FLEET Chief Investigator Prof Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh (RMIT/UNSW) develops novel two dimensional semiconducting materials, through theory, synthesis, and characterisation.
His team also develops the fabrication techniques necessary for advanced devices, using electron and ion beam lithography and other tools for FLEET’s Enabling Technology Theme B.
FLEET’s Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh (UNSW/RMIT) has been awarded the 2019 Walter Burfitt Prize by the Royal Society of NSW, recognising Kourosh’s excellent research in liquid metals, atomically thin materials and ingestible sensors.
The Walter Burfitt Prize is awarded every three years for research in pure or applied science deemed of the highest scientific merit.
This year’s Royal Society prize recognises Professor Kalantar-Zadeh’s prolific research – he was deemed a ‘highly cited researcher’ by Clarivate Analytics in both 2018 and 2019. His research outcomes have frequently been first-in-world and have set the international agenda in areas such as two-dimensional (2D) materials, liquid metals and microfluidics, and point-of-care diagnostic systems and sensors.
“I am truly honoured to receive this award,” Professor Kalantar-Zadeh says. “More than for me, this is recognition of the hard work of my past and present group members.
“It’s important to me that it is a prize for those who are involved in applied sciences and that the multidisciplinary nature of my group – working on various areas of two-dimensional materials, ingestible sensors and liquid metals – could potentially receive it.