radical polymerization to 3D printing, via the use of ultra-fast PET-RAFT polymerization and other ultra-fast photoinduced 3D printing processes. These processes enable the production of advanced macromolecular materials via more streamlined and highly accessible approaches.
PhD Projects are available.
My Grants
ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DE240100917): Manufacturing Nanostructured Metallic Materials via 3D Printed Polymers
UNSW GROW Grant: Generating the First Mechanically Accurate Mock Artery for in vitro Stent Testing
ARC Discovery Project (DP210100094): Programming the Microstructure of 3D Printed Objects
My Qualifications
PhD (Polymer Science/Chemical Engineering) & Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering, Hons. 1)
My Awards
In 2020, I was recognized as a finalist of the prestigious Reaxys PhD prize for the best PhD thesis in the Chemical Sciences globally.
My Research Activities
I am coauthor of >60 peer reviewed publications in leading high-impact journals in chemistry, chemical engineering, and polymer and materials science. His research focuses on the use of visible light for advanced manufacturing of polymeric materials, through flow-controlled systems and 3D printing.
polymer science, 3D printing, flow polymerization, photopolymerization, photochemistry
My Research Supervision
Areas of supervision
Please contact me via email for candidature into HDR programs (PhD and Masters by research), and also for UNSW undergraduate thesis supervision. Contact for more information.
I have several projects currently available in fields of polymer science and nanostructured materials, photopolymerisation, flow polymerisation, 3D printing, 4D printing, functional polymeric materials.
My Engagement
My research has been featured by in mainstream media, including stories related to 3D/4D printing of novel polymeric materials picked up by EurekAlert (AAAS, https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-11/uons-n3p111819.php), Scimex (https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/new-3d-printing-technique-produces-living-4d-materials), as well as interviews with ABC radio. Additionally, Dr. Corrigan is a member of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) and the American Chemical Society (ACS).
Publications
ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7876-1908