
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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2025
Journal Article
Hyperuniform Mesoporous Gold Films Coated with Halogen-Bonding Metal–Organic Frameworks for Selective Raman Sensing of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons
Khairunnisa, Sarah Z., Guselnikova, Olga, Kang, Yunqing, Postnikov, Pavel S., Valiev, Rashid R., Hill, Jonathan P., Nugraha, Nugraha, Yuliarto, Brian, Yamauchi, Yusuke and Henzie, Joel (2025). Hyperuniform Mesoporous Gold Films Coated with Halogen-Bonding Metal–Organic Frameworks for Selective Raman Sensing of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons. ACS Nano, 19 (30) acsnano.5c09431, 27890-27901. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.5c09431
2025
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Formation of Mesoporous Pt and Pd Films <i>via</i> Micelle-Templated Electroless Displacement Deposition
Kono, Kaito, Miyata, Hirokatsu, Alowasheeir, Azhar, Asakura, Yusuke, Leung, Mandy H M, Yokoshima, Tokihiko and Yamauchi, Yusuke (2025). Formation of Mesoporous Pt and Pd Films via Micelle-Templated Electroless Displacement Deposition. Chemistry Letters, 54 (8) upaf143. doi: 10.1093/chemle/upaf143
2025
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A universal approach using water‐soluble templates for meso‐ and macro‐porous organic polymers
Asakura, Yusuke, Adiwijaya, Steven, Yoshino, Shunya, Kato, Hideki and Yamauchi, Yusuke (2025). A universal approach using water‐soluble templates for meso‐ and macro‐porous organic polymers. Advanced Science e08489, 1-9. doi: 10.1002/advs.202508489
2025
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Nanoarchitectured CuTe thin films: a next-generation platform for ultra-sensitive biosensing
Vasanth, Arya, Ashok, Aditya, Nam, Ho Ngoc, Phung, Quan Manh, Phan, Hoang-Phuong, Hossain, Md. Shahriar A. and Yamauchi, Yusuke (2025). Nanoarchitectured CuTe thin films: a next-generation platform for ultra-sensitive biosensing. ACS Nano, 19 (28), 25669-25681. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.5c02615
2025
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Holistic nanoarchitectonic design of hierarchically structured oxygen reduction reaction catalyst
Panda, Atanu, Sebastian, Abin, Nandan, Ravi, Henzie, Joel, Cretu, Ovidiu, Xu, Jian, Velychkivska, Nadiia, Ma, Renzhi, Kimoto, Koji, Asakura, Yusuke, Iwase, Kazuyuki, Shrestha, Lok Kumar, Ariga, Katsuhiko, Yamauchi, Yusuke and Hill, Jonathan P. (2025). Holistic nanoarchitectonic design of hierarchically structured oxygen reduction reaction catalyst. Chemical Engineering Journal, 516 163959, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2025.163959
2025
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Electroless deposition of nanoporous metallic Pt–Pd thin layers on insulating silica spheres as a substrate
Kitamura, Yuma, Nagataki, Atsuko, Hirade, Yugo, Leung, Mandy Hei Man, Yamauchi, Yusuke, Masud, Mostafa Kamal, Asakura, Yusuke and Eguchi, Miharu (2025). Electroless deposition of nanoporous metallic Pt–Pd thin layers on insulating silica spheres as a substrate. Chemical Communications, 61 (55), 10142-10145. doi: 10.1039/d5cc02010g
2025
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Synthesis of polypyrrole/cellulose nanocrystals disks for removal of pyocyanin metabolite biomarker released by Pseudomonas aeruginosa
El-Said, Waleed A., Khan, Ziya A., El-Hady, Deia A., Alshitari, Wael, Masud, Mostafa Kamal and Yamauchi, Yusuke (2025). Synthesis of polypyrrole/cellulose nanocrystals disks for removal of pyocyanin metabolite biomarker released by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. PLoS One, 20 (7) e0327713, 1-18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0327713
2025
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Nanoarchitectonics of Metal–Organic Framework and Nanocellulose Composites for Multifunctional Environmental Remediation
Song, Ye, Zhu, Wenkai, Wang, Chaohai, Li, Zequn, Xin, Ruiqi, Wu, Dujuan, Ma, Xiaofan, Wang, Hanwei, Wang, Xiangyu, Li, Song, Kim, Jeonghun, Sun, Qingfeng, Kim, Minjun and Yamauchi, Yusuke (2025). Nanoarchitectonics of Metal–Organic Framework and Nanocellulose Composites for Multifunctional Environmental Remediation. Advanced Materials 2504364, 1-49. doi: 10.1002/adma.202504364
2025
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Inorganic dielectric materials coupling micro‐/nanoarchitectures for state‐of‐the‐art biomechanical‐to‐electrical energy conversion devices
Zhang, Jia‐Han, Li, Zhengtong, Liu, Zeng, Li, Mingxuan, Guo, Jiaxin, Du, Jinhua, Cai, Changkun, Zhang, Shaohui, Sun, Ningning, Li, Yong, Xu, Xingtao, Hao, Xihong and Yamauchi, Yusuke (2025). Inorganic dielectric materials coupling micro‐/nanoarchitectures for state‐of‐the‐art biomechanical‐to‐electrical energy conversion devices. Advanced Materials, 37 (28) 2419081, 1-30. doi: 10.1002/adma.202419081
2025
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Facilitating extensive C C bond cleavage in lignin models through customized CeO2/C3N4 S-scheme heterojunction
Liao, Hongwu, Wang, Chong, Zheng, Jiaxian, Chen, Zhuo, Zhou, Yulin, Ye, Chengning, Lin, Xiangfeng, An, Meng, Yamauchi, Yusuke, Asakura, Yusuke and Yuan, Zhanhui (2025). Facilitating extensive C C bond cleavage in lignin models through customized CeO2/C3N4 S-scheme heterojunction. Chemical Engineering Journal, 521 166242, 166242. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2025.166242
2025
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Modulating p-d Orbital Hybridization in Mesoporous Medium-Entropy Alloy Nanozymes with Enhanced Peroxidase-Like Activity
Zhang, Yiming, Kang, Yunqing, Wei, Xiaoqian, Chen, Chengjie, Zhai, Yanling, Zhu, Chengzhou, Jiao, Lei, Lu, Xiaoquan and Yamauchi, Yusuke (2025). Modulating p-d Orbital Hybridization in Mesoporous Medium-Entropy Alloy Nanozymes with Enhanced Peroxidase-Like Activity. ACS Nano, 19 (26), 24013-24022. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.5c06349
2025
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The origin of homochirality by rotational magnetoelectrochemistry
Morimoto, Ryoichi, Mogi, Iwao, Miura, Miki, Sugiyama, Atsushi, Miura, Makoto, Oshikiri, Yoshinobu, Takahashi, Kohki, Yamauchi, Yusuke and Aogaki, Ryoichi (2025). The origin of homochirality by rotational magnetoelectrochemistry. Magnetochemistry, 11 (6) 51, 1-49. doi: 10.3390/magnetochemistry11060051
2025
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Multiple functional engineering strategies and active site identification in Ru-based electrocatalysts for catalytic conversion reactions
Ge, Riyue, Yu, Songhao, Li, Yawen, Huo, Juanjuan, Guo, Yuqi, Kang, Yunqing, Li, Wenxian, Bai, Zhongchao, Liu, Huakun, Yamauchi, Yusuke and Dou, Shixue (2025). Multiple functional engineering strategies and active site identification in Ru-based electrocatalysts for catalytic conversion reactions. Advanced Materials, 37 (24) 2503223, 1-53. doi: 10.1002/adma.202503223
2025
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Ultrathin Mesoporous Metal-Organic Framework Nanosheets
Zhao, Yingji, Gao, Zhi, Chen, Norman C.-R., Asakura, Yusuke, Nam, Ho Ngoc, Phung, Quan Manh, Kang, Yunqing, Leung, Mandy Hei Man, Jiang, Dong, Fu, Lei, Huang, Lijin, Asahi, Toru and Yamauchi, Yusuke (2025). Ultrathin Mesoporous Metal-Organic Framework Nanosheets. Advanced Materials, 37 (36) e2508105, 1-9. doi: 10.1002/adma.202508105
2025
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Nanoarchitectonics of cobalt/nitrogen-doped carbon with an unbalanced double primitive bicontinuous motif for efficient electrocatalysis
Zhao, Bin, Liu, Bohan, Han, Ji, Sun, Ruigang, Xu, Haidong, Sun, Yuanbo, Chen, Guangrui, Shi, Zhaohui, Liu, Chenxu, Gao, Yanjing, Zhang, Mingjie, Zhang, Song Lin, Yamauchi, Yusuke and Guan, Buyuan (2025). Nanoarchitectonics of cobalt/nitrogen-doped carbon with an unbalanced double primitive bicontinuous motif for efficient electrocatalysis. Chemical Science, 16 (28), 12994-13003. doi: 10.1039/d5sc02354h
2025
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A study of N-ethylcarbazole hydrogenation catalysed by Ru/TiO2 and Ru-Pt/TiO2 through experimental and modelling approaches
Poon, Chun On, Batalha, Nuno, Zuluaga-Bedoya, Christian C., Monsalve-Bravo, Gloria M., Ahmed, Mohamed H. M., Chen, Ping, Wang, Xueqi, Yamauchi, Yusuke, Kaneti, Yusuf Valentino and Konarova, Muxina (2025). A study of N-ethylcarbazole hydrogenation catalysed by Ru/TiO2 and Ru-Pt/TiO2 through experimental and modelling approaches. Chemical Engineering Journal, 514 162324, 162324. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2025.162324
2025
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Solvent-assisted structural phase transition of Zn-MOF from 2D to 3D and its microflower-structured carbon for supercapacitors
Wang, Min-Xian, Kim, Minjun, Iqbal, Muhammad, Zhang, Fei-Bao and Yamauchi, Yusuke (2025). Solvent-assisted structural phase transition of Zn-MOF from 2D to 3D and its microflower-structured carbon for supercapacitors. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 13 (22), 16860-16869. doi: 10.1039/d5ta01165e
2025
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One-step synthesis of Fe-doped SnO2 mesoporous thin films with enhanced electron transfer and magnetic properties
Zhou, Yi, Guo, Yanna, Yamauchi, Yusuke and Sugahara, Yoshiyuki (2025). One-step synthesis of Fe-doped SnO2 mesoporous thin films with enhanced electron transfer and magnetic properties. Ceramics International, 51 (22), 37753-37760. doi: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.06.026
2025
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Sustainable application of MOF electrospinning in the environment
Wang, Ruixue, Fu, Ranran, Wang, Chaohai, Wang, Junning, Peng, Rongfu, Zhu, Xinfeng, Yan, Xu, Kang, Haiyan, Mao, Yanli, Kim, Minjum and Yamauchi, Yusuke (2025). Sustainable application of MOF electrospinning in the environment. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 13 (3) 117022, 1-21. doi: 10.1016/j.jece.2025.117022
2025
Journal Article
Mesoporous Single-Crystal High-Entropy Alloy
Nandan, Ravi, Nam, Ho Ngoc, Phung, Quan Manh, Nara, Hiroki, Henzie, Joel and Yamauchi, Yusuke (2025). Mesoporous Single-Crystal High-Entropy Alloy. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147 (22), 18651-18661. doi: 10.1021/jacs.5c01260
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Design of New Conductive Nanoarchitectured Materials
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Ruth Knibbe
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Doctor Philosophy
Breaking the limit of linear scaling relations with high-entropy metal alloys on heteroatom-doped carbon supports
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Quest for Polymer-electrolytes to Enable Interfacial Stability in Room-temperature Sodium-Sulfur Battery
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Zhetai Hu
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Doctor Philosophy
Magnetoplasmonic Nanostructures for the Detection of Clinically Relevant Biomarkers
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Mostafa Kamal Masud, Associate Professor MD Shahriar Hossain
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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
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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
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Doctor Philosophy
Superconducting joints for MRI magnet in persistent mode
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor MD Shahriar Hossain
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Doctor Philosophy
Nanoarchitectured anti-corrosion coatings for zinc-plated steel
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Nasim Amiralian
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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
Nanoarchitecturing of Porous multimetallic alloys for energy-related applications
Associate Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Development of conductive two-dimensional metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for electrocatalytic applications
Associate Advisor
Completed supervision
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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
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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
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Wet-chemical Process for the Preparation of Mesoporous Gold-Based Materials
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Alan Rowan, Associate Professor MD Shahriar Hossain
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Nanofabrication and Engineering of Mesoporous Thin Films for Optoelectronics and Biosensing
Principal Advisor
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Nanoarchitectured ZIF-8-derived Novel Porous Carbons for Energy Storage and Conversion Applications
Principal Advisor
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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 Michael Yu, Professor Alan Rowan, 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: Professor Alan Rowan, 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
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Nanoarchitecturing of Bimetallic Metal-Organic Frameworks and their Derived Materials for Sensing Applications
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Nasim Amiralian, Associate Professor MD Shahriar Hossain
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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, 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: Professor Alan Rowan, Associate Professor MD Shahriar Hossain
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