Dr. Einar Fridjonsson is the Head of Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Western Australia.  He specialises in the application of mobile and low magnetic field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) for engineering applications.  He has published over 60 research publications and has a strong track-record of government and industrially funded research projects.  Areas of particular research interest include multiphase flow metering, membrane separation for water management, technical aspects of the future hydrogen economy and materials for mining operations.  Dr Fridjonsson was a Research Associate at the MRRC at the University of Cambridge, before his current appointment at the University of Western Australia (since 2011). 

Dr Fridjonsson currently Unit Coordinates:

CHPR5550 – Chemical Engineering Design Project

CHPR3018 – Process Synthesis and Design 2

CHPR5501 - Advanced Reaction Engineering and Catalysts

Dr Fridjonsson was a member of the Board of Graduate Research School at UWA (2021-2026), Graduate Research Coordinator (2017-2024) and Program Chair for the Department of Chemical Engineering at UWA (2024-2026).  Dr. Fridjonsson is an elected member of the Division Committee of SRMR (since 2023) of the Ampere Society, a leading scientific society in the fields of Magnetic Resonance, Optics, Dielectrics and MRI.  Dr. Fridjonsson was elected to the executive committee of ICMRM in 2025, and is the current Treasurer of ICMRM.