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Organic Chemist & Scientific Consultant | Synthesis, Photovoltaics, Lab Management, Grant applications | PhD (USyd)

Profile Summary

PhD organic chemist (University of Sydney, 2010) with 20 years of research experience spanning supramolecular chemistry, fluorescent dye synthesis, luminescent solar concentrators, and biomedical labelling systems. Instrumental in industry-academic liaisons with Flurosol, Algae Enterprises, Intel, Zeiss, and Inventia, among others. Held a senior laboratory management position at UNSW (2018-2021) overseeing approximately 60 researchers across five groups, with responsibility for WH&S compliance, infrastructure, and operational continuity throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. Postdoctoral experience across UNSW, Macquarie University, and the University of Sydney, with outputs including 17 peer-reviewed publications, one patent, and multiple functional photovoltaic test devices. Currently operating as a senior scientific consultant (Recontra, Kyoto) serving clients in Ag-tech (hybrid-photovoltaics and agrochemical development), biotech waste treatment (black soldier fly treatment of waste), biomedical devices (personal UV-sensors), and livestock disease epidemiology (reporting and response development) across Australia, Japan, and Kazakhstan. Currently obtained >$500k (USD) in research funding for clients. Core technical competencies: organic synthesis and analysis (NMR, UV-Vis, IR, MS, HPLC), experimental design, and research methodology. Project management experience from six-month to five-year timescales.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Research Methodology
• ★ Scientific Proofreading & Editing
• ★ Grant Writing
• ☆ Surface Science
• ☆ Molecular Engineering
• ☆ Agricultural Chemistry
• ☆ Renewable Energy
• ☆ Solar Energy
• ☆ Applied Chemistry
• ☆ Product Evaluation
• ☆ Material Sourcing
• ☆ Product Validation
• ☆ Product Compliance
• ☆ Concept Development
• ☆ Peer Review
• ☆ Feasibility Studies
• ☆ Literature Search

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Product Development

Writing Technical Writing, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Feasibility Study, Technology Scouting, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Business Strategy Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting, Regulatory Consulting

Product Development Formulation, Product Evaluation, Manufacturing, Concept Development, Prototyping, Device Fabrication

Work Experience

Senior Consultant

Recontra

October 2021 - Present

Research Laboratory Manager

University of New South Wales

January 2018 - November 2021

Education

PhD (Chemistry)

The University of Sydney

March 2005 - November 2009

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Hassan Saeed Khan, Olivia Marie Lucie Julia, Riccardo Paolini, James Edric Alan Webb, Alex Soeriyadi, Djordje Krajcic, Gianluca Ranzi, Jianxiu Wen, Jan Valenta, Mat Santamouris (2025). Coloured radiative cooling materials in the built environment parallel the cooling benefits of white conventional surfaces and balanced winter performance . Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells.

Ioannis Kousis, Hassan Saeed Khan, Riccardo Paolini, James Edric Alan Webb, Jan Valenta, Mat Santamouris (2025). Cooling with colour: Passive-Coloured Radiative Coolers for energy-efficient temperature regulation in adverse climatic conditions . Solar Energy.

Munkhshur Myekhlai, Sejin Park, James E.A. Webb, Hyunchul Oh (2024). Thermally-driven physisorption-based hydrogen compressors . Coordination Chemistry Reviews.

Sanjun Fan, James E. A. Webb, Ying Yang, Daniel J. Nieves, Vinicius R. Gonçales, Jason Tran, Geva Hilzenrat, Mohaddeseh Kahram, Richard D. Tilley, Katharina Gaus, et al. (2019). Observing the Reversible Single Molecule Electrochemistry of Alexa Fluor 647 Dyes by Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy . Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

Parisa S. Khiabani, Alexander H. Soeriyadi, Ekaterina V. Nam, Joshua R. Peterson, James E.A. Webb, Pall Thordarson, William A. Donald, J. Justin Gooding (2019). Understanding the performance of a paper‐based UV exposure sensor: The photodegradation mechanism of brilliant blue FCF in the presence of TiO₂ photocatalysts in both the solid state and solution . Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry.

Vineeth B. Yasarapudi, Laszlo Frazer, James E. A. Webb, Joseph K. Gallaher, Alexander Macmillan, Alexander Falber, Pall Thordarson, Timothy W. Schmidt (2018). Competing Energy Transfer Pathways in a Five-Chromophore Perylene Array . The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

A. Daryl Ariawan, James E. A. Webb, Ethan N. W. Howe, Philip A. Gale, Pall Thordarson, Luke Hunter (2017). Cyclic peptide unguisin A is an anion receptor with high affinity for phosphate and pyrophosphate . Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry.

Rowan W MacQueen, Murad J Y Tayebjee, James E A Webb, Alexander Falber, Pall Thordarson, Timothy W Schmidt (2016). Limitations and design considerations for donor–acceptor systems in luminescent solar concentrators: the effect of coupling-induced red-edge absorption . Journal of Optics.

Jonathan P. Wojciechowski, Adam D. Martin, Mohan Bhadbhade, James E. A. Webb, Pall Thordarson (2016). Halogen bonding influences perylene-core twists in non-core substituted perylene tetraesters . CrystEngComm.

James E. A. Webb, Kai Chen, Shyamal K. K. Prasad, Jonathan P. Wojciechowski, Alexander Falber, Pall Thordarson, Justin M. Hodgkiss (2016). Quantifying highly efficient incoherent energy transfer in perylene-based multichromophore arrays . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.

Galen L. Eakins, Jonathan P. Wojciechowski, Adam D. Martin, James E.A. Webb, Pall Thordarson, Justin M. Hodgkiss (2015). Chiral effects in peptide-substituted perylene imide nanofibres . Supramolecular Chemistry.

Galen L. Eakins, Rishi Pandey, Jonathan P. Wojciechowski, Han Yue Zheng, James E. A. Webb, Céline Valéry, Pall Thordarson, Natalie O. V. Plank, Juliet A. Gerrard, Justin M. Hodgkiss (2015). Functional Organic Semiconductors Assembled via Natural Aggregating Peptides . Advanced Functional Materials.

Galen L. Eakins, Joseph K. Gallaher, Robert A. Keyzers, Alexander Falber, James E. A. Webb, Alistair Laos, Yaron Tidhar, Haim Weissman, Boris Rybtchinski, Pall Thordarson, et al. (2014). Thermodynamic Factors Impacting the Peptide-Driven Self-Assembly of Perylene Diimide Nanofibers . The Journal of Physical Chemistry B.

Katie W. K. Tong, Sabrina Dehn, James E. A. Webb, Kio Nakamura, Filip Braet, Pall Thordarson (2009). Pyromellitamide Gelators: Exponential Rate of Aggregation, Hierarchical Assembly, and Their Viscoelastic Response to Anions . Langmuir.

James Webb, Maxwell Crossley, Felicia Maharaj, Iain Blake (2008). A ‘Click’ Chemistry Route to ‘Capped’ Porphyrins . Synlett.

James E. A. Webb, Maxwell J. Crossley, Peter Turner, Pall Thordarson (2007). Pyromellitamide Aggregates and Their Response to Anion Stimuli . Journal of the American Chemical Society.

CONFERENCE PAPER

(2024). PLEA 2024: (Re)thinking Resilience. The book of proceedings .