- Postdoctoral researcher, Universität 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 icRS conference scientific committee, the publications committee of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute and is the Outreach Editor for the journal Resources, Conservation and Recycling. He previously served on the Environmental College Board of The Institution of Engineers Australia.
Experience
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2021–presentOutreach Editor (Resources, Conservation and Recycling), Elsevier
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2025–presentPostdoctoral researcher, University of Vienna
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2024–presentPublications Committee, The Royal Australian Chemical Institute
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2024–2025Postdoctoral researcher, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
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2020–2024Postdoctoral researcher, Technische Universitat Wien
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2022–2023Member (Environmental College Board), The Institution of Engineers Australia
Education
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2020Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
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2020University of Vienna, Doctor of Natural Sciences (Dr. rer, nat.), Chemistry
Publications
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2022The power of good decisions: Promoting eco-informed design attitudes in plastic selection and use, Resources, Conservation and Recycling
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2022Towards robust synchronous belts: influence of surface characteristics on interfacial adhesion, Composite Interfaces
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2022Assessing shear, tensile and fracture properties of macroporous nanocomposites using the Arcan test, Polymer Testing
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2022Carbon nanotube enhanced carbon Fibre-Poly (ether ether ketone) interfaces in model hierarchical composites, Composites Science and Technology
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2022Repurposing Fischer-Tropsch and natural gas as bridging technologies for the energy revolution, Energy Conversion and Management
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2021Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Recycling viability: a matter of numbers
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2021Polypropylene contamination in post-consumer polyolefin waste: characterisation, consequences and compatibilisation, Polymers
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2021Leather-like material biofabrication using fungi, Nature Sustainability
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2021Fungal chitin-glucan nanopapers with heavy metal adsorption properties for ultrafiltration of organic solvents and water, Carbohydrate Polymers
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2021Influence of biological origin on the tensile properties of cellulose nanopapers, Cellulose
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2021Flexible fungal materials: shaping the future, Trends in Biotechnology
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2021Grow it yourself composites: delignification and hybridisation of lignocellulosic material using animals and fungi, Green Chemistry
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2020Mushroom-derived chitosan-glucan nanopaper filters for the treatment of water, Reactive and Functional Polymers
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2020Plastic to elastic: fungi-derived composite nanopapers with tunable tensile properties, Composites Science and Technology
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2020Crab vs. mushroom: a review of crustacean and fungal chitin in wound treatment, Marine Drugs
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2020Engineered mycelium composite construction materials from fungal biorefineries: a critical review, Materials & Design
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2019Waste-derived low-cost mycelium nanopapers with tunable mechanical and surface properties, Biomacromolecules
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2019Nanomaterials derived from fungal sources—is it the new hype?, Biomacromolecules
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2019Thermal degradation and fire properties of fungal mycelium and mycelium-biomass composite materials, Scientific Reports
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2019Agricultural by-product suitability for the production of chitinous composites and nanofibers utilising Trametes versicolor and Polyporus brumalis mycelial growth, Process Biochemistry
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2018Waste‐derived low‐cost mycelium composite construction materials with improved fire safety, Fire and Materials
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2018Inherent species characteristic influence and growth performance assessment for mycelium composite applications, Advanced Materials Letters
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2017Mycelium 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
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- Location: Vienna, Austria
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