Rate My Professor Rohan Stanger

Dr. Rohan Stanger is a Senior Lecturer, Research Associate, and Casual Research Assistant in the School of Engineering, College of Engineering, Science and Environment, at the University of Newcastle, Australia. A chemical engineer, he holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering Honours) and a PhD from the University of Newcastle. With over 10 years of experience in carbon manufacturing, CO2 capture, and mineral processing, he is a principal researcher of the Priority Research Centre for Frontier Energy Technologies and Utilisation and Theme Leader (Energy Efficiency and Recycling) at the Centre for Innovative Energy Technologies. His career highlights include serving as Technical Secretary of the Asia Pacific Partnership Oxyfuel Working Group and contributing to the Callide Oxyfuel Project, the world's largest oxyfuel technology demonstration.

Stanger's research centers on transforming coal and biomass into high-value carbon products, including carbon fibres, foams, supercapacitor electrodes, lithium-ion battery components, and materials for redox flow batteries, electric arc furnaces, and hydrogen production. His expertise encompasses coal pyrolysis fundamentals, thermoplastic development, oxy-fuel combustion, gas cleaning for SOx, NOx, and mercury removal during CO2 compression, and mineral processing for coal maceral purification, fly ash rare earth recovery, and PFAS soil remediation. Key publications include 'Coal-fired Oxy-fuel Technology for Carbon Capture and Storage' (2013, book chapter), 'Sulphur impacts during pulverised coal combustion in oxy-fuel technology for carbon capture and storage' (2011), 'Low-Cost Carbon Fibre Derived from Sustainable Coal Tar Pitch and Polyacrylonitrile: Fabrication and Characterisation' (2019), 'SO3 Emissions and Removal by Ash in Coal-Fired Oxy-Fuel Combustion' (2014), and 'Dynamic measurement of coal thermal properties and elemental composition of volatile matter during coal pyrolysis' (2013). His Google Scholar profile shows 2,464 citations. Stanger has secured over $5 million in funding through collaborations with industry and agencies like Australian Coal Research Limited (ACARP), Coal Innovation NSW, Licella Holdings, and NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment. He supervises PhD students and teaches practical engineering courses focused on renewable energy transitions.