Rate My Professor Magnus Nydén

Professor Magnus Nydén serves as Honorary Professor in the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences within Macquarie University's Faculty of Science and Engineering. From June 2020 to April 2022, he held the position of Executive Dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering. A specialist in physical chemistry, Nydén earned his MSc in Science with a focus on microemulsions from Umeå University between 1992 and 1994, followed by a PhD in Physical Chemistry from Lund University in 1998, where his thesis examined NMR diffusion studies in micro heterogeneous media. His academic and professional career bridges universities and industry across Sweden, Australia, and the United Kingdom. He was Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Chalmers University of Technology from 1999 to 2012. He then served as Director at the University of South Australia from April 2012 to March 2015, Head of Department at University College London from April 2015 to April 2017, and Global Chief Scientist at AkzoNobel from May 2017 to December 2019. Nydén is an elected member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.

Nydén's research centers on physical chemistry topics including microemulsions, NMR diffusion studies in micro heterogeneous media, antifouling techniques, copper ion uptake and release from seawater, porous coatings for ion storage, and interactions between lipases and amphiphiles at interfaces. He has produced 151 research outputs, encompassing 131 articles, 8 review articles, and contributions to conferences. Key publications include 'Artificial intelligence-based personalised learning in education: a systematic literature review' (2025, co-authored with Helia Farhood, Amin Beheshti, and Samuel Muller, Discover Artificial Intelligence), 'Cyclic copper uptake and release from natural seawater—a fully sustainable antifouling technique to prevent marine growth' (2021, Environmental Science & Technology), 'Porous PEI coating for copper ion storage and its controlled electrochemical release' (2020, Advanced Sustainable Systems), 'Interactions between lipases and amphiphiles at interfaces' (2019, Journal of Surfactants and Detergents), and 'Bio-template assisted synthesis of porous glutaraldehyde-polyethyleneimine particulate resin for selective copper ion binding and recovery' (2018, RSC Advances). His scholarship reflects substantial impact at the nexus of materials science, surface chemistry, and applied technologies.