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Bringing together more than 180 academics from a range of disciplines to focus on research that spans the whole decarbonisation puzzle.

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Director

Professor Deanna D'Alessandro

Deanna D'Alessandro (BSc PhD JCU) is the director of the Net Zero Institute, and a Professor in the School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, at the University of Sydney.

The NZI team aims to help government, industry and communities manufacture, deploy and adopt cost-effective, low emissions technologies at scale. Deanna has over 16 years' professional experience in materials science. She is passionate about interdisciplinary efforts to address climate change through net zero and negative emissions technologies. 

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Key contacts

Chair
  • Dr Clare Anderson, Director, Sustainability Performance, Worley
Board
  • Amanda Taylor, HSBC
  • Scott Nargar, Hyundai
  • Eisaku Ito, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
  • Justin Koek, NSW Government
  • Simon Lowden, Woolworths
  • Stuart Watson, Rio Tinto
  • Richard Kirkman, Veolia

Chair

  • Associate Professir (Hon) Alexandra Meldrum​, 
          Fellow, Institution of Chemical Engineers ​
          Fellow, Australian Institute of Company Directors ​
          Fellow, Institute of Engineers Australia

Board

  • Kate Hughes, Philippines: Asian Development Bank
  • Lorenzo Fiorello, ENI (Italy) 
  • Widodo Purwanto, Universitas Indonesia (Indonesia)
  • Jihye Gwak, Korea Institute of Energy Research (South Korea)
  • Nilay Shah, Imperial College London (United Kingdom)
  • Jussi Manninen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (Finland)
  • Osamu Umesawa, Yokohama National University (Japan)
  • Nguyen Thi Anh Tuyet, Hanoi University of Science and Technology (Vietnam)

Contact us

Net Zero Institute

Email: nzi@sydney.edu.au

Level 3, Merewether Building (H04)
City Rd & Butlin Ave, University of Sydney
Darlington NSW 2008

Title : 2nd in Australia for sustainability

Description : <p>QS Sustainability Rankings 2025<br> </p>

Link URL: https://www.sydney.edu.au/about-us/our-world-rankings.html

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