Associate Professor Rakesh Joshi

Rakesh Joshi is an Associate Professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, UNSW Sydney, where he leads the Graphene Research Group (www.teamgraphene.org) and serves as Theme Leader for Energy and Environment. He is also a Chief Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Carbon Science and Innovation (COE-CSI). Before joining UNSW, he was a Marie Curie International Fellow with Nobel Laureate Sir Andre Geim at the University of Manchester. A/Prof Joshi has published over 130 journal articles, including 95+ as lead or first author, and holds five international patents. His work has earned prestigious international fellowships, including the Marie Curie Fellowship, JSPS Fellowship, Humboldt Fellowship, and the Vaibhav Fellowship from the Government of India. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a Chartered Chemist.

Important publications with Rakesh Joshi as the first/corresponding author

  Science (2014); Nature Communications (2022);  PNAS 2025;  Advanced Science (2025);  Materials Today (2021); Materials Today (2011); Advanced Materials (2020);   Advanced Materials (2023);  Nano Letters (2022); ACS Nano (2021); Desalination (2022, 2026); Green Chemistry (2018); Chemical Science (2018); Chemical Science (2016);   Small Structures (2024)-1;   Small Structures(2024)-2;  Applied Materials Today (2015); Small 2024;Carbon (14 papers: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2023, 2024); Materials Today Chemistry (2019, 2020); Journal of Membrane Science (2019, 2023, 2025); 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 filter; Graphene 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: research; UNSW 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*##########