
Dr Dorna Esrafilzadeh
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- 2010-2014, PhD in Materials Engineering, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute (IPRI), ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES), The University of Wollongong, Australia
Dr Dorna Esrafilzadeh听is a Scientia Senior Lecturer and ARC DECRA fellow at the School of Biomedical Engineering, 黑料网大事记, Sydney. She leads the Materials and Fabrication research group, focusing on advanced materials chemistry, nanotechnology, and additive manufacturing for environmental and biomedical applications. Her research is particularly recognised for pioneering work in听electromaterials and liquid metal-based systems, including their use in听electrocatalysis, CO鈧 conversion, and flexible bioelectronics.
Dr Esrafilzadeh completed her PhD at the Intelligent Polymer Research Institute (IPRI), University of Wollongong, in 2014 where she developed electroactive 3D fibrous-based electrode structures for various applications. She subsequently held research fellowships at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES) and the Faculty of Engineering at RMIT University, collaborating on multidisciplinary projects to develop flexible electrodes derived from a wide range of liquid metals and semiconductors for bioelectronics, catalysis, and CO鈧偺齝onversion systems.
Her translational research has led to听IP development and industry partnerships with Chevron, Cochlear, Ha Tech Ltds, securing over听$6.4M in competitive funding听and the development of prototype technologies. She is also the听co-founder of LM鈦, a spin-out company focused on commercialising liquid metal innovations for sustainable technologies.
Dr Esrafilzadeh is a recipient of prestigious fellowships, including the ARC DECRA and 黑料网大事记 Scientia. Her works have been published in top-tier journals such as听Nature Communications and听Nature Electronics and featured in global media outlets. She is deeply committed to听training the next generation of engineers and scientists, as demonstrated through her teaching and HDR supervision activities. She has supervised numerous PhD, honours, and undergraduate students, many of whom have gone on to successful careers in academia and industry.听She is an active member of听national and international professional bodies, including the American Chemical Society (ACS), and contributes to science outreach, peer review, and policy development.
- Publications
- Media
- Grants
- Awards
- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
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- ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA), DE230101617, Sole CI, 鈥淩e-engineering metallic-based nanostructures for carbon dioxide conversion鈥, 2024-2027, $434,395
- 黑料网大事记 Scientia Fellowship (second round), Sole CI, 2024-2027, Development and collaboration support fund 150,000
- ARC Linkage Grant, LP230100108, Co-CI, 鈥淧ortable biosensor for rapid detection of viral contamination in food鈥 with Ha Tech Ltd., 2024-2027, $521,516
- 听听NHMRC Ideas Grant, APP2002282, Co-CI, "Re-engineering the future of electrophysiological measurements and brain-machine interfaces using a novel multi-optrode array", 2021-2024, $731,557
- Chevron Corporation Industry Contract, Co-CI, "Carbon dioxide conversion using liquid metals", 2020-2021, $100,000
- ARC Linkage Grant, LP190101139, Co-CI, "Understanding platinum dissolution in biomedical stimulating electrodes" with Cochlear Ltd, 2019-2022,听$704,384
- Minor Research Equipment Grant (MREG) at Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Lead CI, Faculty of Engineering, 黑料网大事记, 2019, $17,000听
- Academic Start-up Funding (ASUF), Sole CI, Faculty of Engineering, 黑料网大事记, 2019-2022, $98,000
- 黑料网大事记 Scientia Fellowship, Sole CI, 2019-2023, Development and collaboration support fund, $120,000听
- CASS-Foundation Medicine/Science听Grant, Co-CI, "Investigating the impact and removal of biofilm for infection control",听2018, $100,000
- Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellowship, RMIT University,听Sole CI, 2017-2020, Support Fund, $30,000
- The Australian Institute for Innovative Materials (AIIM) for Gold Grant, University of Wollongong, Lead CI,听2015, $10,000
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- Franklin Women鈥檚 Award, 2025, $1000
- Scientia Fellowship,听University of New South Wales, 2024-2027
- Promoting High-Quality Research Papers Scheme (PHQRP) Award, 黑料网大事记 DVCR, 2023, $1000
- Dean of Engineering Staff Research Excellence Award, Faculty of Engineering, 黑料网大事记, 2020
- Promoting High-Quality Research Papers Scheme (PHQRP) award for Nature Electronics paper, 黑料网大事记 DVCR, 2020, $1,500
- Australian Nanotechnology Network (ANN) travel award, 2020, $500
- Promoting High-Quality Research Papers Scheme (PHQRP) award for Nature Communications paper, 黑料网大事记 DVCR, 2019, $1,500
- Monash Engineering Future Women Leaders award, 黑料网大事记/Monash University, 2019听
- Scientia Fellowship,听University of New South Wales, 2019-2023
- Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellowship, RMIT University, 2017-2020
- Australasian Society for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering (ASBTE)听travel award, 2012
- Faculty of Science travel award, University of Wollongong,听2012, $1000
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- Liquid metals chemistry and systems
- Electrocatalysis
- Design and synthesis of stimuli-responsive materials
- Nanomaterials
- Flexible electrodes听
- Capture and conversion processes in renewable energy systems
- Biomaterials and听bionic devices
- Smart textiles
- Additive听fabrication technologies (e.g., 3D printing, electrospinning, wet spinning, etc.)
My Research Supervision
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- Dr Farzaneh Moradnia, Research Officer (2025)
- Zixiyi Zhang, PhD candidate, primary supervisor (2024-present)
- Moqaddaseh Afzali Naniz, PhD candidate, primary supervisor听(2022-present)
- Wenlu Duan,听PhD candidate, co-supervisor听(2022-present)
- Sahar Nazari, PhD candidate, joint supervisor (2021-present)
- Dr Shuqian Wan, primary supervisor听(2021, alumni)
- Dr Chengchen Zhang, joint supervisor听(2019, alumni)
- Dr Junma Tang, joint supervisor听(2019, alumni)
- Daniel Tjoe,听Undergraduate research student, (2022, alumni)听
- Aditi Nitturkar,听Undergraduate research student, (2022, alumni)
- Benjamin Nguyen,听Undergraduate research student, (2021, alumni)听听
- William Zhang,听Undergraduate research student, (2021)听
- Dr Dharshika Kongahage, Research Officer, (2020)
- Xuguo Wang, Undergraduate research student, (2020)听
My Teaching
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听Dr. Esrafilzadeh has contributed to the teaching at 黑料网大事记 and RMIT University for the following courses:
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- Mass Transfer in Medicine (BIOM9311),听Course Coordinator & Lecturer, 2025
- Engineering in Medicine and Biology (BIOM1010), Course Coordinator & Lecturer (2020-2023)听
- Semiconductor Device Fabrication (EEET2155), Co-Lecturer, 2018
- Semiconductor Device Fabrication (EEET2045), Co-Lecturer, 2018
- Micro Nano Engineering Fundamentals (EEET2428), Co-Lecturer, 2018