Our people
Staff members
- Leadership team
- Academic team
PhD students
Roozbeh Abbasi
PhD student, Chemical Engineering
Education Profile:
MSc. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran, 2014
BSc. in Materials Science and Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Iran, 2007
Research Fields:
Nano-materials synthesis and Characterization, Batteries, Electrochemistry, X-ray diffraction
Supervisors:
Professor Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh
·¡:Ìýr.abbasi@unsw.edu.au
Shengxiang Cai
PhD student, Chemical Engineering
Education Profile:
B.E. in Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Australia (2019)
Research Fields:
Liquid Metals, Polymer, Nanomaterials
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Prof. Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh
Dr. Maricruz Saborio Gonzalez
Michael Christoe
PhD student, Chemical Engineering
Education Profile:
B.Eng. (Electrical and Electronic), School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University, Australia, 2018
Research Fields:
Embedded systems for wearable and ingestible sensor systems
Biography:
Michael Christoe is a first year Ph.D. student in the School of Chemical Engineering, Õ¬Äи£Àû, Australia. He previously received his B.Eng. (Electrical and Electronic) from RMIT University, Australia in 2018. His research interests include implementation of embedded systems for small, low power, wireless sensor applications, as well as using FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays) for embedded applications requiring highly efficient computation.
Supervisors:
Prof. Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh
Dr. Jiong Yang
Jialuo Han
PhD student, Chemical Engineering
Education Profile:
RMIT, Australia, BE. Electrical and Electronics (1st Honours) (2018)
Research Fields:
Exploring the surface and core properties of liquid metal
Supervisors:
Prof. Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh
Dr. Jianbo Tang
·¡:ÌýJialuo.han@student.unsw.edu.au
Shuhada Atika Idrus Saidi
PhD student, Chemical Engineering
Education Profile
Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering) (Honours), RMIT University, Australia (2018)
Research Fields
Liquid Metals, Photocatalysis, Nanomaterials
Supervisors:
Prof. Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh
Dr. Jianbo Tang
Salma Merhebi
PhD Student, Chemical Engineering
Education Profile:
Master’s degree in chemical and Petrochemical Engineering, Lebanese University-Faculty of Engineering (Branch I)
Research Fields:
Liquid metals and synthesis of environmentally-friendly materials
Supervisors:
Prof. Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh
Dr. François Allioux
·¡:Ìýs.merhebi@unsw.edu.au
Maedehsadat Mousavi
Phd Student, Chemical Engineering
Education Profile:
P.hD. candidate in Chemical Engineering (2020 – Present), University of New South Wales, Sydney (Õ¬Äи£Àû), Australia
M.Sc. in Pharmaceutical Engineering (2015 – 2018), University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
BSc in Chemical Engineering (2010 – 2015), Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
Research Fields:
Liquid Metals, Nano and 2D Materials, Electrochemistry, Topological insulator
Biography:
Maedehsadat Mousavi is a PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh at the Centre for Advanced Solid and Liquid based Electronics and Optics (CASLEO), School of Chemical Engineering, Õ¬Äи£Àû. As part of her PhD studies, she is involved in investigating liquid metal-assisted synthesis and exploring the applications of topological insulators.
Franco Centurion
PhD Student, Chemical Engineering
Education Profile:
M.S. in Chemistry, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
B.S. in Pharmacy and Biochemistry, National University of Trujillo, Peru
Research Fields:
Liquid Metals, Polymer, Nanomaterials, Drug delivery
Supervisors:
Prof. Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh
Junma Tang
PhD student, Chemical Engineering
Education Profile:
B.E. in pharmaceutical engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, China
M.E in applied chemistry, School of chemical and molecular engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, China
Research Fields:
Liquid Metals, Catalyst, Fluorescent probe
Supervisors:
Prof. Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh
Dr. Dorna Esrafilzadeh
·¡:ÌýJunma.tang@student.unsw.edu.au
Yifang Wang
PhD student, Chemical Engineering
Education Profile:
M.Sc. in Inorganic Chemistry, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
B.Sc. in Applied Chemistry, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
Research Fields:
liquid metals, 2D-materials, perovskite solar cells, viologen
Supervisors:
Prof. Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh
Dr. Jiong Yang
Chengchen Zhang
PhD student, Chemical Engineering
Education Profile:
M.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (2017)
B.S. in Pharmacy, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, China (2014)
Research Fields:
Liquid Metals, Polymer, Nanomaterials, Drug delivery
Supervisors:
Prof. Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh|
Dr. Jianbo Tang
Mahroo Baharfar
PhD Student, Chemical Engineering
Education:
Ph.D student of Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales.
MSc. in Analytical Chemistry, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran, 2017.
BSc. in Applied Chemistry, Khaje Nasir University of Technology, Iran, 2015.
Research Fields:
Biosensors, sensors, microfluidics, material synthesis and characterization, electrochemistry, separation, and chromatography.
Supervisors:
Prof. Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh
A/Prof. Guozhen Liu
Prof. Ewa Magdalena Goldys
·¡:Ìým.baharfar@unsw.edu.au
Steering Committee
- Chair: Prof. Stephen Foster, Acting Dean, Õ¬Äи£Àû Engineering
- Co-chair (possible): Prof. Robert Burford, Former head of School of Chemical Eng at Õ¬Äи£Àû, Retired
- Member: Prof. Xiaolin Wang, Director of the Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials (ISEM), University of Wollongong
- Member: Prof. Guangzhao Mao, Current head of the School of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, Õ¬Äи£Àû
- Member: Prof. Paul Munro, Deputy Dean - Research, Faculty of Science, Õ¬Äи£Àû
- Member: Prof. Francecsca Iacopi, School of Electrial and Computer Engineering, Former ARC Future Fellow, Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia (FIEAust) University Technology Sydney
- Member: Prof. Cordelia Selomulya, Research & Commercialisation Director of the Future Food Systems CRC, also Prof of Chemical Eng. Former ARC Future Fellow, Õ¬Äи£Àû
External Expert Advisory Committee
- Chair: Prof. Julie Cairney, The University of Sydney
- Deputy Chair: Prof. Nick Birbilis, Australian National University
- Member (Australian): Prof. Zaiping Guo, University of Wollongong, ARC Future Fellow
- Member (Australian - Junior academic representative): Dr. Torben Daeneke, School of Chemical Engineering, RMIT
- Member (Australian): Prof. Anthony O'Mullane, Queensland University of Technology, ARC Future Fellow
- Member (overseas): Prof. Richard Kaner, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), USA
- Member (overseas): Prof. Michael Dickey, North Carolina State University (NCSU), USA
Management/Administrative Team
- Education engagement officer: Dr. Jianbo Tang
- Public and media engagement officer: Dr. Mohammad Ghasemian
- Administrator: to be advertised
Commercialisation (consist of non-Õ¬Äи£Àû employees)
- Chair: Dr. Shane Meaney, Commercial and Industry Engagement Advisory Committee; Knowledge Exchange, Õ¬Äи£Àû – Dr Meaney will organise the monthly meeting and help in attracting more commercial partners to officially join the centre of excellence bid in the next two years
- Member: Ms Susmita Thomson, Chevron, Australia
- Member: Mr. Paul Butler, UniSeed