Department of Chemical Engineering
Nanochemistry Research Institute
Curtin University
Polymeric Nanomaterials
BSc (honours) in Organic chemistry, Wuhan University 1982
MSc in Polymer Chemistry, Wuhan University 1985
PhD in Polymer Chemistry, Trinity College, University of Dublin, 1992
2007 - Present: Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Curtin University of Technology
2005-Present: Bio-nano Program Leader, Nanochemistry Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology
2005 - 2007: Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering, Curtin University of Technology
1999 - 2004: Principal Chemist, R&D Director , Production Manager, secondment to Argus Biomedical Pty Ltd, and then CooperVision Surgical Inc of Cooper Companies USA
1995 - 2004: Research Scientist and Production Coordinator for the programs of Artificial Cornea and Socket Prosthesis, Lions Eye Institute and COVS-UWA
1994 - 1995: Post-Doc, School of Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry, UNSW
● Visiting Professor, Centre for Biomedical Materials and Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, 2006-
● Visiting Research Fellowship, Australian Academy of Science, 1999
● Visiting Research Fellowship, NSFC China, 1997
● Visiting Scholarship, European Union (formerly EEC), 1987-1988
Design, development and evaluation of polymeric and nanomaterials (nanoparticulates, core-shell & hollow structures) for applications as medical implants, controlled delivery systems, tissue engineering scaffolds, biosensing and bioseparation systems, gas hydrates inhibitors, opt/electronic devices and in advance technologies.
Li J, Zheng W, Li L, Lou X, Zheng YF, Thermal degradation kinetics of g-HA/PLA nanocomposites. Thermochimica Acta. Under review. 2009
Yu Y, Lou X, Wu HW. Some recent advances in hydrolysis of biomass in hot-compressed water and its comparison with other hydrolysis methods. Energy and Fuels 2008,22:46-60.
Lou X, Vijayasekaran S, Sugiharti R, Robertson T. Morphological and topographic effect on calcification tendency of pHEMA hydrogels. Biomaterials, 2005;26:5808-5817
Lou X, Munro S, Wang S. Drug release characteristics of phase separation pHEMA sponge materials. Biomaterials, 2004;25:5071-5080.
Hicks CR, Crawford GJ, Lou X, Tan DT, Snibson GR, Sutton G, Downie N, Werner L, Chirila TV, Constable IJ. Cornea replacement using a synthetic hydrogel cornea, AlphaCor: device, preliminary outcomes and complications. Eye, 2003;17:385-392.