Maria Forsyth

Maria Forsyth is an Australian chemist. She is a research professor at the University of the Basque Country and an Alfred Deakin Fellow at Deakin University in Victoria, Australia where she holds the chair in Electromaterials and Corrosion Sciences.

Her research has applications in both energy storage and in understanding the mechanisms of corrosion.

Education Forsyth gained a first class degree and her doctorate at Monash University.

In 1990, Fulbright funded her postdoctoral Fellowship. The Australian Research Council funded her fellowship from 2003 for four years and during this time she won the Dean's Award for Excellence in Research from her university's Engineering department. an associate Director of ACES as well as being an Australian Laureate Fellow and the Chair of Electromaterials and Corrosion Science.

Research In 2018, her research group was looking at novel metal-air batteries where the electrolytes are unusual. They are able to look at electrochemical processes using Nuclear magnetic resonance techniques. She focuses on studying materials which are use for transporting electrical charge both within the electrolyte and at the interface between the electrolyte and the metal. This has applications in both energy storage and in understanding the mechanisms of corrosion.

Other awards Deputy Director Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM), Deakin University Australian Laureate Fellowship, 2011 Victorian Honour Roll of Women, 2020 Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, 2022 Appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2023 King's Birthday Honours for "significant service to chemistry education, research and scholarship".