Ken Aldren Usman

Ken got his Ph.D. in engineering (materials) from the Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University (Australia) in 2023. He acquired both his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in chemistry from the Institute of Chemistry, University of the Philippines – Diliman in 2013 and 2018, respectively. Ken pursues deep understanding of the fundamentals behind processing nanomaterials of varying scales (0D to 3D) into functional architectures. Notably, his work on sequentially bridged MXene architectures helped him establish his niche in the Future Fibres Group at Deakin and forged collaborations with MXene pioneers, Profs Yury Gogotsi (Drexel University) and Babak Anasori (Purdue University).