Dr Ahmad Kandjani Esmaiel Zadeh Kandjani

https://people.csiro.au/E/A/ahmad-kandjani

Biography

Ahmad Kandjani obtained his PhD in Applied Chemistry-Nanotechnology from RMIT University. He is CSIRO's CERC fellow working in the 4F laboratory in Advanced Manufacturing, Clayton. He was RMIT's VC Fellow before joining CSIRO. Ahmad has published over 110 scientific publications with 86 journal articles, four patents and several invited talks and conference papers. He is an expert in monodispersed materials, chemical sensing, materials characterisation and surface engineering. His research has been selected as representative for ten prestigious journals such as Advanced Functional Materials, Energy & Environmental Science, Small Methods, etc. He is working on developing novel materials and testing methods for gas filters and face masks in CSIRO.

Past Supervision: 5 PhD students and 1 MSc

Current Supervision: 2 PhD students

Other Interests

CAD/CAM designing of scientific and laboratory devices
3D CGI for Science and Engineering

Academic Qualifications

2014

Ph.D. in Applied Chemistry
RMIT University
2021

Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching (Higher Education)
Swinburne University of Technology - Hawthorn Campus: Swinburne University of Technology
2008

M.Sc. in Materials Science and Engineering
Khajeh Nasir Toosi University of Technology (Iran)
2005

B.Sc. in Materials Science and Engineering
Tabriz University (Iran)

Achievements and Awards

2017-2019

RMIT Vice-Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship
RMIT University
2016-2017

Megan Clark Award – Academic Sharp Brain
RACI 2017
2014-2015

Professor CNR Rao Postgraduate Research Excellence Award in Materials Science for the most outstanding postgraduate research student working in the field of materials science
RMIT University
2013-2014

Perkin Elmer Prize for most outstanding contribution to the field of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy post graduate students
Perkin Elmer

Current Roles

CERC Postdoctoral Fellow
Developing new materials and test setups for electrostatic charged face masks and gas filters

Grants

2022-2025

Circular economy for upcycling waste polystyrene into high-valued chemicals; Department of Industry; Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P)
2023-2024

High throughput catalysis testing for waste plastic upcycling; Sustainability Victoria; Waste to Energy Fund

Community and Corporate Citizenship

2022-2022

Organising committee for international Cutting edge symposium: Self-assembly meets additive for durable supply chains and transformative manufacturing (SAMAM-CES); CSIRO
2022-2022

Organising committee for international Chemical Nanosensors Australia (CNA) Summit; Swinburne University of Technology