Associate Professor Rakesh Joshi

Rakesh Joshi FRSC is an Associate Professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering and leading the Graphene Research Group- UNSW Team Graphene.  Before joining UNSW, he was a Marie Curie International Fellow with Nobel Laureate Sir Andre Geim at the University of Manchester.  Joshi is among a select group of researchers who have been awarded each of the world’s most prestigious relevant International Research Fellowships; the JSPS Invitation Fellowship, the Humboldt Fellowship and the Marie Curie International Fellowship.  A/Prof Joshi is currently leading various industry-funded research projects on the application of graphene. Dr Joshi has over  $1.5 million of industry funding as Principal investigator (Lead Chief Investigator) and over $4 million as Chief Investigator (CI) on ARC projects. Joshi's team was the finalist (with Sydney Water)  for NSW Water Award (Australian Water Association) in Research Excellence Category.  A/Prof Joshi has over 90  journal articles (and 3 international patents), with over 70 articles as the first/corresponding author.  

Important publications with A/Prof Joshi as first/corresponding author:  

Science (2014); Materials Today (2021, 2011); Advanced Materials (2020); ACS Nano (2021); 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). 

Joshi's Interview  in Materials Today      Duisburg University Press Release: Save electricity with hydrogen     Revolutionary graphene filter: News articles    Graphene super desiccant: News articles

Patent Information:

1. Nair, R. R., Joshi, R. K., & Geim, A. K. (2015). US20160297693  OSMOSIS 
2. Nair, R. R., Joshi, R. K., & Geim, A. K. (2015).US20160280563 WATER PURIFICATION
3. Wen, X., Jin, X., You, Yi., Bustamante, H.,& Joshi, R. K. (2019). WO / 2020/248017 Filtration membrane and method of production thereof, PCT / AU2020 / 050593

Fellowship and Memberships

• Associate Fellow- Institution of Chemical Engineers  (AFIChemE)- 2018
• Fellow- Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)- 2017
• 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)
• Postdoctoral Fellowship from Toyota Foundation Japan