Philip N. H. Nakashima
Philip N. H. Nakashima
Department of Materials Science & Engineering
Monash University, Victoria, Australia
Our Research Group
Philip Nakashima
Associate Professor
Philip is passionate about atomic bonding and electronic structure. Read more about Philip's scientific background and research. In his spare time Philip enjoys the company of his wife Kate (who designed this website - thanks Kate!), time with family and friends, gardening, reading contemporary and classical fiction, music of all genres, the arts, handiwork around the house, going for walks in the neighbourhood and in the country, long drives, travelling, movies and fishing.
Bikas Aryal
Postdoctoral Fellow
Bikas is interested in the study of the ferroelectric phase transformations in perovskite-type materials. He investigates the crystal structure and chemical bonding states of these materials using convergent-beam electron diffraction. He likes listening to music, travelling, playing football, and cycling.
Loreibelle N. Abian
PhD Candidate
Loreibelle is investigating the chemical bonding information within and around the nanoprecipitates of aluminium alloys through quantitative convergent-beam electron diffraction (QCBED). She is supervised by A/Prof. Philip Nakashima and Prof. Laure Bourgeois. She enjoys cooking, reading and going for walks.
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Mostafa Ali
PhD Candidate
Mostafa is investigating the electron densities in zinc indium oxide (ZnInO) self-assembling thermoelectric superlattices. This involves convergent-beam electron diffraction (CBED) data collection and quantitative convergent-beam electron diffraction (QCBED) pattern-matching refinements. He is supervised by A/Prof. Philip Nakashima and Prof. Laure Bourgeois (both at Monash University) and Prof. David Clarke (Harvard University). He enjoys playing football, watching TV and hanging out with his friends.
Muhammad Owais
PhD Candidate
Owais is on an exciting quest to uncover the secrets of Magnesium Antimonide (Mg3Sb2), a captivating thermoelectric material. Using advanced simulations and experimental analysis, he delves into electron densities and chemical bonding through multislicing techniques. His mission includes comparing his findings with convergent-beam electron diffraction (CBED) data and refining them using quantitative convergent-beam electron diffraction (QCBED) pattern-matching. His research is supervised by A/Prof. Philip Nakashima and Prof. Laure Bourgeois. Outside his scientific pursuits, Owais enjoys playing football, hiking, camping, and travelling because every scientist needs a little excitement beyond the lab.
Neil Street
PhD Candidate
​Neil is researching the high frequency magnetic properties of hexagonal ferrites for use in electromagnetic wave absorbers. This involves understanding the effect of chemical doping on the electromagnetic absorption of ferrites, the interplay between chemical substitutions and the crystallographic, morphological and magnetic properties. He is supervised by Prof. Kiyonori Suzuki and A/Prof. Philip Nakashima. Neil has an interest in the sol-gel synthesis of ceramics and electron microscopy. He enjoys bushwalking and photography on weekends away.
Past Students
Where are they now?
Dr Yueming Guo obtained his PhD in 2017 under the supervision of Prof. Joanne Etheridge and A/Prof. Philip Nakashima. He worked at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, USA, before taking up his current role at ASML in San Jose, California.
Dr Tianyu Liu obtained his PhD in 2019. After working as a post-doctoral fellow at Monash University, utilising his expertise in software programming and high performance computing, Tianyu has moved to Japan to take up a position as a Research Fellow at Tohoku University. Tianyu's PhD was supervised by A/Prof. Philip Nakashima and A/Prof. Laure Bourgeois.
Dr Ding Peng is a Research Fellow at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland. After completing his PhD at Monash University, Ding initially worked in Trondheim, Norway, at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Ding obtained his PhD in 2020 under the supervision of A/Prof. Philip Nakashima and Prof. Joanne Etheridge.
Dr Xiaofen Tan has returned to China after obtaining her PhD in 2021 under the supervision of A/Prof. Philip Nakashima and A/Prof. Laure Bourgeois. She now works as a Research Fellow at Central South University in China.
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Dr Marzie Ghobani is working as a post-doctoral fellow at Deakin University. She completed her PhD in 2023.
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Dr Yu Zhang completed his PhD in 2024 and is now working at CRRC, the Chinese high speed railway company in China.