• Yijiao Jiang is an ARC Future Fellow and Professor in the School of Engineering, and Co-Director of Macquarie Research Centre for Transforming Energy Markets. Her research mainly focuses on the development of advanced technologies to convert carbon emissions, plastic and biowaste into sustainable fuels and valuable materials. She has secured funding from diverse sources, including multiple ARC schemes, Horticulture Innovation, CSIRO, the European Commission, and industry partners such as Rio Tinto. Currently she is leading a research group with 2 postdocs, 7 HDRs and 8 UG thesis students. She was awarded the 2025 Highly Commended Vice-Chancellor's Jim Piper Award for Excellence in Research Leadership and the 2023 Dean's Outstanding HDR Supervision Award. Yijiao served as Chair of the MQ Women in Engineering between 2019-2024. She is an Associate Editor of ACS Energy and Fuels and Carbon Capture Science and Technology since 2021. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a current member of the ARC College of Experts.

Selected Recent Publications

Names underlined are Yijiao's PhDs/postdocs at Macquarie University

* indicates the corresponding author

1. M. Liu, Y. Wu, G. Li, Y. Jiang, X. Liao, M. Naing, N. Cox, O. Conquest, P. Mehta, C. Stampfl, Y. Jiang*, Engineering substitution position in cobalt phthalocyanines for enhanced activity and stability in CO₂ electroreduction, Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2026.
2. Y. Wu, G. Li, M. Liu, D. Inglis, Y. Sakamoto, L. Wang, Z. Zhao, C. Stampfl, F. Jiao, Y. Jiang*, Reactive CO₂ capture electrolysis at low voltage and high single-pass conversion enabled by ultra-low loading molecular catalyst, Journal of Energy Chemistry 117 (2026) 728-737.
3. Y. Jiang, Y. Wu, Y. Li, X. Zheng, H. Ma, C. Stampfl, C. Su, S. Park, V. Strezov, C. Sorrell, P. Koshy, Y. Jiang*, Piezo-photocatalytic reforming of end-of-life plastic waste into syngas over defective Ba_xSr_1-xTiO_3-y solid solutions, Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy 391 (2026) 126662.
4. A. Kochubei, A. Marianov, O. Conquest, T. Lu, Y. Liu, C. Stampfl, Y. Jiang*, Improved charge delivery within covalently ligated cobalt phthalocyanine, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 13 (2025) 1874. 
5. Y. Zhao, P. Wu, L. Wang, W. Yang, Z. Wang, C. Stampfl, D. He, Y. Luo, A. Baiker, J. Huang, Y. Jiang*, Influence of different configurations of Pt supported on Al^V-rich ASA on their catalytic performance in chemoselective hydrogenation evaluated by DFT modelling and experimental validation, ACS Catalysis 15 (2025) 13916.
6. J. Li, X. Zhang, X. Liu, X. Liao, J. Huang, Y. Jiang*, Co-upcycling of plastic waste and biowaste via tandem transesterification reactions, JACS Au 4 (2024) 3135.
7. A. Marianov, A. Kochubei, S. Gu, Y. Jiang*, Charge transfer mechanism in oxygen reduction over Co-porphyins: single-site molecular electrocatalyst to macromolecular framework, ACS Catalysis 12 (2022) 8610.
8. S. Gu, A. Marianov, Y. Jiang*, Covalent grafting of cobalt aminoporphyrin-based electrocatalyst onto carbon nanotubes for excellent activity in CO₂ reduction, Applied Catalysis B-Environmental, 300 (2022) 120750.
9. A. Marianov, A. Kochubei, T. Roman, O. Conquest, C. Stampfl, Y. Jiang*, Resolving deactivation pathways of Co porphyrin-based electrocatalysts for CO₂ reduction in aqueous medium, ACS Catalysis 11 (2021) 3715. 
10. X. Yang, T. Kan, A. Kheradmand, H. Xu, V. Strezov, A. Yu, Y. Jiang*, Tunable syngas production from two-stage sorption-enhanced steam gasification of sewage sludge, Chemical Engineering Journal (2020) 126069. 

• Catalysis engineering, Electrochemical energy converson,  Photochemical process, In situ nanoscale characterisation
• Carbon dioxide reduction, Waste plastics upcycling, Biosolid utilsation, Hydrogen production, Green chemical processes, Solar fuels, Nitrogen fixation

• MECH3002 Heat and Mass Transfer, UG Unit Convenor
• MECH6002 Advanced Heat and Mass Transfer Applications, PG Unit Convenor
• MECH8204 Advanced Engineering Materials, PG Unit Convenor

Yijiao has supervised to completion 22 HDRs and 68 Engineering thesis students. 

Current Group Member (Primary Supervision)

Dr Yuming Wu, Postdoc (2023-, Bicarbonate electrolysis) 

Dr Joe Lin, Postdoc (2026-, PEC and electrolysis)

Mr. Yusheng Li, PhD candidate (2025-, Upcycling waste plastic)

Mr. Guohao Li, PhD candidate (2025-, CO2 electrolysis)

Miss. Mengxin Liu, PhD candidate (2025-, CO2 electrolysis)

Mr. Youyuan Guo, PhD candidate (2025-, Upcycling waste plastic)

Mr Parvees Ahamed, Cotutelle PhD candidate (2026, CO2 electrolysis )

Miss Sneha Luthra, Cotutelle PhD candidate (2026, Upcycling plastcs)

Miss Piumi Nishshanka, MRes+PhD (2026-, PEC ammonia synthesis)

Miss Ruoqi Zhang, MRes+PhD (2026-, Upcycling waste plastic)

Past Supervision

Postdocs: Dr Yue Jiang (2025-2026, currenlty Marie Curie Fellow at Uni Manchester), Dr Aleksei Marianov (2020-2022, currently Senior Analytical Technician at MQ), Dr Zichun Wang (2017-2018 and 2020-2022 ARC DECRA at MQ )   

PhD: Xiuping Liao (2026, 3MT Finalist), Alena Kochubei (2024, currently at Sydney Water), Permsak Chairat (2024), Amanj Kheradmand (2023, currently at Ecolab), Yutong Zhao (2022), Shengshen Gu (2021), Wenwen Zhang (2021, VC Commendation), Haimei Xu (2020, currently at RMIT), Xiaoxia Yang (2020), Aleksei Marianov (2019), Yuxiang Zhu (2018), Dedong He (2017), Cameron Fletcher (2017), Fenglong Wang (2016), Minsu Jung (2015), Zichun Wang (2015)

MRes: Mengxin Liu (2025), Wending Gu (2023), Zhiwei Shen (2022), Harry O'Donnell (2021), Alena Kochubei (2020, Executive Dean's Commendation), Amanj Kheradmand (HD, 2018), Simone Brennan (2015)