Overview
Background
Professor Yusuke Yamauchi received his Bachelor's degree (2003), Master's degree (2004), and Ph.D. degree (2007) from Waseda University, Japan. After receiving his Ph.D., he joined the National Institute of Materials Science (NIMS) in Japan, to start his own research group. At the same time, he began to serve as an adjunct professor to supervise Ph.D. students at the Department of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, Waseda University. After being granted the ARC Future Fellowship, in May 2016, he joined the Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials (ISEM), the Australian Institute for Innovative Materials (AIIM) at the University of Wollongong (UOW) as a Professor. In 2017, he moved to the University of Queensland (UQ). Presently, he is a Senior Group Leader at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) (on secondment from the School of Chemical Engineering until 2026), a Professor at the School of Chemical Engineering, and a Director at the Australian Materials nanoTectonics Centre, UQ. He concurrently serves as an ERATO Research Director at the JST-ERATO Yamauchi Materials Space-Tectonics, a Distinguished Professor at Nagoya University (Japan), an Honorary Distinguished Professor at Yonsei University (South Korea), an Invited Researcher at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), a Guest Senior Researcher (Guest Professor) at Waseda University, an Advisory Board Member of prestigious journals (Small, Small Structures, Precision Chemistry, ChemCatChem, J. Inorg. Organomet. Polym. Mater., etc.) and an Associate Editor of the Journal of Materials Chemistry A published by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) and Chemical Engineering Journal (Elsevier).
He has published more than 900 papers in international refereed journals (>10 Nature's and Science's sister journals, >1 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, >1 Chemical Reviews, >26 J Am Chem Soc (ACS), >18 ACS Nano (ACS), >28 Chem Mater (ACS), >3 Chemical Society Reviews (RSC), >17 Chem Sci (RSC), >13 Mater Hor (RSC), >58 Chem Commun (RSC), >20 Bull Chem Soc Jpn (CSJ), >20 Chem Lett (CSJ), >20 Adv Mater (Wiley), >35 Angew Chem Int Ed (Wiley), >30 Small (Wiley), etc.) with >70,000 Times Cited (h-index >137, Google Scholar; h-index >128, Web-of-Science). He was selected as one of the Highly-Cited Researchers in Chemistry in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 and in Materials Science in 2020, 2021, and 2022. He has received many outstanding awards, such as the NISTEP Award from the National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (2016), the Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ) Award for Young Chemists (2014), the Young Scientists' Prize of the Commendation for Science and Technology by MEXT (2013), the PCCP Prize by the Royal Society of Chemistry (2013), the Tsukuba Encouragement Prize (2012), the Ceramic Society of Japan (CerSJ) Award (2010), and the Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists (2010). Recently, he was selected as one of Australia's Top 40 Researchers of Research Report published by The Australian in 2019, 2020, and 2021.
AIBN: https://aibn.uq.edu.au/yamauchi
Yamauchi's publications
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=568w7h8AAAAJ&hl=en
Researcher ID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/D-2780-2015
Availability
- Professor Yusuke Yamauchi is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Engineering, Waseda University
- Masters (Coursework) of Engineering, Waseda University
- Doctoral Diploma of Engineering, Waseda University
Research impacts
Professor Yusuke Yamauchi specialises in the design of exotic nanospaces in inorganic materials with controlled compositions and morphologies toward practical applications. Yamauchi Group creates novel “inorganic nanosolids containing internal nanospaces, as unprecedented nanospace materials, and develop several methodologies for their effective integration with the aim of exploiting functions obtained based on the synergistic fusion of various supramolecular, photonic, and magnetic behaviors occurring in nanospace. The research area will cover a wide range of various porous systems such as metals, carbons, sulfides, phosphides, transition metal oxides, etc. The group will efficiently combine ‘machine learning’ with our inorganic synthesis methods to accelerate the optimization of synthetic parameters for the design of target materials, and to select proper patterns of the combination of each inorganic block for the integration of materials.
An architect can design houses and buildings, while a nano-architect can design materials. We are always targetting THE WORLD-FIRST game-changing materials. - See the details; Yamauchi Y. (2019) Nano-architect (Nature Index 2019). Nature 567, S12.
Works
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2026
Journal Article
Constructing built‑in electric fields with flexible heterointerface engineering of MoO 3‐x /MXene for electromagnetic wave absorption
Sheng, Minhao, Wang, Xue, Bin, Xiaoqing, Huang, Liqian, Nam, Ho Ngoc, Fu, Lei, Zhou, Jun, Liu, Xiangyang, Zhao, Yingji, Que, Wenxiu, Zhang, Liying, Yamauchi, Yusuke and Asakura, Yusuke (2026). Constructing built‑in electric fields with flexible heterointerface engineering of MoO 3‐x /MXene for electromagnetic wave absorption. Advanced Functional Materials, 36 (31) e19423, 1-14. doi: 10.1002/adfm.202519423
2026
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Tailoring defect chemistry of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides towards high-performance zinc-based batteries
Shao, Xian, Chai, Yafei, Kang, Ling, Zhang, Yuxin, Zhao, Jingxin, Jun, Seong Chan, Yamauchi, Yusuke, Ding, Bin and Liu, Shude (2026). Tailoring defect chemistry of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides towards high-performance zinc-based batteries. Progress in Materials Science, 162 101744, 1-56. doi: 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2026.101744
2026
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Pore-zoned nanoarchitectonics of hierarchically porous metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) and MOF-derived materials for electrochemical energy conversion
Zhao, Yingji, Chen, Norman C.-R., Yin, Yongqi, Liu, Xiangyang, Xu, Minghao, Dubey, Prashant, Shirasaki, Keisuke, Kang, Yunqing, Wu, Kevin C.-W., Asahi, Toru and Yamauchi, Yusuke (2026). Pore-zoned nanoarchitectonics of hierarchically porous metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) and MOF-derived materials for electrochemical energy conversion. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 566 218156, 1-30. doi: 10.1016/j.ccr.2026.218156
2026
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Ru-Doping-Engineered Oxygen Vacancies in MoO3-<i>x</i> Nanostructured Films With Ultrahigh Capacitance for Flexible Asymmetric Supercapacitors
Bin, Xiaoqing, Sheng, Minhao, Chen, Norman C. -R., Liu, Xiangyang, Zhao, Yingji, Liao, Yingyi, Que, Wenxiu, Asakura, Yusuke and Yamauchi, Yusuke (2026). Ru-Doping-Engineered Oxygen Vacancies in MoO3-x Nanostructured Films With Ultrahigh Capacitance for Flexible Asymmetric Supercapacitors. Advanced Science. doi: 10.1002/advs.77131
2026
Journal Article
Heteropore-MediatedPore-Environment Tuning in a CovalentOrganic Framework for Balanced Capture of Structurally Diverse PFAS
Wei, Qing, Zhu, Xuecheng, Liu, Yan, Yamauchi, Yusuke and Liu, Huilin (2026). Heteropore-MediatedPore-Environment Tuning in a CovalentOrganic Framework for Balanced Capture of Structurally Diverse PFAS. Journal of the American Chemical Society. doi: 10.1021/jacs.6c01463
2026
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A pH‐Switchable Cerium Single‐Atom Enzyme for Peri‐Implantitis Therapy via JAK‐STAT Signaling Axis‐Mediated Macrophage Reprogramming
Xia, Xiaomin, Wu, Haojie, Li, Xingyun, Liu, Lining, Song, Kaiqing, Cui, Jinpei, Liu, Jie, Yin, Jiaxuan, Ahmed, Emtiaz, Yamauchi, Yusuke and Li, Xue (2026). A pH‐Switchable Cerium Single‐Atom Enzyme for Peri‐Implantitis Therapy via JAK‐STAT Signaling Axis‐Mediated Macrophage Reprogramming. Advanced Science e77002. doi: 10.1002/advs.77002
2026
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Low curvature combined with high amorphization improves SERS sensitivity of semiconducting Rh–Se mesoporous nanospheres toward non-adsorbing resistant pollutants
Kang, Yunqing, Guselnikova, Olga, Fu, Lei, Chen, Norman C.-R., Gutiérrez Moreno, José Julio, Henzie, Joel, Guo, Yuqi, Liu, Xiangyang, Zhao, Yingji, Huang, Wei-Hsiang, Yeh, Min-Hsin, Tanis, Yagmur, Valtiner, Markus, Ježek, Stanislav, Zhou, Jun, Asakura, Yusuke, Wu, Kevin C.-W. and Yamauchi, Yusuke (2026). Low curvature combined with high amorphization improves SERS sensitivity of semiconducting Rh–Se mesoporous nanospheres toward non-adsorbing resistant pollutants. Nature Communications. doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-75365-2
2026
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Electrodeposition-initiated, self-catalyzed growth of 2D amorphous Fe-group metal–boron alloy mesoporous films
Fu, Lei, Kang, Yunqing, Nam, Ho Ngoc, Guo, Yuqi, Ji, Chengze, Wang, Kaiteng, Zhou, Zilin, Chen, Zekai, Phung, Quan Manh, Shi, Le, Wu, Kai, Zhou, Jun and Yamauchi, Yusuke (2026). Electrodeposition-initiated, self-catalyzed growth of 2D amorphous Fe-group metal–boron alloy mesoporous films. Nature Communications. doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-75955-0
2026
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Metal-organic framework-derived porous Cu-Co bimetallic catalyst for efficient peroxymonosulfate activation toward tetracycline degradation
Zhou, Tianhong, Xie, Han-gang, Wang, Jie, Tian, Yue, Ma, Shengchun and Yamauchi, Yusuke (2026). Metal-organic framework-derived porous Cu-Co bimetallic catalyst for efficient peroxymonosulfate activation toward tetracycline degradation. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 99 (8) uoag099. doi: 10.1093/bulcsj/uoag099
2026
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Guiding successive Mo 4d–S 3p orbital hybridization in MoS2 via dual-confinement engineering for efficient pseudocapacitive storage
Chen, Jieming, Ma, Haoyu, Ni, Congcong, Kang, Ling, Zhang, Jian, Li, Zhaoling, Ding, Bin, Yamauchi, Yusuke and Liu, Shude (2026). Guiding successive Mo 4d–S 3p orbital hybridization in MoS2 via dual-confinement engineering for efficient pseudocapacitive storage. Advanced Energy Materials e71344. doi: 10.1002/aenm.71344
2026
Journal Article
Interfacial-energy-directed synthesis of mesoporous COF architectures
Tang, Jing and Yamauchi, Yusuke (2026). Interfacial-energy-directed synthesis of mesoporous COF architectures. National Science Review nwag454. doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwag454
2026
Journal Article
Decoding Interface Evolution: Toward Next-Generation Porous Carbon Supercapacitors via In-situ Characterization
Yuan, Fang, Kim, Minjun, Wu, Yiqiang, Yamauchi, Yusuke and Wan, Caichao (2026). Decoding Interface Evolution: Toward Next-Generation Porous Carbon Supercapacitors via In-situ Characterization. Research, 9 1322. doi: 10.34133/research.1322
2026
Journal Article
Implanting single Sb sites as electron traps on MOF nanosheets for boosting H2O2 photosynthesis
Li, Lan, Wang, Xiao-Fei, Bao, Chen-Hao, Wang, Xusheng, Jin, Cheng-Chao, Wu, Jianhao, Chen, Zhi, Yamauchi, Yusuke and Ok, Yong Sik (2026). Implanting single Sb sites as electron traps on MOF nanosheets for boosting H2O2 photosynthesis. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 388 126555, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2026.126555
2026
Journal Article
Engineering Interfacial Built-In Electric Fields via Work Function Matching Enables Photocoupled Osmotic Energy Recovery From Saline Dye Wastewater
Tao, Weixiang, Wang, Peifang, Zhou, Gang, Ao, Yanhui, Wang, Jie and Yamauchi, Yusuke (2026). Engineering Interfacial Built-In Electric Fields via Work Function Matching Enables Photocoupled Osmotic Energy Recovery From Saline Dye Wastewater. Small Science, 6 (7) e70345. doi: 10.1002/smsc.70345
2026
Journal Article
Vanadium-MOF derivatives/MXene heterostructures for kinetics-enhanced zinc-ion hybrid supercapacitors
Bi, Zhao, Xie, Yangyang, Tang, Yi, Xuan, Xiaodie, Zhou, Jianghong, Wang, Ping, Kang, Yunqing, Khaorapapong, Nithima, Chen, Yanhui, Yamauchi, Yusuke and Yang, Chenhui (2026). Vanadium-MOF derivatives/MXene heterostructures for kinetics-enhanced zinc-ion hybrid supercapacitors. Nano Materials Science. doi: 10.1016/j.nanoms.2026.06.021
2026
Journal Article
Design of well‐defined meso‐ or macroporous carbon nitride with an amorphous framework via perovskite fluoride templating
Kozumi, Kazuya, Asakura, Yusuke and Yamauchi, Yusuke (2026). Design of well‐defined meso‐ or macroporous carbon nitride with an amorphous framework via perovskite fluoride templating. Small, 22 (45) e74242, 1-11. doi: 10.1002/smll.74242
2026
Journal Article
Pulsed charging-induced interfacial stabilization enables highly stable iron phosphate electrode for ultrafast electrochemical lithium extraction
Wang, Ziquan, Liang, Zhujie, Tang, Yongbing, Li, Xuehui, Kim, Minjun, Yamauchi, Yusuke and Deng, Libo (2026). Pulsed charging-induced interfacial stabilization enables highly stable iron phosphate electrode for ultrafast electrochemical lithium extraction. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition. doi: 10.1002/anie.1780372
2026
Journal Article
Reverse built-in electric field via acid etching for efficient oxygen evolution reaction
Wang, Kaiteng, Fu, Lei, Zhou, Zilin, Chen, Zekai, Gao, Yuan, Du, Haoran, Shi, Le, Wu, Kai, Yamauchi, Yusuke and Zhou, Jun (2026). Reverse built-in electric field via acid etching for efficient oxygen evolution reaction. Advanced Functional Materials, 36 (47) e75516, 1-9. doi: 10.1002/adfm.75516
2026
Journal Article
Iron-modified mesoporous MOFs for enhanced electrochemical nitrate-to-ammonia conversion
Liu, Xiangyang, Yin, Yongqi, Asakura, Yusuke, Zhao, Yingji and Yamauchi, Yusuke (2026). Iron-modified mesoporous MOFs for enhanced electrochemical nitrate-to-ammonia conversion. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 99 (6) uoag080, 1-6. doi: 10.1093/bulcsj/uoag080
2026
Journal Article
Ferroelectric polarization orientation enables exceptional capacitive deionization via vertical local electric field enhancement
Wu, Wenjie, Yang, Yiming, Liu, Yanbiao, Li, Mohua, Wen, Chengyuan, She, Yunyong, Khaorapapong, Nithima, Yamauchi, Yusuke and Xu, Xingtao (2026). Ferroelectric polarization orientation enables exceptional capacitive deionization via vertical local electric field enhancement. Advanced Functional Materials, 36 (46) e29080, 1-11. doi: 10.1002/adfm.202529080
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Engineered Nano-structured Platform for revealingextracelular vesicles heterogeneity
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Mostafa Kamal Masud, Associate Professor MD Shahriar Hossain
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Doctor Philosophy
Novel carbon nanoarchitectures toward energy applications
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ruth Knibbe
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Doctor Philosophy
Porous Two-Dimensional Inorganic Semiconductors for Photocatalytic Reactions
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Mostafa Kamal Masud, Dr Aditya Ashok
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Doctor Philosophy
Advanced Semiconductor Heterostructures for Optoelectronic and Catalysis Applications
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Aditya Ashok
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Doctor Philosophy
Nanodiagnostics for early detection and monitoring of ovarian cancer
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor MD Shahriar Hossain, Dr Mostafa Kamal Masud
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Doctor Philosophy
Nanoarchitectured anti-corrosion coatings for zinc-plated steel
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Valentino Kaneti, Associate Professor Nasim Amiralian, Dr Asep Nugraha
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Doctor Philosophy
Development of the SPS-processed superconducting reacted MgB2 joint for the persistent mode MRI magnet
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor MD Shahriar Hossain
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Doctor Philosophy
Development of Porous Copper-Based Catalysts with Enhanced Electrocatalytic Activity for Carbon Dioxide Reduction to Value-Added Chemicals.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor MD Shahriar Hossain, Dr Valentino Kaneti, Dr Asep Nugraha
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Doctor Philosophy
Development of conductive two-dimensional metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for electrocatalytic applications
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Valentino Kaneti
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Doctor Philosophy
Nanoarchitecturing of Porous multimetallic alloys for energy-related applications
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Valentino Kaneti, Dr Asep Nugraha
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Doctor Philosophy
Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Framework for Next-Generation Batteries
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor MD Shahriar Hossain, Dr Jie Wang
Completed supervision
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2026
Doctor Philosophy
Localized Engineering of the Polymer Electrolytes for High Performance Sodium Metal Batteries
Principal Advisor
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Nanoarchitecture-integrated Iron Oxide-based Platform for Biosensing Applications
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Carlos Salomon Gallo, Dr Mostafa Kamal Masud, Associate Professor MD Shahriar Hossain, Dr Valentino Kaneti
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Nanoarchitecture Design of Metal-Organic Framework-Derived Porous Carbon Materials for Electrochemical Applications
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor MD Shahriar Hossain, Dr Valentino Kaneti
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Nanofabrication and Engineering of Mesoporous Thin Films for Optoelectronics and Biosensing
Principal Advisor
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Wet-chemical Process for the Preparation of Mesoporous Gold-Based Materials
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor MD Shahriar Hossain
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Nanoarchitectured ZIF-8-derived Novel Porous Carbons for Energy Storage and Conversion Applications
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Darren Martin
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Universal Electrochemical Synthesis of Mesoporous Chalcogenide Semiconductors
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor MD Shahriar Hossain
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Synthesis of Mesoporous Platinum-Group-Metals (PGMs)-Based Nanoarchitectures for Energy and Environmental Applications
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Chengzhong Yu, Associate Professor MD Shahriar Hossain
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Synthesis of Novel Nitroxide Radical Derivatives for Energy Storage and Green Catalyst applications
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Michael Monteiro
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Synthesis of Mesoporous Au, Ag, and Cu Nanostructures for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
Principal Advisor
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Nanoarchitectured Point-of-Care Detection System for Clinically Relevant Biomarkers
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor MD Shahriar Hossain
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Magnetoplasmonic Nanostructures for the Detection of Clinically Relevant Biomarkers
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Mostafa Kamal Masud, Dr Valentino Kaneti, Associate Professor MD Shahriar Hossain
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Nanoarchitecturing of MOF-Derived Materials for Surface-Dependent Applications
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor MD Shahriar Hossain, Dr Valentino Kaneti
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Nanoarchitecturing of Bimetallic Metal-Organic Frameworks and their Derived Materials for Sensing Applications
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Nasim Amiralian, Associate Professor MD Shahriar Hossain, Dr Valentino Kaneti
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Development of High-Performance Superconducting MgB2 Joints for MRI Magnets
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor MD Shahriar Hossain
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Nanoarchitectured Mesoporous Gold-Alloy for microRNA Sensing
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Carlos Salomon Gallo, Dr Mostafa Kamal Masud, Dr Valentino Kaneti, Associate Professor MD Shahriar Hossain
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Placental-derived extracellular vesicles as liquid biopsies to monitor complications of pregnancy
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor David McIntyre, Professor Carlos Salomon Gallo
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Ultra-high Piezoresponse in Mesoscale Doped Barium Titanate Perovskite - A New Avenue of Energy Harvesting
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor MD Shahriar Hossain
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