Associate Professor Rakesh Joshi

Rakesh Joshi 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.    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 million as Chief Investigator (CI) on ARC projects. Rakesh Joshi has over 100 journal articles (and 4 international patents), with over 75 articles as the first/corresponding author.  

** 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. 

Important publications with Rakesh Joshi as the first/corresponding author:  

Science (2014); Nature Communications (2022); Nano Letters (2022); 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)- 2018-2021
• 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)
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