Professor Maschmeyer's Awards and Honours

• 2025

  • Eureka Prize for Societal Impact in Science (Australia’s “Science Oscar”, 2025) — Australian Museum, sponsored by UNSW

• 2024

  • Officer of the Order of Australia

• 2021

  • Gelion plc — first University spin-off to be listed (London Stock Exchange’s AIM, November 2021)
  • Falling Walls Prizes — Engineering and Technology Breakthrough of the Year (Berlin)
  • David Craig Medal and Lecture (Australian Academy of Science’s chemistry career award)

• 2020

  • Prime Minister’s Prize for Innovation (nation’s top innovation award)
  • Australian Financial Review Sustainability Prize
  • Times Higher Education — People of the Year: who mattered in higher education in 2020 (top ten)
  • Ranked #15 — Top Influential Chemists 2010–2020 (AcademicInfluence.com)

• 2019

  • Honorary Doctorate — Universities of Ca’ Foscari Venice and Trieste (recognition of scientific and societal contributions in chemistry)
  • Distinguished Contribution to Economic Development Award — Federation of Asian Chemical Societies (2019)

• 2018

  • Eureka Prize for Leadership in Innovation and Science (Australia’s “Science Oscar”, 2018) — Australian Museum, sponsored by CSIRO
  • RACI R.K. Murphy Medal for Industrial Chemistry (2018)

Academic positions

• Professor of Chemistry - The University of Sydney (2003-Present)
• Honorary Distinguished Professor — University of Cardiff (2015–2019)
• Honorary CSIRO Research Fellow (2015–2019)

Dr Yuen's Awards and Honours

• 2024

  • University of Sydney Strategic Research Fund

Academic positions

• Senior Lecturer - The University of Sydney (2011-Present)