Carbon Materials

for

Green Technology

Hi, I'm Dr Jacob W. Martin

I am a carbon materials scientist and nanotechnologist who studies how we can manufacture carbon for use in the development of renewable energy. 

I am a trained physicist, chemist and chemical engineer having completed my BSc and Masters at the University of Auckland and PhD at the University of Cambridge in 2020. I then worked at the Cambridge Centre for Carbon Reduction in Chemical Technology in Singapore as a research fellow working with industry to decarbonise. I then came to Perth on a Forrest Fellowship at Curtin University's Physics and Astronomy department and became a Lecturer in 2024. Read more

I am Group Leader of the Curtin Carbon Group with co-leader Assoc. Prof. Nigel Marks we work on advanced carbon materials for decarbonisation in Carbon Group.

We combine fundamental and applied understanding to solve challenging problems in carbon materials science. For example how can we produce carbon materials for green technology without the emission of carbon dioxide.  

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Climate anxiety - Turning Footprint into Handprint

Motivations

The documentary 2040 provides a realistic challenge. 

Can we employ the green technology we currently have by 2040 to bring our greenhouse gas emissions to zero while adapting to the changing climate?

There are many organisations, including Project Drawdown and Rewiring Australia, where you can get information about how to practically achieve our 2030 targets.

However, we need new breakthroughs in materials science to reach net-zero by 2050. 

Carbon is a problem if it is emitted into our atmosphere but it can also be the solution if we can put it into our green technology.

Check out our most recent research projects

Communicating science

Science communication is at the core of being a scientist. Whether it is between other scientists, the public or school kids science is always better shared. 

I often speak on the wonders of carbon materials as well as on our green transition focusing on bringing optimism, realism and tangible solutions to the table.

Some of my recent contributions include;

Read more about teaching and outreach

Recent talk