Dr Marietjie Ungerer
- Position: Research Fellow
- Areas of expertise: Materials modelling, theoretical modelling, chemistry, hydrogen production, green energy
- Email: M.J.Ungerer@leeds.ac.uk
- Website: LinkedIn | Googlescholar | Researchgate | ORCID
Profile
I moved to the UK in 2018 after a student exchange opportunity at Cardiff University in Wales. I obtained my Ph.D in June 2018 on the molecular modelling of species pertaining to the solvent extraction of tantalum penta-fluorides at North-West University in South Africa, which modelled not only various Ta species in both a water and acid environment, but also to simulate these species and interactions at a water-organic phase interface. During my first Post Doc at Cardiff University, I investigated the interaction of both water and sulphur dioxide on various platinum surfaces as part of the hybrid sulphur cycle for hydrogen production. After this, the project shifted toward liquid organic hydrogen carries for hydrogen transport technologies. The project at Leeds University will continue this work and involve computational research on metal nano-catalysts used in liquid organic hydrogen carrier systems and other applications used the generation of sustainable energy.
<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Any research projects I'm currently working on will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://eps.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>Qualifications
- Ph.D Chemistry (Computational)
- M.Sc Chemistry
- B.Sc Honors Chemistry
- B.Sc in Chemistry, Mathematics and Applied Mathematics