Dr Zhi Li
Dr. Zhi Li is a Scientia Senior Lecturer and ARC Future Fellow at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales. Prior to joining UNSW, he was an ARC DECRA Fellow at the University of Wollongong. His research focuses on quantum materials and their applications in energy, quantum sensing, and future electronics. His contributions have been recognized with multiple prestigious fellowships, including the ARC DECRA Fellowship in 2019, the ARC Future Fellowship in 2021, and the UNSW Scientia Fellowship in 2022.
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Selected grants
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2026 |
ARC DP260102294 “Spin-Resolved Studies of Quantum Spin Liquids” leading CI |
$775,079 |
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2026 |
UNSW Scientia Academic Fellowship renew sole CI |
$200,000 |
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2025 |
NIDG ID250100022 “Superconducting quantum sensors based on emerging quantum materials” second CI, leading superconductor thin films fabrication |
$799,653 |
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2025 |
ARC LE250100032 “Victorian Facility for Atom-Scale Quantum Microscopy and Manufacturing” CI |
$904,800 |
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2023 |
ARC IC230100042 “ARC Training Centre for Battery Recycling” CI |
$5,000,000 |
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2023 |
ARC DP230102221 “Giant magnetic-thermoelectricity in topological materials” CI |
$420,000 |
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2022 |
UNSW Scientia Academic Fellowship sole CI |
$200,000 |
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2021 |
ARC FT210100844 “Iron-based high-temperature topological superconductors” sole CI |
$802,288 |
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2019 |
ARC DE190100219 “Engineering of exotic electronic properties in atomically thin antimony” sole CI |
$359,174 |
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2017 |
ARC DP170104116 “Atomically thin superconductors” leading CI |
$372,500 |
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2016 |
ARC DP160101474 “Coherent, tuned terahertz photons from nonlinear processes in graphene” CI |
$395,000 |
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2016 |
UOW Vice Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Scheme “Exploring exotic electronic states in silicene” sole CI |
$400,000 |
My Teaching
MATS6104 Physical Properties of Materials
MATS4005 Composites and Functional Materials