Professor Kourosh Kalantar Zadeh

My Expertise

Sensors, nanotechnology, liquid metals, materials science, electronics, gastroenterology, and medical devices

Biography

Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh is the Head of School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Sydney, Australia.
He is also an adjunct Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia, and an Honorary Professor of Electronic Engineering at RMIT, Australia. He was the Founding Director of the Centre for Advanced Solid and Liquid based Electronics and Optics (CASLEO), UNSW
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Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh is the Head of School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Sydney, Australia.
He is also an adjunct Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia, and an Honorary Professor of Electronic Engineering at RMIT, Australia. He was the Founding Director of the Centre for Advanced Solid and Liquid based Electronics and Optics (CASLEO), UNSW
Professor Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh is one of the 2018 Australian Research Centre (ARC) Laureate Fellows
He is an Associate Editor for ACS Applied Nano Materials

My Grants

Re-discovering liquid metals from core to surface, K Kalantar-zadeh, ARC Laureate Fellowship, Fellow and leader, FL180100053, 2019, 5 years
Ingestible capsules for sensing gut metabolites, K Kalantar-zadeh, P Gibson, J Muir, C McSweeney, Leader, NHMRC Development Grant, APP1154969, 2 years
ARC Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies, M Fuhrer, A Hamilton , E Ostrovskaya, K Helmerson, X Wang, K Kalantar-zadeh, Q Bao, D Culcer, J Davis, M Davis, O Klochan, N Medhekar, M Parish, J Seidel, A Schiffrin, O Sushkov, N Valanoor, C Vale, L Wang, J. Cole, ARC Centre of Excellence, CE170100038, Chief Investigator, 2017, 7 years

My Awards

Fellow of the American Association of the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2021
Clarivate Analytics - Highly Cited Researchers, 2021
Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 2020
Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Chemistry, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), UK, 2020
Clarivate Analytics - Highly Cited Researchers, 2020
Royal Society of New South Wales, Walter Burfitt Prize, 2019
Clarivate Analytics - Highly Cited Researchers, 2019
The 12 most viewed LinkedIn profiles in Australia, LinkedIn Spotlight for Australia, 2019
Clarivate Analytics - Highly Cited Researchers, 2018
American Chemical Society (ACS), Advances in Measurement Science Lectureship Awards (Asia/Pacific), 2018
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Sensors Council Technical Achievement Award in the area of Sensors (advanced career), 2017
Academic Sharp Brain, Chemeca 2017, Alan Finkel award (first award), 2017
Finalist of the International AMA Sensorik und Messtechnik - AMA Innovation Award, 2016
Media Star of the year, RMIT University, 2015
Runner up of the Australian Academy of Sciences, Honorific Award in Engineering, 2014
RMIT University Award for Research Excellence, 2014
RMIT Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Research Supervision Excellence, 2014
International Media Star, RMIT University, 2012
Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT), Australia, Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning, 2011
RMIT Foundation International Research Exchange Fellowship, 2010
Endeavour Australia Award (fellowship award for a six-month sabbatical), 2005

My Research Activities

Prof Kalantar-Zadeh has been the co-author of >500 highly cited reviewed scientific papers and books. He is internationally recognised for his work on sensors, two dimensional semiconductors and liquid metals.
He is a member of the editorial boards of many presti gious journals including: Applied Materials Today, ACS Sensors, Advanced Materials Technologies, Applied Surface Science, Nanoscale and ACS Nano.

My Research Supervision

Areas of supervision

Functional Materials, Electronic Materials, Medical Devices, Liquid Metals, Sensors, Electronics

Currently supervising

10 PhD students

My Engagement

Media engagement:

My work has been constantly featured in Australian and international media (>350 in the past 5 years). Some of the most significant media releases and opinion pieces are as follows:

Daily Mail, Researchers unveil radical 'fart sensor' pill that can monitor the gas inside your body in real-time, 23 January, 2019
South China Morning Post, Smart paints to colour our world – capture energy and stay connected, 3 December 2018
The Engineer, Australian nanofilter promises rapid access to clean water, 23 November, 2018
BBC, Gas detecting pill could diagnose poor gut health, 23 January, 2018
Newsweek, Scientists Invent Incredibly Thin Metal that can be Made in Your Kitchen, 20 October, 2017
NBC, This Paint May Pick Up Where Solar Panels Leave Off, 28 June, 2017
Herald Sun, Colonoscopies are a pain in the backside and could be replaced by a smart pill, 29 April, 2017
The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, Gut feeling: the swallowable gut sensor that could replace a colonoscopy, January, 2107
Live Science, Can Eating Cinnamon Cool Off the Stomach? 5 October 2016
Australian Science, Digestible Gas Sensors Diagnose Irritable Bowel, September, 2016
IEEE Spectrum, Human Life is a Gas, 16 January 2016
Christian Science Monitor, Smartphones could detect pollution, thanks to a sensor breakthrough, 27 October 2015
The Companies and Markets, Global smart pills market researchers have begun developing a pill that measures intestinal gas, 30 April 2015
Time Magazine, Gas-Sensing Pills May Detect Underlying Stomach Problems, 13 March 2015
The Age, Aussie scientists' breakthrough could mean thinner, faster and lighter gadgets, 5 January 2013
ABC Science, Boost in low-cost solar cell efficiency, 31 May 2012
Australian Manufacturing Technology Magazine, One on one with Dr Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh, May 2012
Scientific American, Unexpected discovery of new power sources, 13 February 2012