Rakesh Joshi

 Rakesh Joshi* is an Associate Professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, leading the Graphene Research Group (www.teamgraphene.org).  Before joining UNSW, he was a Marie Curie International Fellow with Nobel Laureate Sir Andre Geim at the University of Manchester. A/Prof Joshi is currently leading various industry-funded research projects on the application of graphene. He has ~$2.0 million of industry funding as Principal Investigator (Lead Chief Investigator) and over $4.0 million as Chief Investigator (CI) on ARC projects. Rakesh Joshi has over 100 journal articles (and 4 international patents), with over 80 articles as the first/corresponding author.

Important publications with Rakesh Joshi as the first/corresponding author

 Science (2014); Nature Communications (2022); Materials Today (2021); Materials Today (2011); Advanced Materials (2020);  Advanced Materials (2023);  Nano Letters (2022); ACS Nano (2021); Desalination (2022);  Applied Materials Today (2015); Chemical Science (2018, 2016); Green Chemistry (2018);   Carbon (8 papers- 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020); Materials Today Chemistry (2019, 2020); Journal of Membrane Science (2019); Applied Physics Letters ( 5 papers- 2006, 2008, 2009); Nanotechnology (6 papers); Advanced Materials Interfaces (4 papers- 2018, 2019, 2020); Journal of Physical Chemistry (6 papers);  Nanoscale (2016, 2018). 

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Team Graphene NEWS AND MEDIA COVERAGE:  Joshi's Interview in Materials Today; Revolutionary graphene filter; Graphene super desiccant: News articles;  Graphene oxide membranes reveal unusual behaviour of water; UNSW Sydney research discovery may help to alleviate global water crisis; Graphene filter to purify methane from biogas;  Duisburg University Press Release: Save electricity with hydrogen; Graphene-iron filters a promising gas separation tool: research; UNSW scientists solve decade-old graphene oxide puzzle 

Patent information

1. Foller, Tobias; Wen, Xinyue; Scret Cristina; Muller, Matthew; JOSHI, Rakesh:  AU 2023901802 Method and use of a graphene oxide membrane (2023)
2. JOSHI, Rakesh; Sui, Xiao; Foller, Tobias; Ji, Dali; Ren, Xiaojun; Owens, Llewellyn: PCT/AU2022/051,080 A graphene oxide aerogel (2021)
3. Wen, Xinyue; You, Yi; Jin, Xiaoheng; Bustamante, Heriberto; JOSHI, Rakesh: PCT/AU2020/050593 Filtration membrane and method of production thereof (2020)
4. Raveendran-Nair, Rahul; JOSHI, Rakesh; Geim, Andre: PCT/GB2014/053430 Water Purification 2015
5. Raveendran-Nair, Rahul; JOSHI, Rakesh.; Geim, Andre:  PCT/GB2014/053432 Osmosis 2015

Fellowship and Memberships 

• Fellow- Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)
• Associate Fellow- Institution of Chemical Engineers (AFIChemE)- 2018-2021
• Alexander von Humboldt Experienced Researcher Fellowship-2017
• JSPS Invitation Fellowship -2016
• Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship from European Union-2011
• Chartered Member, Royal Australian Chemical Institute- 2016
• Member, International Water Association (IWA)
• Member American Chemical Society (ACS)
• Member- Membrane Society of Australasia (MSA)

###### * Rakesh Joshi is NOT (and has NEVER been) associated with any Graphene/Nanotech companies in any part of INDIA or Anywhere**. Rakesh only communicates with the UNSW email id*##########