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Mitchell P. Jones

Postdoctoral researcher, TU Wien

Mitchell P. Jones is an academic, professional engineer and chartered chemist. He obtained doctorates in chemistry and mechanical and manufacturing engineering from the University of Vienna, Austria, and The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Australia. Mitchell has worked at leading universities, defence and aerospace companies spanning Australia and Europe and has an expansive publication record in top materials science and biotechnology conferences and journals. His research has received international attention from news media including The New York Times, Daily Mail, CNN London, CBC, Materials Today, Der Standard, Der Spiegel and Neue Zürcher Zeitung. He also currently serves on the i-SMaRT conference advisory committee, the Environmental College Board of The Institution of Engineers Australia and is the Outreach Editor for the journal Resources, Conservation and Recycling.

Experience

  • 2020–present
    Postdoctoral researcher, Technische Universitat Wien
  • 2021–present
    Outreach Editor (Resources, Conservation and Recycling), Elsevier
  • 2022–present
    Member (Environmental College Board), The Institution of Engineers Australia

Education

  • 2020 
    Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
  • 2020 
    University of Vienna, Doctor of Natural Sciences (Dr. rer, nat.), Chemistry

Publications

  • 2022
    The power of good decisions: Promoting eco-informed design attitudes in plastic selection and use, Resources, Conservation and Recycling
  • 2022
    Towards robust synchronous belts: influence of surface characteristics on interfacial adhesion, Composite Interfaces
  • 2022
    Assessing shear, tensile and fracture properties of macroporous nanocomposites using the Arcan test, Polymer Testing
  • 2022
    Carbon nanotube enhanced carbon Fibre-Poly (ether ether ketone) interfaces in model hierarchical composites, Composites Science and Technology
  • 2022
    Repurposing Fischer-Tropsch and natural gas as bridging technologies for the energy revolution, Energy Conversion and Management
  • 2021
    Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Recycling viability: a matter of numbers
  • 2021
    Polypropylene contamination in post-consumer polyolefin waste: characterisation, consequences and compatibilisation, Polymers
  • 2021
    Leather-like material biofabrication using fungi, Nature Sustainability
  • 2021
    Fungal chitin-glucan nanopapers with heavy metal adsorption properties for ultrafiltration of organic solvents and water, Carbohydrate Polymers
  • 2021
    Influence of biological origin on the tensile properties of cellulose nanopapers, Cellulose
  • 2021
    Flexible fungal materials: shaping the future, Trends in Biotechnology
  • 2021
    Grow it yourself composites: delignification and hybridisation of lignocellulosic material using animals and fungi, Green Chemistry
  • 2020
    Mushroom-derived chitosan-glucan nanopaper filters for the treatment of water, Reactive and Functional Polymers
  • 2020
    Plastic to elastic: fungi-derived composite nanopapers with tunable tensile properties, Composites Science and Technology
  • 2020
    Crab vs. mushroom: a review of crustacean and fungal chitin in wound treatment, Marine Drugs
  • 2020
    Engineered mycelium composite construction materials from fungal biorefineries: a critical review, Materials & Design
  • 2019
    Waste-derived low-cost mycelium nanopapers with tunable mechanical and surface properties, Biomacromolecules
  • 2019
    Nanomaterials derived from fungal sources—is it the new hype?, Biomacromolecules
  • 2019
    Thermal degradation and fire properties of fungal mycelium and mycelium-biomass composite materials, Scientific Reports
  • 2019
    Agricultural by-product suitability for the production of chitinous composites and nanofibers utilising Trametes versicolor and Polyporus brumalis mycelial growth, Process Biochemistry
  • 2018
    Waste‐derived low‐cost mycelium composite construction materials with improved fire safety, Fire and Materials
  • 2018
    Inherent species characteristic influence and growth performance assessment for mycelium composite applications, Advanced Materials Letters
  • 2017
    Mycelium composites: a review of engineering characteristics and growth kinetics, Jounal of Bionanoscience

Professional Memberships

  • Professional Engineer, Institution of Engineers Australia
  • Chartered Chemist, Royal Australian Chemical Institute