Who We Are

Located in the ATC Building of the University of Newcastle, Australia, the Priority Research Centre for Energy (PRCfE) brings together academics at the University of Newcastle who have research interests in the abatement of greenhouse gases, and in clean and sustainable energy production.

(The ATC Building) The PRCfE aims to provide new opportunities flowing from the interaction between industry, government agencies and university researchers interested in the growing field of clean and sustainable energy production.

The PRCfE also prides itself on the growing student involvement within the Centre, we are proud to welcome PhD students, Masters students and Undergraduates who are assisting in research and development in the Centre laboratories.

Among us are fellows of the Australian Academy of Sciences (Prof Antonia) and Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (Profs Dlugogorski, Page and Wall), and recipients of prestigious national and international awards. We all publish extensively and regularly in relevant, mainstream and top-ranked journals, and have a record of innovation. Among us is one of the most cited engineers in the world (Prof Antonia). Most of us possess extensive industry networks and draw substantial industry and targeted government support for our research. Most of us derive part of our research funding from the prestigious Discovery Project funding of the Australian Research Council.