Group Leader

Dr. Munkhbayar Batmunkh

Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow (2026 – 2030)
Former ARC DECRA (2022 – 2025)
Senior Lecturer
School of Environment and Science
Griffith University
Australia
m.batmunkh@griffith.edu.au 

  • EDUCATION

– PhD at the University of Adelaide, Australia (2017)
– M.E. at Gyeongsang National University, South Korea (2012)
– B.Sc at the National University of Mongolia, Mongolia (2010)

  • EXPERIENCE
– ARC Future Fellow, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University (Feb 2026 – Jan 2030)

– Senior Lecturer, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University (Jan 2024 – current)
– ARC DECRA, Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre (QMNC), Griffith University (Feb 2022 – Jan 2025)
– Lecturer, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University (Feb 2021 – Feb 2022)
– Research Fellow, Centre for Catalysis and Clean Energy, Griffith University (Aug 2019 – Feb 2021)
– Postdoctoral Researcher, AIBN, The University of Queensland (May 2018 – Aug 2019)
– Visiting Researcher, Virginia Tech, USA (March 2017)
– Postdoctoral Researcher, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University (Jan 2017 – May 2018)

  • AWARDS, PRIZES AND HIGHLIGHTS
– Griffith Sciences PVC Research Excellence of a Mid-Career Researcher Award, Griffith University (2026)
– Queensland (QLD) Young Tall Poppy 2025
– Future Fellowship, Australian Research Council, Australia (2026-2030)
– Stanford/Elsevier’s Top 2% Scientist for 5-years in row, Elsevier (2022-2026)
– Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA), Australian Research Council, Australia (2022-2025)
– Horizon Prize, The Royal Society of Chemistry, UK (2023)
– Griffith Sciences PVC Research Excellence of Early-Career Researcher, Griffith University, Australia (2021)
– Journal of Materials Chemistry A Emerging Investigator, The Royal Society of Chemistry, UK (2020)
– Universitas 21 Early Career Researcher, Universitas 21 (2019)
– Dean’s Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence, The University of Adelaide, Australia (2017)
– Best Paper Award, “Khureltogoot” International Conference on Technology and Innovation, Mongolia (2015)

– Young Pioneer Researcher Award, Gyeongsang National University, South Korea (2012)

  • TEACHING
– Course Convenor (GC), 1411ESC Chemistry 1, Griffith University (2026); (SET: 4.8/5.0)
– Course Convenor (GC), 1411ESC Chemistry 1, Griffith University (2025); (SET: 4.6/5.0)
– Course Convenor, 1023SCG Chemistry 1, Griffith University (2024); (SET: 4.6/5.0)
– Lecturer, 2202ENV Physical and Analytical Chemistry, Griffith University (2023); (SET: 4.8/5.0)
– Teacher, 1023SCG Chemistry 1, Griffith University (2023); (SET: 4.3/5.0)
– Lecturer, 2106NSC Physical and Analytical Chemistry, Griffith University (2021); (SET: 4.2/5.0)
– Lecturer, 2202ENV Physical and Analytical Chemistry, Griffith University (2021); (SET: 4.5/5.0)
– Teacher, 1023SCG Chemistry 1, Griffith University (2021); (SET: 4.6/5.0)
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