Rate My Professor Rosalie Hocking

Associate Professor Rosalie Hocking serves as Senior Lecturer in Chemistry and Deputy Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology within Swinburne's School of Science, Computing and Engineering Technologies. She earned her PhD in 2004 and BSc (Hons) in 2000 from the University of Sydney. Appointed as Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellow in 2017 through the Women in STEM initiative, she has established a prominent career at Swinburne University of Technology, focusing on advancing sustainable chemical production technologies.

Hocking's research specializes in developing electrochemical devices for producing commodity chemicals such as hydrogen and ammonia using solar energy, with expertise in materials characterization via X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Her investigations explore electrocatalysts like disordered metal oxides, vanadium-doped NiFe layered double hydroxides, mackinawite-like iron sulfides, and other doped systems to enhance electrolyser efficiency and durability. She leads a materials design program in the ARC Industrial Training Centre for Surface Engineering for Advanced Materials (SEAM) and contributes to initiatives like the Victorian Hydrogen Hub and international collaborations on next-generation electrolysers. Notable grants include her ARC Future Fellowship (FT230100054, $1,092,544), Chief Investigator role in the $1.2 million ARC LIEF grant (LE260100041) for X-ray spectroscopy infrastructure, and $259,757 from the Global Science and Technology Diplomacy Fund for catalyst and electrode development with Korean partners. Key publications encompass 'Characterization of Energy Materials with X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy: A Review' (Energy & Fuels, 2022), 'The Functional Role of Disordered Metal Oxides from Operando X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy' (Advanced Energy Materials, 2024), 'Visible light active rGO nanosheet encapsulated Pd quantum-sized dots decorated TiO2 nano-spheres for photocatalytic hydrogen production' (International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2023), and contributions to over 1,100 citations across 34 works. Hocking supervises PhD theses, delivers invited seminars such as the RSC School Seminar and ANSTO User Meeting talk, and engages in professional activities advancing renewable energy electrocatalysis.