Researcher

Associate Professor Rakesh Joshi

Fields of Research (FoR)

Nanotechnology, Nanomaterials, Membrane and Separation Technologies, Functional Materials

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Biography

 Rakesh Joshiis an Associate Professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, leading the Graphene Research Group (www.teamgraphene.org).  Before joining UNSW, he was a Marie Curie International Fellow with Nobel Laureate Sir Andre Geim at the University of Manchester. A/Prof Joshi is currently leading various industry-funded research projects on the application of graphene. He has ~$2.0 million of industry funding asview more

 Rakesh Joshiis an Associate Professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, leading the Graphene Research Group (www.teamgraphene.org).  Before joining UNSW, he was a Marie Curie International Fellow with Nobel Laureate Sir Andre Geim at the University of Manchester. A/Prof Joshi is currently leading various industry-funded research projects on the application of graphene. He has ~$2.0 million of industry funding as Principal Investigator (Lead Chief Investigator) and over $4.0 million as Chief Investigator (CI) on ARC projects. Rakesh Joshi has over 100 journal articles (and 4 international patents), with over 80 articles as the first/corresponding author.

Important publications with Rakesh Joshi as the first/corresponding author

 Science (2014)Nature Communications (2022); Materials Today (2021); Materials Today (2011); Advanced Materials (2020) Advanced Materials (2023);  Nano Letters (2022)ACS Nano (2021)Desalination (2022);  Applied Materials Today (2015)Chemical Science (2018, 2016); Green Chemistry (2018);   Carbon (8 papers- 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020); Materials Today Chemistry (2019, 2020); Journal of Membrane Science (2019); Applied Physics Letters ( 5 papers- 2006, 2008, 2009); Nanotechnology (6 papers); Advanced Materials Interfaces (4 papers- 2018, 2019, 2020); Journal of Physical Chemistry (6 papers);  Nanoscale (2016, 2018). 

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Team Graphene NEWS AND MEDIA COVERAGE:  Joshi's Interview in Materials Today; Revolutionary graphene filterGraphene super desiccant: News articles Graphene oxide membranes reveal unusual behaviour of water; UNSW Sydney research discovery may help to alleviate global water crisis; Graphene filter to purify methane from biogas;  Duisburg University Press Release: Save electricity with hydrogen; Graphene-iron filters a promising gas separation tool: researchUNSW scientists solve decade-old graphene oxide puzzle 

Patent information

  1. Foller, Tobias; Wen, Xinyue; Scret Cristina; Muller, Matthew; JOSHI, Rakesh:  AU 2023901802 Method and use of a graphene oxide membrane (2023)
  2. JOSHI, Rakesh; Sui, Xiao; Foller, Tobias; Ji, Dali; Ren, Xiaojun; Owens, Llewellyn: PCT/AU2022/051,080 A graphene oxide aerogel (2021)
  3. Wen, Xinyue; You, Yi; Jin, Xiaoheng; Bustamante, Heriberto; JOSHI, Rakesh: PCT/AU2020/050593 Filtration membrane and method of production thereof (2020)
  4. Raveendran-Nair, Rahul; JOSHI, Rakesh; Geim, Andre: PCT/GB2014/053430 Water Purification 2015
  5. Raveendran-Nair, Rahul; JOSHI, Rakesh.; Geim, Andre:  PCT/GB2014/053432 Osmosis 2015

Fellowship and Memberships 

  • Fellow- Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)
  • Associate Fellow- Institution of Chemical Engineers (AFIChemE)- 2018-2021
  • Alexander von Humboldt Experienced Researcher Fellowship-2017
  • JSPS Invitation Fellowship -2016
  • Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship from European Union-2011
  • Chartered Member, Royal Australian Chemical Institute- 2016
  • Member, International Water Association (IWA)
  • Member American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • Member- Membrane Society of Australasia (MSA)

###### * Rakesh Joshi is NOT (and has NEVER been) associated with any Graphene/Nanotech companies in any part of INDIA or Anywhere**. Rakesh only communicates with the UNSW email id*##########


My Research Activities

Team Graphene

Postdoctoral Fellows 

1. Vanesa Quintano

2. Tobias Foller

Research Students

1. Xinyue Wen                                                                                                               

2. Dali Ji

3. Fei Wang    

4. Xiaojun Ren   

5. Tongxi Lin                            

6. Neven Zhai                               

7. Yang Wu

8. Xiaoyu Liu                 

9. Jialin Deng

10. Hongzhe Chen

 


My Research Supervision


Areas of supervision

2D Materials, Graphene Applications, Membranes, 

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