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Dr Richard Terrett

Dr Richard Terrett

Senior Research Associate
  • Bachelor of Science, Australian National University, 2007
  • Bachelor of Science (Honours), Australian National University, 2008
  • Doctorate of Philosophy, Australian National University, 2017
UNSW Canberra
School of Science

I am a researcher at UNSW Canberra at the Australian Defence Force Academy, working with the Canberra Kinetics Group under the direction of Professor Terry Frankcombe. Trained as a computational quantum chemist (PhD, ANU, 2017) with a focus on natural and artificial photosynthesis, my current research interests include the development of scientific software for problems in combustion processes, topology optimisation, and generative design, applications of periodic minimal surfaces to engineering, as well as the atomistic simulation and analysis of high-energy nanomaterials. I also collaborate with colleagues at the ANU College of Health and Medicine on various research and development projects. A generalist, I am also a skilled technical writer and illustrator.
E-mail
r.terrett@unsw.edu.au
Location
School of Science
  • Book Chapters | 2021
    Stranger R; Petrie S; Terrett R; Pace RJ, 2021, 'On the Nature of the Functional S-States in the Oxygen Evolving Centre of Photosystem II—What Computational Chemistry Reveals About the Water Splitting Mechanism', in Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, Springer International Publishing, pp. 81 - 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67407-6_3
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Boskovic D; Terrett R; Longhurst M; Basheer S; Ariafard A; Wagner P; Pace RJ; Stranger R; Swiegers GF, 2024, 'A bioinspired water oxidation catalyst that is ∼1/10th as active as the photosystem II oxygen evolving center at pH 7: a study of activity and stability factors', Dalton Transactions, 53, pp. 17783 - 17788, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d4dt02336f
    Journal articles | 2023
    Terrett RNL; Frankcombe TJ, 2023, 'Reactive Bimetallic Nanostructures Based on Triply Periodic Minimal Surfaces: A Molecular Dynamics Study toward the Limits of Performance', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 15, pp. 21364 - 21374, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c22241
    Journal articles | 2022
    Terrett RNL; Frankcombe TJ, 2022, 'The role of interlayer gases and surface asperities in compression-induced intermetallic formation in Ni/Al nanocomposites', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 24, pp. 2909 - 2924, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1cp03440e
    Journal articles | 2022
    Terrett RNL; Tsekouras G; Tsuzuki T; Swiegers GF; Pace R; Stranger R, 2022, 'Towards a computational understanding of water oxidation at graphene-bound MnxOy and MnxOyM2+ particles', Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 6, pp. 2276 - 2288, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1se02069b
    Journal articles | 2021
    Swiegers GF; Terrett RNL; Tsekouras G; Tsuzuki T; Pace RJ; Stranger R, 2021, 'Erratum: The prospects of developing a highly energy-efficient water electrolyser by eliminating or mitigating bubble effects (Sustainable Energy and Fuels (2021) 5 (1280-1310) DOI: 10.1039/D0SE01886D)', Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 5, pp. 3004, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1se90039k
    Journal articles | 2021
    Swiegers GF; Terrett RNL; Tsekouras G; Tsuzuki T; Pace RJ; Stranger R, 2021, 'The prospects of developing a highly energy-efficient water electrolyser by eliminating or mitigating bubble effects', Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 5, pp. 1280 - 1310, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0se01886d
    Journal articles | 2021
    Terrett RNL; Tsekouras G; Tsuzuki T; Swiegers GF; Pace RJ; Stranger R, 2021, 'Electronic structure modelling of the edge-functionalisation of graphene by MnxOy particles', Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP, 23, pp. 514 - 527, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0cp04178e
    Journal articles | 2021
    Tsekouras G; Terrett R; Walker A; Yu Z; Cheng Z; Officer DL; Wallace GG; Swiegers GF; Tsuzuki T; Stranger R; Pace RJ, 2021, 'Interaction of graphene, MnOx, and Ca2+ for enhanced biomimetic, ‘bubble-free’ oxygen evolution reaction at mild pH', International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 46, pp. 28397 - 28405, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.06.094
    Journal articles | 2021
    Tsekouras G; Terrett R; Yu Z; Cheng Z; Swiegers GF; Tsuzuki T; Stranger R; Pace RJ, 2021, 'Insights into the phenomenon of ‘bubble-free’ electrocatalytic oxygen evolution from water', Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 5, pp. 808 - 819, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0se01633k
    Journal articles | 2020
    Petrie S; Terrett R; Stranger R; Pace RJ, 2020, 'Rationalizing the Geometries of the Water Oxidising Complex in the Atomic Resolution, Nominal S3 State Crystal Structures of Photosystem II', ChemPhysChem, 21, pp. 785 - 801, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201901106
    Journal articles | 2017
    Terrett R; Stranger R; Frankcombe T; Pace RJ, 2017, 'Vibrational intensities in the mobile block Hessian approximation', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 19, pp. 6654 - 6664, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6cp07498g
    Journal articles | 2016
    Terrett R; Frankcombe T; Pace R; Stranger R, 2016, 'Effect of concomitant oxidation and deprotonation of hydrated Mn centres in rationalising the FTIR difference silence of D1-Asp170 in Photosystem II', Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 155, pp. 101 - 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2015.11.023
    Journal articles | 2016
    Terrett R; Petrie S; Stranger R; Pace RJ, 2016, 'What computational chemistry and magnetic resonance reveal concerning the oxygen evolving centre in Photosystem II', Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 162, pp. 178 - 189, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2016.04.009
    Journal articles | 2015
    Caldwell LM; Hill AF; Stranger R; Terrett RNL; Von Nessi KM; Ward JS; Willis AC, 2015, 'Thioxoethenylidene (CCS) as a bridging ligand', Organometallics, 34, pp. 328 - 334, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/om5011319
    Journal articles | 2014
    Terrett R; Petrie S; Pace RJ; Stranger R, 2014, 'What does the Sr-substituted 2.1 Å resolution crystal structure of photosystem II reveal about the water oxidation mechanism?', Chemical Communications, 50, pp. 3187 - 3190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3cc49324e
    Journal articles | 2011
    Terrett R; Cavigliasso G; Stranger R; Yates BF, 2011, 'On the unprecedented level of dinitrogen activation in the calix[4]arene complex of Nb(iii)', Dalton Transactions, 40, pp. 11267 - 11275, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c1dt11091h
    Journal articles | 2009
    Christian GJ; Terrett RNL; Stranger R; Cavigliasso G; Yates BF, 2009, 'Dinitrogen activation by fryzuk's [Nb(P2Nz)] complex and comparison with the laplaza-cummins [MoN(R)ArJ3] and schrock [Mo(N3N)] systems', Chemistry - A European Journal, 15, pp. 11373 - 11383, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.200900539
  • Conference Papers | 2016
    Petrie S; Terrett R; Stranger R; Pace R, 2016, 'Computational chemical studies on the oxygen evolving complex of photosystem II: A comparison of experimental/theoretical, structural, spectroscopic and substrate interaction results', in ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000431460400427&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

2008 - Adrien Albert Honours Prize

My Teaching

  • 2008 - Supervision of undergraduate practical laboratory work.
  • PhD program - Co-supervision of a number of summer scholarship program participants and Honours students, co-supervision of computational quantum chemistry laboratories.
  • 2018 - Co-supervision of a Masters student.